THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

Greymouth Evening Star, 25 April 1910, Page 3

THE AUSTRALIAN NAVY.

♦♦•' SOUND DISCIPLINE AND EFFICIENT TRAINING. [PKB FKB3S ASSOCIATION —COPTBIOHT.J Received this day at 8.45 a m. ADELAIDE, April 26. Admiral Bosanquet, Governor of South Australia, in the course of a speech before the St. Ueorge's Society, gave his opinion on naval training in view of the work whii-h lies before Australia, In this direction training and discipline came before everything. If inadequate, they might spend money by tho millions without any good result In a navy, a quickly trained personel was a terrible danger and a danger most difficult to discover. As a rule, it was only found when war was actually commenced. He was as much opposed to war as any man, but what they existed for was for victory and no other purpose. If they were inefficiently trained and inadequate in knowledge of discipline, the enemy would sweep them all away. I hey must not rely on discipline 'ind training ,unless of the very best. lh>s was removed from the second best by only a slight degree of efficiency, but meant the difference between victory and defeat. Every admiral of the fleet on every station in the world must be constantly thinking of war arid nothing else. It was their business. In building up a navy, the Commonwealth should pursue its way steadily and thoroughly, especially n the traminn of men. He considered that men would not be thoroughly •'»Pf ble ° meeting all exigencies until they had spent seven years in constant Gaining