OUR CADET ARMY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 19 August 1910, Page 4

OUR CADET ARMY.

nsorosKD reorganisation. (Bv Telegraph.) (From Our Parliamenlarv He porter.) WELLINGTON. This Day. The commandant of the Now Zealand un'-n- cadets in his annual report- to the .Minister of Education states that- there ;:i-c 41'J cadet units, anfl 19.246 cadets. and in the .-■(• out branch there are 594 ' ;ii: lis. A \-\<\ £054 scouts, making a crand I ii.tal of cadets and - scouts of 24.300. an ',n,-i i-a-v .it' 9b14 mi last year's numbers. •'.-• him!■•! sta.ids that the controlling aiiihuriiy of the boy scouts organisation ■- 1 1 i ■..■ urn :•: 1i 11 the units to come under the ci.ut ml of the Department. The .-.;:> 11 i. •11<i■ i> 11 states ihat wherever he went lie found ollieeis. non-commissioned ollicers. and cadets enthusiastic in their wink, and anxious to learn, but. without ;':>(■ nece-sarv means at their disposal. I\> meet the diiliculty cadet ollicers training units have been funned at Auckland and Wellington. an<| it is expivlnl that the other centres will, soot* follow. It is als<, intended to hold an Hiccr.-" training camp annually at Auckland. Wellington. Chrisfehurch, Kelson, and Dunedin. for about a week's durat'mi. ;.nd in conjunction with the cadet officers' thaiuing units. The commandant fiPtliL-r iii-yes the desirableness of not making it. compulsory for a team from .•verv unit to compete for shield, medals, ;tc. ami he recommends that for the ■ill competitions be optional.