NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

North Otago Times, Volume CIV, Issue 13662, 2 September 1916, Page 2

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.

mm. 0¥ training extende:

(I'er Press Associiilion.) WELLINGTON,.August 31,

Tiie Minister of DclVnce stated 1 tonighfc that in future the; period of preliminary training.to be given to pru : ba'tionary noncommissioned /-.officers will be extended to three iiioiiths!"Up till now the period of.-training'Jins. been two months, at'lhe cn'dof wlikh:timc recruits of the 'draft to which'uon-c'oiii-missionod officers have -been posted coilie into camp, and,' thus".■non-com-, missioned officers • luivp to begin imparting the instruction they, -have <m cejvcd. It is admitted, that the period' of two months has been found to ;be a little .short; and the stall''.'lifts".rqediifmended the longer pe'ripd.' Tjle.'iiitc'ution is that non-commissioned officers, shall be given a- month of- tniiniiigin duties pertaining largely to the'internal economy of camp, a branch of ■which it is considered that'they do. not, at', present -receive, sufficient.' instruction, and yet a branch of, work which' is essential to efficiency. liv pfepara l tion for-this change, certain- adjustments among non-commissioned officers now in training will probably 'be made',;