COMPULSORY TRAINING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14912, 10 February 1912, Page 7

COMPULSORY TRAINING.

THE LAW SHOWING ITS TEETH ACTION IN COMMONWEALTH., ABSENT CADETS DETAINED AND' FINED. . • ' ■ ■: -. :■■■ ■'■ ■ . ■■ ■ r,"f. • ) ■ ■': By Telegraph.— Association.— (Received February 9, 11.35 p.m.) > Sydney, February 9. The military, authorities are ■'■ adopting- ; -£5 drastic action with, regard to cadets who* fail to attend drills under the Compulsory] Training Act. ' Eleven cadets, who had not attended) since July, have been committed to cou-j finement for a term corresponding to thai period that their drills should have occu-\ pied, and have been ordered to pay 16s 6d* 3 costs each. •

FARCICAL CADET PROCEEDINGS. The Australian youth is not the easiest! v :'S' subject in the world by any means when! it comes to drilling him, 'writes our) " Australian , correspondent. Ever since the) drilling started '.■ under , the 'new ', compul-| . ' "/'' sory service scheme there has been eon*]; stant trouble. It has been more conspicu-. ous :at some centres than at,others'. At] Broken Hill, for instance, a hotbed oS * I anti-militarism, the boys have "played up" in an extraordinary manner, and only, the other day it was reported that one of the cadets had threatened to smash! an officer's jaw. Ik Scenes of disorder arej now reported from Singleton. At the! last parade an officer reprimanded a boy.' . for'talking in. the" ranks, whereupon the; 'offender hurled an objectionable epithet,' at him. The officer lost his temper, " ami l the cadets then assumed a threatening at-' 1 ' titude and compelled the officer to-run! for shelter. Recently at the /same placei the commanding officer announced that) ; only one hour's.drill would be held that!. ! night, and the announcement was greeted! with loud cheers, which were renewed when) the officer said, he,' would shortly be leav-i ing Singleton, i Alter wards one of the boys l produced a mouth-organ and enlivened the! SSjS proceedings with strains of " Yip-i-addy-' i-ay," . his companions':joining ( lustily nv the refrain.' When an attempt'' was made; : .-' to locate ■ the offender the boys scattered' ; -in all directions. Clearly officer® train- ' ing the cadets have, a' difficult 1 task before! ' them... ~ '....'„;.-. '" ■" ■ ..i ■■■■■■<> \;i '.'-.yih.TiJ-. ' / \A.t' .. .•:•.:■•.•-•■/.•'.■'• . ... ...' - I —-—~ m