RECRUITS BELOW STANDARD.
SPECIAL TRAINING CAMP. [BY TELEGRAPH.— SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.} V. -.- WELLINGTON. Wednesday. ' The Minister for Defence has informed Mr. A. Harris (Waitemaia) - that arrangements* have been made for establishing a camp at Featherstop where selected men, who do not quite come up to the standard required for; general j service, : will ~be put through ; a graduated - course :of physical training ? before being posted «to reinforce- ; ment drafts. At this camp training could be given to many men classed C2 to fit them for the more strenuous training in the permanent : camps. './:
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16619, 16 August 1917, Page 4
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92RECRUITS BELOW STANDARD. New Zealand Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 16619, 16 August 1917, Page 4
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