SENIOR CADETS.

Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10410, 25 July 1912, Page 5

SENIOR CADETS.

REMAKES.BY COLONEL ALLEN BELL.

Per Press Association.

Hamilton, July 25,

Xu addressing the Inaugural meeting of t-he Branch of the Legiou of Fi‘o73£lewniea at Te Arofaa, Colonel Alien Sell eafd ha regretted very muob the remarks , of Major-General Godley’.rvgarding senior cadets . and school teacher officara. In professional enthusiasm Major-General God ley bad evidently forgotten the great underlying principle of military training, a movement which was not only the art of was bat the development of Ideals which made for elevation of the national character. On the permanent staff of Zealand Defence Force men were known to ha hopelessly incapable either of imparting military instruction or developing UiSgh ideals, while other capable men on the staff were passed over in promotion, He advocated the abolition of a paid army class of instructors and military pomp and humbug, and the substitution of a citizen army where men have equal chance to rise.