DEVELOPING THE UNFIT.

Colonist, Volume LVIII, Issue 14515, 19 September 1917, Page 7

DEVELOPING THE UNFIT.

CT TRAINING CiUIP.

DETAILS OF TEE SCHEME

The main feature of the Cl camp foi 1 the physical training and building up of men formerly classed as anfit for. active service "will be xi close co-ordi-] nation of tiie military and medical sor-j vices (says the Featnerston correspon-j dent of the Auckland "Herald s'). .Not only in the sick hut or medical boardroom hut or on the parade ground, but; in their tents will the fitness of men be I under observation, or under test. While many, of the details of the camp's organisation hf t ve not \'ot been decided upon, the main sclieir.o to be followed, at any rate at the outsef;. is practically settled. It is expected that alterations may be msd<? as-the work i progresses, but since thfs is the first; experiment of this -sort to be made in; Australasia adjustments will require-to! bo mp.de. British exporience T?as boon profited by, and in military circles the' opinion lias been expressed that from 50 to 75 per -cent of the men who- oni-cA'J ilw camp will bo made fit. ' ; The- oxaci; location of ;th& camp lias | not finally been decided upon, but for the first month tha site wiirbo in tlie canvas portion of the main Feathcrston ■; carap.-' This,,has the".advantage of- being near the camp quartermaster's stores and the medical 'quarters. The iirst draft of the Cl and C 2 men, to name them .iccorciinp: to their oric;infiJ classification, will enter camp onSeptemocr 28. But Uiosc men who are not i ejected again by the Meuicil Board wijl have had their classification changed to A. B, or Cl. The A and B class mer; will go into camp with the ' reni orcemont drafts in the.usual way, I and the Cl men will go into the new camp, and will bo subdivided, it ip_nnderstood, into classes according to uieir relative fitness. Physical exercise of creator or less degree will be <nven ■.accordingly.

The Ci carni> will h<\ a separate unit' under a. totally separate stcfF. It will1 have it? own adjutant and camp quartornm.«ter, and there will be an -officer rnmmrntlma: to er.ch draft. The trooos will ho. drvitled into companies of 200 men under an omcer commanding company and two other officeis. To each 100 viin>e attar-ljcU six non-com mis-* sionod officers. - The officers and nonimissioned officers will all bo Second T/i^i-sion men c*-. returned officers. Thov will ho, spcci-illy selectecl for tlfoir sfcendiness. taof.. and patience, as v/oi] °« for their niilit:ir« IVnowlexW!. -IJach I'oo men are to be divided into six «nuic!s, p.ach under its own noiK-om-misKion<x] fiffjeor. who will ncv*r- ho ■ chanced except ti exceptional. cir^nm;;tanoos. Ho will personally supervise : tlio welfn.ro. of each of his men.

As training progresses and the "ten show various rWrroos of fitness, ch«.v v ill V* 'lr:ift"r] int-o fliffr>r C .nt for physioal exorcises, but. they will alwvs t>iratio with ihoir original nnit nmlr;r j ,. f ] officers. It jp undertone! that r. «recvi,l r-'-xlical .office)- will Kp f ] P t^TTn'' fri\ +'"'fi Cl ••amo. Ha w jii , spolK j a ii I b»s tinio tbeie. axu 1. v-ill mp\e r>. cfoso "tiiflv of tli« +.rooTi<i uM^ftr Pis -"har™. l-^ OD {,,rr in tonob with tho training ofHr^r<i whose opinion wiff rsrry w^i'clit in 'V-oifl;no n man's fitness.' Pln-sir-sl troininjv. bpi".? a strong fpaturo of the "Piv "».inn. tho uersonnol of tlio instrueJ"^nnl "taft !>as bod R^ecial attention. Tiipf;^ instnv-tovq are all «onminmis<:ionp'l ofiicers, and ibhov will be ■^ifipr t^r> fliT-ection of »" office'- who h:'.•• snrcial Icnowlerilge of tbn work. r'iir.n? of +hi's kiri'l li ave ]^ on ,-„' fn ]| -.-.nrr i n Q-wh BrJ+nii-, f o « SO P^ "■'lVlf'^. .°iv7 o-nrvl res"lts bnv" boon ob+ii'"P'l as " TORV.I+, of r-ir^ :n\ r>hvsir?l V^ v ,r W olrs j« th« annroxi- ; "'."to 'T)r>nVf] in v''iiVh tbo fitnoss" or '-■•■TmTT.-for, of tho r^crti-if-.R j^ fiynpclet't" ■**"•" b"+ ; V n^v t-ike ?0 n r,,,., nnf ] rrrp-z; ,s""i"-rr>n'i ro'av d^v^?np morp v^,V]l T . pT,r] onnKfv f"'- t.rnTT-.fov to r^—fit nft^r h"'>r\<r rn^^nll,. TioprrTncl, i'l- .,.„+ .•.■,f. rv7 ,+ :^,, +t,; s Tijf,,,*!,^ r 7r n ff vi!? ■>nmb«r \w to ,50f>. !