COMPULSORY TRAINING.
It .is satisfactory to find Sir Joseph Ward feeling the pulse of tho country on this great question. The surest means of securing peace is to be ever prepared for war, and with a nation of trained soldiers well equipped -we in these far-away islands should be exempt from molestation. But we cannot afford to let matters drift as they have been doing for many years. The volunteer movement is becoming more and more unpopular, and something must he substituted for it. Compulsory training of tho youth of the country will provide that substitute, and will at the same time be of great benefit to the. young men. Their equipment will cost a considerable sum, for wo cannot, have soldiers armed' with obsolete guns. In this connection nothing but the best is •permissible. During the coming session of Parlament compulsory training of the youth of the Dominion will probably be brought forward, and wo trust the proposal will be made law. —“Mataura Ensign. ”
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2478, 17 April 1909, Page 7
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165COMPULSORY TRAINING. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2478, 17 April 1909, Page 7
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