UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2543, 2 July 1909, Page 5

UNIVERSAL MILITARY TRAINING.

SUPPORTED BY A WOMEN’S MEETING. [Per Press Association .J CHRIST CHURCH, July 1. A women’s meeting, held this afternoon under the auspices of the Ladies Branch of the Navy League, was a striking testimony to the interest taken in the question of national defence. The ladies of the Navy League here have evidently been successful in enlisting the sympathies of all classes m the community, as the gathering was an entirely .representative one. The various speeches were listened to with apparent interest, and the sentiments expressed l were cordially applauded. A motion was passed in favor of universal military training. UNIVERSITY TRAINING CORPS. DUNEDIN, July A meeting, attended by 60 or 70 students of the Otago University, was held to-night to consider the question of the formation of an officers’ training corps. Colonel Smyth and others who spoke explained that the State idea of promotion was that by giving university men military training it would ensure that as far as possible officers of every corps may be trained intellectually as well as in military matters. It was stated that the Defence Department had promised to organise training corps at each university college in the Dominion. Iho meeting unanimously decided to form a corps > and a large number were enrolled both for infantry and field hospital corps.