The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-11-15

Junior force, and have to leave, being generally absorbed by one or other of the recognized regiments of volunteers, to whom the cadet comes ready as a trained soldier, and often expert shot, while even if he does not continue his military training, he has acquired it's rudiments, and a knowledge of the use of firearms, which stands him in good stead throughout his after life.
 There is a keen rivalry between the different units and the system is very popular among the youngsters, who display great interest in military mat ters. The annual eamp-out, where different schools are brigaded together, under the command of trained military officers and instructors, and where as far as possible all conditions of active 4 service are adhered to, is eagerly looked | forward to by the boys, who show an alertness and efficiency which would ] do credit to many a mature regiment. In addition to this, the boys are per- mitted to join in field manaeuvres with the regular troops and volunteers, and the manner in which a couple of cadet companies Out-marched and turned the flank of a crack British regiment of regular3 (to the great delight of the l (boys) at at a large sham fight some time ago, near Pretoria, won the ad- miration of the military umpires who witnessed it. The Government grants commissions to the young cadet officers, and every effort is made to maintain high standard of morale and eff ciency
 Such is the Transvaal system, which with a few minor difference is followed by Cape Colony and Natal who con- sider the expense well repaid by the re- suits shown.
 The United States, with its small army, has practically no reserve, the National Guard regiments having duties which tie them to their home States. It is true that in the evnet of an emergency, recruits would not be lacking; sight is lost, however, of the fact that in the sixties 1t was still the era of shock tactics with guns of mo- derate range, where one man was as good az the other, dispensing with the skill and training that modern weap- ons of long range and precision de- mand.
 A large army of citizens who can shoot straight at long range under stand the elementary tactics of skirm- ishing, and can be mobolized without delay or extraordinary effort, would be the mainstay and safeguard of the country in event of emergency, while others equally willing and patriotic, unacquainted with the use of the modern rifle, and needing preliminary tuition, would only be food for the enemy's powder and a source of dan ger and weakness to their own side. The necessity of such system of train- i ing Is acknowledged by military men, and has the cordial support of promi- nent citizens while the New York Pub lie Schools Athletic Association, under the presidency of Gen. G. w, Wingate, has assisted in formation of voluntary rifle clubs in some of the public schools of Brooklyn
 The importance of the matter makes I it 8 national one, and while the diff culties arising from the question of State control are so great as to impose a barrier t0 it's adoption as a Federal subject, they do not appear to be insur- mountable, A national cadet system under the control of and indirectly at tached to the regular army, though al present visionary, is not beyond the possibilities.-New York Evening Post