§ MR. WHALLEYasked the Secretary of State for War, with reference to the National Defences, If his attention has been called to the system of general 1003 military training long in use in the Channel Islands; and if such system might not be extended to other parts of the kingdom; and, whether it would not in any case be expedient during the process of re-organizing the Standing Army, and with a view to economy in that service, to afford further facilities and encouragement to those who may be willing to give their time to the acquisition of military qualifications, and especially to promote military training in the public schools as in Switzerland and elsewhere?
§ MR. CARDWELLI am not of opinion, Sir, that the system of general military training in the Channel Islands could with advantage be extended to these islands; but I think it is very useful to promote military training in the public schools, and the following passage has this year been included in the Revised Code:—
Attendance at drill, under a competent instructor, for not more than two hours a week, and twenty weeks in the year, may be counted as school attendance.