C.C.F

It has been decided that membership of the Contingent shall in future be genuinely voluntary, and it is hoped that this will make for greater efficiency as well as fitting in with probable Government policy towards the Combined Cadet Force generally. High standards will correspondingly be expected from all Cadets, since a voluntary system must allow a certain right of selection.

Captain A. E. R. Dodds

Captain Dodds has reluctantly decided that he must end his service with the Contingent because of his other important commitments in the life of the School. We thank him for his work, particularly as the Contingent Adjutant.

Main Events of the Term

Tuesday, 30th October: Field Day.

The Royal Navy Section visited Linton-on-Ouse, where the programme included flying.

The Army and Basic Sections carried out an exercise on Strensall Common; this was devised by Captain Craven.

The Royal Air Force Section visited R.A.F. Dishforth, but weather conditions prevented flying in light aircraft as planned. Tuesday, 20th November.

Colonel G. S. Powell, M.C., the Colonel of the Yorkshire Brigade, visited the Contingent and took the Salute at a March-past.

Annual Camps

The dates of the Army and R.A.F. camps will be from Monday, 29th July, to Wednesday, 7th August. The dates of the Royal Navy camps and courses will be announced separately.

Present information is that the Army Camp will be near Thetford in Norfolk, and the R.A.F. Camp at Cranwell, for which an alternative may be arranged by the Royal Air Force.

R.N.R. CRUISE, SUMMER, 1962

Cadets Dowson, Kettlewell and R. H. Parker arrived at North Shields on 10th August to join H.M.S. Northumbria—a Reserve Minesweeper. Alas! we found no ship. So for the first night we were "put up" on H.M.S. Calliope—Newcastle. The next morning we returned to Fish Quay, and found the ship had made it at last. Her tardiness was the result of (i) an engine-room fire, and (ii) force 9 gales! We were all duly encouraged! The ship did not sail as planned that day (Saturday), nor the next, for we had no Captain by then, but finally on the Monday morning we sailed, not for Denmark (as the coloured brochures had it), but for Invergordon in the Firth of Cromarty.

On the following day we all experienced the various aspects of ship's routine—the watches, the deck-scrubbing, the meals (ah, yes! those wonderful meals!), the lack of sleep and, of course, the inevitable heaving 23