The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-08-12
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How German Array lIserults Are Drilled
and Disciplined.
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hoW herman Array Recruits Are Drilled
and DiseiPllns,l.
lCo,. New YORK PcssI
II you leave the old Tin with sad.
heart. you may have your good natnrc
restored il the recruits are being drilled
In the E1erien PLAT opposlta Tho
Exercien. j latz Is a large snaco backed
by barracks while IN front alCn, Tia
street, are gynnastIc apparatus and
simnlations SE such Obstacles as nav bs
expected in an enemys country. The
! fundamental principle OF terman
drilling Is obedience. rders ars not
pf6p0dnded for discussion reneh
fashion, hut are given: and ob. d!ence
must follow Immediately When ma
principle has been approhended and ac.
cepted by d recruit Il lS Won lietful.
what he Mill accomplish, and wondeff0l.
are fhe changes that take plaCa iribis
physical and t1ehtaI oftani dtion. Tie
process cfGpprchbnding isthe dtiicult
and, to the outsider, Che entertaining,
part Of The system.
For instance, every recruit must Jump
over a gOod-si ed eai,k, the cask living
bhsils Side. When rst nut IA mont 6l
the cask; he looks assif he hafl beon
asi6dito ump'oyer ho1s6 rom AiSs
point oil view ne knows llie thing Il
utterly impossible Int that. IA
exactly where the German drill
differs from the French; his point
Of view Is not a factor over
that cask he has got to 20, IL bayonets
hayo TO drive him up to Il and soldiers
have to fling him over. If his neck
should be troken, his military educa.
tion would Of course cease. il llo should
happen only to break a rib, ho would
be put to tcdt till lis rib was monled,
when bis military education would To
resumed exactly where il left o II
may require seyerl fractures TO thor.
onghly indo.trinatc the German notion
of.otedience to orders: but when the
recruit has one apprehended, he will
pop over tho cast, or an thing else, like
n deer. ln the ame way he is taught
t. shoot. With given number If car.
tiIdgcs he must put n given number Of
btHets into n target He musI do il II
he even were ia ba kent hIa-ir~ awac
all his life int thers viii be fonn1
plenty of ways for insnring sncress
within a reasonable time.
The eyoluliOns Of the recruit are very
entertaining when van have Ic"rnad ~
cease fearing for bis Loncs TSncciallv
entertaining is tho goosc stem 81 called
a step SO VI. uaIle In strenr,heNin% tho
muscles of the lcgs TINT 4 shom,d ho
prncticed by Mi edesl rions I i'm /
can make Il So clcor IN every rosder tint
ne may start II olT in Sis ov,n roo% .
/ The recruit first S,tes tln sovorcst % miIi
tary uosil,on That NEEDS NO SynI"na
tio1 He stands ycrv stig md strni"ht
hpNd sliyhtIv thrnwn bocE S aim IN
chest ont Nnd tho ",.ors 'S s,ro,rh"J ant w
along seons of his % Ir"nsSrs y" ~n,.;n, T",
bopn Kent in thc miIi,orv Ta, ro'ition in bs
il ready IN faint h" ia tbdn ',N or,I"rsJ w w
nro 'ect tho ri"ht or Iaft foot i IL inv w
materioI wiz which ' i" loc;m, - no y" so
far in 'front.' S Of bm % as Iv So oeS "eSsM1o Shi1O
Eeepinv tbe sol" of tbo foo, % ,oroIi"I rJ
with t6c snrraco or tho ~ HromMJ mi % p%I tSa
knee sti Tho tiroJ II rasrU;t sru will IT," Insrr rC
to Iose his balance ond 'r totmlo @ Wv nv'r I.''V
Rnt in orcorisns n % with 1 tHo V ,,rin.;r,o
Of 6iiedi"ncc he vii % ho ta", ,"v '"vIp'O NJ tpn
ming tilI he ccases @ to torMIa MT and % ,Op ~ y
stapI in this ) CStremSlv IL Pc Ec,It i nnd I%n nm
comfortable no iIion Inst % ns l"n, ',s rs T tTo