Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-22

the first place, and have secured an IN
struotor in the person of a young gradu-
ate of West Point or officer OF the Ns-
tional Guard, and as he IS now COM
handing officer for the time being noIn-
ing that may say or suggest must %
allowed to override his orders or lnstruo-
tions. You have asked me for advice,
and the first advice to be given all young
men who join military organizations Is,
obey orders and observe discipline.
you have found an instructor his views
must take precedence where they eOu-
flict with others; but as this is q sort OF
experience meeting you are being gNeu
the benefit of some thirty years OF minsI
If you have shown him our lrsE
Htalk, z" it may be that he has fallen ~
with my views and has set to Work ~
earnest to give you permanent pensa'
from this instruction in the way OF tescl'
ing, and gradually imparting an eEeU't
easy and graceful carriage. IL nesu.
hard work at first and an utter sO'0n's
of tinsel, glitter, pomp and SNOW ~
parades, no plumes, no martial nu 'iSi
no nonsense, in point of fact, pu1 sun
and valuable work that will make !Uui
as I honestly believe, better boys m9I
tally and morally as well as physlcShyi
and better men in every way than !V'
would have been without it. 49,,
l am assuming, then, that you l',s
taken my advice, abandoned the iles -
getting uniforms aud electing omC1-,i
but have decided the subject youtssr,h's.
TO ftsettIng upn drills, the school OIL 'ns
soldier without the manual OF ernsi "a
to drill, and to marching in qui,A
double time. I have told you the - ~,
of all this and the harm of putting ne
military rifles into the hands OF Igr n-s
bows, The execution of the msnual -, ~,
ing the past century has been con''J An,
the "swell' thing on parade oa Of bsI
and the more perfectly mechanics .asniss
came the precision with which colHp re-.
could go through support, seouiSI The
verse, rest-on, and trail arms, " ,SsT
more nearly like olock-work eoulu ard
push through the motions OF luz an
fire. the more would the spectator, IN.
plaud, their friends rejoice, ana tuU sy.
cal newspapers describe them as '1o'
nihcently drilled. 49,, di,ei.
And yet, boys, except for the ain ain.
pline that is inseparable from soo- .ssnss
all that was "moonshine, hor nov
and waste OF time. In year lIG a-llIi1s
all the troops in America will Dc o .boS
on a new system that subordlnSt9,I bs ID.
to sense; that physically develops s. "a ard
dividual soldier to the highest degi list
forbids all machine movement nae Of
makes him master of arts IN tno ga rels-
his rifle for shooting purposes abslrss
gates the old manual 10 the dusty s "a and
of the past; secure, rest-on' reTei' seen
support arms will never p rs-
or heard of except ~, ~ Of
dition; cadence in loa1lHT ,ssns,
firing will be forbidden; Iosstchy
silent manuel, and all those ~ vgd
things over which crowds used 10 - nsrsr
will be seen only on the stage ,oldlsf
among soldiers. And yet th9 ,5 and
himself will be skilled, deveioPSSos The
taught as he never has been Porns.
days of the Consular legions Oh OFT his
Those Of you who have read ane I,sn sol.
tory Will remember that the hol.1nsr o.
der was daily praeticed IN sll LIES LIE. sd
gymnastics and exercised with s[ Iso.s bs
| shields Just double the weight o. JIrnited
used in battle. The soldier OF lns s'i 9TH
states will become an "all-rounu sDt
lete, who can run, leap, SWIM sp1 could.
shoot as his predecessors never VEN sret
Better marching viii be done ina ETC.,
| before. but the manual Of arn''