Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-18


the first place, and have secured an IN
structor in the person of young gTa1u'
ate of West Point or officer Of the Ns-
tional Guard, and as he is now CON-
handing officer for the time being moth
ing that may say or suggest must Dc
allowed to override his orders or instruc'
tions. You have asked me for advice
and the first advice to be given all youlg
men who join military organizations L,
obey orders and observe discipline II
you have found an instructor his VIEW
must take precedence where they COZ.
flict with others; but as this is sort o.
experience meeting you are being gl'sl
the benefit of some thirty years OF nine
If you have shown MIN our IN.
"talk, - it may be that he has falena
with my views and has set to WORK Il
earnest to give you permanent oen'A
from this instruction In the way OF tesol'
ing, and gradually imparting an sfea,
easy and graceful carriage. It msal'
hard work at first and an utter aD'slV'
of tinsel, glitter, pomp and snow y
parades, no plumes, no martial NUS,
no nonsense, in point of fact, DUB ''H'
and valuable work that will make WV
as 1 honestly believe, better boys m,l
tally and morally as we'll as physician.
and better men in every way tnan !'-
would have been without 1t.
l am assuming, then, that you nav
taken my advice, abandoned the llssv'
getting uniforms and eleeting omen,
but have decided the subject your'sli",
10 "settlng ups drills, the school Of -
soldier without the manual OF arms
to drill, and to marching in quicA "a
double time. have told you the Dsus-'
of all this and the harm Of putting pos ,,s
military rifles into the hands OF "
boys. The execution of the manusl
ing the past century has been con'lg I'm
the "swell' thing on parade OF ~ S,'
and the more perfectly mechsnlcoi
came the precision with which comp'D..
could 60 through support, secure, N
verse, rest-on, and trail arms, " ,s.r
more nearly like eIock-Work coniu ii
push through the motions OF losl >,
fire, the more would the spectator n.
plaud, their friends rejoice, and Ino Us.
cal newspapers describe them 81 U
nificently drilled. aid.
And yet, boys, except for tHs an.
pline that is inseparable from goOl .s,s
all that was moonshine, noI AZ
and waste OF time. In year lfy a-ai,r
all the troops in America will De In, ~
on O new system that subordinate pa d.
to sense; that physically develops % I
dividual soldier to the highest ossi ~ +
forbids all machine movement I'D
makes him q master Of arts IN 'lo "a "a.
his rife for shooting purposes nl 'Sbsrs
gates the old manual to the dusty ~ s,I
of the past; secure, rest-on, reIsi' ~
support arms will never De -
or heard of except ~
dition; cadence in loaolns ,.1j,
firing will be forbidden; ,cstssl
silent manuel, and all those ~
things over which crowds used 10 ,srs
will be seen only on the stag so5g
among soldiers. And yet NV ,5 81
himself will be skilled, deveiopscs d
taught as he never has been psss.
days of the Consular legions o. br
Those of you who have read apcN y
tory VIII remember that the kom..asf :
der was daily practieed an 81 -, 81
gymnastics and exercised with noe
shields Just double the weight o. rriH
used in battle. The soldier Of Ipa 40 81
States will become an "all-rounu u
lete, who can run. leap, swim, eoss &
shoot as his predecessors new. San 81
Better marching will be done ED
before, bit the manual OF Ar