New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21
OFFICERS 1sr FIELD ARTILLERY " STUDENTS SCHOOL

the celebrations, which are carried out.
and the command is given 10 commence
firing. Breaches swing open and the
shells are pushed into the instrument
which catches the tips on the projectile
as II is turned until the fuse is pune
tured In the proper place to explode at
the given number OF yards fight.
Guardsmen Get Excited.
So excited do the officers Of the militia
become around this point that invariably
they use the term "Mexicans" for enemy.
The regulars hear them and do not pro-
test; il is we'll sometimes to have definite
illustrations for problems. II gives the
thing snap
Speaking about snap brings up DR..
Griffin's course for the officers In hip
poogy. Hippology reduced to taxable
terms means nothing more than knowing
something about horse-which artillery
men must do until they can move the
guns by motor. The artillery tail-end
boxer, the W. k. army mule, Is included
in hippology, and studied from the 'front.'
away from the zone Of fire.
After talking about the horse DR.. Grit
fin, who can demonstrate his advice by
showing the horses OF the Sd Field Ar
tiuery in good trim after 26o miles OF
hiking, turns his attention to the snap
proposition. His phraseology is direct,
/ and the advice he gives regarding SNAP
may come in handy for militia officers.
There's too much of this attempt to
make American soldiers look snappy."
says DIR. Griffin. You can't do It. over
/ in Europe It's different. We have too
/ much Of Europe. Some high mogul takes
/ a look along the boulevards of Paris and
sees the latest pretty wrinkle and right
away they add ii 70 the American regula-
! tons.
Now we're wearing fappy breeches-
| tomorrow it may be feather in our
hats But It won't do here; IL isn't right.
! Because a foreigner uses pipe clay on
I his halter rope and twists it into
rosette around the horses ear. is no rea-
son for us doing il. We can get along
without lot OF trunk straps on our
horses and a lot of ceremony with our
men.
IF your soldier gives you a salute. he's
doing as much as you can expect. You're
no better than he is in this land OF the
free or If you think you are you're work
ing into tight place. You. can't get
! pretty discipline for show out OF the
American boy. He isn't like the for
eigner; he doesn't have 10 enlist He
thinks for himself and he has mind TO
do IL with.
Why Regulars Enlist.
Generally he enlists because he wants
! excitement, wants to take a shot at some
body and he's happiest when he's doing it.
He's a real soldier, with all the discipline
he'll ever have and you've got to act &C
cordingly. / realize" concludes Or. Grit
fin, that this isn't hippology. but you
may find IL handy"
Most of the militia officers take his ad-
vice with good grace. Some are SURPRISED
at his attitude. falling 20 remember that
an American soldier is sparing in his
salutes. Frequently in camp one sees a
soldier passing a militia officer with his
head averted so that he will not have to
salute, not having seen him. II Is not
that he does not like the militia officer
it is that saluting is an obeisance not to
be given at every opportunity.
I'm a way Doctor Griffin Is right" con-
coded Captain c. r. Seymour. OF the
lst New York Still ! make my men
salute me even when We meet on the
street in civilian clothes. think the
better discipline, the better soldier"
\ Most officers say that they enjoy Grit
fms witticisms. while explaining the
horse, more than the mathematics OF
other classes.
Not all the officers take equation. Only
the officers from the country sections re-
ceive instruction. Popular belief has II
that they should know how to ride. but
the demonstration proves that New York
men actually know. and the others are
taking equation.
| Other little traditions. Like the serupu-