The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-10-05

sS.Eas9i, the reserve efscrTs and nua-
bef of former ~nsn-s.uasx rrsvusss
! elevated 10 cssaasssi4sss. The 'grwas@ss
stlekssFs fes Discipline are ths reserve
officers.
u was talking 10 saida~r ia she
street, said an odd West Polatss. ~and
h@ ~as telling rne BE had too much
isson*y 60 sp~ad. 4 caa't ase half Of
IL. he sald. and wasss II On things
| don't want fdaat: at the bsineis M
cigars ! bought Take a handful l
tt~ok thrwe. bat | ~as falshsy sorry
afterwards, bessase I bad With as 4
young fellow. jest commissioned sse-
oad lieutenant. aad he MAS almost
shocked 10 death that | saeasd take
cigars frurn saittvr"
The officers sho rose frota non.saaas
are aiss somewhat xsta ard seexaal ia
The exereiSe Of their uew,foeai henors.
All have been transferred from their
regular regiments, = that HEY shaft
not be associated with Iae enlisted meas
they knew before they beia eosnnis-
slens. Some oftis~rs believe In isadln-
their meu, whiir others In driving th~ut.
white stlsl third class csmhina the
Two methods. ooe af the best Yeang
officers | have segn In the array ts
absolutely informal with bis n1sn At
tliaes, liz COMES ta their concerts ard
hands cigars TO the gaartette and cod
ssaits 1sttsf, iffTFsa ~ ~ NAas sfF,e t'~t
Shast sing. - @f's
'Iartata. da you like Tathieen Y
Ehe '4g soldier Tho sang tenor would
aSk. and the captain would anSwsv
Does II ~ ltke thisF' hnmnina a har,
aud then AID Yes, that's a g,',i enc
lst's have II. He eeagd he sierra
eaoagh uisa occasion. and he had the
best bombers IN the army. hut liked
his ;iea 10 knoa the r~a sans fer things
lie vas fond Of letting them Set hts
ptlnt Ut view about things Thus
whsn he foaai sofae soldiers drlnking
too much. s@,a after ,hslr landing. he
called a conference aud told them that
II had to stop,
" the Whole Army Drank.
Some u you men are spending all
your money ON booxe." be said. "snd
getting stinkn. pinhn, sloppy drunk II
won't DO A few old rriyates get
drunk, bat don't copy them, It's Just
because ~ that they're cid rrt.ates,
I'm gulas 10 choose my none0ms frasn |
you. bat not the men who drink You've
drunk yourselves out Of commission. !
serxeant | was goins to recommend !
you. but how can l DO II nowy Just |
look AZ the way see Il. II | took my |
pay in lump could buy every saloon
IA the town and stay drunk for two |
years t"I had 10 exaggsrnte n little"
s- confessed whea he todd tho starry u
ne afterwsrti, What do you suppose
sould happen ,hcn' Suppose the
majors and the eoiousls AMI the
;eaersss and the whole bunch got
ir,inI. what WouTd hapls~nf " th-'t
,rny, Don't forget that this Is your
sr,uy ~ mnch as Il Is mine That's
al today -
The chief and most able member At
he English sch"ol of discipline IL
3encraI rershTnS TIE puts ibr drive
n the array, Ills Inspections are
nssi~rpicccs os ,hesouxhness and he
y exceedingly stern with all inctn-
sents, whether they are officers ~
soldiers sloachy bearing anaoys hin,
earthly aud he takes an active and
interest In shoes. .hattoas,
md fright metal, iIs. h vxee@d.agly 4,
harry ~ praise Probably nobody In
he army will rver cali him Papa Fer
hsag. but far all tia, he is Roman
ather to his usa I,