Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-09-03

or. , Making Good n q Soldier 81
Nine Soldierly Qualities. 4. Getting
Ready for Camp. ). First Days in
Camp. 4. Cleanliness in Camp. al
Your Health. s. Marching and Care oil
eFet. .. Your Equipment and Arms. 10.
Recreation in Camp. IL. Playing the
Game. II. Team Work in the Army. 10.
Grouping Men into Teams. II. The
Team Leaders. Is. Fighting Arms of
the Service. IL. Staff Branches Of the
Service. IL. Staff Branches of the
Service-ll. Is. Army lnsignia.l
The average American who has n job
assigned To him wants Ia do IL well. He
doesn't care To dawdle over the job and
make q halfway success. lie \ deter
mined 10 make il 4 full and complete sue
| cess in the shorte-, possible time.
II j. assumed that You are starting Your
army training in this American spirit.
| Since YOU are undertaking the job of he
coming a citizen soldier YOU intend 10 he
n good one. Yon don'i want Ia waste any
time in the process.
More than that. ii You are ambitious
and possess fair ability there i no reason
| WHY Won should always remain a private
| soldier. II j. right that Won should want
10 advance. Just n YOU want Ia advance
in civil life. The army l. g~nxions to have
YOU advance just n -oon n Won are ready.
You will not. of course. become q cor
poral or sergeant or win hiher promotion
until after Won nave thoroughly mastered
the duties 1T y private. Nor will all the
men who would like To- win advancement
ca>ily obtain il. There j. only one way
to gel ahead in the army. and that ! 10
follow eonscientiou~ly Ia the end the reg
tular system Of training laid out for every
body.
IL Your training will he practically The
same a. that through which your officer
have advanced in the early stages of mill
ltary training. Every man in tn earmy
must 90 through IL.
Drill. FORMATIONS.
4 First. Won will he instructed I'm the in
4 fantry drill. a. set forth in the Infantry
Drill Regulations. This i the foundation
Of All Your training. 1t i divided into
| clo.e-orier drill and extended order drill.
CLOSE order j. defined in the %reeula-
tion~ n the formation in which the units.
in double rank. are arranged in line or in
column with normal intervals and dis
tanre-." Extended order. on the other
hand. j. 1.-The formation in which the units
are separated nv intervals greater than in
close order" These technical definitions
are clear enough to those who are already
familiar with military terms, hut probably
/ require some explanation for most If the
than local concern. In May, Governor Fer
gn-on announced hi~ intention Of veioIng
the appropriations for the support If the
state university for the. 10 him, good and
suHicient reasons that the president OF
the institution was a preacher of the Cos
pei. and that the students were permitted
To maintain college fraternitieS. lie ex-
pressed the conviction hat citizens not ct
the Presbyterian faith might reasonably
take umbrage al the fact that n minister
Of that denominations was placed AT the
head Of the state university: and. further
more. he was certain in his own mind that
college fraiernitiso lend Ia develop among
1.-The students undemocratic ideas and
ideals. For these reasons he thought the
state would he the gamer by closing the
doors Of it, highest seat of learning for
the space of two wears. The interference
of the executive with the mana cement Of
u state institution Of learning i n matter
OF national concern.
In q long veto message Governor Fer
guson sci forth his convictions in the PIE
ture.gue language of his elan. lie in
weighed against what he conceived 10 be
the aristocratic tendencies lurking in high
er education, and he was especially severe
on that class of the community who were.
a he termed IL, hog bent for education.
With them and for them he had no SYM
pathy, and rather than allow such a men
ace to democracy to obtain firmer root in
Texan soil, he was willing and even anx-
ious To close even the school of medicine,
a branch Of the university al Galveston.
in order 10 carry out his crusade the
governor undertook To di-placc members
of the governing board of the institution.
and 10 fill their places with people who
were. 10 say the least. moi hog bent on
education" The self respecting people ct
the state east about To find causes for
Impeachment: but evidently Impeachment
was found too slow and too uncertain, and
80 charges much more definite and per-
sonal were found and are bs ing pressed
Meantime The legislature has been calle!
in special session to remedy The dire re-
suits caused by the veto of the appropria-
.tions. !