Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-11-13
TEACH SAMMY
TO "R0AR"AT
ENEMY BOOBIES
BRITISH DRILL MASTER INSISTS THE
GERMANS WILL FRiGHTEN IF ROAR
COMES FROM A FIERCE
AMERICAN FACE.
(By Herbert C0rey.)
AMERICAN HEADQUARTERS

hlm gradual like Nou was tryln' To kiss Inn.
roarr'
They roared.
"That." sand Sergeant Martin bitterly,
"was 4 ell of a roar. Alex like he was
Your wife and The coffee was cold. Now
roadr'
This time the roar was fullhodicd and
vicious. The men erinned ae each other,
but they reared beautifully. That embar-
rasSmen; natural 10 q plain citizen AT be-
ing asked Ia stand ont III the sunlight and
roar when never in his life has he roared
ID public had passed away. The seraeant'~
httlc touch of comedy had does it, trick.
Ills men were at ease.
Look ficrce.' ordered the sergeant,
Screwiug mp his face into a frightful
Scowl.
The squad looked fierce according to.
orders. Sergeant Martin regarded them
carefully one III q time. Their facial mus
cles quivered. II was all some Of the
ficrcc-looLing ones could ~ 10 keep from
laughing.
Look ~ each other a-lookin' fiercer
said Sergeant Martin. "Look nj each 9th
or in the face now. You blcedin' A.icri-
cans has n sweet wye with Won when YOU
look fierce. Kittens. | cali YOU"
They looked fierce without orders.
"That'S better" said Sergeant Martin.
approvinely. "IIi1l mvLe something of
Won vet
Sergeant Martin i one Of the British
sergeant majors engaged IN instructing
the American older in The finer points
of hayonet fighting. Five az them are
on the job. Each II nj muscle and nerve
and ginger. They are accustomed to com
manding men and putting newly Joined
men "a their ease. They also know about
all there i ~ krow IF the approved man
ncr Of initiating an enemy into kingdom
BY means Of three inches Of raw steel.
eve roars ~ EN-" the sergeant cx-
planned. 'to shake their nerve. Fritz j.
a good fightin' man-nonc of Won never
doubt tnat-lmt e. 4 delicate being. lie
doesn't like 10 10 reared ~. And there's
another reason for lookin' fierce. 90 can
tell me what that reason ~"
!, The ~auad hooked 40 him duly. These
emhroderics upon the art of killing were
for the moment bcvord them.
u "Suppo~e n squad was rushing \
' trench" the sergeant said. ''onen order
I like. and Won Wa in that trenel, end 'ad
4 little charrce 20 pick yonr man. Would
+ You pick the man tha' looked fierce. and
| that roarrd when = come on Ike q was
. blinkin' lion that 'ad been KEEP short
n Of = raw meat. or would Won pick the
b man that come a-slipin' along apologize.
like he fel; Z really oueht't \ beer ihrrel"
? There is no doubt that the British in
I ~trnctorS have been ~ great value IN this
work. They have added nothing 10 the
p theory 81 bavonct fighting already in pos
session of the American officers. The
y Americans were the first 10 discover that
q man j. quite ~ dead il three inches ~
7 steel are slipped into 4 vital spot as If
the bayonct were showed clcar through
him. and that there are nrlctirn' aivan-
tageS in the dain'ier method. Tho bavo-
net il not bent. for example, and the win
ner in the duel l. not held M by the ne
cessity Of pulling ont the spin" Greater
speed and a smaller death rate results.
But the pupils have gained BY contact
with men who have put these theories into
actual practice. Sergeant Martin has r
way of enforcing precept by Illustration.
'Therc was \ I'm he said. 400 come to
me with hi bayonet too low-ihis way.
Wi-kcrS Ne had. | remember. and \ gold
watch that | got afterward."
The men are trained in the proper meth
od of handling the gun. u must ho seized
below the lock and ~ the butt. and the
thrust immediately becomes n more deli
cafe affair than if il were handled pitch
fork fashion. When they have the tehory
they are armed with sticks padded on the
ends. with which they prod at each other.
Then they are sent against the Swine"
\ Swine l. the stuffed bag which
represents nm enemy. II may be lying
prone in n shell hole, or it may be swing
ng from an overhead pole. On il are
portions Of the human anatomy. a three
inch Jab anywhere on the torso is fairly
certain 10 put the recipient ont Of action.
but II one of the six spots are entered he
y ~ good a. dead. Sometimes the .~wine"
- a uniform of which the arms and lees
are tightly packed with hay and set IN in
a practice trench.
When the men have sufficiently pro-
crossed there are bayonet exercises. The
old-fa~hiond method Of fencing with bayo-
n etshas been completely done away with.
The man who can send his lab home on n
pointed spot with fair accuracy is put i'm
a trench with his squad. AT the ward ,ba,.
hnlI nu nt that fpap.h sta- ,l.l "