The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1917-08-10

n"iIce department. a s,Aa., -vsls. me
o"cers ~ the burean of insuar affnlrN
n military bureuu. the regular army re-
serve. the corps of cadets at West
foint, and other smaller organizations
USED Tor disciplinary grades. service
schools. and record depot detachments
and Tor some other purposes.
How II Is Commanded.
An army Is huge body of men gath
cred together for fighting purposes In
different units OF organization. An
army when 1t passes certain strength
usually is commanded by general.
Today there Is no general In tie Unit
ed Stntes army, but il is probable that
within fen months congress viii re-
vive the rank and name some officer,
VINO, taking the title OF general, shall
nave supreme command Of all the fight
Ing forces in the field.
An army is composed Of army corps.
Ihere may be two or three or more
corps in an army. Sometimes when
there is a huge number Of troops In
command while his forces are divided
into several armies, each one In com
mand of a lieutenant general. 1t 10
likely that congress soon Will make
Maj. Gen. John ]. Pershing a lieuten
ant general and put him in command
of the First corps consisting of several
divisions of troops. to see service IN
France.
division of troops Is commanded
by major general. 1t is composed
Of several brigades, each one Of which
Is commanded by a brigadler general.
1t Is possible for brigade to consist
of combination of cavalry, infantry
and artillery. but frequently each bri-
gade Is composed o. regiments all OF
the same branch of the service. The
typical infantry brigade, for instance,
consists of a headquarters and three
regiments of infantry, while typical
cavalry brigade consists Of head
quarters and three regiments Of cav"
| airy.
| Composition Of the Regiment.
Each regiment is commanded by q
colonel, who has under him lieuten-
ant colonel, whose duties are rather
nondescript, although his chief duty Is
to take the place Of the colonel in his
absence or in cease he Is wounded OF
killed In battle.
Each regiment is divided into bat
tallons, and each battalion Is com
manded by major. A battalion con
sists of two or more companies, troop
or batteries, and each company is COIN
manded by captain. In each com
pany there is first lieutenant and |
second lieutenant, and complete com
plement of noncommissioned officers
first sergeants, duty sergeanfs, an
corporals.
The company is divided into squad
for purposes Of instruction, discipline
control and order, each squad consist
ing Of "A corporal and seven private'
The corporal is the squad leader. an
when absent is replaced by dessi
mated private 1t might be said To;
from the squad, consisting as 1t doe
only of corporal and seven private
the whole formation Of an army is d.
veloped and in sense regulated. III
squad Is a small base unit from whtc
armies take their growth by series
developing steps.
Men who enter the United STATE
army as recruits have the same chan'
that men had years ago not only to b
come commissioned officers. but
reach the high place Of command
all the armies of their country.
Does this seem to be an exagse
ated statement Only recently the
died lieutenant general of the Unite
States army who commanded all Il
forces OF Uncle Sam. He entered Il
; service as an enlisted man OF regular
going to a recruiting Office just as nj
boy of today can 60 to recruitlI
office there to don the uniform OF
private, later to enter the ranks, 81
II 1t Is In him to work his way up
the top.
Private Goes to Top.
: On July "a, 1851, Lieut.. Gen. Adj
( r. Chaffee applied for enlistment as
l regular In the army of the Unit
a States. There was nothing to diff
e entiate him from other young men w
: applied daily at the recruiting ofii'
: He was assigned as private to Tro
8 X Of the Sixth cavalry, an organizati
! which exists today and In which Jo
4 j. Pershing, now commanding o
y forces in France, saw his first no
/ fighting duty. General Chaffee RI
t from private to sergeant, TO first. s.
e geant, to second lieutenant a
t through the rest OF the ranks un
e he was made lieutenant general of I
S United States army, the ranking oftic
Of Uncle Sans forces.
Chaffee was a soldier of the high,
Y order. His career In the SPANS
f American war was markedly efiicie
s He fought at San Juan ana later we
o to the Philippines. While there he W