The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1917-09-08

Preceding Lessons. !. Your Post OF
Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol
der. 3. Nine Qualities Of Soldier.
4. Getting Ready for Camp. 5. First
Days In Camp. 6. Cleanliness In
Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. March
Ing and Care Of Feet 8. Your
Equipment and Arms. 10. Recrea-
ton In Camp. II. Playing the
Game. IL. Team Work in the
Army. 10. Grouping Men into
Teams. IA. The Team Leaders. IT,
Fighting Arms Of the Service. 16'
STAFF Branches of the Service-I. II
STAFF Branches of the Service, H.
IS. Army Insignia. 10. The Army
System of Training. 20. Close-Or-
der Drill. q. Extended-Order
Drill. %. Guard Duty. &c. Getting
Ahead In the Army)
You are careful to observe the or
binary courtesies in your civilian life
You would soon make yourself Of
fensive to all your friends If you were
in the habit of passing them with a
cold stare or discourteous nod.
These customary rules of good
breeding apply in slightly different
form in the Army. There is the same
reason for them in the Army as in
civil life. Courtesy helps to make the
great Army machine run more
smoothly. 1t is the outward sign that
the right relations exist among Of.
ficers and men.
These right relations should BIZ
given expression both within the mill,
tary camp and outside. Courtesy
among military men is indispensable
to discipline; respect to superiors will
not be confined to obedience on duty
but will be extended on all occasions,
(Army Regulations, par. A. The obi.
CATION to show proper courtesy Is
binding upon officers as we'll as upon
men. The commanding general Of the
Army is required to be courteous tc
you, Just as you are required to be
courteous to him.
Importance Of Correct Forms
Courtesy among military men is
shown by speaking and acting in a re-
spectful manner It is shown also by
using the correct form of recognition
This correct form when meeting OF
addressing commissioned officers Is
known as the military salute.
in the old days the free men of Eu'
rope were all allowed to carry weap.
ons, and when they met each would
hold up his right hand to show that he
had no weapon in it and that they met
as friends. Slaves or serfs, however
were not allowed to carry weapons
and skunk past the free men without
making any sign. In this way the
salute came to be the symbol or sigr
by which soldiers free mem might
recognize each other. The lower
classes began to initiate the soldiers
! in this respect, although in clumsy
apologize way, and thence crept in.
to civil life the custom of raising the
hand or nodding as one passed an &C.
quaintance. The soldiers, however
kept their individual salute, and pur'
posely made it intricate and difficult
to learn in order that it could be &C.
quired only by the constant training
Of all real soldiers received.
ITO this day armies have preserved
their salute, and when correctly done
it Is at once recognized and never
mistaken for that of the civilian. AL
soldiers should be careful to execute
the salute exactly as prescribed. The
civilian or the imitation soldier who
tries to initiate the military salute in
variably makes real soldier; he gives
it In an apologize manner, he fails to
stand or march at attention, his coat
is unbuttoned or hat on awry, or he
fails to look the person saluted in the
eye. There is a wide difference in the
method Of rendering and meaning be-
tween the civilian salute as used by
friends in passing, or by servants to
their employers, and the military
salute, the symbol and sign Of the
military profession" manual for
Noncommissioned officers and Pri-
Yates, sec. g.
Proper Way to Salute
In order to give the salute properly
when you are without arms, first as
sumo the position of soldier Gas de-
scribed in preceding lesson, or II
you are walking carry yourself at at
tention. Look the officer you are to
salute straight in the eye. When he
is few PAGES away from you raise
the right hand smartly till the tip Of
the forefinger touches the lower part
Of the head dress or FOREHEAD above the