Evening journal., 1917-08-29
LESSON ta.
GROUPING MEN INTO TEAMS.

OF Honor. 4 Making GOOD as a sol
der 8. Nine Soldierly Qualities.
Getting Ready for Camp. 8 First
Days IN Camp s. Cleanliness IN
Camp. z. Your Health. s. Marching
and Care OF Feet g. Your Equip
ment and Arms. 10. Recreation in
Camp II. Playing the Game 12.
Team Work IN the Army
The smallest unit or team" in the
Army IS tho squad. A squad usually
consists OF eight men, one OF whom
s. the leader: he Is called the "cor
porsi You will be assigned 70 q
eQuad almost at once on entering the
Amry. At first, you may be shifted
about considerably from one squad
20 another. but within a short time
you and seven other men will be
Brought together as permanent
team This means that you will work
together. drill together. and sleep IN
lhe same tent or in tho same section
bf the barracks You will come 70
know the other men In the squad
Through and through and they Will
become equally well acquainted with
you. Some OF them viii probably
grow 70 be your close and life long
friends. On the other hand there may
pc one or two men whom you dislike
br DO not respect
The Squad Unit.
In any case remember this: The
eight men In a squad form a team IN
1he same sense that a baseball nine
pr a football eleven is team. Your
eQnad Is competing with all the other
squads IN your company. Whenever
= shows itself especially we'll drilled
quick to learn new duties or careful
in respect 10 cleanliness and general
Bearing, you Pile up a few points in
your favor. The umplres are the on.
cers Of your company; and you may
be certain they are watching your
kouad every minute Of the day-noi
Watching for chances 20 criticize but
watching hopefully for signs OF sol
nierly spirit and intelligence.
Il Is your duty 20 help your own
fQuad make a good showing. Also II
bs 20 your own interest 10 do so
There Is no more pleasure or reward
for you IN belonging 10 a poor squad
than there Is for a ball player IN be
longing 70 a losing team. Take pride
you find you have one man among
you who is lazy OF childish. try tc
Eet him into a different attitude
Every squad has at least one weai
sink The best way TO handle him 4.
70 talk to him until you get him al
much interested as you IN making
your squad rank as the best in the
company.
Incidentally. your captain is no
likely 70 overlook the best squag
when It comes TO picking men 10
promotion.
The Platoon and the Company.
Two. three or four squads (usuall
three) may be Joined In the mex
higher unit. which Is called a "pla
toon. The platoon, however IS no
so permanent as squad. but Il
formed whenever there Is need for 4
ia drilling or on the firing line.
Next comes the company. which Is
made up al full strength OF $50 men:
this is about 1S squads or platoons
This number Is war strength" In our
old tables OF organization: the first
Idivision now In France has 200 mSl
per company: Il Is probable ahe
strength may be $50 per Infantry
company. However. these figures for
lthe number OF squads and OF platoons
are never definitely fixed. A company
IN the field IS very seldom at full
lstrength. and Il may be convenient
~ any time 10 change the numbers OF
squads and platoons.
The company Is permanent
steam IN the sense IN which we
have been using that word It's mem.
hers always live together. eat to.
Bether drill together. and fight 20.
.gether All the officers and soldiers IN
la company become well acquainted
Zach mans points Of strength and OF
weakness are known Outside Of your
own company you VIII probably know
very few men. only those with whom
you come into touch by accident OF
while you are serving on some spe
cial duty This Is something worth
Blinking about. You are probably 20
ing to live. eat, drill and fight Will
the other men In your company g,
1ong as YOU remain in the Army Tn,
sensible thing 70 do Is to conduc
yourself In such a way as to com
4nand the liking and respect Of thes,
nen from the very beginning
Four companies are Joined IN
battalion" The battalion IS an i'm
portant unit In the Army orraniza
tion, but is not so clearly marked a
either the company or the regiment
Regiments. Brlaades and Divisions.
The regiment consists OF three bal
talions. making - companies. In ad
dition there are three special CON
panies which do not belong TO any @
the battalions These are the head
quarters company, including the ban
and the color guard; the machine-eu
company. TO be referred to later: an
the supply company, responsible 70
the regiments food ammunition an
other supplies Counting in everyon,
the regiment az full strength in on
old tables Of organization totals 2.05
officers and men. II will 60 more tha
this with the increase in strength {
companies 1881 is the strength OF II
fantry regiments in the first exped
tionary division. The regiment Is. {
course, very seldom at full strength
but Is never allowed to remain belo'
a minimum strength Of about 400
The regiment Is the unit that e.
pecially arouses the soldiers prid
and loyalty The most cherished ri
ditions of the Army are made up
the splendid deeds Of famous reg
ments. The soldier Identifies himse
throughout his life by naming n
regiment. His love for the Army Gel
tsrs IN his regiment. His most sacre
memories cluster around the regimen
tal hattie flags.
Two regiments are Joined in
brigade. Thus the brigade Is built U
BY assembling individual soldiers inl
squads; squads into platoons: pl