Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-10-21


chairs about catcalled the actors and
played rough house generally. AS soon
as they were required to pay a small
admission fee they made an ideal audi
encc. Broadway shows at the army
environments will be at bargain prices.
The most expensive seat in the house
will probably not cost more than %
cents and the cheapest seats will BIO a
dime. AT the National Guard train
camps which are temporary affairs.
crtanments will he given In Chau-
tauqua tents.
INGING INSTRUCTOR
FOR EVERY CANTONMENT
Then there will be singing. Every
army environment is 10 have it's sing
ing instructor. for singing is won
derfui co-ordinator in army discipline,
ana lightcns the hard work of march
ing and soldering Immensely. Many
commander has said that he does
not fear the outcome when an army
goes into battle singing. Already IL
has been found that our soldiers are
anxious to sing under skillful leader
ship. and we know that we must meet
on the western front an army that is
not only the most highly trained in the
world In military tactics. but also
trained in singing. 4 German rcgi-
mcnt on the march will sing in way
to make ones hair stand on end Tho
men VIII swing along to a German
song that runs for six beats. and then
VIII stop abruptly for two beats, and
song for four beats more and then stop
four beats. Every national resource
that we have in the way OF rag-,ime
n
we meet the trained singing soldiers
OF tho Kaiser. and as We learn from
them in trench fighting and bombing,
so we must learn from them in this
When the Russian mission visited
Fort Niagara last summer the officers.
corps in training there gathered around
the members In n huge square. Some
thing was needed in the way Of an
inspiration to form bond between the
soldiers and the visitors. The singing
instructor had this inspiration He
raised his hand and the troops broke
into genuine American song. Regi-
ments of our soldiers going through
cities have already been notable for
their singing as they marched, and
we are rapidly developing q type of
song that meets the soldiers need.
mostly popular stun, raStime tunes of
the day gotten in the theaters and on
the streets. and set to words OF his
own composition.
FINDS HIS KID BROTHER
EVERY INCH A SOLDIER
The other day Il New York lawyer who
was paciiist until war waS declared,
hut who now understands that some
0 H.
times the best way TO get peace is to
hight for 1t, visited his brother who is
training In an Eastern camp. He found
his brother hard and brown, every inch
q soldier, keen for the western front,
and giad to be in the army but he
also found that his brother had Il great
deal or time upon his hands which it
was difhcult TO use TO advantage In
civil life the kid brothers day can be
pretty efficiently planned When he
gets done at the Office or factory be
has sports and social interests, can
read or study, and make every half
hour count in general scheme OF
work, play ana sclf-improvement In
the training camps there must be n
different scheme. Surroundings are not
always so favorable to study, and many
an hour which in civil life would be
utilized to some useful end Is idled
away. But this idle time Ia also being
organized and in ways that. not only
make for personal Improvement but
for better citizenship. At some of the
1t has already been dis
covered that hundreds of recruits can
not read or write the English language.
They come from sections in the country
settled by European immigrants where
the parents language has been retained
and contact with Americans has not
been sufficient. Classes in English
have been started, and when these bows
come out of the army they will be
American in speech and ideals The
French language and French geogra-
ply arc being widely taught because
1t has been found that these studies
make the most Greet appeal to re-
cruits. When the main forces of the
National Army reach camp this educa-
tional side Of soldering will be de-
veloped further. If the kid brother
wants to study vocation or a pro-
fession the army will see that he has
facilities. no matter what it Is.
TO PLAY
CANES FOR HIMSELF
Then there are the sports. Many AZ
boy who has lived far from
baseball and football and many city
BOY whose interest in boxing and wrest-
ling has found outlet only through
sporting pages OF the newspapers will
ind in camp not only the opportunity
TO play these gtlmcs for himselfs but
to learn under competent instructor
Each camp will have 'one of tho best
college coaches in the country, and the
sports will be organized in n way to
give every recruit his chance to play
the game no likes and to excel in 1T.
Boxing Is particularly important, for
II forms part OF soldiers training
3ayonet lighting Is grounded absolutely
on boxing. There is not n thrust or
parry in it but which Is not boxing
blow or feint so that what tho Kid
Brother learns this fall as he stands
up to defend himself with the gloves
may como in handy when he reaches
tho western front. One of the most
popular sports in camp is the cock