The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-10-05

an officer shortly after the trooss came
out % The training camps. III Il has
good discipline II asil be good army
u II has bed discipline. II wsli Re a
bad army. | can watch regiment
stand at attention aud tell you whsth'
er og nat IL can ngh, effectively"
The question remains ~ 10 shat sort
Of iIseipllae the American army will
have. Seme observers say that there
ars two MAIDS u good discipline
French discipline and English dtsci.
pine. undes the rreneh system Tiers
are IL, down periods on duty an o.
tcev mag fraternixe wi,h ealisted men
ia aa eYtent which would seanaalirs
the English army. This Ia das. tn part.
10 the fact thar thu armies are etEa"
posed differently. TOE English army
Is much more s'ratiaed than the
French. II has, as the American army
had before the war. distinct onseefs
class An Engilshman OF certain edu.
cation receives u commission rs mat
ter Of e0urse. Under lhe yoinateef
system, which prevailed nj the hsgia.
s-l Ill III, tbs var, tbs, EnxIlsa .ynluptssr
81 fbs upper AZ ,sfffe+ s4ssstt,ss .EaaSSr,
tiia not OTTER bis services until he WAS
prepared to fulal. the duties Of an
cfi'cer The Preach draft. on the other
hand, ,hrus, many iisiiugul shed cltI
sen into the ranks A sergeant In
the Instruction division here was one
,of the most popular pTayarsghts 10
France before the war and the other
day A grlniy little man climbed from
A eaai cart IN tell me la perfect
English that he had been an assistant
professor Of Romance languages In
one ot the great American aniverd-
ties corncll, think before the call
came,
ot course. when this word EnxtlSh
discipline Is used II falls short os the
British army. Australia discipline
and English discipline ara vastly dif
fercn, There II popular story about
an Amaze Colonel In Exyp. who drew
% hts men and told them
An English general IA coming here
;tt.ay % Inspect the regiment. and ~.
member, D. you, doa's call ne 'Rili'
until Dr. gasa.
Canadians We'll Disciplined.
An Instructor at n british training
cnnp told ms that the Canadians wer~
now among the best dtscfplinsd troops
In the army but that the Australians
still gave occasional trouble, Every
now aud then" be- said. "a enarlr Ut
them will sneak down tn the woods
and camp cus alone for n couple az |
days"
WlslsA ,anl.s'ers wiz tell ypq that, al. ]
though the Australians fight well. their !
losses are much higher than they
would be With better discipline n
there Is such possibility As An ab. |
solrsely democratic army. II has been |
much impaired by thu poor work of |
the Russian republican army. The |
scheme OF submitting zach plan OF at |
tack 10 the soldiers before II ia or
dcrsd caanot b" said 10 have proved
effective.
Tho question: q discipline 10 the
army Il complicated hy many /
sAcssss nssfasa, the, war ihere MA. A.
E-ttf between otfstvrs ana fsaes, fatfy asi
vide A. the, tn the rnslssh army II
sas NJ, due TO lack ~ democracy II
was gulf founded ca faatameutsl
differences ~ character and sslacation |
M one baud. thcrp wes .ha Officer
,tass cacefsiily selected snd carefully
trstnci, and on thu other hand. ,he en-
listed men, haphararily accepted from
Ne floating population Professional
armies the world over are recruited
arsass fra,u The ins!ustrta'iy tnefsstf~nt
lGrtng times " peace
An American regular ~ no great
,ro,utSe was hewatilus the sact tbs, an
,sse.r had hornsS him h,~susa hs
.,aea,e,i command Ena,rfAtly.
Well his e,unsc,sn answered.
the sar.ssr hssi xes cs, /,
\. ,,I,, v,u q, Feed IN, hnrssS ard ron
.1dnt give them 40 mach 80 he told
rsufN II was the typical pn}n' Ut view
4 the old tyre II rrSsessiens! s"'