New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-09-03
General Organ Says Stay
at Spartanburg May
Be Short
Discipline First Aim
Of Intensive Course
9th Division Commander
Expects to Make Each Man
a Perfect Machine
ls.u Correspondence

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supposed
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officers and announced the plan 'na'
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the hochcs 70 iat Sho'.'S, PoSSi''o
time. This plan provides for the most
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vision commander, 'to make ever! man
q nerfac+ machine. which will auto
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Discipline First Aim
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ne H'"."S."! '' ""' any
sentlal handspring o. any force -iS not
The ability Of the soldier % shoot well
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march enddT'nGly' OUT IL is u's''p''"e
first and Inst he said.
"Our task here Will be TO instil in
every man obedience to ms officers.
The training will be most strict. The
ability % faithfully and almost uncon-
scioUs!v obey the slightest command
i required Of every man in the dIvi-
sion. and this training period here will
be devoted 70 a'..eylHs inns .;. .es W 49,
teIjjge1ce and ou.ck perception will
take the place Of ron discipline in an
srwv Ogr men Will fall short If their
Jisciplire is faulty.
al wan. 70 make every man obey or
doris urgusstiouiugiv and without any
mental reaction. want 10 get this di-
vision in such shape that if an order
is issued. for example, that every man
must tuck the end Of MS tie in his shirt
and not JET X hang down, not a tie in
the division will be found hanging
down. IL would be foolish order, true
enough. bur that is not the point. The
noin+ Is that :. is an order II we can
evact obedience % such an order we
can feel sura that we can get the right
resul.s from orders that are not fool
ism orders. uron which the very exist
o7cp Of tho division NAV depend.
"Wo have n large uercentsge of re-
cruits who know something about the
school of the soldier and the school of
tbe sguaG but. nevertheless, arc not
soldiers. We know they are not SOL
diers. They can parade and look cf-
fective, but they are only civilians un-
til they have learned the fundamental
principles Of military organization.
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"The time necessary 10 effect this
task will depend upon the manner in
which it is attempted With proper
methods IL should not take long. Ten
hours a day viii be devoted to It, but
the recruit will be absorbing the idea
during all OF the waking hours. Al
mess, for instance. he viii be taught
that the good soldier does not shout at
table, that he does not throw food on
the floor, that he does not leave his
plate untidy.
"On the street he viii have at his
elbow a seasoned trooper who Will ap-
prise him Ct the fact that IT is not
soldlerly trick 70 leer at girls as they
enough he will be deprived Of his priv
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IN 'nt "oI.N' IL Is d DIoau statement
DuL thlnH IL o over.
ueHS va a. yam PPM tHe uay NJ
camp 4oS"orIh inspecting the Struc-
tules anu S.'ys IoI Ine VARIOUS organ ,Ii
lzauons' IL IS unGerstood mat adGl-
tonaI Ghlts VIII De sent mere IN me
GeneIaI N!ah as reauy 10 receive
tnem'
Camp CompIeted nv Sentenber 10
For the most part, ! am satisfied
with the progress made here" he said,
after his inspection. The construc-
ton quartermaSter thinks he Will have
everything finished by September 10,
but this, perhaps, is optimistic. The
camp is we'll located and we'll suited
TO the purpose.
THE ground available for drill is too
limited, and it will be necessary to
lease adjacent land after the crops