The Washington herald., 1917-11-23
HARVARD CLUB
HEARS TALKSBY
ALLIED OFFICERS
British and French Fighters
Tell of Their Mission to
Aid America.

British and French army officers,
fresh from the front in France. who
are in the United States to aid in
preparing the American armies for
the war brought vividly home to
members of the Harvard Club at a
meeting last night what the war
meant.
"Our mission TO you." said Maj. APP
plin, is TO give you the benefit Of
our experience, to save you the enor-
nous price that We had to pay to
know the things we know today OF
this war.
I'VE want you to start where we
left of: not to begin where we began,
and end the war quickly"
Maj. Applin declared that the MAIN
stay of an army was discipline.
Armies which have gone to pieces
suddenly and crumbled before the
enemy have done so because they
lacked discipline.
Unlike Huns StrIctness.
"I do not mean the discipline of
the Hun the major continued. Dis
cipline to us does not mean that. 1t
does not mean Go on 1t means
Come on"
The salute. with a click of heels
and the hand and arm just so. was
not an Acknowledgement OF inferior
ity. but was the salute of one fighter
to another. The practice of saluting
has come down from the days of me-
dieyal chivaIry and is the OutgrOwth
of the practice Of passing knights In
raising the visor of their helmets.
England and the allies generally
looked forward to the part the United
States would play in the war with
intense interest and expectation, he
said.
The methods OF using the bayonet
in warfare and the part it played
was told graphically by Maj. Alex
ander. OF the British army. Sergt.
Maj IIeadlcy. of the British army.
aided in the lecture and demonstrated
the use OF the weapon.
Like Boxing Rules.
The same principles that govern
boxing also govern the use Of the
bayOnet. Mai. Alexander declared.
There are three principal move
thrust and the jab or uppercut.
The guiding principle behind the
schools which teach the use of the
Dd blltNs maj NltAdnutI Sdlu. was W
so train the men that they would be
able TO use the weapon while in any
position.
The physique and spirit OF the men
at Camp Meade. Admiral, Md, Mai.
Alexander declared. held great prom
Use for the fighting ability of the
American armies now being prepared
for service at the front
eft apnuUb ba
that the men be taught the meaning
of war The whole country, the entire
nation, must be brought to realize that
war is a stern and hard struggle"
Capt. de Reinach of the French ar
my. who several years ago left France
and went to Canada, where he became
mayor Of his city and then returned to
France when war broke out, followed
his British comarde-in-arms Capt. de
Reinach, who has visited the war
camps established throughout the
United States, spoke highly of the
progress made in the forming of an
army.
Dinner In December.
The date Of the annual dinner Of the
Harvard Club, which heretofore has
been given usually in February, was
advanced to the middle of December
A definite date for the dinner has not
yet been chosen, but a resolution ad-
vancing it was adopted unanimously,
and a committee to formulate details
will be appointed by DIR. George N.
Henning. president of the club, who
presided at the meeting.
The report Of the committee on war
activities, Of which Justice Mccoy is
chairman, was read and a strong plea
made by Judge Mccoy for more ac-
tive participation of all members in
war work.
Greater activity Of members of the
club probably will be the outcome of
the efforts of the committee. and
members last night volunteered for
such work as they could perform, the
first to declare himself being Presi-
dent Henning. who Is a member of
the faculty Of George Washington
University. Y =. -
The dinner of the club. which will
be simple because of the war, proba-
bly, viii be held between December Is
and Christmas, and many brilliant
speakers speaker are expreted to deliver ad-