The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-14

are calculated To be 81 practical helo
to the men selected for service In the
national army In getting started In the
right way. The lessons are Informal
In tone and do not attempt To sive
binding rules and directions. Lesson
VI follows. The others will be printed
In the Herald. one each day. until the
course IN completed .-tsditor).
Making Good as a soldier.
Lesson No. =.
preceding Lesson. 1. Your Post ot
Honor.)
The National Army. In which you
are to take your place. truly expresses
the American character and ideals. II
IL a great democratic army. IL in
cludes men OF all degrees Of wealth
and education. chosen through fair
and open selection by lot. All are
brought together on terms OF equal
ity. There has been and there will
be In this great National Army no.
favortism and no pull The poor
man will drill side by side with tho
man In luxury. Each will learn from
the other. The place each man
makes for himself will be determined
by his " work n ability.
Developing Soldleriy Qualities.
h question as to whether Il IL
better 10 join the colors now or with
a later contingent IN not worth argu-
ing. since he decision has been made
for each man by Tot. An ambitious
man. however. will he glad to Join
now. II gives him a better chance for
promotion. The commissioned Off
GERS of the first contingent are picked
men who have voluntarily gone
through the hardes: kin OF training.
The officers % later %contingents viii
be draw largely from the men en-
listed bon the first c~ontingcnts. There
Is plenty OF opportunity here for every
man 10 use his brains and his energy
and To earn promotion according to
his worth. This docs not mean easy
or quick advancement. n mcansI
only that YOU will have your nirl
nance and you would ask FOR onth-
INK more"to develop yourself and to
climb upward step by step
In order to make good in the VA
tion1l Army YOU must. first Of at.
tt yourself TO carry with credit the
simple title OF American Citizcn-Sni- |
der -uue of the proudest titles Ion
the world This means that You must
develop IN Yourself the qualities Of al
soldier. The more quickly and thor
oughly YOU cultivate them. the greater |
will be our satisfaction and success
Their" is very little real difference
uf opinion as To soldlerly qualities. !
They have been determined by ages u
experience. Weapons change. but the
soldiers who handle the weapons re-
main much the same
Three Basic Qualities.
Their" are three basic ouaIitic.. |
without which no man can be a reall
soldier oven though hc may tempo
rarily wear a uniform They are
Loyalty.
obedience.
Physical Fitness.
\ man without these qualities Is In ,
the way and Is a source Of weakness
10 an army, both IN the camp and
On the field Of battle
The articles of war Of the United
states set forth the military crimes
which are punishable by heavy penal
ties. Among these crimes are descr.
ton. c~owdrdice. INSTRUMENTATION. drum
kenness while on duty, sleeping whiIs
on duty as a sentinel. disclosing the
watchword, ana giving aid or comfort
10 the enemy. Run over this list
and YOU will see that every one os
these military crimes can result unly
from the absence Of one or more OIL
the three basic qualities Of a soldier.
Loyalty.
y soldiers loyalty governs. first Of
All, his feelings and actions toward
his country, his government and his
Tag. There can bee no such thing as
halfway loyalty. The slightest com
promise opens the loot to treason.
But a soldiers loyalty does not
stop here. IL governs also his feel
ana actions toward the army and
toward an tho officers under whom
he serves II absolutely forbids dis
among both officers and
men. or disrespcct towarI
those In authority.
Going a step farther. loyalty gov
crns also the soldiers feelings and
actions toward his own regiment. his
own company and his " squad
this form of loyalty there can
pc mo- real c"omTadcship. without II
you viii never feel that PERSONAL
pride and satisfaction in the s%erviccl
which should mean So much in your
army life.
Obedience.
The second of the soldiers basic
qualities is obedience. halel ON dis
Without obedience ana dis
an army can not long continue.
exist. II will quickly degenerate in
an armed mob. As the Infantry
Regulations put a. discipline isl
the disiiuguishiug mark of truiuoIl
Frequently the recruit, with his in
born dislike OF being busscd. makes
tho mistake during his first few
weeks In the army OF r~cscutinE the
TACT that immediate and unqucstiuniu.-
obedience is required Of him. ua
quickly learns, however, that obcdt
'nrr endorsed throughout the army
is Boo AN situations the chief safeguard
n the rights, IN" comfort and The
safety ~ every man, from .hc raw
recruit to the commanding general Il
s q guarantee that the small number
nj unruly or ,pw1rdly men to boz,
found In every group shall 20. kcrtI
"a check and forced T." comply with
rules made for tho benefit of am.
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