New Britain herald., 1917-09-05
LESSON NO. 20 CLOSE-ORDER, DRILL,

Honor 2 Making Good AS a Sol
 dler. 5. Nine Soldierly Qualities
 4. Gettlng Ready for Camp. 5. First
 Days m Camp. 6. Cleanliness in
 Camp. (. Your Health S. March
 ing and Care Of Feet g. Your
 equipment and Arms. 10. Recrea-
 ton Tn Camp. Il. Playing the
 Game. 12. Teamwork in the Army.
 IS. Grouping Men into Teams. IA.
 The Team Leaders. 15. Fighting
 Arms of the Service. 16. Staff
 Branches of the Service, l. IT. Staff
 Branches of the Service, IT. IS.
 Army Insignia. 19. The Army Sys-
 tenn of Training.
 Closed order formations are seldom used in actual fighting: nevertheless they should be thoroughly mastered. They have been worked out during centuries of experience as the best means of training men in soldierly habits of thought and action. They teach precision, teamwork and that prompt and unhesitating obedience which is so necessary to military con- tro1. The fact that you and your com- rades are thoroughly drilled will be your best protection in the hour of battle. It will give every man con- fidence in himself and in his comrades and will insure steadfastness in the face of the enemy.
 However, close order drill will not yield these results-it will be worse than useless-unless it is learned thor oughly and practiced with snap and precision. You must drill, drill drill. It is one of the most essential steps. in your training. Enter these drills with enthusiasm. Try to make a dis tinct improvement every day.
 Grades of Close Order Drill.
 There are four sections or grades of close order drill, which are called school of the soldier, school of the squad, school of the company, school of the battalin. The word "school" as here used, means a fixed method of training.
 First of all, you will get the train ing included under the "school of the soldier" This training is in turn di- vlded into two parts: Instruction with out arms and the ManuH of Arms.
 The very first thng you will learn Is the position of the soldier, which has already been explained in lesson 4, then you will be shown, among other things, how to face to the right or left or about in a soldierly manner, how to salute properly and how to march.
 The Manual of Arms takes you a step further. It teaches you how to handle your rifle properly. It does not. however, include practice in firing or in bayonct combat.
 In the school of the squad you will execute all the movements learned in the school of the soldier; in addition you will learn to keep your correct place in ranks to stack and take arms and to march as squad. The school of the squd includes also some prac- tice in extended order drill.
 The school of the company carries you still further in your training. In the close-order drill you will be taught to march in line and in column and to execute number of simple but very important mOvments. Most of these movements are by squads; that Is to say, they simply apply to num- Der of squads working together, the same commander and movements all ready learned in the school of the squad.
 School Of the Battalion. The school of the battalion in turn 1 applies on a somewhat larger scale 1 the movements you have learned in | the school of the company. The com mands of the major will be repeated