The Dermott news., 1917-09-27
BY HAYWOOD 5RouN.
accredited to the Pershing Army in
France by the New York Tribune and



Syndcate.)
American EXpeditionary Army
THE most important faCtor in the
American army will be discipline said
m officer shortly after the troops came
ont to the training camps. IF 1t has
good discipline II will be a good army;
# it has bad discipline, it will be IL
bad army. | can watch a regiment
stand N attention and tell you wheth-
or or not It can fight effectively.
The question remains rs to what sort
Of discipline the American army viii
have. Some observers say that there
are two kinds of good discipline
! French discipline and English dtSci-
plinc. Under the French system there
are let-down periods. on duty an of
ficcr may frateruiZe with enlisted men
10 an extent which would seandallze
the English army This is due. in part.
10 the fact that the armies are com
posed differently The English army
is much more Stratified than the
/ French. II has. aS the American army
i had before the var. distinct officers.
elasS. An EngliShman If certain edu-
! cation receives Il '"ihiai9Sl'" ~ Il ''''t
/ ter OIL course. "''ei ''''
t system. which prevailed at the begin
ming Of the war. the English volunteer
of the upper or upper middle class
did not oHer MS 'Nis'N "'''i' III vas
+ prepared 10 faliHI lhe dutles til d"
/ eill'er me ftH'h otait' on Tue "'''e'
hahd' thrust lhahN MISUNDERSTANDING ''.',
zen into the ranks Ncts'e"' III
/ the instruction aiNlSleh a''' Nas "i''
Oh the most popular piaNNflsh'N III
France before the war ana 'he "'heF
day sriihy NIUE man 'i''nt'ea !'tii
'oai curt II 'ri. M III Pc ~
fnE''Sh ti'a' ne i'a" '''''.a "'' s>''
professor VI N'''"''ss i"'' u" -
one Oh the Hte"t Anu l'"" UNI
tieS-'orheil' 'h'''N=o'i''e Tue Eau
came.
'f course "heh the worn rug ''si
d's'lptlhe Is usea II iails S''o,t " ,''e
british arilly. HuS'ra''ah 'iS.ip'.ti.
ana EheIlSh dlseiPii"e are Nases VII.
terent. ihere Is popular story "n"ut
an ahzae coiohei III f-ssP' VIM ure"
up MS men anu ''''" ,''e''
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no" among ''.e e's' uis,'t'','''a ''"of'
IN me army nut ''at ne Nusti hti""S
sun H"Ne '''He'"'''' ,io"''V
~" "ni '"'"' NV N''i'''
s''',.n WI" H'''"N NV -
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ne queNli"n "' " III ''''
American army ! '''''i'l3H. '' ny ''''iS
factors h'i"re me VII ''''r' WIS "
quiz he'W''h ohi'erN ati'i men my ~
Nide rs iiia' III me In .i9'' ~ MY
WIS not cue III mex IL 'it-t''''z a'A' II
was gun t"aho'" 'ii l'''t8H't''ai
i differences OF character anu '"ia'all"h'
ON on" hand' tf'r' WIS l"' "r''''
class carefully Se''''ed an" 'aI'i"'A
/ trained, ana on me ",ast u"I'a, ne I'll.
listed men haphh2ordlS AeD'il'a rom
/ me hoa'lhe P"Iu'''''''. ''''',
/ armies the Wofld over are Ie't u'''H
largely from me lhdus't1a'N 'etti''''"t
during tunes 81 peace
An American regular or no great
/ promise was heWailtns H. tact that an
officer had hoped him because he
/ executed command linptFIttllN.