Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-08-16
LESSON NO. 3.
NINE SOLOtERlY QUALITIES.
preceding Lessons: I. Your Post Of Honor;
% Making EuDl ~ n Snldierl

,Preceding Lessons: /. Your Post Of Honor;
:. Making Good ~ a Soldier.l
The three basic qualities. Loyalty, Obedience
md Physical Fitness, were treated in the pre-
eding lesson- There is another group Of three
oldleriy qualities that are especially needed
turing the periods of training. marching and
Waiting between combats. They are:
Intelligence.
Cleanliness.
theerfulness.
Although these qualities are associated chief
Y with camp life. they are. uf course. scarce
v less helpful IN all other phases Of military
eryicc.
INTELLIGENCE.
Intelligence does not necessarily mean cdu-
alton. but rather quick observation and will
ngness t. learn. There il plenty If need for
Intelligence ia modern warfare. The National
Army will Ice forced TO absorb within a few
months a training which wonld ordinarily cx-
end over = period of two Ia three years. Those
yho intend to fit themselves for promotion
hould study thoroughly the manuals and the
lrilI regulations which affect their duties. In
lime they should learn something about map
Iaklng and map-r-adin- the constitution ~
i"ld Entertainments. training and care ~
"rSrS. signalling. the handling &c complex
,ir.eS Of machinery. and many ether subjects.
ANY practical knowledge that YOU may now
possess will surely be- useful and helpful e.
nu 10 the army. Capt. Ian llay Beth. If the
.ngliSh army. points ga, that in the first Brit
III forces If the present war the previous
rade nr training If every soldier WAS sooner
r later utilized.
CLEANLINESS.
Cleanliness f. important avrrywh-r-.. but
most ~ NIL la th" army whore large bodies of
n"n are brought together. IN its true sense.
Z Includes net only keeping your body clean.
at Az" Your mind and your arti"ns. For
unatrty. II il 4 virtue ia which Americans gen
rally rank nigh. Their. sh.uld ~ LITTLE diff
ulty III setting 4 satisfactory standard ID the
scw arm,. This j. 4 subject more fully treated
i,cr IN this course.
cHEERFrTNES>.
Che"rfulnrss il always 4 prominent trait ~
God soldiers. Here again Am.r,sans may ~
uuntel upon ~ make \ splendid showing. even
u the face " any unexpected hardsaips 81
liilicnl,ic~ that mas ~ ahead n o.. There arr
numerous episodes in American military has
DRY e. justify this confidrnee.
IN January. 1861. the Union Army lay in
amp ~ Falmouth. Va. About q month be-
ore had occurred the disastrous and hlpody
lefeat IT Fredericksburg. In the North IL WAS
h. darkest hour 1T the war. Everywhere out
ide the army there was depression and fear.
On January II. the commanding general err
tered the troops Ia break camp and move for
ward. AT the same time : a cold driyzling rain
.et in: the ground speedily become like 4 sea
4 glue: everything upon wheels sunk INT" the
loitounlcss mud. Ii took twenty horses 80 start
1 single caissoa: hundreds II them died IN har-
ness. but still the general persisted. Bu, the.
ain persisted also. and u soon becum. a sim
H. impossIbility % 60 forward" After two
laws II effort ii was necessary to hav. the
nen struggle aud founder through the viii
I.rnesS II mud back t. their camp"
Picture the situation Recent defeat with
ieayy losses: retreat; 2 cheerless mid winter.
amp: rain: cold mud: discoura gemrnt at
ZONE: a long march under the most trying con
litions ending in u return 10 the same camping
rounds from which the troops had started. a
little grumbling might reasonably hav" been
expected. But the men at 1sf. were too good
soldiers To draw long faces. The historian goes
m: The march was made m high good huInor.
he soldiers laughing and joking at their III
mex with thar comic brightness characteristic
Il Americans in difficult circumstances"
THREE QUALITIES OF BATTLE.
Finally. there are the three battle qualities
4 the good soldier:
Spirit.
Trnacitv.
Self reliance.
Unless . man has these three qualities
wen though NJ possesses 81 the other six in