South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-29

Preceding lessons: l. Your Post of
Honor L. Making Good as u
soldier. 5. Nine Soldierly quail
ties. T. Getting Ready for Camp
e. First Days i'm Camp. g. Clean
illness in Camp. Z. Your Health.
8. Marching and care OF the
Feet 2. Equipment and Arms.
10. Recreation in Camp. II.
Playing the Game. L. Team
work i'm the Army. 49, Grouping
Men into Teams. Il. The Team
Leaders.
We have spoken 81 far as if all
soldiers were infantrymen. that is.
as If all fought on foot armed with
rifle and bayonet. As we al know
an army is much more complex.
There are two other lighting arms
Of the service, the cavalry and the
artillery These three branches Gf
the army are sometimes called the
"line'-a term which comes down
20 us from the day when soldiers
in battle were always drawn up i'm
line. The other branches To be de
scribed later. are included under
the general term STAFF" However
me engineering corps and the sig
nal corps are in part troops of the
line. thought trey are herein de
scribed fer convenience under the
heading Of "stam branches of the
service"
The infantry is the backbone Of
the army 1t is the infantry sol
dier who must bear the greatest
stress of battle ana war is more
dependent for success upon his in
dividual action than upon any
other factor" BY far the largest
number of men i'm the national ar
my VIII go into the infantry branch
OF the service. In the present war
the importance Of infantry - even
greater than i'm previous wars.
The Value OF Infantry.
il Is not enough for infantry 10
know now to defend itself T.:
must know also now to attack. it
Is not enough that il should 10
able TO move forward i'm masses.
The infantry soldier must also have
the intelligent seif-reIiance that
will enable him 10 act as an i'm
dividual; always of course. within
the limits of military discipline.
The chances for initiative i'm
present dav warfare can best be / -
lJstrated by recounting the story OF
Michael OLeary, lance corporal
Of the irish guards i'm the British
army. ON February /. 1915. the
guards were ordered 10 Ietake
treGch which had been temporarily
lost 20 The Germans OLecry was
off duty and need not have joined
in the attack at all But that did
not stop him for a moment from
using his courage and his brains to
help his regiment win.
Jumping out Of the trench ne
ran at full speed To railroad cut
ON the right of the first German
line where ne was partly under
cover from the encmy's fire With
FIVE shots in succession he killed
or disabled five men before his
comrades reached the trench. Not
satisfied with this achievement. he
ran ahead until he came up from
the railcCad cut beside the second
German line Here was a machine
gun. The officer in command had
just pointed the gun at the Irish
guards, in the first trench and had
his ringer on the firing button when
he was dropped by well-aimed
bullet from O'Leary's rifle. he
shot two other Germans who were
attempting 10 tire the machine gun.
whereupOn the remainder of the
squad threw up their hands and
surrendered.
Thus it happened that when his
company OF the Irish guards reach
ed the second line without the loss
of single man they were amazed
TO lind OI.cary ahead of them i'm
complete possession. He was made
a sergeant on the field. ana later
given a Victoria cross. After other
exhibitions of bravery and initia-
tive. the 25-year-old soldier be-
came Lieut.. OLeary.
There is always an clement of
luck in such Unusual achievements.
but all the luck in the world is use
less unless the soldier has develop
ed his intelligence, spirit and self
reliance during his months of train
ing.
The Cavalry.
The cavalry is armed with s3l-
er and pistol as well As rife. Since
the early months of the present
war there has been little oprortuni-
" To use cavalry on the western
front For the most part the cav