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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08
APPLYING THE FUNDAMENTAL
OF A SOLDIER. q I,

The young soldier has now been ina
itlated into the fundamentals whlfl
make up the fighting man. All war -
n serious business--modern war busIf
ness OF tremendous gravity. II is not
play; with the nation at wnr, there vs.
no time for play. America must
realize" say the French generals,
"that she cannot play ut war;"
Whether or not America plays at
war or preparing for war depends upcn
whether the young American soldier,
individually and collectively, goes
about his training in o snIrit OF prny.
or In deadly earnest. The young sol-
dler would do well to sec the moving
pictures-if he has the opportunity
dellneating the work of the British in
building up their innfens6 citizen
armies. II he can do 80, he will note
rt once that they did not play at
war;" , ts
The driving earnestnesskiSf their
training In England-whlch reached
frultion In France against the Hinden-'
berg line-dlffers entirely from tho
spirit In which such training has been
undertaken by nation at peace. And
so In every duty which is now assigned
to the young soldier, however trivial II
may at first seem to-! him, be must
remind himself that his country Is
actually ut war--that he must learn
these things for early application In
the battle zone.
1t Is true that details Of his train.
ing may be altered or modified to suie
the new conditions Of warfare, but the
fundamentals will remain the same.
And these fundamentals--obe
discipline, intelligence. initiative, team-
work, esprit de corps-huve always
won battles and wars, and will con-
tinue to win battles and wars, whether
against the bow and arrow, the flint
lock or the 42-centimeter gun.
II the young soldier will return to
the first articles of the series, treating
OF these fundamentals. he will see that
the same principles have run through
out. He will see that his discipline
was as necessary-more necessary
when he was breaking through brush
on patrol than when on pSfNde; that
his sense Of identificatidh Win his unit
prevailed on sentinel du1yeag fully as
in the school Of the squad.~ Otherwise.
he does not have In him the f1akings Of
soldier.
He will observe that drills -are re.
peated again and again not alone to
, perfect the men in marching md the
manual of arms, but because the rePe.
! tltion is more and more Jllupinatng as
, to the reasons why. d well Us tho
methods how, such things are to be
done. In short. the man who has once
been put through the school Of tho
company, then has twice the compre.
henslon Of the meaning Of the school
Of the squad and the st5eol Of the sol.
der. tt,.J&
: The young soldier *tta Rs properly
progressed in his duteSlfjll and that
his mind has been W Jed up" 20
much az his body. JUN {he has die.
] carded slack and sht2V habits Of
walking or standing. bX.will discard
I shiftless habits of thinking. Physicist
> ly and mentally. he will come to the
; scratch. He will remember that he 10
q n representative as well as defender
Of his country. and he will strive to his
. utmost at all times to do her credit.
young soldier. attenti0n-Saluts
i the Colors u
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08

in, Last night, again. he stood to win
odt. But man fell into the river, and.
Stahton lost out once more"
lStarbuck glanced up soberly. "You're
talking in riddles now, John. ! don't
sabe."
r1t isn't necessary for you to sabe.
Results are what counts. Barring acct
dents, you Timanyoni High Line
people can reasonably count on having
ME with you for the next few critical
dhys; and, I may add, you never
needed me more pointedly."
,Starbuck's smile was face-wide.
i.I hope I don't feel sorry" he re-
marked. "Some day, When you can
, take an hour or so off, I'm going to
get youeto show me around in your
| little mu-zeeum of self-concelt, John.
Maybe l can learn how to gather me
| up one."
Smith matched the mine owners
good-natured smile. For some uneX-
plainable reason the world, his particu-
lar world, seemed to have lost its
mallgnance. He, could even think of
Stanton without bitterness; and the
weapon which had been weighing his
hip pocket for the past. few days had
been carefully buried in the bottom of
the lower dressing-case drawer before
he came down to breakfast.
"You may laugh, Billy, but you'll
have to admit that I've been outfigur'
ing the whole bunch Of you. right from
the start" he retorted brazenly. "But
let's get down to business. This is
practically Stanton's last day of grace
If he can't get some legal hold upon
us before midnight tomorrow night
or work some scheme to make us lose
our franchise, his job is gone"
'"Show me-" said the mine owner sue
chiefly.
'Tt's easy. With the dam completed
and the water running in the bitches
we become at once going concern
with assets-a long way In advance OF
our liabilities. The day after tomor
row-if we pull through-you won'
be able to buy single share o.
Timanyoni High Line at any figure
As a natural consequence, public senti
ment, which, we may say, is at pres
ent a little doubtful, will come owe
to our side In landslide, and Stan
toms outfit, II it wants to continue tn,
fight, will have to fight the entir,
Timanyoni, with the city Of Brewste
thrown In for good measure. Am
making 1t plain?"
"Right you are, SO far. Go on"
, "Billy, III tell you something tina
; haven't dared to tell anybody, no
even Colonel Baldwin. I've beel
spending the company's money lik
: water to keep in touch. The minut
} we fail, and long before we coui
/ hope to reorganize n second time an
} apply for new charter, Stanton's CON
pany will be in the field, with its char
ter already granted. From. that to tab
. ing possession Of our dam, either b
means Of an enabling act Of the lel
. islature, or by purchase from the pa
per railroad, will be only step. An
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08
GUARD DUTY.

Just as outpost, advance guard and
patrol work are pre-eminently impor-
tant. all guard duty is serious business
for the soldier. In war time and In
hostile territory 1t has been an imme-
mortal rule to punish with death senti-
nels who fall asleep on their posts. And
II is as a sentinel that the young SOL
der may first contract that sense Of
personal responsibility which renders
him not only valuable member Of his
/ own company. but also prepares him
for promotion.
No man can rise from private to
flrst-class private, from a first-class
private to a corporal, from a corporal
to sergeant, from sergeant or first
sergeant to commissioned officer. un-
less he has evinced disposition to
take responsibility. The men least
capable Of accepting responsibility lag
longest In the ranks; the men who
show earliest signs of assuming re-
sponsibllity-gladly and capably-will
be first to advance.
Guard duty is prescribed In detail in
a separate guard manual. This con-
tains many regulations for the proper
performance of this duty; but In gen.
eral It may be said that guards In camp
or garrison preserve order, protect
property and enforce police regulations.
A tour Of duty for the guard is twenty
four hours, out Of which sentinel Is
on duty two hours out Of every six. He
is under the supervision Of the officer
or nOneommissioned officer, Of the
guard. who IN turn y, responsible to the
officer Of the day.
Guards receive two classes Of orders
general and special. Special orders
relate to posts with certain peculiari-
ties and to particular duties. But the
general orders for the guard, which
every young soldier should promptly
learn by heart, contribute, as has been
said. more than anything else. perhaps,
toward bringing him to realization of
his personal responsibility. These or
ders, which he should repeat to him-
self from time to time on post. are as
follows:
''Po take charge Of this post and all
government property In view.
ITO walk my post In military man
ner, keeping always on the alert and
observing everything that takes place
| within sight or hearing.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08

you must tell them the truth, verda."
Her smile was mildly scornful.
'ls that what the plnln-faced little
ranch person would dof" she asked.
IL don't know; yes, ] guess it Is"
"Doesnt She care any more for you
thnn that?"
Smith did not reply. He was stand
Ing where he could watch the comings
land goings of the elevators. Time was
|precious and Ire was chatting ut the de-
lay, but Miss Rlchlander was not yet
ready to let him CO.. 90 stl.
"rell me honestly, Montague" she
said; "ls It anything more than a casa
OF proplnquity with this Baldwin girl?
ON your part, I mean ~ -.
1T isn't anything" he returned So
berly. Corona Baldwin win never
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08

we couldn't do q thingl Wed have
mo legal rights. and no money to fght
with I" .A'.-,' .fp
!: Starbuck pushed his chair away from
the table and drew q long breath.
/ "Good glory |" he sighed. II wish to
goodness It was day after tomorrow
Can you carry It any further. Johnf'
i, "Yes; q. step or two. For week
Stanton has been busy on the paper
railroad claim, and that is what made
me buy a few cases Of good rifles
and send them out to Willisms; was
afraid Stanton might try force. He
won't do. that II he can help It; he'll
20 In with some legal show. II possible,
,becatfs4 our, force at the dam far out
numbers any gang he .eodJd Nse, and
he knows we are armed" s,,lp9r I
"He can't work the legal game" said
S.arbuck deinitively. "rve known
Judge Warner ever since was knee
high to hop-tosd. and squarer man
doesn't breathe"
'That IL all right, but you're forget
ting something. The paper railroad ID
--or was once-an interstate corpora.
tion. and 30 may ask for relief from
tho federal courts, thus going over
Judge Warmers head. I'm not saying
anything against Lorching. the federal
Judge at Red Butte. I've met him, and
he 10 q good jurist and presumably IN
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08
SELF HELPS for the
NEW SOLDIER
By a United States Army Officer
'yHRht, WI, by tho Wheeler hyndIcnte, Inc
DISPOSITION OF OUTPOST
TROOPS.

A column on the march is preceded
and covered by n detachment known
as, the advance guard. The strength
qf the advance guard varies from one
third to one-twentieth OF the main
body, depending upon the size OF the
main body, and the character of serv-
ice expected OF the advance guard. An
advance guard as large as a battalion
Or more Is primarily divided into the
reserve aud support.
The division In strength is usually.
reser"c, two companies; support, two
companies; the advance party. from
three TO eight squnds--about half a
tompany-sent forward from the sup
port; and the point, a noncommlssloned
officer and three or four men sent for
Enrd from the advance party. The
advance guard Is also responsible for
the reconnaissance OF the country upon
both sides of the line of march. and
this Is effected by patrols sent out by
the leading subdivisions of the ad-
vance guard.
The disposition of outpost troops fol-
lows the principle of the. distribution
bf the advance guard TO the extent that
It consists of the reserve, the line of
;uppQfE Ind the line OF outguards.
There is no uniformity OF distance be'
tween these different parts, since the
problem of keeping In contact and
guarding the avenues of approach will
TO large extent govern their posi-.
tions.
X The reserve constitutes the main
flbody of the outpost. It is located al
some central point from which II car
readily both support the troops In from
and serve as rallylng position upon
which the outguards and support may
retire II strongly pressed by the
enemy. The reserve, which may com
prise from one-fourth TO two-thirds tn,
strength of the outpost, may be omit
ted If the outpost consists OF less thar
two companies.
The supports. constituting a line o.
supporting and resisting detachments
may vary In size from half compan.
to a battalion.
The supports furnish the line of ont
guards. The outguards constitute
line of small detachments furthest I,
the front and nearest to the enemy
They may be classified as pickets, sen
try squads, or cossack posts. A plcke
Is group Of two or more squads
though not exceeding half company
which Is posted on the line Of out
guards to cover a given sector. 1t fur
nishes patrols. one or more sentinel'
sentry squads or cossack posts for OF
servation.
A sentry squad is a squad posted !
observation Mt an indicated point. !
cossack post consists of four men.
is an observation group similar to
sentryIsquad, but employs only singl
sentinel, Sentipels are generally use
slngly In the daytime, but double q
night. Patrols or sentinels must be tn
first troops which the enemy meets an
each body in the rear should have tim
to prepare for the blow.
When he once understands the prlr
ciple of outpost, advance guard or pi
troll duty. II Is Infinitely easier for III
/ young soldier to proceed intelligent.
since he then appreciates the relatio
Of what he Is called upon to do to tn
safety of the command as a whole.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08

sf
marry any man who has so much to
explain as / have"
"You didn't know this was her home,
when you came out heref ,s
"No."
"But you hhd met her somewhere.
before You chme?7s 4 1'tf
"Once; yes. 1t was in ,Guthrleville.
over year ago. met her there at Q
house where she, ,wasa visiting"
II see" she podded, and then, with
out warning: "What was the matter
with you last. nightTlabout dinner
timer" ~ @etJ
"why should yoii think there was
anything the matter with me7".s
II was out driving with the Stantons.
When / came back to the hotel found
Colonel Baldwin and another mana
lawyer,'I thluk Ire ~as-waiting for
me. They said you were needing
friend who could go and talk to you
and-'calm you down. was the phrase
the lawyer used. was good-natured
enough to go with them, but when we
reached your offices you had gone. and
the ranch girl was there alone, wait
ing for her father.p
! THAT was nonsensei" he comments
ed; 'their going after you as II were
a maniac or drunken man, mean"
This time Miss Richlanders smile
was distinctly resentful. II suppose
the colonel's daughter answered the
purpose better" she said. s"There was
an awkward little contretemps, and
Miss Baldwin refused. rather rudely, I
thought, to tell her father where you
had gone"
Smith broke away from the unwel.
come subject abruptly. saying: 'srhere
Is something else you ought to know.
Jibbey is here. at last"
Does he know you are herer'
"He does" t.f ~
"Why didn't you tell me beforei
That will complicate things dreadfully.
Tucker will talk and tell all he knows
he can't help It."
"This Is one time when he will not
talk. Perhaps he will tell you why
when you see him."
Miss HIGHLANDER glanced at the face
Of the small watch pinned on her
shoulder.
"You must not stay here any longer
she protested. THE Stantons may come
down any minute. now, and they
mustn't find us together. I am still
forgiying enough to want to help you
but you must do your part and let me
know what is going on"
| William Starbuck's new car wal
standing in front Of Judge Warmers
house In the southern suburb when
Smith descended from the closed cat
which he had taken at the E(ophrs
House side entrances. The clock Il
the courthouse tower was striking the
quarter of nine. The elevated mess
upon which the suburb was built com
mapded, broad view Of the town and
the outlying ranch lands, and III TIL
distance beyond the river the Hillcfesl
cotton%o0ds 'poutiihed 90 thefnselvei
: against a background Of, ministur,
4 buttes.s mad. ~ t's
Smiths gaze took In the wide, sunli,
prospect. He had paid and dismissed
his cabman, and the. thought came t.
him that In few hours the wooded
buttes, the bare plains, the mighty
mountains, and the pictured city
spreading maplike at his feet woult
probably exist for him only a. mem
ory. While he halted ON the terrace
Starbuck came out Of tho; house.
'The Judge is at breakfast" thu
: owner announced. "You're to 70 ir
and walt. What do you want me Il
do nextf'
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08
CHAPTER XIX.
The Paee.setter.

fs.g a.. Hs y -
Smith made An early breakfast on
che morning following the auto drive
to the abandoned mine, hoping thereby
10 avoid meeting both Miss Richlander
and Jibbey. The Hophra cafe was
practically empty when. @he went in
and took his accustomed place at one
of the alcove tables, but he had barely
given his order when Starbuek ap-
peared and came to join him.
. You're looiang a whole rlot. better
this, morning. John." said the mine
owner quizzicaliy, as he held up a
finger for the walter, slows the
grouchT
Smiths answering grin had some
thing Of its former gOod-nature In 1t.
4'Today's the day, Billy" he said. ITO
morrow at midnight we must have the
water running In the bitches or lose
our franchise. It's chasing around in
the back part Of my mind that Stanton
will make his grandstand play today.
I'm not harboring any grouches on the
edge Of TIE battle. They are handi-
cap. anyway, and always"
That's good medicine talk" said the
elder man, eying him keenly. And
then: "You bad US all guessing. yester-
day and the day before. John. You
sure was acting a. If you'd gone plumb
.locoed.s 30 y
II was lscoed." was the quiet ad
misMoa. 49,. ca
what cured your ,3 .,,t3
49, - a t<aIv
breakfast table. What do you heai
from wihiamsr
IAN quiet during the night but the
weather reports are soaring him W
a gocd BIT this morning."
"St0rms On the ranger y
"Yes. The river gained four fee'
last night. and there is food, water ant
drift coming down to beat the band
Just the same. BARLEY says hs II
going to make good"
Smith nodded. BARLEY Is all right
the right nan in the right place. Hav'
you seen the colonel since he left th'
o6lces lest EVENING"
YES. I drove him and Corona ou
to the ranch IN my new car he salt
Ae'l lest his roadster: somebody ha!
sneAked n and Borrowed H. =
II suppose he told you about thu
latest n0ve-sur moveAin the stock
selling gamer
mo. Ne didn't; but Stillings did. Yo'
played II pretty fine. John; only I hop
10 gracious ~ Cwsnt have to redeem
those optt6tssl N would bust our littl
inside crowd wide open to hate to bu,
In all that stock at par"
Smith laughed. "'Suficient unto tn
DAY. Billy. 1t was the only way 4
block Stanton. It's neck or nothin,
with him now, and he has only on
more strins that he can pull" -
'4The railroad right-of-way dealf
"Yes: he has been holding that Il
reserve-that and one other thing"
'what was the other thingr' Star
buck was absently fishing for sec
ond lump Of sugar In the sugar bow
HAS It got anything to do with tn
buach sf news that you won't tel
us-about yourself Johnf"
1T has. Two days ago. Stanton ha
me fairly. but friend Of mine steppe
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1917-11-08
What Could Be Done.

$50 the car broke down again to.
dayf" said the owner, n,
Eyes. sir" replied the chauftesF.
ut SENS to break down every day
ayes, II does. sir"
"Can you suggest anything we can
do with it?"
Eyes, sir"
"Whatf"
swell, II you've got an enemy any.
where's, sir. you might givs Il to him
SIR"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
KRAMER SCHOOL NOTES.

We have had a full attendance
for the last few weeks.
Arthur Brandt and Roy Thiel
have returned to school after a
weeks absence.
Carl Olsen gave some of the
pupils and teachers an enjoya-
BILE sleigh ride last Thursday
evening. After the ride they
stopped at the home of Mr..
Thronson, where games were
enjoyed and later a delicious
luncheon served.
The Grammar room pupils
consider themselves experts
when it comes to playing "freeze
out" on account Of the radiat-
ors not giving their best SER
vice.
The lower grades are busily
engaged making Valentines.
The Primary pupils are dram
atizing the story of "The Red
Hen"
A mean thing about a carbun-
Gle is that it usually comes on
the back of a fellows neck,
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
ROLAND TOWNSHIP.

Mrs. j. Hewitt from Gardena
has been visiting at her parental
home and with friends in this
vicinity.
Rev. L. Langehaug from Shar-
on conducted services in Nord-
lands and Managers churches
last Sunday.
The Fremad Total Abstinence
association held it's annual bust
ness meeting at H. Hagen's on
Jan. II. The society has been
giving pecuniary aid to many of
the organizations who work for
prohibition and enforcemnt of
it's laws. For the coming year,
the society plans on giving a SER
les of educational programs, es-
pecially pertaining to the pro-
hibition movement. On Feb.
%, a program will be rendered
at Lars Larson's.
Clarence Emerson and Ole
Hanson attended a meeting Of
the rifle club at Bottineau on
Monday.
In spite of the cold weather
and snow, Arthur Larson can
get where he wants to yet.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
Junior High School Notes.

Junior High School Notes.
The air is thick with the scent
of exams,
Our brains are numb from the
strains of Grams,
For Thursday and Friday are
going to show
How much of it all we really
know.
If the teachers efforts were
fruitful or vain,
If covered with dust our books
have lain.
Oh! why must we burn this mid
night oil?
And why our beauty (D with
examining spoil?
Couldn't we please get exempt
from them all
And save ourselves a pitiful
| fall.
Everyone is searching thru
pages Of North Dakota bulle-
tins for facts concerning the op-
portunities of our wonderful
state. Of course everyone
knows OF the tantalizing $40
gold pieces lying just beyond
our reach, which will go to the
one who writes the best essay
on North Dakota, Her Resour-
ces and Opportunities"
Mr.. Anderson gave a couple
of beautiful violin selections
Wednesday morning in assembly
period.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25
FORESTRY NEWS LETTER.

We have received word from
Mr.. Otis Griffin and Mr.. Nc
Glaughlin of Company K, First
North Dakota Infantry, that
they will come to Bottineau i'm
mediately upon their being mus
tered out at Fort Smelling, to
register in the forestry course
at the State School of Forestry.
Pres. Smith is going to Stark
weather to talk before the Beth
ell Farmers Township club dur
ing the afternoon of Jan. 26th.
In the evening he will. talk at
Starkweather.
A bulletin on the new courses
in Agriculture and Commercial
branches will be ready for dis
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1917-01-25

where he can't look at it and en-
Joy his misery. Another mean
thing is for people to take books
out of the school library and not
return them. There are several
books recorded in the library,
but have been missing ever since
the beginning of this school
term. Anyone having taken a
book of the school library last
year or during the past summer,
would assist considerably in
building up the standard of the
school by returning the books at
once. It won't help this school
any if the school board buys
books with which some outsiders
can fill their book shelves. The
books belong to the district and
no one has the right to keep
them for his own use.
AT last there is a standard
proportion for the American
flag and IL standard sizes for
use of the executive department
Of the government. President
Wilson has just fixed this by ex-
ecutive order. These sizes will
take the place of the &C sizes
and many designs of varying
proportions, says the Buffalo
Express. The new standard des-
ign is II times as long as it is
wide, with the square blue
field extending the width of sew
en- of the thirteen stripes.
Positions and sizes of the 48
stars are also fixed by the order.
The IL flag sizes Indicated for
government use vary in width
from 131 feet to 20 feet and
where the Union Jack is used
it is to conform to the flag with
which it is flown.