Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-10-13
Code of Discipline and Morals
Published tor Men Under
His Command

CAMP SHERIDAN, Montgomery,
Ala, Sept. 14.--Maj.-Gen Charles &.
Treat, recently from Hawaii, COM
mander, of the 37th division made up
of Ohio state troops, is a hard task.
MASTER" and the stay of the Buck
eye state soldiers in the training
camp here will be anything but bed
of roses.
A schedule OF drills which will take
up the mems time from reyille at
5:45 in the morning until retreat at
6 is being arranged by division staff
officers, and when the men get into
harness here and buckle down to real
work, there are few of them who
will feel like taking advantage Of the
three or four hours afforded them be-
tween retreat and taps. .
4 mean to make the Ohio troops
a division of fighters" declared Maj
Gen. Treat in an interview, land not
an organization OF khaki clad dunn
mics expect to work the men hard,
but they win be kept in the best of
condition, and the work will give
them will be only what l have given
regulars without i'll effect-and I've
decided from the Ohio troops have
seen already that they are physically,
mentally and morally the equal of
any regular who ever trod a parade
ground"
The men will be started out in close
order field drills, going into extended
order drills, taking up advance and
rear guard formations, skirmish drill,
battle practise. trench warfare and
bayonet practise, and will be given
hours upon hours and days upon days
on the target ranges.
"Pd rather have one good marks.
marl<than a dozen soldiers who can't
shoot" one of the regular army Of
ficers remarked during the conference
today. and this plan will be followed
out in detail.
A rifle range with 200 targets, sec.
ond in size only to Camp Perry, will
be in commission before the middle of
October, and on this gigantic range
the Ohioans will be taught to score
"fives" as fast as the targets can be
pulled.
Maj. A. S. Houts of the 9Th Ohio
Infantry, Cleveland. is at the head OF
the board that selected the range,
and declares it is the best natural
range he has seen in his many years
as one Of the Buckeye states best
shots. 4s.st
The range will be equipped with
pistol and machine gun targets in
addition to the 200 rifle targets, and
the men OF every branch of the sery-
ice will be taught to use with good
effect the weapon used IN his branch
of the service. The range lies across
the river, and the Ohio engineers, ur.
der Col. McQuigg, will gain valuable
experience in placing pontoon and
permanent bridges across the stream.
Mai.-Gen. Treat, just back from the
Hawaiian Islands where he command
ed the United States forces, has i'm
pressed on the officers and men of
the entire division the Importance OF
neatness in dress and of observing all
the little niceties which make up the
code" of the American army.
A recent order covering this part
of Gen. Treats plans, reads as fol-
lows:
The commanding general of the
Thirty-seventh division desires to take
this occasion to point on the great
importance of individual appearance,
military bearing and soldierly con-
duct as an important factor in the
military efficiency of this command.
The general reputation Of the division
will be formed by the discipline, mill
tary bearing and conduct of the Off
GERS and enlisted men comprising it,
and their promptness in carrying out
in every particular the important
duties devolving upon them.
Each individual officer and soldier
is not only the custodian of his own
reputation but is to a similar extent
the custodian of the reputation of the
division and of the army of which he
forms a part. Therefore, it devolyes
upon him to conduct himself so as to
reflect distinction upon his organiza-
ton and credit upon the military SER
vice. -. i
1t is essential that the officers and
enlisted men of the division appear in
neat and proper dress at all times
within and without the limits of the
camp, to abstain from loud and objec.
tional language, to be courteous and
self-respecting and to have due con-
sideration for the rights of persons
who do wear the uniform.
Care should be taken to protect