Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-09-14
lesson No. ga Warfare in Europe.

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Health 8 Marching and Care 81 Feet.
E. Your Equipment and Arms. 4 81 Rec
reat5on III Camp H. Playing the
Game, II. Teamwork in Tie army.
+ ID. Grouping Men into Teams. Z A. The
+ Team Leaders. IS. Fighting arms 1E
the Service. Is staff Branches of he
SeTvice-L a. Staff Branches ri the
Serviee-II IL. army Insignia l8.
The Army System of Training. zo-t
Clcse-0rder Drills u. Exreha ed~9rder
DFilI 2z. Guard Duty. "a. Getting
Ahead lid the Army. "a. Army Gour-
tesy- % Discipline and Respect for
the Eolors. Us. some army EEaa5-
tions u The Spirit of the Service.
IS Why we Fight.
In previous sections Of This course
army life and service have been de-
Il scribed without special reference 10
the changes brought about by the
present var. There are important
changes. and methods Of training and
of fighting used in previous wars must
Of course he modified accordingly
The extent Of these changes how
ever. is often exaggerated. AT bottom
the qualities that make q good soil
der or an efficient army remain the
same today that they were before the
war. The changes that affect the inn
dividual soldier have 10 d. chiefly
with weapons
Bat behind every weapon there is q
man. IL the weapon is to be used
effectively, the man must be well
trained. disciplined. cool and brave
He must have spirit. TeuaCIty ana
seIr-reUance The big problem MOI"
just sis in aU other wars, is to der
veIop these qualities and he other
I soIdieTly quaiiries-to their highest
extent The chief difference probably
comes III the fact that self-rsfiance is
a bigger factor than iu most previous
wars And IA American armies this
quality has always been highly Wall
ued and wei developed.
This brief lesson can NOT 1f course
enter into discussion aE technical
questions which belong ir tle field 90
military science. Tt VIII simply point
out few Of the striking features 81
S direct interest to every man who
! reaches the front.
. Character Of Present War
This war differs from previous wars
chiefly in the enormous increase En
the use Of artillery. This IS due part
Is to the immense ma1uIaerHTlng Te-
sources Of the countries AT war; a5eA
enables them TO produce great NUM-
Uers of guns and great quantities "a
Ammunition 1T IS due also To Che
, new methods Of directing gun fire
from aErplaues, It IS evident mat
-4r- ram ug+ he accurately aimed at
IN object the exact location &c which
3 h. ,.-,1y-e-rz-r- T-1a z5~rGan1 however.
Is able To bring back or signal back
/ this information. Sd that tha artillery
: may now be used with much greater
effect The size Of the guns and The
= force of the explosive shells fired from
1 them have also been largely. increased.
I Partly as q result of these improve
! rnents in artillery. Eft has been naees-
4 Sarv To develop better methods of pro-
! terttor The nratartsan al trcope con-
T efz+s 81 digging stronger field en-
7 #frenchments than have been necessary
4 in previous wars. Here we have the
j main reason for the so-caLed "treuoh
7 warfare which during th1 last three
wears has largely taken the place 81
former methods Of moving armies
about freely until they came into
/ conflict with aacn other Digging
4 trenches and throwing up breast
works for protection against the en-
p p4ns-'z fire it, 81 course. NOT 4 new
thing in warfare 1t IS being done
ii ETur1ne however. an q much big
zar scale than ever before. A COM
r4fea4ed network IF trenches now pro-
tar+e I'D men In both sides The
shade .na=. become one of the soldiers
hre+ xraan0ns Of defense
In seeking protection against heavy
artillery IRE 3 very interesting de-
vel0pment has taken place rms IS
the use q various 41t+197 A'1 -oL-
eeaIIhs AHi1 guns anu --oop7 IS '+1
the vie" Of enemy an p4aia@7- 9't'Ss
times trees are brought 1p ana pant
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times Inc gun 4t otlst lHs@-g A77 +"
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