The daily Alaskan., 1917-09-06
Daily Points For
 Citizen Soldiers
Issued by the War DepaCtmenS And all rights to reprint
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GROUPING MEN INTO TEAMS

The smallest unit of or team" in the Army Is the squad. A sQuad usually consists of eight men, one of whom is the leader: he is call ed corporal" You will be as- signed to a squad almost at once on entering the Army.
 In any case remember this: The eight men in & squad forIn a team in thu same sense that a baseball nine or 8 football eleven Is & team. Your squad Is competing with all the other squads h your con- pany. Whenever 1t shows itself es- pecially well drilled. quick to learn new duties or careful in respect to cleanliness and general bearingl you pile up a few points in your favor.
 It is your duty to help your own squad make 8 good showing. Also 1t Is 10 your own interest to do so. There Is no more pleasure or reward for you in belonging to a poor squad than there is for & ball play CT belonging to a losing team.
 Two, three or four squads (usual- ly three) may be ioined in the next higher unit, which Is called 8 platoon" The platoon, however, is not so permanent as a squad, but ia formed whenever there is need for 1t in drilling on the firing line.
 Next comes the company which Es made up at full strength of 15O man; this is about Is squads or 6 platoons. This number Is "War strength" in our old table or or ganization; the first division now iR France has 200 men per company; it is probable the strength may be 25O per Infantry company.
 You are probably going to liVe' eat, drill, and fight with the other men in your company so long as yo remain in the Army. The sensible thing to do is to conduct yourself in such a way as to command the liking and respect Of these men from the very beginning.
 Four companies are joined ln a "battalion." The battalion Is an important unit in the Army or ganization, but is not So clearly marked as either the company or the regiment.
 The regiment consists of 3 bat .talions, making 12 companies. In addition, there are three special companies which do not belong to any of the battaliOns. These are the headquarters company, includ- ing the band and the color guard; the macbine-gun company, to be re- ferred to later; and the supply company, responsible for the regi- ment's food, ammunition, and other supplies. Counting in everyone, the regiment at full strength in our old tables or organization totals 2,O5S officers and men.
 The regiment is the unit that especially arouses the soldiers pride and loyalty. The most cher ished traditions of the Army are made up of the splendid deeds Of famous regiments.
 Two regiments are joined in a brigade. Thus the brigade is built up by assembling individual soldiers into squads; squads into platoons; platoons into companies, companies into battalions; battalinOs into regi- ments; and regiments into brigades.
 Brigades may in turn be joined to form divisions, dtYisions may be joined to form corps and corps to form field armies. All Of the ar my's divisions and separate de- tachments and departments taken te gether form the "big team" - that is to say, the United States Army; The makeup of the big team IS treated in a later lesson.