New Britain herald., 1917-09-13
LESSON NO. 27

First Days in Camp. 6. Cleanliness in Camp. 7. Your Health. 8. Marching and Care of Feet. 9. Your Equipment and Arms. 10. Recreation ill Camp. II. Playing
 the Game. 12. Teamwork in the Army. IS. Grouping Men Into Teams. IA. The Team Leaders. IS. Fighting Arms of the Service. 16. Staff Branches of the Service-I. IT
 Staff Branches of the service-1I. IS. Army Insignia. 1s. The Army
 System of Training. 2o Close Or
 der Drill 21. Extended Order Drill. 22. Guard Duty. 23. Getting Ahead in the Army. "A. Army Courtesy. 25. Discipline and Re [ spect for the Colors. 26. Some Ma tional Traditions.)
 The spirit that dominated the Am erican Armies at Bunker Hill. New 1 Orleans, Buena Vista, Gettysburg. and Santiago will just as surely dom- 1 mate the National A~:-a-- on the bat 1 tlefields of Europe.
 l This spirit is a compound. It is made up in part of democratic feel ing. in part of respect and love for the Nation, and in part of American l ism.
 1 The United States Army has always been and will always remain dem ocratic Army. Every man in the Army is made to feel that his brains and his l individuality count for something. ] It Is not merely a big, soulless ma chine that moves with mechanical precision. It is team. Each man in the team is presumed to be intel ligent and self-reliant.
 Democracy dn the Army. 1 1m feo work without regularity and strict discipline. This is equally true of football or baseball team There must also be various ranks and degrees of 1 authority. And sometimes this neces- sary organization and close regulation i creates an impression that the Army Is not democratic.
 But the fact of the case is that American soldiers accept the reason- able disciuline of the Army readily l because they have the good sense to realize that these things are neces- sary. They accept them without los- ing in the least their real independ- ence as free citizens.
 Furthermore, American armies are democratic because the path of pro- m otion is wide open. Any man who has a reasonable amount of ability i the qualities of soldier and a leader, and can work his way up. And this is the real test of a democrtic army. In special sense the National Army is democrtic. A great democ- 1 racy must always carry on it's affairs 1 through chosen representatives, You are doubtless familiar with this prin- ciple as 1t is applied in time of peace. Now it is applied in time of war. Through a process of fair selection the National Army has been picked to represent all parts of the country and all groups of the people. Never has America sent forth an army so truly representative of the Nation.
 There are always pessimists in every generation who insist that pa triotism Is dead or at least decaying. They hve not been lacking in recent years The comes a crisis such as now confronts us. And always the questio of patriotism is answered by a free outpouring of effort, money. and blood on the part of citizens of all types in every section of the coun- try This is exactly what is now go- ing on-and what will continue to go on with increasing force until the war Is brought to victorious ed
 Everybody Must Help.
 Every citizen of the United States 1 now has or will have certain duties to perform, certain sacrifices to make. | The burden does not rest wholly upon you and other men who take up arms. l It rests in part also upon the men and l women who stay behind For mod ern war on a big scale demands that the whole Nation, in sense, should 20 to war. The tasks required of 1 ba hor required of others, but all of them 1 are necessary in order to make sure of the result.
 Many manufacturers and workers often women as well as men-must l give up their own work and plans Ill order to produce war supplies. Those who remain where they now are because they are engaged in war as in peace, such as farming, mining, running railroads, and the like | must go at their work with redoubled energy and without expecting profits for themselves; it would be a great | mistake if everyone were taken away from these necessary lines of effort in ordr to join the colors as a soldier. All must carry a heavy burden of taxa tion.
 1 Certain men-among whom you 1 are one-have been or will be chos- en as representatives of the Nation to defend our rights and safety on the battlefield. You and your fellow soldiers are selected from the young men of the country who are best fitted for military service.
 This process of organizing the whole Nation for war can not, of course, be completed in a day. But it is steadily going on. It will neces- sarily go on until the end of the war. ] You will have back of you and sup 1 porting you the whole country all its ! people and all it's wealth. Congress