The Washington herald., 1918-01-03
ARMY TRAINING
BEST OF GAMES
Universal Military Service
Would Be Great Thing for
Young Men Of U. S.
BY GRANTLAND RICE.
REVEILLE.

Copyright, 1917, by the Tribune
Association (New York Trfbune).
It's dawn on a winter morning
Dawn with a streak OF gray:
With me asleep In the blankets,
Dreaming my time away;
Struggled under the white top
Just as the gray mist clears.
Dreaming OF other mornings
Back through q thousand years
And then with a call that echoes
Drear as the funeral drum.
Cutting my heart to ribbons
The ReveiI1e says ''come"i
Ifss dawn on a winter morning.
with a red streak; through the trees
With me asleep in the blankets,
Dreaming Of peace and ease;
Dreaming Of days behind me,
Ear from the khalded brave,
Far from a stove unhghted
And a tent as cold as the grave,
And then with blare that tosses
Ecs woe 70 the winter Skies
Tearing my soul to pieces
Ths Reveille says "Rtse"I
N. runs Of the Huns are one ehing,
part Of . big days job;
Iu2 DIX kdS 6hCAAo -
Bringing their thrill or throb;
Ixfe In a dugout's nothing
10 bring on q ringing cheer.
But give me the big shells crashing
Give me the guns to hear
Give me the Huns worst answer.
sive me the charging drum
when out of the cold dawn's shadows
The Reveille says Come!
The Game to Play.
1--WE have put In q good part OF
our brief career either playing
soma game or watching others play
some game and inscribing COM
rnents thereon. Through this ex-
tended observation we have had a
chance to see the great value of
snort in ways that are both physi-
cal and mental. But 1t doesn't take
very long from an observation post
among the white tents to see that
fhe army game Is the best train
ing OF them all
Universal military service would
be a. wonderful thing for the young
men of the country, even IL this
war ended forever the thought OF
battle and blood. 1t is undoubtedly
the best training a man or boy
around twenty can get, for IL ae-
complishes three of the greatest
things of life:
l. 1t gives him health and
strength
?. 1t teaches him the value Of dis
cipline.
.. 1t shows him the value OF sery-
Zee in the development of charac-
ter.
These three things are quite
enough, even IL there was not at
tached the matter of preparedness
that would leave the nag forever
safe.
One Wreneh-and Then.
For a good many years In youi
life you get in the habit Of getting
up at s or o'clock in a warm
room. and kick if the radiator isn't
working 100 per cent right
Then on a days notice you are
suddenly getting up in q cold tent
thirty minutes before daybreak
with fourteen hours work ahead
OF you. involving a mixture of artil-
1ery, mathematics and a 15-milt
hike. And in three days you don't
remember much about any Other
existence, as far as comforts oI
dfscomforts 60.
Life. after all, is the toughest
game OF them all to dope. 1t can't
be done.
A New Form of @CarryiBg On"
One was a lieutenant in a color
ed company. The other was a pri-
vate. Both were dusI1y hued.
One morning the lieutenant gave
the private an order. The private's
reply was 60 to hell" Result;
The private was Immediately call
ed before the board.
This is a very serious offense,'
the general said What is your
excuseT'
'Jor'. general" the private re-
marked. 'T didn't mean nothin' BY
that I didn't mean nothin' at all
Ne and that niger carries on that
way all the time, but he jes' hap
pened to be mad at me that mornin
cause he thought I'd took his gall
Which made it nice and pleasant
for the eolored lieutenant. Very.
You can pick up a few stray hu-
man characteristics from a ball
cub or from a bunch of golf pro-
fessionals or golf dubs, but if you
desire to get a handful of afore-
said human characteristics put
yourself in a tent in the middle Of
1900 men drawn from every walk
nook and variety of existence. They
begin to pop so fast that old Doc
Argus himself couldn't see a tenth