The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1918-02-15

store of good stories. many OIL WhtSn
he tells only in small companies He IS
married and his wife, now in England
is doing a great work during the war
and has done her Bit ever since the
war began.
RECITAL OF TRAINING
Colonel Applin has been the toast
of washington since his arrival in this
country, his rare military talents-he is
regarded as an expert on machine guns
and his wide experience on the battle
lines of Europe-the battle of Arras,
Ypres, Cambria, and the restraining
him a figure of international renown,
a man whose word on military AFFAIRS
| spells efficiency
The coat-of-m epaulets worn on his
shoulders suggested a story from him
which enlightens us on the subject CT
| the military salute
This small bit of armor worn by Of
ficers in the British army is all that
remains of the old coat-of-mail arnior
which covered the bodies of the knights
of old" said Colonel Applin. You re-
member how their bodies were protected
| with chain mail armor and their heads
q
| coat-of-mail covering the face in order
| that they might be protected from the
| arrows of the enemy. Now this covering
| entirely enveloped the face, and when
/ knights met, each with a quick upward
| sweep of the hand, threw back his amor
| and thus revealed his identity-hence
| the salute In the British army, sa-
| lutte is never given when the head IS
uncovered, only when an officer stands
| with his head covered. We never salute
| otherwise
I Colonel Applin was particularly happy
| in his recital of English military train
! ing, which includes, according to his
| statements, instruction in personal hy-
| giene, in sanitation, in the necessity
for law and regulations to govern the
| conduct of men. 1t is an axiom of the
| military service that courtesy among
| military men is indispensable to dis
| cipline; the courtesy referred to being
something more than form 1t implies
| a consideration of the rights and feelings
/ of others.
| Summed up in a nutshell" the de-
| velopment of individual morale requires
( in material degree the factor of time,
| because the necessary development in
| wolves not only a physical, but a
| psychological change in the individual.
| His state of mind, his habits of life
| must be modified and he does not be-
\
| until his dependablity takes the form
| Of habit, subconscious action, rather
/ than action dependent upon volitionaI
I elaboration of the moment, and SO
men cannot be considered as soldiers,
| according to Colonel Applin, until it is
believed that their actions in a crisis
1 viii be definite, certain, and depend
able, because by training they will sub
4 consciously and almost automatically
| do the dependable thing
Colonel Applin has at various times
spoken before organizations Of women
| in America. since he came to this coun-
| try three months ago to lecture to the
American soldier on Training and Dis
| cipline,' and he has pointed out the
| duty of women in no less uncertain
terms than he points out the duty of
!, the men.
DUTY OF THE WOMEN
! Colonel Applin declares that it Is to
! the women the men look for encourage
| ment and support; that our women, like
| the English women, must buck up our
soldiers and make them the fine, big,
| military officers and men that they
| should be; that our women must do their
duty to their country by replenishing
the earth with future generations OF
men who can take the place of those
! who have gone before.
When Madame de Stael asked Napo-
| leon (whose favor she so eagerly craved)
who the greatest woman in France was
| the Emperor quickly replied
She who bears the greatest number
of childrenr'
4 In answer to wf1at-thef greatest work
American women can do during the
war, Colonel Applin delcateiy summed
i up the situation in words equivalent to
i those of the immortal Napoleon. AS In
England, the women are urged to marry
and reproduce the splendid race Of men
i which every day is being wiped from
the face Of the earth by the blood red
hand of war, so in America Colonel APP
pin sees the duty of American woman
hood plainly written in the annals OF