Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-05-03
SOLDIERS With The CLICK
Men Who Hated Discipline Nov
Learn To Love It..
NO sLACKERs IN The TaIRTIETH
Boy With Brieht's Disease AFRAID He
Will Be Deprived Of The Chance To
Go Abroad-Offieer Who Lost His
Commission Enlists As A Private.
passed by the Censor.)

Go Abroad-Officer Who Lost Hi
Commission EnIists As A Private.
CPassed by the Censor.)
Correspondence The Yorkville Enquirer
Camp Sewer. April 26.-The mex
time you visit Camp Sewer OF any o
the other numerous military camps
over the country and hear soldier.
using words absolutely foreign TO yol
in their conversation, you VIII bt
educated somewhat after q perusal o.
these words and phrases OF soldier
slang and military abbreviattons thai
| am going to write here. The sol.
dier's vocabulary of slang includes
hundreds upon hundreds OF words ane
phrases and maybe II remained ir
the soldering game all my allotted
three score and ten I might become
we'll versed therein myself. But here
are q few of the most common ones
that are used daily millions OF times
III Camp Sewer:
"Thc Skipper,"-thc captain or
company or battery.
Brown Betty,"-Army pudding
served in every organization at leas,
once a week and quite often twice
It's made OF the bread left over from
supper or breakfast with q handfu
of raisins and little sugar thrown
into il. Good. too after hard morn
ing's putin out.
Putin out"-working hard, buster
than usual and usual means some
busy in these war times Mt Camp
Sewer.
AWOL-Absent from camp without
leave.
"Takin' distance"-To go AWOL-
"Chow"-Army food.
THE top'-The first sergeant OF ar
organization. the hardest job and yet
the most coveted place in any COM
pany.
"A crumb"-A dirty soldier. It's n
sure fight for one soldier to cal
another "crumb," unless he really Is
"Concrete"-A term used by SOL
diers in referring to some superior
commissioned or nom commissioned OF.
iiccr whom they regard as exception
ally stern and strict. 1t has been my
observation during my seven months
army service that the best officers
are as n rule concrete"
"SOL"-Soldier out of Luck II q
soldier happens to be without funds
or refused permission to leave camp
or is hurt or killed or meets with any
misfortune, in referring to H. his
mates always say: Hes just SOL
THE Jug"-The stockade or mill
tary Jail. ifs
shave Tail"-A second 1aut4ant
The Thse-.t.sFm-4s-h.sdiS eyax, gpesl
by bucks and only by them wher
they are sure they are absolutely safe
"Buck"-A private soldier.
"AR"-Army Regulations. the Law
of the army.
"rhe Creek"-The Atlantic ocean.
"Fritz"-A German soldier or the
German army.
THE Fuzzy Guy"-A general.
"a suicide"-An enlisted man wht
belongs to a machine gun company.
"B Class"-Confined to the compan!
street because of some breach of dis
cipline.
Rabbit hunters"-Issue leggins.
"Pig Iron"-A rifle.
As | said a moment ago, there art
hundreds OF these slang words ant
phrases in use among soldiers over th'
country and the vocabulary will b'
greatly increased after slight associa
ton with the English. the French, th'
Italians. the Belgians and the othe'
Allies over the creek.
Arthur Brisbane of the Washington
Times wrote wonderfully sound ar
ticle a few days ago on discipline,
in which he undertook to show tina
thorough discipline was absolutel!
necessary to that success In battle To-
which we are all working. After si'
months or more here in training there
is not a soldier who does not thor
oughly understand the truth ant
logic OF this proposition and the fac
that they do thoroughly understand
il has done more to bring about dis
ciplinc in the Old Hickory Division
than all the punishments that have
been imposed because Of lack Of dis
ciplne on the part Of soldiers, though
fear Of punishment and punishmen
itself has done wonders.
A famous British army ofiicer de-
livered lecture at Camp Seviel
several weeks ago on the subject o.
discipline. and that lecture has hat
a wonderful influence In promoting
discipline here since it was delivered
to hundreds Of officers and non com
missioned officers who have put int
practice his ideas, or rather nj
knowledge. of the subject.
In explaining the origin Of the salute
and the reason therefore ne went OF
to say in medieval days when ont
knight met another he would lower
the visor OF his helmet and thus ex'
pose his face as a salute In token o.
the fact that he. a free man, salutet
a free man. The custom mas gon'
down the centuries among the mill
tary, the symbol Of military brother
hood. 1t Is natural that the enlisted
soldier should salute an ofncer mrs
because of seniority. He went on u
say that instant obedience to TIT
orders of an officer was necessary
because officers were the brains which
must control the body and every par
thereof. He referred to the necessit!
OF cleanliness of person and clothes
among enlisted men, because OF TN
disciplinary effect and told his hear
ers that bright buttons and clean uni