HOME-READING course for j
CITIZEN-SOLDIERS j
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.) j
This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men selected lor J
service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started j
I in the righf way. It is informal in lone and does not attempt to give j
! binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various |
I manuals and regulations of the l nited Slates Army, to which this j
• Course is merely introductory. !
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l.KSSOX NO. 16.
ST \FF BK \M HKS OF THK
SKKY1CK—1.
In addition to the three fighting
arms—Infantry, Cavalry, and Artil
|e,v_there are nine branches oi the
Army known as the staff corps and
department.
and most important duty is not light
ing. but assisting those who do fight,
by providing them with every tiling
they need. Very few people outside
tin* Alley have a clear idea oi the or
ganization of these nine branches or
of th ?ir unties.
Kolowing the the staff corps and
Adjutant General’s
spector General’s Department. Judge
Advocate Genera s Dejiavt-or* i —!
neer Corps, Signal Corps. Medical
Corps. Ordnance Department.
The first of the staff branches just
named are composed entire y
perienced and capable office:
as officers.
The Brains of the Army
The business of the General Stall
Corps is to study military problems
of all kinds, to work out the best so
lutions, and t* report; *o the * • l>!
Staff of the Ai’o.v.
ed the “Brains of the Army, and it
would be hard to give a better descrip
tion in a tew words. The Aar Co •
Irge division of the General Stall
Corps is devoted to the study ami in
vtstigation of new and specie! prob
lems.
In time of war some of the mem
bers of the General Stud Corps serve
with the generals in the field ami as
sist them in solving and handling
then* various problems. While on this
duty the senior General Stall officer
acts as thief of staff of the command
ing general. This position is not to
be confused with that ot t hiet ot
Staff of the Army, who has general
supervision of all military operations,
both at home and in the field.
The Adjutant General's department
has charage of all of the records re
lating to officers ami enlisted men, is
sues orders to carry out the wishes
of the commanding officer, and car
ries on military correspondence. In
even battalion and regiment one ot
%
the officers of the line is detailed a*
adjutant to perform for his organ
ization the duties ju:«t named.
Military Observers
The Inspector General's department
observes everything that goes on and
reports on the skill ami general fit
ness of officers and troops. At inter
vals an officer from the Inspector
General's department reviews the
men in each organization; examines
I their arms, equipment, and supplies;
loks over all reconls showing expen
ditures of money or distribution of
property; and serais in a complete re
port. pointing out the good and bad
features of the organization. In this
way the higher officers are kept in
formed at all times as to the state ot
affairs in every section of the Army.
The Judge Advocate General’s de
partment is the legal department ot
the Army. It prepares opinions on
legal questions for the guidance of
other officers or departments, serves
the representative of the law in
military courts, and keeps the legal
records of the Army. Closely related
is the office of the Provost Marshal
General, who has charge, among other
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things, of enforcing the selective ser-j
vice law.
Unless you work your way up to a(
commission, it is not likely that you
will come into touch in any direct way
with any of the four staff departments!
just named. Their duties are review-!
ed here simply because it should be
interesting to you to know how the!
great Army machine is kept well oiled
anti running smoothly even in periods
! of great difficulty.
The Engineer Corps
You will frequently see the other
five staff* branches in operation, how-!
ever, throughout your Army life.
The Corps of Engineers are the
skilled workmen of the Army. They'
lay out permanent camps and en-j
trenchments, build and repair bridges,
dig saps and mines under the enemy's
trenches, and take care of other work
which requires technical skill of this
character.
Theoretically, the Engineer Corps isj
not one of the lighting arms; but in.
practice they are often called upon to
light and to perform dangerous du
ties. They may build bridges or dig
entrenchments, for example, under the,
enemy’s lire. In modern warfare the.
engineers play a highly important—
and often an heroic—part .
The Signal Corps is the message
hearer of the Army. It carries infor
mation and orders from one headquar
ters to another. It is today as essen
tial to the conduct of a great army as
the telephone is to the conduct of a
great business .
The Signal Corps
At one time the Signal Corps trans
i mitted messages chiefly through the
use of flags, lanterns, heliagraphs
! (mirrors so arranged as to reflect and;
flash rays of light), and the like. Then
came a period during which it was
chiefly concerned with laying down
and operating telegraph and telephone
lines; and this is still one of its most
| important duties. However, the wire
less is becoming more and more im
portant, even on the battlefield.
A first-class signalman is expert
with all these various methods. He
is also a good horseman, since he must
be able to move about rapidly. Hif
j duties may frequently carry him into
the battle line and into other danger
ous positions, and he must know how
to defend himself; his chief weapon
is the pistol. There is no branch of
! the service in which a man’s intelli
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gence, initiative and technical skill
count for more.
The Signal Corps of the American
Army includes the aviation section,
which has grown to be of scuh vital
importance. The best-known types of
airplanes are the scouting machine,
which goes out to get information by
flying over the enemy’s lines; the
throwing machine, which goes out to
do as much damage as possible to the
enemy’s military works; and the swift
fighting machine, which attacks enemy
air planes and protects the slower
scoutings and bombing machines. Thei
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CASTLE STORMED
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News From the Front
Julius Bullrushes and his rowdyish
*
partner, Firex Tinguisher, (not affili
ated with the soup trust), had been
quaffing eau-de-vie in the, now dim
med, glare of the local aurora bore
alis. When the roundsman poked his
head through the swinging portals and
bawled “twelve o’clock,” they conclud
ed the nocturne and shambled out into
the dark, doing a roundelay up Fifth
avehue in the teeth of a howling
norther.
Reaching their flat (wheeled suite)
they declared war on the keyhole and
gave battle to it in much the same way
as would a one-armed man who had
twisted off the key, half way round a
corned beef can. Their onslaughts and
vocabularies grew too vigorous for the
weak lock, which in the end dropped
off, the wind did the rest, and they
stumbled in, where stood an air-tight
heater puffing like No. 11 overloaeded
on a bad grade; also a bed with a
single sheet, DOUBLED RACK.
The botanical kid was the first to
penetrate the parasite pound. Seated
on one end of the linen, he took a good
hold of the other and strove to guin
the foot of the bed. Ia> and behold,
he stuck midway: then began a strug
gle rivalled only by that with the key
hole. A moment’s tussle, then, knees
bent back, he gathered himself for a
one, last, mighty kick. He let drive,
toe on, and nailed the troublesome
linen squarely, but, the nail bent and
the boss toe of the quintet kinked se
verely backwards.*
Jupiter tonans! He sprang from
the bunk and there went up such a
howl of rage and blasphemy as rock
ed the walls of the castle and startled
the inmates from their sleep. The
men sat up in their beds in awestruck
admiration, the women pulled the cov
ers over their heads and stuck their
lingers into their ears.
Straightway at that early hour he
routed out the king and queen. The
former objected to an interview with
her highness at that stage of the dial
and his station was called. A peal of
laughter echoed over the bannister and
through the halls. ’Twas Patten, the
Cast Iron Duke, and he, too, learned
where he got olf at.
Firex, (not a chambermaid by
trade), put into shape the dishevelled
bedding, then dragged back among the
arthpods once more the boisterous
Bullrushes and his injured digit; sub
silentio.
“I HOPE TO TELL YUH.”
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WORDS FROM EASTERN WAR
ZONE
Augustowo—Ou-gus-to-vo.
Baittystock—Bla-tees-stock*
Braunsberg—Brownsberg.
* Bucharest or Bukarest — Boo-kar
rest.
Cettinje—Tzet-teen-yeh.
Czech—Check.
Czenstochown—Chenz-tow-ha-va.
Dantsic or Danzig—Sansik.
Durazzo—Doo-rah-so.
Dnei per—N eeper.
Epirus—Ee-per-rus.
Eydtkunen—Eyt-koo-nen.
Gumbinnen—Goom-bin-nen.
Herzegovina — Hert-tse-go-vee-nah
Ivangorod—Ee-van-go-rod.
Jasrislov—Jaroslow—Ye-ros-lov.
Jassy or Yassy—Ya-see.
J a vo row—Ya-vo-rov.
Jeniappes—She-mapp.
Kaliscz—Kar-lodz.
Kiev or Kieflf—Keev.
Konigsberg—Kern-eggs-beorg.
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Kuustrin—Keus-treen.
Lutzk—Loodz.
Minsk—Meenz.
Mitrovicza—Meet-ro-vit-sah.
Obryte Pultusk—Obreet-pool-toosk.
Ostrog—Os-tro-vah.
Przemysl—P-jem-izzle, with j pro
nounced as in the French word jour.
Pultusk—Pool-toosk.
Proskurov—Pros-koo-rov.
Dawa-Russka—Rava-roos-ka.
Serajevo—Ser-ra-jayvo.
Skutari—Skoo-tah-ree.
S i erok—Seer-er-roc k.
Sokolka—So-kol-ka.
Stentin—Set-teen.
Suwalki—Soo-val-kee.
Tarnow or TarnofT—Tarr-nov.
Tarnople—Tarr-no-pol.
Urumiah—Cu-roo-meo-var.
Ozok—Ud-sock.
Valijevo—Val-yea-vo.
Warthe or Warta—Vor-teh.
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\IV,\) CROSS SKNDS OI T
HALF MILLION CIKCT LARS
Half a million illustrated knitting
circulars were sent out recently from
National headquarters to Red Cross
| chapters throughout the country. The
circulars contain full information on
how to knit the eight standardized ar
ticles, sleeveless sweaters, mufflers,
helmets, wristlets, wash cloths, bed
socks and bottle covers, authorized by
the Woman's Bureau of the Red (Toss.
Army ullicers request that the knit
ted articles be forwarded as soon as
possible. The severity of winter, with
a coal shortage to face and a rising
tuberculosis rate *to combat, demand
that several million garments reach
France before Thanksgiving.
The handbooks issued by the Red
Cross are primarily for hand knitters.
Knitting machines may be used pro
vided the articles can be as well made
jam! made of the same yarn, and the
circular is the first of a series to be
issued b> the Woman’s Bureau, of
which Miss Florence Marshall is direv
tor.
All of them will he available at the
nearest ed Cross chapter. Sock-knit
ters are warned that all knots, ridge.
or lumps should be carefully avoided
as they are apt to blister feet.
Directions for the making of sleeve
less sweaters, of which Major Mur
phy has ordered a million, are as fol
lows:
Two and a half hanks of yarn (5-8
pound); 1 pair Red Cross needles Xo.
Cast on 80 stitches. Knit 2. purl
2 stitches for four inches. Knit plain
until sweater measures 25 inches.
Knit 28 stitches, bind off 24 stitches
for neck, loose. Knit 28 stitches. Knit
7 ridges on each shoulder, cast on 24
stitches. Knit plain for 21 inches.
Purl 2, knit 2 stitches for 4 inches.
Sew up sides, leaving 1) inches for the
armholes. Two rows single crochet
around neck and 1 row single crochet
around armholes.
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WILL INSURE AUSTRALIAN
SOLDIERS IN THIS WAR
SYDNEY, Australia, August -H)
(Correspondence of The Associate
Press).—A scheme for insuring sol
diers from Australia in this war which
was launched early in July by Sii
Samuel McCaughey, “the sheep king’
of the commonwealth, is now in op
eration.
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Sir Samuel is an octogenarian nacn
elor pastoral ist, who lives at North
Yanco in this state, New South
Wales. To him Australia owes much.
He was a pioneer irrigationist and his
sheep ranch at North Yanco is one
of the finest on this continent A few
years ago his sheep properties total
ed 2,800,000 acres and the number of
sheep shorn on them was a million
yearly. The wool often reached more
than $2,500,000 in value. He came
to Australia sixty years ago from his
native town in the north of Ireland
and is a member of the Leg! dative
Council, the upper house of the New
South Wales Parliament. Prior the
war he made important contributions
to patriotic funds, including one for
equipping troops for the Boer war,
and his charities then and now are
numerous.
Sir Samuel’s latest patriotic gift,
the terms of which are contained in
a deed of declaration now made pub
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lives of f»00 Australian soldiers. Each
policy is to be a special one in an
Australian company for $1,000, pay
able if the insured soldier meets with
death or total disablement. Only re* 4
emits who have enlisted since early
in July are eligible. The deed pro
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after peace has been declared, should
there be any unexpended funds, the
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