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CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
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{ This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men selecte<l for |
{ service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started j
in the right way. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to give J
• binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various
! manuals and regulations of the l nitcd States Army, to which this J
I Course is merely introductory. ' I j
LESSON No. 13.
GROUPING MEN INTO TEAMS
The smallest unit or “team” in the j
Army is the squad. A squad usually
consists of eight men, one of whom is
the leader; he is called the "corporal.
You will be assigned to a squad al-,
most at once on entering the Army.
At first, you may be shifted about
considerably from one squad to an
other, but within a short time you
und seven other men will be brought
together as a permanent team. This
means that you will work together.
drill together, and sleep in me same
tent or in the same section of the
barracks. You will come to know the
other men in the squad through and
through anil they will become equally
well acquainted with you. Some ot
them will probably grow to be your
close and life-long friends. On the
other hand, there may be one or two
men whom you dislike or do not re
spect.
The Squad Unit
In any case remember this: The
eight men in the squad form a team j
in the same sense that baseball nine
or a football eleven is a team. Youi
squad is competing with all the othei
squads in your company. When evei
it shows itself especially well drilled
quick to learn new duties or careful
in respect to cleanliness and general
bearing, you pile up a few points in
your favor. The umpires are the of
ficers of your company; and you may
be certain they are watching your
squad every minute of the day—not
watching for chances to criticize, but
watching hopefully for signs of sol
riierly spirit and intelligence.
It is your first duty to help your
own squad make a good showing. Also
it is to your own interest to do so.
There is no more pleasure or reward
for you in belonging to a poor squad
than there is for a ball player in be
longing to a losing team. Take pride
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in your squad and its good work. If
yo" find you have one man among
vou who is lazy or childish, try to get
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him into a different attitude. Every
squad has at least one weak link. The
best way to handle him is to talk to
him until you get him as much inter
tested as you in making your squad
rank as the best in the company.
Incidentally, your captain is not at
all likely to overlook the best squad
when it comes to picking men tor a
promotion.
'The Platoon and the Company
Two, three, or four squads (usually
three) may be joined in the next high
er unit, which is called a “platoon.”
The platoon, however, is not so per
manent as a squad, but is formed
whenever there is need for it in drill
ing or on the firing line.
Next comes the company, which is
made up at full strength of 150 men;
this is about 18 squads or G platoons.
This number is “war strength" in our
old tables of organization; the first
division now in France has 200 men
per company; it is very probable the |
strength may be 250 per Infantry j
company. However, these figures for!
the number of squads and of platoons
are never definitely fixed. A company
in the field is very seldom at full
strength, and it may be convenient
at any time to change the numbers of
squads and platoons.
The company is a permanent
• “team" in the sense in which we have
, been using that word. Its members
always live together, eat together,
drill together, and fight together. All
the officers ami soldiers in a company
i become well acquainted, hach man s
points of strength and of weakness
are known. Outside of your own coin
I panv you will probably know very few
men, only those with whom you come
into touch by accident or while you
| are serving on some special duty. This
is something worth thinking -about.
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You are probably going to live, eat,,
drill, and light with the other men in
your company so long as you remain
in the Army. The sensible thing to j
do is to conduct yourself in such a
way as to command the liking and re
spect of these men from the very be
ginning.
Four companies are joined in a “bat
talion.” The battalion is an import-,
ant unit in the Army organization, but
is not so clearly marked as eithei the
company or the regiment.
Regiments, Brigades and Divisions
The regiment consists ol three bat
talions, making twelve companies. In
addition, there are three special com
panies which do not belong to any of
the battalions. These are the head
qaurters company, including the band
and the color guard; the machine-gun
company, to he referred to later; and
the supply company, msponsible for
the regiment’s food, ammunition, and
other supplies. Counting in everyone,
the regiment at full strength in our
old tables of organization totals 2.
0f>8 officers and men. It will go more
than this with the increase in strength
of companies. 2,621 is the strength o,
infantry regiments in the first expe
ditionary division. The regiment is,
of course, very seldom at full
strength, but is never allowed to re
main below a minimum strength of
1400.
The regiment is the unit that espe
cially arouses the soldiers* pride and
loyalty. The most cherished tradi
tions of the Army are made up of
the splendid deeds of famous regi
ments. The soldier identifies himself
throughout his life by naming his reg
iment. Mis love for the Army cen
ters in his regiment. Mis most sacred
memories cluster around the regimen
tal battle flags.
Two regiments are joined in a bri
gade. Thus the brigade is built up
by assembling individual soldiers into
squads; squads into platoons; platoon*
into companies; companies into bat
talions; battalions into regiments; and
regiments into brigades.
Brigades may in turn be joined to
form divisions, divisions may be join
ed to form corps, and corps to form
field armies. All of the army’s divi
sions and separate detachments and
departments taken together form the
“big team’’—that is to say, the Unit
ed States Army. The make-up of the
big team is treated in a later lesson.
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