HOME-READING COURSE FOR
CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.)
This course of thirtv lessons is offered to the men selected for
service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started
in the right wav. It is informal in tone and does not attempt to give
binding rules and directions. These are contained in the various
manuals and regulations of the l nited States Army, to which this
Course is merely introductory.
LESSON NO. 19
the ARMY SYSTEM OF TRAINING
The average American who has a job assigned to him
wants to do it well. He doesn t care to dawdle o\et the
job and make a mess of it. Nor does he care to make it
a halfway success. He is determined to make it a lull and
complete success in the shortest possible time.
It is assumed that you are starting your Army train
ing in this American spirit. Since you are undertaking
the job of Incoming a citizen soldier you intend to be a
•mod one. You don’t want to waste any time in the pro
coss.
More than that, if you are ambitious and possess fair
ability there is no reason why you should remain a pii
vate soldier. It is right that you should want to advance,
just as you want to advance in civil lite. lhe Army is
anxious to have you advance just as soon as you are ready.
You will not. of course, become a corporal or ser
geant or win higher promotion until alter you have
thoroughly mastered the duties ol a private. Noi will
all the "men who would like to win advancement easily ob
tain it. There is only one way to get ahead in the Army,
and that is to follow conscientiously to the end the teg
ular system of training laid out for everybody.
Your training will be practically the same as that
through which your officers have advanced in the early
stages of military training. Every man in the Army must
go through it.
Drill Formations
First, you will he instructed in the infantry drill, as
set forth in the Infantry Drill Regulations. This is the
foundation of all your training. It is divided into lose
order drill and extended-order drill.
"Close order” is defined in the Regulations as "the
formation in which the units, in double rank, are arrang
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/ADMIRAL EVANS.Oct. 2
Captain C. A. Glasscock
SAILINGS ) ADMIRAL FARKAGl'T..Oct. 10
|’U(>M SKATT!.K: \ c?uin M; MAfJe"son
I Captain A. McKay
\ ADMIRAL WATSON ..Sept. 21
The Admiral Evans, goes to Kodiak.
Through Tickets to Eastern Points at Reduced Rates.
For full Information on sailings from Seattle to San Irnncisco, ltd
dre>s Wayne Blue, Agent, Sevva id. Alaska.
GB'&rN 1
Steamship Agent will
sell you a through
ticket via this line
To Portland, Spokane, St. Paul, Chicago, Kansas City and Eist and
South
Through Trains—Good Meals—Quick Time—Fine Service
Try it on Your Next Trip
REMEMBER, YOU SAVE MONEY BY BUYING YOUR TICKET
HERE
HARRY R. TAYLOR, Traveling Freight and Passenger Agent
Room 18, Valentine Bldg. Juneau Alaska
T. J. MOORE, City Passenger Agent,
Second and Columbia, Seattle.
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bad, gets mo’ so ^ I
with age. Thar
even ain’t no fool
like an ole fool.
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the best of man's or nature's handiwork.—the fine wine,
'•the fine violin and VELVET. VELVET,The Smoothest
Smoking Tobacco, is Kentucky Burley de Luxe. with
all its natural fla\or and hotly mellowed to an aged-in
the-wood smoothness by more thau two years* careful
curing. A
ed in line or in column with normal intervals and dis
tances.” Extended order, on the other hand, is “the for
mation in which the units are separated by-intervals
greater than in close order.” These technical definitions
are clear enough to those who are already famiilar with
military terms, but probably require some explanation for
most of the men who are reading this course.
The diagrams below show at a glance what is meant.
Figure 1 represents a small body of men in double rank ar
ranged in close order.
Figure 1.
The space between men standing side by side in rank
is called the “interval.” In the American Army the stand
ard interval is 4 inches, measured from the elbow of one
man to the elbow of the man next to him. This gives room
enough for free movement and the proper handling of
arms and equipment'during drill. The space between a
man in the front rank and a man directly behind him in
the rear rank is called “distance.” The standard distance
is 40 inches, measured from the back of the man in front
lo the breast of the man in the rear. In practice inter
\als and distances are, of course, not measured exactly.
A well-trained soldier, however, soon learns to gauge them
with sufficient accuracy and almost unconsciously keeps
himself properly placed in relation to the men about him.
It is essential that every man should learn to do this in
order to maintain a reasonable degree of uniformity.
Fighting Formations
Figure 2 represents a body of men in double rank ar
ranged in column. The same intervals and distances are
observed as in the line formation.
Figure 2
An extended-order formation is represented below.
Figure 3
However, this is only one of an infinite number of ex
tended-order formations. Intervals and distances may be
irregular. This is the formation used for skirmishing and
at other times when it may be desirable to have each man
control his own movements without attempting to con
form exactly to the movements of the other men.
During drill in close order you will retain “the posi
tion of a'soldier.” In extended-order drill you will usually,
though not necessarily, be allowed to take the positions
that are most comfortable.
You should get in mind at the very beginning these
distinctions between close order and extended order. By
understanding them you will see more clearly what is re
quired of you and how you can get most benefit out of
your training.
CITIZENSHIP DENIED TO GUSTAF FRANEN
On Monday evening four applicants for citizenship
were heard by Judge Bunnell in the district court, being
those of Clement Anderson, James Climie, Michael Daniel
McCarthy, and Gustaf Franzen.
The first three petitions wer granted. Franzen’s was
denied and his name ordered reported to the Attorney
General at Washington, D. C. District Attorney Roth
questioned Franzen as to whether or not, in view of Amer
ica being at warfare with imperial Germany, would he be
willing, if glinted American citizenship, to support his
new country by taking up anus in her defense. To which
the pleader answered that it would be against his princi
ples to leave the shores of America to fight on foreign soil
and that he would only take up arms in the defense of
America in the event of invasion.
Judge Bunnell indignantly brought the examination
to an abrupt ending here, scoring the man before the
court, saying that America wanted no half-hearted citi
zens and that since he could not promise loyalty to the
country he wished to enter as a citizen, he would dismiss.
his application. Turning to District Attorney Roth, the
court then ordered that Franzen’s name be placed in the
hands of the Attorney-General.—Ruby Record Citizen.
NAMES OF FORMER GERMAN BOATS CHANGED
Secretary of the Navy Daniels has issued the follow- j
ing general order:
The names of ex-German vessels which have been
transferred to the Navy are hereby changed as follows:
Vaterland to Leviathan.
Kronprinzessin Cecile to Mount Vernon.
Kaiser Wilhelm II to Agememnon.
Amerika to America.
Hamburg to Powhatan.
Grosser Kurfurst to Aeolus.
Koenig Wilhelm II to Madawaska.
Rhein to Susquehanna.
Princess Irene to Pocahontas.
Frederick der Grosse to Huron.
Barbarossa to Mercury.
The vessels George Washington, President Grant,
and President Lincoln will not be renamed.
The names of the tugs Huron, Pocahontas, and Pow
hatan are hereby changed to Allegheny, Chemung and
Cayuga, respectively.
MULES GIVE *WAY TO AUTOMOBILES
STOCKTON, Cal., Sept. 22.—Gasoline is being used
more than ever as a substitute for mule power this sea
son in the grain districts of the San Joaquin valley. Long
strings of mules, the leader wearing a tingling bell, fa
miliar sights in the far west since the pioneer arrived,
have been seen but now and then this year, and grain men
say animal outfits for hauling are out of date, too expen
sive and too slow.
Instead of the mule teams as during the old days,
modern automobile trucks have appeared. To these trail
ers are attached to haul grain to the mills or warehouses.
The automobiles in this work, despite heavy loads average
about twenty miles per hour, grain men say.
PORTLAND POLICE ARMED WITH RIFLES
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PORTLAND, Oregon, Sept. 20.—Portland police are
to be armed with Springfield rifles, for use in quelling
riots in case ordinary police weapons are insufficient.
A shipment of 300 rifles of the type formerly used by
the United States regular army, and later by the Nation
al Guard, has been brought from American Lake. The
rifles formed a part of the cargo of the Annie Larsen con
fiscated by the government.
UNION-SOLDIERS WILL GET TOBACCO
DENVER, Colo., Sept. 19.—The Denver Trades and
Labor assembly has taken steps toward providing every
member of the bodies allied with it, who enlists or is
drafted, with tobacco and other comforts while he is
serving in the army.
MORE MONEY DEMANDED FOR NEW ARMY
WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 22.— While mobiliza
tion of the first major increment of the selective conscript
army is proceeding, Secretary of War Newton D. Raker
today presented to the appropriations committee of tin*
senate requests for additional appropriations aggregat
ing three billion dollars.
Dispatches from all the mobilization camps indicate
that the mobilization is proceeding amid popular enthusi
asm. Almost the entire 45 per cent of the first call of re
cruits is now under military control, and the entire num
ber are expected to be in the service by next Saturday.
'fhe house of representatives late yesterday after
noon passd the war deficiency bill carrying appropri
ations totalling seven billion dollars.
H. V. HofU’.N A. F. Davis
ALASKA TRANSFER
, II.-V. HO BEN, Manager
Coal, Wood and Ice
General Transferring. Phones, Main 17 and 41
WANTED—Five cents a pound will
be paid for good, clean, cotton raga
by The Gateway. - tf
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City Express meets all boats and
trains. Phone Maine 122.
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FOR RENT—3-room furnished apart
ment at Cooper's. tf
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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Andy'a Express, phone Mfcdlson 143
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Proof of labor blanks for sale at
Gateway.
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Meet me at The Branch.
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Cerjain-teed Roofing. Guaranteed
10 and 15 years. J. L. Graef's. tf.
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Tanglefoot fly paper at Graef's. tf.
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Mclver, licensed undertaker.
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Waterfill and Frazier whiskey at
the Branch.
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City Express. Phone Main 122.
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Oyster cocktails at The Branch.
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Notice, John P. Neth. Mother
passed away. Am alone. Write. Sis
ter Caroline, National Board Bldg., ^.
W. C. A., Lexington Ave., and E. 52nd
j Street, New York, care of Mrs. San
BOV WANTED—Good strong boy to
work evenings after school and on
Saturdays. Wanted at once. In
I quire at Gateway office. tf.
FISH PRICES
Price at noon, Sept. 18th, at
Seattle, as reported by the Bu
reau of Fisheries, are:
Halibut, 15%c.
Sable Fish 4He.
Red Snapper, 2He.
Pickled Sable Fish, $14 per
bbl.
Pickled Herring, first grade,
$16 per bbl.
Pickled Salmon, pink, $14.60
per bbl.
DR. H. T. HARVEY
(Ex-President Michigan State Board •
Dental Examiners) %
Pyorrhea Specialist
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