HOME-READING COURSE FOR
CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved.)
This course of thirty lessons is offered to the men sMected for
service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started
in the right way. It is informal in tone and dot's 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. 2
MAKING GOOD AS A SQLDIEIL
(Preceding Lesson: 1. Your Post of
of Honor.)
The National Army, in which you
are to take your plac.e truly expresses
the American character and ideals. It
is a great democratic army. It in
cludes men of all degrees of wealth
and education, chosen through fair
and open selection by lot. All are
brought together on terms of equal
ity. There has been and there will
be in this great National Army no
favoritism and no “pull." The poor
man will drill side by side with the
man who has been raised in luxury.
Each will loam from the other. 'I he
place each man makes for himself will
be determined by his own work and
ability.
Do eloping Soldierly Qualities
The question as to whether it is bet
ter to join the colors now or with a
later contingent is not worth arguing,
since the decision has been made for
each man by lot. An ambitious man.
however, will be glad to join now . It
gives him a better chance for promo
tion. The commissioned officers of the
first contingent are picked men who
have voluntarily gone through the
hardest kind of training. The officers
of later contingents will be drawn
largely from the men enlisted in the
first contingents. There is plenty of
opportunity here for every man to use
his brains and his energy and to earn
promotion according to his worth. This
does not mean easy or quick advance
ment. It means only that you will
have your fair chance—anti you would
ask for nothing more—to develop
yourself and to climb upward step by
step.
In order to make good in the Na
tional Army you must, first of all, fit
yourself to carry with credit the sim
ple title of “American Citizen-Soldier" i
—one of the proudest titles in the
world. This means that you must de
velop in yourself the qualities of a
soldier. The more quickly and thor
oughly you cultivate them, the greater
will be your satisfaction and success.
There is very little real difference
of opinion as to soldierly qualities.
They have been determined by ages
of experience. Weapons change, but
the soldiers who handle the weapons
remain much the same.
Three Basic Qualities
There are three basic qualities,
without which no man can be a rea!
soldier even though he may tempo
rarily wear a uniform. They are:
Loyalty,
Obedience,
Physical Fitness.
A man without these qualities is in
the way and is a source of weakness
to an army, both in the camp and on
the field of battle.
The Articles of War of the United
States set forth the military crimes
which are punishable by heavy penal
ties. Among these crimes are deser
tion, cowardice, insubordination, drun
kenness while on duty, sleeping while
on duty as a sentinel, disclosing the
watchword, and giving aid or comfort
to the enemy. Hun over this list and
you will see that every one of these
military crimes can result only from
the absence of one or more of the three
basic qualities of a soldier.
Loyalty
A soldier’s loyalty governs, first of
all, his feelings and actions toward his
country, his government and his flag.
There can be no such thing as hall
way loyalty. The slightest compro
mise opens the door to treason.
Hut a soldier’s loyalty does not stop
here. It governs also his feelings and
actions toward the army anil toward
all the officers under whom he serves.
It absolutely forbids disobedience
among both officers and enlisted men,(
or disrespect toward those in author
ity.
Going a step farther, loyalty gov
erns also soldiers’ feelings and ac
tions toward his own regiment, his
own company and his own squad.
Without this form of loyalty there can
be no real comradeship; without it you
will never feel that personal pride and
satisfaction in the service which
should mean so much in your army
life.
Obedience
The second of the soldier’s basic
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qualities is obedience, based on dis
cipline. Without obedience and dis
cipline an army can not long continue
to exist; it will quickly degenerate
into an armed mob. As the Infantry
Drill Regulations put it, discipline is
“the distinguishing mark of ^trained
troops.’’
Frequently the recruit, with his in
born dislike of being bossed, makes
the mistake during his first few weeks
in the army of resenting the fact that
immediate and unquestioning obedi
ence is required of him. He quickly
learns, however, that obedience en
forced throughout the army is in all
situations the chief safeguard of the
rights, the comfort and the safety of
every man, from the raw recruit to
the commanding general. It is a guar
antee that the small number of un
ruly or cowardly men to be found in
every group shall be kept in check
and forced to comply with rules mane
for the benefit of all.
Military discipline is always imper
sonal. Obedience is required not
merely of you, but of every man in
the army. It is required of officers
by their superiors with fully as much
strictness as it is required of you. It
will become your duty, whenever you
are given authority over other men, to
demand from them the same full
measure of obedience that others will
Vequire of you.
Discipline is not only essential in
developing th earmy, but also in de
veloping your own character as a sol
dier. “The soldier who is by nature
brave, will by discipline become
braver.”
Physical Fitness
The third basic quality, physical fit
ness, is so essential that a large part
of the time devoted to your training
will be spent in building it up. Physi
cal fitness includes not only muscular
development but good health and en
durance as well. It is a quality which
every man who passes the physical
examinations can develop in himseli
by reasonable care and by obedience
to instructions. This is a subject more
fully discussed in a later lesson.
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AT FAIRBANKS
Supplies for Mineral Experiment
Station Landed at Big River
Boat
FAIRBANKS, Aug. 3, (By Mail).
—Twenty-five tons of milling machin
ery, motors and other equipment for
the new mining experimental station
which the U. S. bureau of mines is to
establish in Fairbanks, was unloaded
yesterday from the steamer Alaska
under the direction of John A. Davis,
who is to be the superintendent of
the new plant.
The new station is to be located in
the old Andersen block at Fifth and
Cushman, and will be ready for the
housewarming in about two months'
time. In all, about 40 tons of equip
ment has arrived for the new station.
Ten more tons of machinery must ar
rive from the Outside before the sta
tion can be put in readiness for oper
ation.
SUMMONS
In the District Court for the Territory
of Alaska, Third Division.
Reginald Kerr, Plaintiff, vs. Margaret
P. Kerr, Defendant. Summons.
In the Name of the President of the
United States of America, To the
Above Named Defendant, Margaret
P. Kerr, Greeting:
You are hereby summoned and
| commanded to be and appear in the
District Court for the Territory of
Alaska, Third Division, and answei
the complaint of the plaitniff within
thirty days after the date of the ser
vice upon you of this summons, and a
icopy of said complaint, and you are
hereby notified that should you fail
to appear and answer said complaint,
the plaintiff will take judgment
against you for a decree of absolute
divorce upon the ground of wilful de
sertion for more than two years next
preceding the date of the commence
ment of said action.
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This summons is issued for personal
service upon you outside of the Terri
tory of Alaska in accordance with an
order for publication of summons
herein entered on the 2nd day of July,
1917, by which it is directed that the
summons be published in “The Seward
Gateway," a newspaper published at
Seward, Alaska, at least once a week
for six consecutive weeks, but also
provides that personal service by a
copy of summons and complaint upon
said defendant, Margaret P. Kerr,
outside of the Territory of Alaska
shall be equivalent to the publication
thereof and depositing in the Post Of
fice.
WITNESS, the HONORABLE
FRED M. BROWN, Judge of the above
entitled court, this 2nd day of July,
in the year of our Lord one thousand
nine hundred and seventeen and of the
year of our Independence the one
hundred and forty-first.
(Seal) ARTHUR LANG,
Clerk.
By JOHN B. MILLER,
Deputy Clerk.
Pub. July 7, 14, 21, 28; Aug. 4,
11,18,25. _
PUBLIC NOTICE
Sealed proposals in triplicate will be
received until eleven o’clock A. M.,
August 28, 1917, at the office of the
Territorial Board of Road Commission
ers in Valdez, Alaska, at which time
and place they will be publicly opened
(1) for the construction of a road be
ginning at a point in the center line of
the Kenai Road approximately three
miles from Seward and ending at a
point on Resurrection Beach about two
hundred feet west of Hoffman’s cabin,
the distance being about two miles,
3840 feet; (2) also for the construction
of a pile bridge, 96 feet between ap
proaches, across the Salmon River at v
point 4377 feet from the Kenai Road.
Said proposals must be signed by
the bidder and accompanied by cash oi
a certified check payable to the Chair
man of the Divisional Commission, for
five per cent of the bid, which amount
shall be forfeited to the Divisianal
Commission, in case that the bidder
shall fail to enter into a contract ac
cording to the specifications of the said
Commission for such work, in the
event of his being awarded the con
tract for the above work. The success
ful bidder will be required totexecute
the general form of contract of said
Commission for such work within a pe
riod of ten days from the acceptance
of his bid by* the said Commission.
The successful bidder will also be re
quired to execute a bond payable to
Chairman of the said Commission for
20 per cent of the contract price, said
bond to be acceptable to the Commis
sion.
The above work must be performed
according to the standard specifica
tions and conditions on file at the of
fice of the Divisional Road Commis
sion, Valdez, Alaska, and at Brown &
Hawkin’s, Seward, Alaska, where a
copy of same with form of contract
may be seen, and copies of the pro
posals obtained.
Proposals must be signed by the bid
der, inclosed in a plain, sealed, envel
ope and addressed to Territorial Board
of Road Commissioners, Third Divi
sion, Valdez, Alaska, and plainly
marked “Proposals For Building Terri
torial Road.”
The right is hereby reserved to re
ject any and all bids.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 11th
dav of August, 11)17.
DIVISIONAL COMMISSION OF
TERRITORIAL BOARD OF ROAD
COMMISSIONERS, THIRD DIVI
SION, TERRITORY OF ALASKA.
By JAMES E. WILSON,
Chairman of the Board.
Date First Pub., Aug. 13, 11)17.
Date last Pub., Aug. 20,1917.
Serial 01686, Sur. 184
In the United States Land Office, Ju
neau, Alaska, May 24, 11)17.
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT
NOTICE is hereby given that An
drew Grosvold, as assignee of Deborah
A. Luthy, being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, has applied to
make entry of the lands embraced in
United States Non-mineral survey No.
184 situate on Northerly shore of Bird
Island, Shumigan Island Group, Dis
trict of Alaska, more particularly de
scribed as follows, to-wit:
Beg. Cor. No. 1 on beach at ordi
nary high tide Pacific Ocean, cor. not
set, wit. cor. bears South 1.59 chs.,
from which wit. cor. top of Twin Rocks
bears North 22 deg. 05 min. YV.; U.
S. L. M. Sur. 184 bears N. 69 deg. IT
min W. 3.61 chs.; thence from true cor.
No. 1 South 9.17 chs. to cor. No. 2,
thence West 12.91 chs. to cor. No. 3;
thence North 14.44 chs. to cor. No. 4,
cor. not set, wit. cor. bears South
1.62 chs.; thence from true cor. No.
4 meandering beach Pacific Ocean at
ordinary high tide (1) S. 51 deg. 38
min. E. 3.28 chs.; (2) S. 68 deg. 46
min. E. 4.16 chs. (3) S. 74 deg. 49
min. E. 6.72 chs. to cor. No. 1 place
of beginning. Area 14.46 acres. Var
iation at all corners 20 deg. 00 min. |
East. Latitude 54 deg. 49 min. 56 sec.
! N. Longitude 159 deg. 44 min. 00 sec. i
IW.
As additional to original homestead
entry 9f Deborah A. Luthy, widow of
Godfrey Luthy, No. 5199 and 5973 en
tered at Boonville, Mo„ which said
scrip is filed in Juneau Serial 01654.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely any portion of the above de
scribed tract of land are required to
file with the Register and Receiver
of the United States Land Office at
Juneau, Alaska, their adverse claim
thereto under oath, during the period
of publication, or withing thirty days
thereafter, or they will be barred by
the provisions of the Statute.
ANDREW GROSVOLD,
By NEWARK L. BURTON,
Attorney in Fact.
First publication June 25, 1917.
Last publication Sept. 5, 1917.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the
foregoing Notice be published for the
stautory period in the Gateway, a
newspaper of general circulation,
printed at Seward, Alaska, the near
est newspaper to said above described
claim or survey.
C. B. WALKER, Register
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