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 selected lor
service in the National Army as a practical help in getting started
in the right way. 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 t ailed States Army, to which this
Course is merely introductory.
LESSON NO. 8.
MARCHING AND CARE OF FEET
(Preceding Lessons: 1. Your Rost of
Honor. 2. Making Good as a Sol
dier. 2. Nine Qualities of a Sol
dier. 4. Getting Ready for the
Camp. 5. First Days in Camp. 6.
Cleanliness in Camp. 7. Your
Health.)
The new soldier seldom understands
how important it is for him to learn
to march and to develop his muscles
so that he can easily carry his arms
and equipment. “Marching consti
tutes the principal occupation of the
troops in campaign.” (Infantry Drill
Regulations, paragraph 622.) Modern
trench war fore in Europe has for the
time being reduced the amount of
marching required in campaign: yet
it remains just as important an ele
ment in the soldier’s training as it
ever was.
In order to march for long dis
tances the soldier’s feet must be in
good condition. As has been aptly
remarked, “the infantryman’s feet are
his means of transportation." Spe
cial attention should be paid to the
fitting of shoes and the care of the
feet. Marching shoes should be quite
a little larger than shoes for ordinary
wear. “Sores and blisters on tin* feet
should be promptly dressed during
halts. At the end of the march feet
should be bathed and dressed: the
socks, and if practicable the shoes,
should be changed.” (Infantry Drill
Regulations, paragraph 627.)
You will learn in time the practical
rules for taking care of your feet that
are followed by experienced soldiers.
You will avoid considerable discom
fort. however, if you learn some of
these rules now and put them into
practice from the very beginning.
1. See that your shoes are large
enough. They will at first look and
feel unnecessarily loose. This is need
ed because it has been found that tect
swell and lengthen on marches, espe
cially when carrying packs. Rut shoes
fitted this way will give you no corns,
bunions, blisters, or other foot ins. In
fact, they will cure any that you may
already have.
2. Take pains to keep your shoes
in good condition. It is a good idea
to apply a light coat of neat's-foot
oil. which will both soften the leather
and tend to make them waterproof.
Don’t neglect to smooth out wrinkles
in the lining of the shoe. “Rreak in
new shoes before wearing them on
long marches.
;i. Wear tight woolen socks, such
as will be issued to you. 8ee that you
have no holes or wrinkles in them. If
a hole has been worn and can not be
mended at once, change the sock from
one foot to the other so that your foot
will not be irritated more than is nec
essary.
4. Krtep your feet, socks, and
shoes clean. W hen on the march try
to wash your socks at night and put
on a clean pair every morning. Hathe
the feet every evening, or at least
wipe them off with a wet towel.
Keep your feet scrupulously
clean. A foot bath can be taken, when
other facilities are not at hand, by
scraping a small depression in the
ground, throwing a poncho over it and
pouring water into this from your can
teen. Even a pint of water will do
for a foot bath. You can bathe all
over by making or finding a depres
sion of suitable size and using your
poncho as for a foot bath.
Keep your toe nails trimmed
closely and cut them square across the
ends. This will tend to prevent in
growing nails. Uy all means avoid
the common error of rounding the cor
ners of the nail and cutting it to a
point in the center.
7. In case a blister is formed while
on the march, open the edge of the
blister with the point of a knife or a
needle that has ben heated in a
match flame. He sure to squeeze all
the flu ill out of the blister. To leave
any in it may make it worse. Do
not pull off the h>ose skin but press it
back. Then put on an adhesive plas
ter. covering the skin well beyond the
edges of the blister, putting it on as
tightly as possible without wrinkles.
In the same way put an adhesive plas
ter over any red or tender spots*
8. In case any tendons become in
flam 'd or swollen (usually due to lac
ing the legging or shoe too tightly or
to some other unnecessary pressure),
soak the foot in cold water, massage
the tendon, and protect it as much as
possible by strips of adhesive plaster.
You should report to a medical officer
at your first opportunity to make sure
that the trouble does not grow worse.
One sign of a green soldier is his
tendency to drink too much water
while on a long march. The exper
ienced man gargles his mouth and
throat once in a while, but drinks only
in sips and does not overload his stom
ach with either water or food
After you have arrived in amn and
have cooled off you can drink slowly
as much as you desire. It is, of
course, unwise to eat fruits, candy,
soft drinks, ice cream, and the like
while on the march.
Another sign of a green soldier is
a carelessly adjusted pack or any other
equipment not neatly and securely
fastened. Your comfort on the march
depends very largely on the care ard
judgment used in getting ready. AH
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Your pack should be strapped to your
back in such a way that you can stand
erect and breathe freely. There should
be no pressure on any of the solt
parts of the body. You will march
most easily if you keep your body
erect and do not permit yourself to
slouch or sway from side to side.
When the command is given to halt
and fall out for a few minutes, loosen
your pack and rest back on it in a
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you may not feel tried, but rest as
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At the first halt it is wen iu leaujusi,
i the pack or any part of the equipment
not entirely comfortable. If your
shoes or leggings are laced too tight
ly, this is the time to loosen them.
A cheerful attitude is one of the best
aids to a soldier on a trying march.
Singing and whistling on the march
is usually not only allowed but encour
aged. They help wonderfully to make
the long road seem shorter
These are all very simple rules, but
none the less important. Keep them
in mind. Some men never learn ex
cept from their own hard experience;
but it is expected of the men in the
National Army that they will have
the good sense to see the value of
these suggestions and to apply them
from the very beginning.
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