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are in good saleable condition.
Cy’r Primer. Eldredge Business Speller.
Cy’r Second Reader. D'Ooge Latin for Beginners.
Cy’r Fourth Reader. Wentworth Elementary Algebra.
Jones’ Third Reader.
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Prince Arithmetic Book 1.
Newton Primary Melodies. Myers Modern and Medietal
Wentworth-Smith Arithmetic, Historj.
Book 1. Brooks & Hubbard Coin. & Rhet-
Wentworth-Smith Arithmetic, oric.
Book 2. Walker Caesar.
Wentworth-Smith Arithmetic, Caldwell & E. Elementary Sei-
Book 3. , ence.
Frye’s Home Geography. Milligan & G., First Course in
Frye’s First Steps in Geography. Physics.
Frye’s Higher Geography. Cousin & Hill American History.
Mother Tongue, Book 1. Halleck English Literature.
Music First Reader. Wentworth-Smith P. & S.
Eggleston First Book in Ameri- Geometry.
can History. Knapp-Virgil.
Cooper Our Country History. McHudson & H. First Course in
McLoughlin &G. Song Reader. ’ Chemistry.
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Home-Reading Course
For Citizen-Soldiers
This course of thirty daily lessons is offered to the men selected for
sen ice in the National Army as api etieal 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 con ained in the various manuals and reg
ulations of the t nited States Army to which this course is merely in
troductory.
LESSON NO. 1.
Your real training for your duties
as a soldier will begin after you and
your comrades are assembled at the
training camps. However, there are
a few simple things you can do during I
the next few weeks which will be ot I
decided value in getting you started
along the right lines. i
The simplest thing, and perhaps the ■
most useful of all, is to begin at once’
to practice correct habits of standing :
and walking. Even in civilian life a
man’s reputation in his community—’
yes, and for that matter his own self- j
respect—is determined to a. surprising
extent by his bearing. The man who
slouches feels like a slouch. The man
who holds his head up faces the world
with confidence and courage.
If this is true in civilian life, it is
ten times more true in military life.
For a soldier must always be strongly i
marked by his snap, his precision, and ■
his vigor. He can not have these traits
unless he carries himself like a sol
dier.
The Bearing of a Soldier.
Few people without military train
ing have a correct idea of what is
meant by the position and the bearing
of a soldier. They are apt to imagine
that it means a strut or an extremely
strained attitude. Or, more frequently,
they think that the term can properly
be applied to any erect position. The
truth of the case, however, is that
there is a definite procedure to follow
in order to place yourself in what is
known in the army as "the position
cf a soldier,” it is the position which
the dismounted soldier always as
sumes at the command ’ Attention.”
except as it may be slightly modified
to enable him to carry properly any
arms he may have in his hands.
It will be well for you to memorize
paragraphs 1 of the Infantry Drill
Regulations, which gives the com- ■
plete and accurate description of the j
sldier. The paragraph is slightly
paraphrased and simplified in the fol
lowing: Keep in mind that there are
ten elements which must be properly
adjusted to each other, and check
yourself up to see that each one of
them is properly placed.
1. Heels—on the same line and as
near each other as possible; most men
should be able to stand with heels'
touching each other.
2. Feet—turned out equally and j
forming an angle of about 45 degrees. I
3. Knees—straight without stiffness.
4. Hips—level and drawn back
slightly; body erect and resting equal
ly on hips.
5. Chest —lifted and arched.
6. Shoulders—square and falling
equally.
7. Arms —hanging naturally.
8. Hands—hanging naturally, thumb
along the seam of the trousers.
9. Head—erect and squarely to the .
front; chin drawn in so that axis of
head and neck is vertical (means that i
a straight line drawn through the cen-!
ter of head and neck should be ver '
tical) eyes straight to the front.
10. Entire body— weight of body rest- ■
in? equally upon the heels and balls of
the feet.
Note especially that you are not re
quired to stand at a strained attitude.
You are to be alert but not tense.
One of the very best things you can
do today is to spend fifteen minutes;
practicing this position, getting it i
right. Keep this up every day until
you report at camp. In the army, as
in every day life, first impressions are
important. The first impression you
make on your officers and fellows will
depend, more than you probably
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realize, on the manner in which you
stand and walk.*
Making- yourself "Fit”
If you can devote part of your time
between now and the opening of camp
I to physical exercise you are fortunate
I and should by all means take advan
tage of everji opportunity. Climbing,
i jumping, gymnastic exercises, all
kinds of competitive games swimming,
rowing, boxing, wrestling, and run
ning, are all recommended as excellent
methods of developing the skill,
strength, endurance, grace, courage
and self-reliance that every soldier
needs.
There are some simple rules of eat
i’ and living which all of us should
follow regularly. They will be espe
cially helpful to you if you put them
into practice in preparing for camp
life.
Perhaps the most important of these
rules is to use no alcohol of any kind.
If you have been in the habit of
smoking immoderately, cut down; get
your wind, your nerves and your di
gestion into the best possible condi
tion.
Eat and drink moderately. Chew
your food well. It is advisable, how
ever, to drink a good deal of cool (not
cold) water between meals. Don't eat
between meals.
Keep away from soda fountains and
soft drink stands. Learn to enjoy
simple, nourishing food.
Accustom yourself to regular hours
for sleeping, eating and the morning
functions.
Don’t “take a last fling.” It may land
you in the hospital. At the best, it
will probably bring you into camp in
an unfit condition to take up your new
duties with profit and enjoyment.
There are strenuous days ahead ot
you and it will be good sense on your
part to make reasonable preparation
for them.
You will find nothing required of
you in the army that is beyond the
powers of the every day American. You
will see clearly ahead of you, after you
have read this course, the path which
you are to follow. Look forward with
confidence. Enter the service with the
firm determination of doing your best
at all times, of playing square with
your superiors, your associates, and
y< ur assigned duties wkhatever may
happen.
You will find that everyone else will
treat you with courtesy and fairness —
for that is the inflexible rule of the
army. Out of the rule grows the com
radeship and the attractiveness, even
in the face of all dangers and hard
ships. that are characteristic of Ameri
can army life.
Ellaville
In compliment to Miss Byrdie Allen,
the house-guest of Miss Hattie Arring
ten, Miss Velma Williams entertain
ed with a fan tan party on last Wed
nesday morning. Four tables were
arranged and the game proved most
interesting. An ice course was serv- i
ed by little Misses Gladys Arrington
and Elizabeth Rainey to teh following
guests: Miss Byrdie Allen, of Thom
aston; Miss Hattie Arrington, Miss
Sarah Strange. Miss Mary Strange. |
Miss Claire Collier, Miss Mary Dixon,
Miss Leila Williamson and her guest,
Miss Madeline Brady, Miss Addie
Munro. Miss Nelle Stevens, Miss
Claire Stevens, Miss Cleone Collins,
Miss Addie Rie McCrory, Miss Lois
Hogan, Mrs. W. A. Murray, Mrs. 0. C.
Hill and Mrs. B. L. Bridges.
Wednesday evening Miss Leila Wil
liamson entertained at her lovely
home on Broad street in honor of her
guest Miss Madeline Brady, of Ameri
cus. Proms were enjoyed until a late
hour when cream and cake was served.
Those present were Miss Velma Wil
liams, Mis s Mary Dixon. Miss Hattie
Arrington, Miss Byrdie Allen, of
Thomaston; Miss Mary Strange, Miss
Cleone Collier, Miss Addie Munro,
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. Miss Mary Dixon was the charming
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Sara Strange, Miss Lois Hogen and
Miss Rose Walker.
Miss Byrdie Allen has returned to
her home in Thomaston, after a pleas
ant visit to Miss Hattie Arrington.
Mrs. Rogers Williams will entertain
the Woman's club this afternoon.
Misa Myrvin Johnson has returned
home from a pleasant visit to rela
tives in Americus.
Mr. and Mrs. S. Russell Bridges are
the guests of Dr. and Mrs. B. L.
Bridges.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pound visited
relatives in Ellaville last week.
Mrs. H. J. Williams leaves Thursday 1
for a short visit to her father in Col- (
WEDNESDAY. UGI ST 29. 1917.
limbus Thursday.
Harry Colilas has returned to Camp
Harris after a short visit to his par
ents.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. English spent
Sunday here, the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. W. M. Williams.
Glenn Dell, of Leslie, is the guest of
Edwin Stewart this week.
Mrs. Lewis Collins has returned
from a pleasant visit to Moultrie.
Miss Mary Dixon and Miss Claire
Collier are visiting relatves in Amer
icus this/ week.
I Miss Esther Smith has returned
from a pleasant visit to Waverly Hall,
Ga.