Show I BRAIN DRilL FOR i ENGLISH GIVES QUICK QUiCK WIT Americans Show Interest in Plan to Teach Rapid Thought By Dy Associated Press LONDON July 6 American soldiers sol aol diers diors KI h prize mental as l well voll as physical efficiency arc showing much interest in a brain drill recently introduced into tho the British army Its purpose Is to teach the tho British soldier sot sol her dier to think quickly and to concentrate concen concen- hit hie mind on what ho is doing An officer lines JInes UJ up a a. company and as ns a preliminary to the tho brain drill puts the men through h some Bomo simple calisthenics Now ho he explains when I say I Do this ou ll do it but If Jt I sayDo say Do that you OU wont won't do 11 It He carefully carefully care caro- I fully illustrates tho the motions to bedone bo be done dono and then the tho motions not to be bedo 1 do done dono ii e. e Read Ready Do this do this do this I The men obe obey Suddenly his arms shoot down b by his side Do that ho commands Unthinkingly half halt the thc themen themen I men tall fall Into the trap he has set net I Amid tho the laughter of or tho the rest rent they i are aro ordered to fall out and stand as i ds When all nil except two or three have havo been heen eliminated tho the game gomo I is changed ch I The men are formed into two lines lacing facing each other and about six yards y apart A cap is 15 tossed on tho the ground round midway between the thc lines and then the men in couples one from each line walk slowly up UI to It and try to snatch It before tho the other can touch him If while the cap Is held by tho the snatcher matchel tho the other manages to put Jut his finger on him before he ho can Jump away the cap must bo be dropped and tho the contest renewed At la lat last t one whisks tho the cap awa away arid and Is off Crows and Cranes Is la another feature feature fea fea- ture of ot tho the drill Again the men are lined up about ten yards apart the tho officer standing between Those on my left Jert the time officer says are arc cranes cr and those on m my right are arc crows crow If It I shout Crows tho the cranes will dash laSh off oft and the time crows will chase them But nut If IC I shout Cranes Crane the crows will lash dash off ott and tho the cranes will chase them Now are arc you rendy Then for or nearl nearly a minute he stands giving ln 1 an imitation of ot an automobile running free treo at full ull speed r Gr Both lines stand tense tenso and eager awaiting the wor word Crows he enunciates at last halt Half tho the crows bolt instead of ot dashIng dashIng dashing dash dash- ing after the cranes Inattention again However the quick witted among tho the crows were after atter the cranes in a I. I jump This is all an to teach you ou to act on the spur of ot the moment the officer tells the tho Mien Anon It may be a a. case of ot life or death whether you or the German moves move first You ma may be bc the quick or you ma may be tho the dead Panting the men march off otto They like the brain drill |