Provo Daily Enquirer | 1892-01-25 | Page 1 | Military Training for Athletes

MILITARY FOR athletes ATH LETEa advantages 0 and in Moi cular development americans dalre a special interest in athletics and all forms of outdoor exer else in this they partake of a habit ot most of the northern races the en gli ahman indulges in rude sports in the field in hia hunting will travel as far aa india to have a brush with the tiger or lion in his native jungle in germany societies prevail everywhere for tha purpose of physical training and the german is fond of dashing into the boresta to hunt the wild boar the favorite diversion of tho americans in the west has been the hunting of the buffalo and grizzly bear the excitement of such sports amply compensates for their danger it doth more stir the blood to the case is very different in most southern countries in southern europe the sports consist principally in hunting email game no very great physical ex sose the favorite amusement is billiards or cards which can be played within doors without exertion or to the elements americans being among the moot prominent people in pursuit of athletics and conspicuous in their disposition to indulge in manly deports it is always an interesting question ea to what training it ia best to pur eue in that direction for youngsters the hoop the top marbles and tag answer every purpose while young mea an in college football and baseball fur kiah ample means of physical exercise at west point and annapolis military and naval drills swimming and occasional outdoor games insure the tion of physical training and send the graduates of those institutions out into the world with muscles of iron and con fitted for almost any strain but after the college days the training ceases a reaction seta in and a breaking down in health is often the consequence gymnasiums bicycles and may serve good purpose for a time but are abon given ap as there ia lettla incentive for exercising unless the exercise be systematic part of some well organized plan and stimulated by association with ones fellows in casting about we find no better physical advantages to be gained than those derived from the military exercises which young men undergo in the militia services vices camping out in summer in well selected camps gives them an outdoor life which is a much needed chache from the indoor life led throughout the long winters daring which BO ranch vitiated air is breathed in crowded places of business and W ventilated bleeding bleeping Ble apartments marching is the most rational exercise for the legs th manual of arms always insures healthy cheow ana well developed arms and I 1 moving at the double quick improves the breathing power of the lungs unlike the athletics in college there is no which so often injures the subjects by excess and no breaking down after the training has ceased the marching and drilling under competent instructors improve the gait of the recruit and give him a firmer easier step and a more graceful carriage military service has many advantages mentally it cultivates intelligence among young men and does much toward improving the memory and curing absentmindedness the necessity of be ing aler listening for each word of command and acting promptly upon it quickens the wits and cultivates the habit el fixing the attention and concentrating the thoughts marching to tho sound of music gives a young man a better idea of measure and rhythm and is calculated to make him more methodical in all things his entering upon the duties of a soldier leads him to study military history which embodies the the hardest lesson to be learned in life is that of amenability to discipline in a land like this where there is very little restraint among young or old where belt abnegation is ant little heard of and where the race of life is pretty ranch go as yon please there is cc arcely any school in which subordination and obo diena are except in the military bervice eer vice general horace porter in co milne ik great down in deer isle the other evening ahe village barber a young lady U attend a hop with him the lady very properly went to get her mothers consent her mother took her one side and told her she coald go if she donld g fc the barber to agree to do her the ladys fathers barbering this wi iter free we have not heard what an correspondent who tells the tory hut think everything was all right for the gail went bangor commercial october fairly outdid itself in the yermont mountains the crimson foliage th balmy temperature the hazy athoa ph re all have combined to make the laa i three weeks of the month the most delightful experienced there for many A recent eruption on the suns face wi photographed and lasted for fully minutes its angular height showed it to be a disturbance causing the vapors to ascend fully miles the youngest teacher on record la said to be an eleven year old boy in kansas who it la claimed haa been recently granted A certificate