Show V. V j V Learning 17 e to Do It t lT Now Pow I V By Herbert Kaufman aufman TE P E Yankee invented automatic machinery to save minutes i I strokes but rank-and-file rank hastened its unreliability gen gene V V V Beyond doubt the greater popularity of such devices in i 1 United States as as against agai st their use abroad is due to that very p ij local trait which too frequently discounts the o our people people resentment resentment ment against disciplinary practice V We dont don't relish strictness The instinct of obedience is missing hereabouts Your native-born native American fi d nothing harder than self suppression We Ve all have our own i ion a aon on every subject and are inclined to try them out before vl follo the other fellows fellow's notion The voice of authority has a hateful sound sound we we like to tal i it over prior to action whether instructed to shovel sugar in a ceri i way bridge a channel drive a car or a nail We haven't had much exercise rin in the blind acceptance orders and commands Therefore the task of whipping millions of lifelong ind pe dents into soldier shape is no light one Military efficiency ca cannot not tolerate individualism The lB In st si successful army is is- is the best drilled therefore the most a f force V VIt It is just like your own body the body the head must musJ direct all mo e ments Consider what would happen if hands and feet to question the brain when directed to proceed and you ma maw understand why officers must handle obdurate and neglectful vates yates with short shrift jp One of the fhe very considerable benefits which this situation shall bring America is an inevitable improvement in national morale j w shall be more orderly and precise hereafter hereafter better better fitted to com corn command mand future opportunities because the battlefield has taught si sc a host of young men to do it now V Copyright 1917 by Herbert Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved reserved |