Show X X N I now HOW MEN ARE MADE SOLDIERS SOLDERS I ISome Some Soma of tho Needed in Good Fighters jj Tho Ability to o Usa Uso a n RUo Well Wol ot of First Firt Importance 5 i n n n n n n n n n nJ U 1 I a n The Tho question queston is isly ly answered in a a dozen differ different tnt ent av aa if I we are to Judge by the Mm lIUI nry lr advocate the th Ideals Idels they the net let VP p wa ad the attitude they adopt toward the ar 1 y generally It la Is evident that a alrEe of ot Britons would reply by b that In the first place a soldier I dan I who Is la not less leM than five feet tet fi Ir lies In night Others Other appear to Iw klec that a I Is ft R man Inan who u r to 10 mu h round rund the chest or ort orb t kin b so 1 many pounds I T evidently hold that that 0 n t i l I a who Mean er a par pr r i 11 tit r drees In a particular a 3 i knot how haw but LUl t 1 s to t polish I I 1 J i lay Il on Manco with wih r u old tact fact th tt k that a I is I essentially I 11 n uniform Yet et others other regard regarda Ilard 01 a I T i n who 10 at the sound of oC r a certain muscular t cerain r f b Ih r r 8 With Uh who assumes the of ot the t lon 1 j r down In J the drill book bok ln tt to th the nd In etc W d who ho keeps step hll ln In complicated J tha te akU of oC a blet dancer Another nother school holds holl n a soldier solier to be a man who with wih frequency and alertness who ho observes nn an exact ritual In regard to his kit ki aou and Ind whose obedience to orders Is so 10 perfect as a to be automatic automate and mechanical rather than the product of ot Individual thought and volition olton But Dut nil ni these view are nrc held hel we will not say 10 ed In words worl for tor though wi men hold hoM them and act ac upon them they the da not of or course cur put them forth In plain we venture to M u wrt that they the none of ot them afford the tho true answer They Ther none of them that U II tre I the quality AI of ot the th the qua la non Don the quality without the soldier Is not nt a sol sl The only answer to the question What Wil Is n 1 soldier which gives the the sine non quality Is II qua qU nn the answer A man who ho l kill ki other I A Is A ride men with wih rifle lire Ort be to tn kill other I Imen man A man may B bt ki on mn 0 men with lh rifle rife tire fr and not Ilot be b a I perfect I or a reasonably efficient or o even een a aU use useful ful 1 soldier but he h can n kill ki with I Ith tb th rifle he Is II not A at all al A Aman rUe bo splendid marcher he hemi man may a t may b trained to take cover with wih ex n tr mi b he be may In be an e tl at digging hi b drill ml be bl blI I I perfect his power ot oC turning himself out smart and clean clen and all al his hla belongings belon In the most moat perfect order may be miraculous and yet et it I he can cannot le not nt shoot with wih ft n rifle he Is II no soldier Imagine an army arm composed compel of ot men len possessing all n the qualities we have enumerated except the power of ot shoot shootIng Ing In and then Imagine another com composed posed of ot men Ien would kill ki with n I but had only that gift gil Doth Both would be rte very ery bad bal armies no doubt but who would hesitate to declare detoro that the rifle riflemen rUe men the tho soldier and the other arm though composed compose of oC very ery accomplished armY men were without the tho thing which Is IR essential to soldiers Needless to eny we w do not Insist that thai the true to 10 the question What Is II a 1 soldier Is A man who can kill ki with the rifle merely as I n 1 of ot dia dialectical dil analyst We W Insist on the fact because unless until people not merely mere the fact their lp but Lut realise It I we fe shall never nowr get fet a true trul reform of the army arm shooting must be the foundation stone on the any rests On that foundation mint t be br built hult up U n superstructure tu seems in a tense ena Is n Im Important In as AI the tho foundation but we 0 mutt mut mutala always ala remember that though there can A be no without a 1 foundation therl can n be A R foundation without a superstructure Having Irk the foundation of ot rifle and answered the question What U a with wih the th reply A rifleman let Jet us la next Ik k and try to fUIr the question What Is a fully lul qualified qu lne Bo So many things RI necessary to tn make w 6 will wi not nay sy Hie Ih perfect hut btU the who shall be Able to render his hIl ability to u uthe ue the th rifle rene fully till effective that It I U II dim cult to know kno which to name first In our nur opinion the most Important quality that can ca be b laid on the foundation of ot rifle It II that tha of ot Ing In th tl w o ri la I lu Ia wU 1 t le Tha f It rifleman must bo be not only willing but able Ible to give an al Instant and what Is Ismore Ismore more on an intelligent obedience to the orders of ot those above him He le must obey oboy and he must alto If I possible the object of Ir the order obey not like Iko a n machine machin but like a thinking man manJe He Je must that Is not be hypnotized by formal tonal drill dri into ft a mechanical obedi obedience ence but must give nh nn an obedience which Is la rathe and not merely passive Next to the tho moral we should hould put for the modern moer soldier loller the huntor huntr scout the ability to take cover to the enemy and his bil movements to see IN without being seen I n and to take Intelligent advantage of oC all ni means of ot protection from nn al fire fre while at lt the Mme time pressing his own advance Next ext the tho should be able to use the tle spade and be capable of ot rapidly constructing protective work which though effective be he Invisible to tho nomy Olm Th se e are ae qualities I 1111 for Ufo u e In the line To get I him Into the fighting line ne the soldier must as n far ns b he endowed I with wih the gift ul of or He 10 must mut mutI b I good KOI nt at marching but he must also be aide abl to 10 mak u us e of ot other fons tona ot or if It und and when hn they thc become available A Iller mutt be able to ride R bl should It 1 be to provide him with Jh that of t getting over Oer the ground grund ami further he h must mUll be beable LI able to look lok after his hla horse If It ho he get eta one Again he hI be able to ride and mend ment ft If Ir fortune should enable his hf to 10 bicycles and M turn a three day dB march Into Inlo a day dB march marh nut But though this disciplined rifleman who can stalk IUt and dig 1 and also ride cither horte horle or bicycle If required will 1 already be beof bent of nt great ute ue In war nr he hI can no doubt t 0 by the addition additon of or certain other othe rather than but none the teas Ius of ot Ira 11 U b le U i lr a 4 p a pa I Il l training which makes his frame and his hl muscles like those of ot an athlete he will fl no doubt endure endur longer and nd shoot shot more steadily than If IC ho haa ha had bad no physical drill drill Furthermore l If It he Is la something of ot n 1 gymnast he will wi If It he ho it II making making rapid advance on foot tot be able to surmount obstacles with wih much greater groter ease H I will wl clearly for tor example be b good god for tor him hll to to be a swimmer Again aln if It he hl haa hal learned learne tho handling of oC n 1 bayonet his hla enemy enem will I tear the chance that he may get Iet too close coe quarters quarter more than If It the th same ume enemy knows that he has hlf no fit Fk III I with lh the bayonet ronet Lastly Luty If IC soldier happens to be an expert at It drill drU In close cloae formation he ho and mon men like him may bo be able to Ret get through the narrow streets ot oC a great olty more mor quickly and with wih tar far lets leRI confusion It Ithe Ithe he has hag no practice in moving in close order I It I comes comel then to this A whether r he belongs belong to the horse hore or the tho toot foot Is la foremost ft a rifleman Including and In addition to that the tho qualities of oC the tle soldier may ma be must roughly be enumerated enumerate as follows He Ie 1 A rifleman 1 2 A disciplined man 1 3 A man capable of ot scout scouting ing and taking advantage of cover Mer MerA 4 A man who can cn ute UFe the spade and R A man who can on ride and look Jok After Miner a houe or a 1 bicycle C G A training man who ho p torn lome gym gymnastic lm 7 A man who wh has ba the power of ot moving rno ing n rapidly and without friction fricton In clone cl e order Strange as a It Ilna may teem em to tome ome per rI oni nl the way VB In 11 which the la II tIU t the manner In which he cutt cutti i way ar his hil hand when hen he the ex wt ot o lon hen he h salutes the n nde tie de at which his hi hul meet mee when be bethe b bI I UI the le politico IU ot Dt the th G and so forth do not rol go to th the building up of ot a 1 soldier He Je g may m be beable b able to do none of ot theae the things thing and yet be a very el capable Ild r rAl AH Al we WI want to on at t tho pres present s sent ent moment Is II the necessity ne I for tor keeping In mind really things thin that go goto 0 to make up a and chief amour these thes rifle shooting Inlew and ad until we secure men who wh can to kill with the rifle and not merely let off we have not really got an army of but only f theatrical super Wt Might have In training a larm number at smart young men with a to with perfect of and order and with witha a mo t engaging way of Minting their officer lint for all that they would not be soldier they alo London Spectator |