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Show ION THE MARCH Dr. George Ellis Jones, in Hygene and War, calls attention to the fact that, although the present war Is largely a war of position In which trenches play a leading part, marching still occupies, much more of the soldiers' time than combat. For that reason It Is of prime Importance that the soldier be able to marcja well. The general public has a mistaken Idea of the length of a lieavy march,, tho tendency being to placo the estimate altogether alto-gether too high. A fair day's march for any army Is twofvo mKfcs.. Fifteen miles is a good day's march, and twenty Is a forced forc-ed march. Quick time for the English armies consists of about one hundred and twenty 30-Inch steps a minute, which glveB one hundred yards a, minute. From two and one-half to three miles an hour Is good marching, but the larger the marching force the more slowly It moves. A brigade takes six hours to march fifteen miles, but a division needs eight hours for the same, distance. |