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Show REVEAL THEIR ARMY TRAINING Ex-Service Men Instinctively Line Up When a Crowd Is Waiting to Be Served. Army training still manifests itself in civilian life, and former soldiers automatically fall into line when they must wait to be served. In the army the men spent a great deal of their time waiting in line for mess, drawing stuff from the, supply sergeant and a dozen other purposes. The old army training revealed Itself It-self strongly during the recent hot spell at the Brooklyn Central Y. M. C, A., when apparently most of the 10.000 members sought to take advantage advan-tage of the swimming pool. Crowds of young men stormed the locker rooms each evening. The ex-service men set the example by lining up and taking their turns to reach the gate. As each elevator disembarked its load the former soldiers automatically went ro t lie rear. Younger men who had not had this training and sought to edge in far up the line were promptly pulled out and sent to their station. No ex-service man who has stood in line to draw a pair of socks or get a niess. kit full of "slum" will permit anyone to get ahead of him. |