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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1894)
THE BATTALION. Entered at the College Station Postoffice as Second Class Mail Matter. Prop. W. B. PHILPOTT, - Super?. Ed. 1 B C. PITTUCK - - Editor-in-Chief}. FERGUSON (Austin) - - Asso. Ed ] MILLS (Austin) - - Asso Ed, j Published on the First of Each Month, by the Austin and Calliopean Societies. -1 A. W. BITTLE I MERRIWETHER I GOLDBERG (Aus.)' ) - - Asso. Ed. lalli.,) - asso. Ed. [f. ROSS (Calliopean) ; A. FITZGERALD (Calli.,) - ass. Bus. Manager (Cal.) Asst. Bus. M gr ) Asst. Bus. Manager su sr^; T r N u R M ' CE ’} COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS, FEBRUARY 1,1894. ^ Vol. i, No. 6. FIIMIKAIl UIpE Ip THE U. S. Af{|V[V. BY AN EX-SOLDIER. The first sergeant will then issue to you a new set of accoutrements and as sign you to a squad which is under charge of a sergeant or lieutenant. Ac cording to the rules and regulations you are allowed one month before being put on guard detail. During this time you will be drilled daily in the manual of arms, bayonet exercises, etc., by the members ; when you are proficient enough in those exer cises you will be put with the company to drill. I will say here is where I found a grave mistake, one which ought, in my estimation, to be more closely looked after as it affects the young soldier badly and breeds the first discontent of army life viz: The non-commissioned officer who drills the new soldier, in the above mentioned squad drills, very often hap pens to be a German, Dane, or Russian, whose knowledge of the English lan guage, so far as explanation goes, is rather limited and the young soldier not understanding his way of explanation in. broken English, makes frequent mistakes m drilling. The non-commissioned officer getting tired of explaining so- often loses temper and the result is worse still, as the young soldier is not allowed to talk back, he must do as he is told. If he wants to make a com plaint he must first get permission to see his company commander from the first sergeant of the company. Discip line is very strict in the U. S. A., and very properly too, on account of having to deal with so many different nationali ties, good and bad men ; first do as you