HOME-READING COURSE FOR
CITIZEN-SOLDIERS
(Issued by the War Department and all rights to reprint reserved)
This course of thirty daily lessons is offered to the men
selected for service in the National Army as a practical help
in getting started in the right way It is informal in tone
and does not attempt to give binding rules and directions.
These are contained in the various manuals and regulations
of the United States Army, to which this Course is merely
introductory.
IJESSON NO. 4
Getting Ready For Camp
(Preceding Lessons: 1. Your Post
of Honor. 2. Making Good as a
Soldier. 3. Nine Soldierly Quali
ties.)
Yonr real training for your du
ties as a soldier will begin after
you and your comrades are assem
bled at the training camps. How
ever, there arc a few simple things
you can do during the next few
weeks which will bo of decided value
in getting you started along the
jight lines.
The simplest thing, and perhaps
the most useful of all, is to begin
at once to practice correct habits of
standing and walking. Even in civil
ian life a man's reputation in his
community—yes, and for that mat
ter his own self-respect—ls deter-
Dangerous Stomach Acids That
Make Your Food Ferment and Sour-
Cause Gas and Indigestion
The Contents of An Acid Stomach Should be Neutralized and
Sweetened—Never Artificially Digested Say Physicians.
Medical authorities everywhere
are now practically agreed that
nearly nine-tenths of the cases of
stomach trouble, dyspepsia, indi
gestion, heartburn, sour stomach,
gastric catarrh, bloating, nausea,
etc.. are caused not by a lack of
digestive Juices or by imperfect
digestive organs, but to an exces
sively acid condition of the stom
ach.
Nearly everyone who has stom- I
ach trouble, they say, carries
about a glassful or more of this I
powerful hydrochloric acid in their
stomach which is constantly irri
tating and inflaming the delicate
stomach lining, souring their food,
creating gas on the stomach, de
laying digestion and causing the
distressing symptoms so frequent
ly mistaken for dyspepsia and in
digestion.
Instead of forcing the sour acid
food from the stomach to intes
tines with pepsin or other arti
ficial digestents, the acid in the
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mined to a surprising extent by his
bearing. * The man who slouches
feels like a slouch. The man who
holds his head up faces the world
with confidence and courage.
If this is true in civilian life, it is
ten times more true in military life.
For a solider must always be strong
ly marked by his snap, his precision,
and his vigor. He can not have these
traits unless he carries himself like
a soldier.
The Bearing of a Soldier
Few people without military train
ing have a correct Idea of what Is
meant by the position and the bear
ing of a soldier. They are apt to
imagine that It means a strut or an
extremely strained attitude. Or,
more frequentlv, they think that the
term can properly be applied to any
erect position. The truth of the case,
stomach should be sweetened or
neutralized with a little mag
nesia not the ordinary commer
cial magnesia carbonate, citrate,
oxides or milks—but pure bisu
rated magnesia which can be ob
tained from druggists anywhere
either in the form of 5-grain tab
lets or powder. A couple of the
tablets or a teaspoonful of the
powder In a little water right
after eating will neutralize all the
excess acid in stomach and pre
vent its formation, wLll soothe,
cool and heal the sore, burning
and irritated stomach lining and
the stomach will then easily di
gest its meals without pain or
trouble of any kind.
Bisurated Magnesia, unlike most
forms of magnesia, is not used as
a laxative and is harmless to the
stomach. It is used daily by thous
ands of "acid stomach" people
who now enjoy their meals with
no more fear of indigestion.
Sold by G. A. Gorgas.
however. Is that there Is a definite
procedure to follow In order to place
yourself In what Is Known in the
army as "the position of a soldier,"
it is the position which the dis
mounted soldier always assumes at
the command "Attention," except a&
it may be slightly modified to en
able him to carry properly any arms
he may have 111 his hands.
It will be well for you to memor
ize paragraph 51 of the Infantry
Drill Regulations, which gives the
complete afid accurate description of
the position of the soldier. This
paragraph Is slightly paraphrased
and simplified in the description fol
lowing: Keep in mind that there are
ten elements which must be proper
ly adjusted to each other, and check
yourself up to see that each one of
them is properly placed.
1. Heels—on the same line and as
near each other as possible; most
men should be able to stand with
heels touching each other.
2. Feet—turned out equally and
forming an angle of about 4 5 de
grees.
3. Hops—level and drawn back
slightly; body erect and resting
equally on hips.
5. Che3t —lifted and arched.
6. Shoulders—square and falling
equally.
7. Arms—hanging naturally.
8. Hands hanging naturally,
thumb along the seam of the trous
-1 ers.
9. Head— erect and squarely to
the front; chin drawn in so that axis
of head and neck is vertical (means
1 that a straight line drawn through
the center of head and neck should
be vertical) eyes straight to the
front.
10. Entire body—weight of body
' resting equally upon the heels and
balls of the feet.
Note especially that you are not
required to stand in a strained at
titude. You are to be alert but not
tense.
Ono of the very best things you
can do to-day Is to spend fifteen min
utes practicing this position, getting
it right. Keep this up every day
until you report at camp. In the
army, as in every day life, first im
pressions are important. The first
impression you make on your officers
and fellows will depend, more than
you probably realize, on the manner
in which you stand and walk.
Making Yourself "Fit"
If you can devote part of your
time between now and the opening
of camp to physical exercise you are
fortunate and should by all means
take advantage of ever yopportunity.
Climbing, jumping, gymnastic exer
cises, all kinds of competitive games,
swimming, rowing, boxing, wrestling
and running, aie all recommended
as excellent methods of developing
the skill, strength, endurance, grace,
courage and self-reliance that every
soldier needs.
There are some simple rules ot
eating and living which all of us
should follow regularly. They will
be especially helpful to you if you
put them into practice in preparing
for camp life.
Perhaps the most important of
these rules is to use no alcohol of
any kind.
If you have been in the habit of
smoking immoderately, cut down;
get your wind, your nerves and your
digestion into the best possible con
dition.
Eat and drink moderately. Chew
your food well. It Is advisable, how
ever, to drink a great deal of cool
(not cold) water between meals.
Don't eat between meals.'
Keep away from soda fountains
and soft drink stands. Learn to en
joy simple, nourishing food.
Accustom yourself to regular hours
for sleeping, eating and the morning
functions.
Don't "take a last fling." It may
land you in the hospital. At the
best, it will probably bring you into
camp in an unfit condition to take
up your new duties with profit and
enjoyment. There are strenuous
days ahead of you and it will be
good sense on your part to make
reasonable preparation for them.
Look Forward With Confidence j
You will find nothing required of
you in the army that is beyond the
powers of the every day American.
You will see clearly ahead of you,
after you have read this course, the
path which you are to follow. Look |
forward with confidence. Enter the I
service with the firm determination |
of doing your best at all times of I
playing square with your superiors,
your associates, and yourself, and
of taking care always of your assign
ed duties whatever may happen.
You will find that everyone else
will treat you with courtesy and fair
ness—for that Is the inflexible rule
of the army. Out of that rule grows
the comradeship and the attractive
ness, even in the face of all dan
gers and hardships, that are char
acteristic of American army life.
German Intrigue Made
China Enter Into War
Washington, Aug. 16.—China's of
ficial explanation of the declaration
of a state of war with Germany and
Austria-Hungary, in the form of a
statement by the Foreign Office, was
received last night at the Chinese
Legation here. It said:
"In view of the many kinds of Ger
man intrieue seeding to create dis
order in China the Chinese Govern
ment found it impossible to wait for
the convocation of Parliament before
declaring the existence of the state
of war with Germany, especially since
the rupture of diplomatic relations
with the Imperial German Govern
ment had been previously approved
by Parliament almost unanimously.
"Austria-Hungary has all along
been acting in concert with the Ger
man Imperial Government. Moreover,
the Austrians, like the Oermans, have
special settlements in China which
might easily be used by Germans, who
speak the same language as Austrians,
as a base of operation for further In
trigues, thereby rendering the situa
tion still more difficult for China to
cope with.
"The Chinese Government, there
fore. was unable to adopt a different
attitude toward Austria-Hungary, but
was constrained, as an act of self
protection, simultaneously to accord
her the same treatment as was ac
corded Germany."
Sacrificed His Life
to Save Sweetheart
Kittanning, Pa.. Aug. 16. Sacri
ficing his life to save the girl to whom
he was betrothed, Ralph Hollonbaugli,
24 years old, a private in Company K,
Sixteenth Pennsylvania Infantrv, was
killed by a northbound Pennsylvania
Railroad passenger train last nißrht.
He threw Mary Gratz, his sweetheart,
off the track, while he himself was
mangled.
MR. TAFT LEAVES CLAY CENTER
Clay Center, Kas., „ug. 16. For
mer President William H. Taft, much
improved after his Illness here of
m ire than a week, left here vesierday
afternoon for Chicago enroiite to his
summer home at Murray Bay. Canada.
Mr. Taft, due to an attack of intes
tinal Indigestion, has cancelled his
speaking engagements for the re
mainder of this month,.
NEW INDUSTRY TO START
Columbia, Pa., Aug. 16. —Colum-
bia's newest industry, the Righter
Castings Company, will begin opera
tions on Thursday with a force of
about a dozen men. The new con
cern, of which Noble C. Righter is
proprietor, will operate In the Shaw
nee brass foundry, which plant Mr.
Righter has purchased. He will Im
prove and enlarge the plant and In
crease the force of workmen as soon
as the work can be completed.
HARiUSBURG TELEGRAPH
ROOT GIVEN
VALOR MEDAL
Roosevelt Brands I. W. W.
Enemies at Big Reception "
For Returned Diplomat
New York, Aug. 16.—Expressing
confidence in the soundness of the
character of the Russian people for
self-government, Elihu Root, head of
the special diplomatic mission to
Russia, in two addresses here at this
city s official reception to the mission
denounced the part played In that
country during its time of peril by
men corresponding to the I. W. W.
here, the extreme Socialists and an
archists with whom the German
agents made common cause."
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, who
also spoke at the meetings, tirst at
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City Hall and then at the Chamber
of Commerce, likewise declared that
"organizations like the X. W. W. are
criminally aiding German propa
ganda in this country," adding: "Let
us make those who oppose obstacles
to the success of the war feel that
they are unhung traitors."
He further said tht "until the
United States has placed 5,000,000
men in the fighting line we will have
no right to consider ourselves as
standing level with Canada in this
fight for democracy," and advocated
the putting of American soldiers "in
masses on whichever front they are
most needed."
Valor Medal for Root
At the ceremonies in Citv Hall
Mayor Miteliel presented to Mr. Root,
as its first recipient, the medal of
atio . nal Arts Club, awarded for
" distinguished Valor in the service of
the United States.," saying that in'
leaving his life of safety to "under
take the hazards of the mission" Mr
Root had shown the "American valor
and fighting spirit" the medal was
designed to signalize.
When the Russian emperor was
CHEESE CONTAINS
MUCH FOOD VALUE
Department of Agriculture
Points Out Nourishment
in Dairy Product
Washington, Aug. 17. "Store"
cheese—more properly known as
American Cheddar—is more nourish
ing, ponud for pound, than any meat,
overthrown. Mr. Root said In de
scribing conditions as he found them
ir. Russia, the Russians had no in
stitutions of national self-govern
ment and were bewildered, all in
struments of authority having been
swept away.
August 16, 1917
and therefore should have a proml- 1
nent place In the diet as a meat sub
stitute, says a statement issued to
day by the United States Department
of Agriculture.
"Few people In this country eat
cheese in sufficient quantities for it
really to form an important part
of the daily fare," says the state
ment. "Indeed, it is used more of
ten simply as an appetizer or as a
seasoning for some other food. Near
ly every one fetishes good American
Cheddar or 'stole' cheese, but there
is an impression that it is indi
gestible and constipating. Extensive
digestion, experiments carried on by
the Department of Agriculture have
demonstrated that more than 95 per
cent, of its energy is available. Even
when eaten in large quantities and
tor long periods, no case of indi
gestion, constipation, or other dis
turbance was observed in those who
ate it. One man who ate cheese as
the chief source of both protein and
energy, for moie than two years, did
a fair amount of muscular work and
kept in good health.
"American Cheddar cheese is a
very satisfactory substitute for meat.
It can be kept In storage for & long
time, and contains much food in
small volume.
"A pound of cheese supplies more
than twice us much energy as a
pound of fowl or round steak and al
most twice as much protein as the
same amount of fowl or ham.
Cheese, therefore. Is usually a cheap
er food than the meats.
"Cheese can also be combined in
many palatable dishes. When grated
it may be used in soups or with
many vegetables. Other foods in
which cheese is used are: Macaroni
and cheese, Welsh rabbit, tomato
rabbit, baked rico and cheese, baked
crackers and cheese, vegetables and
cheese rolls, cheese omelet, oatmeal
and cheese and cheese mush.
"Receipts anil further information
are given in Farmers' Bulletin 487,
'Cheese and Its Economical Uses In
the Diet,' which may be obtained
free on application to the Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington.
D. C."
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