Caption: Magazine - English Club The Illinois (1907)
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e of a P i hornore. w • w- etoldtomai h th^i > ut at ml rval uiul nw th< the set tin es. The onlv c mm at I I knew \\««i ft up e i e r rwanl nun h.'' and "Halt,"' BC l proceeded to iv«« then these alternately t ill 1 should learn e mething el • 1 had thus tulvaiuvil a short di tance with m y mei when, neglectimr to irive the command "Halr'sooi enough we got entangled with a Bquad oi eight who were advancing obliquely to us. I picl I my mei out of the bunch, led them around OIK* at a time, and itood them in a row again. I v >uld by no moans confess my ignorance, and called it an accident and proceeed. Taking the hint from what others were doing, I halted my men, and on p r e t e x t of arran_ ing them according to size, led them around in such a way t h a t , when facing them, I could watch another squad not far off. When explaining to them about the position of the soldier, which they had learned at the same wa busily taking in the movements of the o t h e r squad. As soon as I had learned it sufficiently well, I care fully explained it to my squad and then proceeded to p u t them through the exercise. I thought that I could thus keep one exercise behind my friend of the next squad and have no more trouble. Alas fur my hopes! J u s t as my neighbor started on the sec 1 exercise, along came an officious lieutenant and called out, " W h a t are you doing there? Why don'1 j u face your squad around the other w a y ? " I did nothing, knowing nothing to (\o% except t< go and turn them by main force, which wouldn't loo|well. u Scowling at me, he yelled, \Vhy don't you turn your men around? Give them, 'About, fact i2o
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