Hill Military Academy - Adjutant Yearbook (Portland, OR)

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To make up lost time he starts in to work harder than ever and soon becomes of some value to the battalion. His views have under- gone quite a change during this time and he now enters Whole- heartedly into the spirit of competition which is in the air. He now looks upon the battalion as a mechanism of which he is a part. The work which Was at first irksome now becomes play and the main object of the cadet's existence for the time being is to as- sist in beating the other fellow. All this is done in a sportsman like spirit and after the battle is over there are no hard feelings. This spirit of competition which is kept up in the battalion We believe has been a large factor in obtaining the success which has thus far been secured. It not only tends to lighten the Work but helps to create the proper spirit amoung the cadets. While a member of the battalion the cadet learns the advantages of self control and many other things which are to be of use to him in later years. .Although at times he may cringe under the im- maginary yoke he learns many principles which are of inestimable value to him in time to come. On the whole, a cadet who has become accustomed to the life of the battalion, Wouldn't part with his experiences while there under any consideration. BY A PRIVATE. H. M. A.

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test satisfactorily, they were assigned a day on which to go down on the gallery and fire. The first scores were two fired in the prone position. The next was a prone and a sitting score. The third was a prone and a kneeling score. It was decided that the squad firing would be discontinued on account of the fact that there were fifteen men on the Ninth Corps Area team that needed the time for practice. The showing that the cadets made on the gallery this year means that when the battalion went to Rocky Butte there were a good many men qualified for medals. This all points toward a successful year next year. The defects in the schedule, although slight, can be seen and will be corrected in the future. BY Sergeant Donald LeDoux. '26. THE CADET BATTALION FROM THE PRIVATES POINT OF VIEW The private, being supposedly the most ignorant of the assembly which constitutes the cadet battalion, and holding no office what- soever, is thought, by some people, to be merely a piece of ma- chinery and to have no views at all. However, we shall try to cor- rect this error, for, although the lowly private may not say much, at the same time he does a considerable amount of thinking. Not having been asked for his opinion before, he now finds that he has quite a task set for him. The new cadet, upon entering the battalion, is at first bewildered and confused by the numerous movements and seemingly meaning- less commands which are given him, but he soon becomes accustom- ed to these and becomes a part of the working mechanism of the battalion. The newness soon wears off these scenes and it is at about this time that the formerly green private begins to form views and opinions. His first impression of the battalion is one of strict order and discfpline but he soon finds that this strain is relieved by the numer- ous competitions which are started among the different sections of the battalion. His next find of importance is that the officers in charge are human beings like himself and that they have their failings just the same as anyone. At about this time he begins to have ambitions of his own and to look forward to the time when he will be an officer. With this end in view he begins to criticize, to himself, of course, the actions of the officers and to make various solemn vows to himself not to make the supposed mistakes which he imagines that the present corps of officers are making. He then acquires a brood of bolshevistic ideas and gets the idea that he is being 'fdoniineeredn over, and although these stick with him for some time, he at last decides that he was mistaken. In the mezantinpe heufinds that the officers have been treating him very air y a ter a .

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