Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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United States Army The nation's armed forces, th natlons borderlng the seal, and of the nation in tlmes of peace time their purpose lS to become traln others so that ln tlme of army on land, the navy Cfor the alr force are the defenses as well as 1U war In peace tralned amd, if nece sary, to natlonal danger, tb y, too, will be prepared to take ap arms and reslst lnvaslon ln war tlme, the armed forces fight the aggressor to crush him or, that is lmpOSSlbl6, to hold him at bay untll more powerful forces can be ral ed wlthln the nation to protect t The trainlng of the army conslsts not only in handllng wea pons but in careful tearwork and close co OPd1H3tlOU amoung all unlts The prof ssional troops of the United States Army serve in peacetime and in war Thls army dates officlally from tlme of ratlflcatlon of the Cons ltutlon in 1789 lt had both the 1ts b ginnings in the Continental Armr of Revolutionary days, though there was a milltary ystem 10 thls country long before then American troops fought on th1S hemlspher as part of the Britlsh Army durlng the colonial period A very famous Brltlsn regiment of today, Tho K ng's Royal Hlfle Corps, was organlzed in Amer ca ln 1775 as th 62nd, and later as the 60th, Royal Amer can Reglment of Foot Only one unit of the regular army of today has exlsted slnce Contlnental tlmes Thls is Battery D, 5th Fleld Artlllery, whlch came lnto belng as Captaln Alexander Ham 1ton's Company of Artlllery During the American R volutlon the troops fightlng to free tae colonles from hngland fell lnto two groups, the Continen tals, who werc organlzed as a rational Iorc dlr ctly under the Contlnental Congres , and the mllitla, ralsed by the vari ous colonies Continental rcglments were OPflC8 d by men CONmlSSlOD6d by the Congress, the mllitia un ts by offlcers chosen by the colonv in which such units wer ral ed, frequent ly elected by the soldlers themsclve , and without regard for their knowledge of war Thls was a very unsatlsfactory syst but ln gereral lt continued until the World War of 1914 1918 There are two classes of olflcers who command the nllsted men ln the army lhere a e noncommissioned offlcers whlch are corporals, and sergeants appolnted from the ranks Warrant offlcers rank above the hlgH6St DOHCOmmlSSlOHLd officers There are two grades chlef warrant officers and warrant off1 c r, juUlOP grade Above th are th offlc rs ffrom second Lt to the General of the Armiesl who arc COmKlSS1OHGd by the PPcS1dGHt with the advnco and cons nt of th Senate, and whose terure of OfflCu 13 permanent until r tirement for age or for thlrty or more years of servlce The Presldent oi th Unlted State 1 the Command r 1U Chief of the Army Under him, the S crctary of Nar heads the War Department, whi h ras direct charge of the Army The hlghest ranklng offlcer of the army lS the Crl f of Staff, who advlses the Secretary of War on mllltary affairs The Combat Arms Cfighting troops? are thc lnfantry, cavalry, flcld artillery, coast artlllery corps, air forces, armored force, cnglncer corps, amd signal corps Support ng these are the S TVlCuS vhich keep thc wha ls of army buslncss turnlng The offlc rs and men of the regular army adopt m111tary lip as a career, Just as men adopt oth r occupatlons This is true also ln the armies of othcr countries, wh re the majority 7 . Q . Q Q O - . . 1 S . . Q Q D Lk! 1 . . . ' - . - f - . , . 1 Q Q . Q Y C1 I O I A Q 1 Q . . K Q - A! - ' A L Q o S I 4 f 1 - . . 1 ., -Q 1 ' 1 Q . - Q 4-, L . - V O e 1 1 al- .. . Q . 1 cv ' Q A . J . . - 4 . ' . 9 . Q Q . V 1 g ' ' 1 , - ' 4 1 ' A 4. ' . . . D 1 - .L V 3 , . . 4. 0 . Q Q Q ' s . . . Q . Q . ., . 4 Q 5 J. l Q ,y . 0 u. l 9 T . Q -1 . . L - X v -Q Q A ' L .. e v Lf Q Q . Q ' S .L v ' Q . Q 3 . 4. PS A . . . Q . . 1 .. 1 v 1 13 S ' 'A 1 , 2. T5 o , 1-J .1 Q Q A . J A' g em Q . ,- D L3 ' ' -. . Q . 4. 1 ,k Sl Q ,--1 - . q I I' . . ' U n . Q . Q 3 l . Q ' . . I . Q ' Y V Q , - I '3 q USS I S3 K3 L . 0 5 l ' L L g . . M 1 A A , v Q +3 . Q .1.1. 9 G A' P 1 I 2 I 2 . o , Q -. Q A . ., . 4. 8 U J 'S S A 9 'x ' . 1 Y a 3 . Q J f 4 .1 . C L Q ' Q . , Q p Q N Q 1. .. R J. U 1 Q Q , , . 1 g 1 LX ' ' 1 ' r 1 n A ' 1 v fu- . 4 rw' '1 Q ' Q A Q 4. N v Q - '4 - .1 3 .1 QQ V ' 3 0 . . . S .L 3 . 1 ,- Lf o 0 F A Q u V - - J