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

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of the officers, and a certain portion of the enlisted men, are really professional soldiers In no country is the military profession a road to rlches, al though it is an ancient and honorable way of llfe The soldie lik the teacher, clergyman and physician, is d dicated to a life of service ard lf he lS really at hls best, must be wllllng to make sacrifices Becau e he lives in a communlty of f llow sol diers, and 1S mov d about fr quently from place to plac thus never b coming closely knlt to the life of one slngle vlllage, town, or city, he 15 somewhat set apart irom the av rage c1v1l1an In most states soldlers may replster and vote just 1 oth r Cltl zens do However, soldlers and sallors are not permltted to vote 1n some states Thls law, forme ly wldespr ad, dates back to th earl, days of the natlon when sta e offlclals f ar d that by mOVlDt troops lnto a partlcular locallty a F deral Adm1DiS+P3tlOD mlght lnflu nc the course of an election I The United Stat Narlnes The creation of the Unlt d stat s harlnes wa Inspired by the Britlsh Royal uarlnes lie Unlted State harlnes were OPU3nlZ d by the Continental Congre s of the D S lh ir motto is 'Semper Fidelis whlcn m an 'Always Falthfdln and thelr lDSlgDl3 13 a nGlobe, Ancror and eagl ' slgnifylng servic on land, at sea an in the alr During wars tk function of h corps is to seize positions favorable for ba s and hold th m until oth r forces arrive to establlsh permanent occupation Thty are ready for ac tion on a mom nt's notlee, th ir stliklng forc Lncludes every known weapon of war and whwl the army and navy do not flght ex cept 1U tlmc of war, the m P11 hav land d 1U for lpn t rrltory again and agaln 1H tlme of p a If the army ard navy dld so it would be an aet of wal but trad tlon permlts the marlr s to step are to orovnd traln d d taehments IO capltal ship of the navy, maintaln flc t marlne fore s in r adln ss to move at any tlme and to any plac , also to guard naval prop rty and shore estmbllsh ments in thls country or outlylng poss sslons, perform special WlSSlOHS for the gov rnment and land for the p ot C+lOH of Amerl can lives anu prop rty ln dlsturbed ar as where operatlons ashore are lnvolved Th marlnes are a sp clally organlz d force only on board shlp, in th BFltlSh and U S Naxles Th y are used only for coast de fens or to garrl on forts ard CO1OUlC 1D oth r countr es wh re th y are organized Some of the eountri s whlch have corps cor responding to our marlne are DPlZll, Th Netherlands, France, Rus la, Furl y ard Ch lc, Italy and Japan During th H volutionary War, tr marln s served on both land an s a fhey made thelr flrst landlng attack on enemy h ld shores 1n 1776 wh n th J attack d the Britl h base at New Provi dence ir th Banamas QIGCC th n they hav carrled out n arly 200 such landing Durlng th Bahamas op ratlon they rals d for the first tim over for ign soil 81 Am rlcan emblem wlth th motto nDon't tr ad on me They ar called Leathcrn els because in the Revolutlonary War days th y wore high leather stocks to prot ct their throat agalnst thrusts from plcks, eatlasses and words Ihe hlgh collar of the present day, dress blues, 13 a hold over from thls early practlce I 8 , 0 . - . I . I' , 9 - 53 ' . X . . . . L ' - . 1 Q 3 S .1 e ' . . C E3 9 9 . . . A ' 3 .J . 3 , A 3 O Q 5 A I I O . I . . I . . A 'X . J U C S Q ' 'm ' ' ' 3 . . . U 1 . O ' Ya ' . Q 1 fa x f gy .1 K, Q, 1 A A . . . G a I . it . - .u O 1 I O 0 I G e J. 3 C s . , , A. C. 47 1 ,- ' 3 G S I . I 1f I 'V S f I V I .I f . A 1 I S Y I 1 G 8 'V' I ' 5 X 5 S o o E3 A gy . -, I 1 . V. . . r . . 3 S I ' J 1 v-1 f . . . + I e 1 e d . . - 4- , 0 ie - U G 1 ' 3 -. SG C . G . ' . . I 4 A .J 5 . 2 M. 'J E ,, fx ' .x 0 .' I 1 ' ' 1- .3 ' . 1 x K1 v J .L v , - ' ... S - 3 - . u . - ' . . F A Q . E ,A F X Q . X . ,J . e . e. I -J an u U - e, D 1, - . . . , - - . - 2. .1 A C ' C -J g 3 1 I r . . V. . l ' I .. , , . , '-1 , ,G . . . Y L l . in wlthout bSCOm1Hg belllgerenes. Some of the duties of the corps . . A , 1-. . 1 1 . S . ij 6 r I .. I' ' S . . . , . , N . . . 1 xi ' - ,. Yi fa . C A . f C . - C ex a - . , . C . 5 3 :J L - ' 'n -5 3 r f 3 '1 fu ' J ' - I Q I I I Q, e, . .1 ,B . . ,N ,X . X - ' K., ' 1 0 . L 0 . . . , . 'B 'N 3 C1 f.X 1.1 ld ..s- -J ul x 3 ' 7 ' 5 'A ' 'J Q 9 . Q 5 ul ' . ,z ' Q ' A 1: ' gl ' 3 3 xl D 5.1 L A- ! Q .L J J. 4 L1 . G 1 'X VJ A A A J. Lf C I' J . - . 'D S 3 1.1 F' S u 5 ' f. ' . f , Y . , S 'JZJL . 1 .L 3 r 1 . , , . - J 1 G S c MJ . 3 5 ..- r H . e . d e . A f 1 J f 2 e . - . C G I f ' . C , 3 S I w ' r- ' - 'J x -5 ' x fn I .. un . . U - ' RJ 1- ' Q, ' RJ . , , A . . I -JS , :J . H3 ' ' e . C . . . 3 .1 E2 . . 1' . C 3 ' S L , U -3 e - , A rx . A Cx f 5 ' f x N? L 1 k.l 1 ' . . . L G 'X 9 . ' e Q S' , F X 'X . - 4 . . . C -3 x .. fn a , ' L. E. 46 - 1