US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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IU INFANTRY BOARD MAJOR HERBERT O,LEARY COL. WV. M. FASSETT BRIOADIER GENERAL W. GORDON COLONEL M. C. KERTH MAJOR T. I-I. NIIDDLETON NIAJOR C. P. HALL 1

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l3l2I'.XR'l'MliNT Oli QSIZNIRRAL SUlljlCCTS. HIE present llepartment of General Subjects is a consolidation of the original depart- ment of lthal name with the old lilepartmcut of Research. As now constituted it com- prises tiree sections: istory, liquitation and .'Xtbletics. The Athletic Section includes instruction in military calisthenies. apparatus. massed games. and also in baseball. football. volley ball. soccer, basket-ball and iii trgiqk and field sports. lt is not the purpose of this course to develop athletes but to so familiarize the students with each activity that they will be able to instruct their units in them. and encourage their tnen to participate in athletics and athletic contests. V XYliile the work is mainly practical. lectures and conferences are given in order that particular calisthenic exercises may be titled to the peculiar needs of the individual: that a general knowledge of the procedure and rules of rlitferent games and events mav be had to the end that the student may qualify as director or otlieial. i This section also provides a reasonable amount of supervised exercises for the student body whose days are occupied with school activities, at times, mainly indoors. Linder this section fall the athletic activities of the school. which in their qualitv and scope have assumed the proportions of those of a university. ' ' The Equitation Section conducts courses for all students in tai Stable Management. 'galil Care of Animals.1 tcl Care of .Xnimal Drawn Transportation and in Cdl Equitation. ie courses are mace as practical as possible. All lectures and conferences. whenever practicable. are conducted out of doors, where the practical application of the subject under discussion may be made. Eciuitation is limited to the fundamentals and no advanced work is attempted. There is no jumping and no cross country galloping. The objects sought in the First three divisions are to qualify the students to intelligently direct in this work and to standardize the methods throughout the Infantry: in the, last subdivision to teach proper bitting and saddling. a proper handl' and sean and to enable the otiicer to perform mounted duty without unnecessary strain or injury to himself or mount. The Military History Section embraces the following: The Army of the United States, Psychology, Methods of Instruction, and Military History proper. The otiicer who would be truly a professional man must be something more than a worknian. To a knowledge of the tools he must add breadth. perspective and accurate and indlependent reasoning. He must also be able to present his conclusions readily, force- ful y and convincingly. The Officer of our Army today has important duties beyond and above the definite practice of his profession. He is called upon both in times of peace and war to deal with his fellow citizens in civil life. He is primarily charged lwitli their military education and training. He must be prepared not only to teach the cetails of his profession, but he must knbw the fundamental reasons that lie behind them and how to bring the civilian to a realization of their place and importance. It is the purpose of the military History section to help him reallize this two-fold result. A study of the Army of the United States presents the prob em-the Regular Army as the instructor of the body of our citizens. Psychology gives him a knowledge of the mental reactions and attitude of those with whom he must deal. Methods of Instruc- tion point the way to translate his knowledge into definite action, smoothly, completely, and adecuatel . Andlfinalliy. Military History, hand in hand with Military Art, develops a sense of nice discrimination, sound reasoning, and the ability to find the immutable principles of his profession hidden in the mass of prejudiced, inaccurate, incomplete alnld confiising dfetaili In Militar Art from the facts he reasons to the result. In Mi itary istory ie is ace at once with the effect itself. He must then seek for the reasons for the solution and the means employed, and determine the success or failure of their application. Thus by deduction in Military Art and induction in Military History he learns to recognize and apply the practical principles of technique and tactics no matter in what guise they appear. The vehicle for teaching military history here is the monograph. Subjects are so arranged as to permit the student to cover well a particular phase of military events. The student is given an opportunity to make proper sellection of iiiatjeiigtl, rcixiliginallpgeparationf and ersonal anal sis and criticism of the material ie ias asscm e . e ora e tvery o the iihonograph offers him practice in personally presenting the results of his work and by skill, clarity, enthusiasm and logic bringing others to see as he sees. And above all his work in the Military History Section awakens the student to the possibilities of professional education and pleasure to be found in the military library.

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ll' '- 1-Jr TI-IE DEPARTMENT UF l:IXPIiRIMENT C.AxPT. J. T. DIISRELL CAPT. P. S. JONES C.-WT. M. S, EDDY C.'xP'1'. G. XV. LESTER CAPT. F. A. HEILIENI.AXN CAPT. T. F. XVESSELS LIEUT. G. L. VVOTKYNS LIEUT. D. M. ASHTON