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

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I 3, P . J-fri' L ,V lx, pw IT: - fn -x J X W . '2- A 9 G much as if the day is not average. But let us take 8 to start with and if in the course of battle you find the Law of Averages has been broken call on us and we Engineers will be glad to furnish you with more numbers. After taking this figure 8 and assembling your men, divide them into groups of 8, and then di- vide the 8 by two and you will get -let me see-yes 8 divided by 2 is 4. Now we have the number 8, and four men. Give each man three shovels and picks, or three picks and shovels as the case may be, and put them to work. At the end of the average day each man will have dug-9 times 3 is 27 and that multiplied by Z is 54. Divide 54 by 3 and you will have 18. Divide that by 9, see, the answer is 2. Now multiply 2 by 4 and there you are, 8. You can't get away frorn figures.- 3 cubic feet in one day. Now you may find that by the end of the third or fourth day that even the average soldier will not be quite up to this high average of 8. Perhaps he has broken one of his picks, or he may have tired himself a bit trying to use all three at once, or he may have forgotten to use a pick and shovel at the same time. At any rate, after three or four days you may find the number 8 too large. In other words you want a number less than 8. Let us say, 6. Yes, here it is in the table. You see how we get it? 8 divided by 4 is 2, add 1 and you get 3. And three times two is six. In othe words you see where you would be if you tried to construct Field Works without an Engineer to do all the hard work. We will now go out to a soft sandy place about twice as far away as necessary and we will show you how it ought to be done. Don't ask any ques- tions because I know what they will be before you ask them and you wouldn't be able to understand the answers. Five minute break. It is now 9:58. As- semble at the train at 10:00. 7. X 2 . ,X VY Y ...Q S Q T' 'ui H2 S' I 'L i 'fi ps? ,-'1 fn-- IW x V iw

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Ja W -sa! git We ' I -X I I ' if . I924 DOUGHBOY CONFERENCE---WORKING IN THE FIELD The object of the conference this morning is to bring before you Infan- try Officers' lower intelligences the great problems that beset the Engineer when he plans out the methods you will have to follow when you construct Field Works. The word Field Works is possibly a misnomer, for the work is really all done when the Engineers plan the modus operandig all that the Doughboy has to do is dig. Of course, I think you can understand this, trenches are generally dug somewhere in a field so that the word Field is cor- rect. In other words, only half of the term is incorrectg or, in other words, the expression Field Works is about 5O'l correct. In the first place we have to determine how much can be done. This requires complicated-you will doubtless consider them complicated-tables. On the blackboard here I have copied the tables out of the pamphlet which you all have in your pos- session but you will be able to read my chalk figures much more easily than the clearly printed ones in the pamphlet. Now this number here, this 8, rep- resents the amount of trench two feet wide, two feet deep, and two feet long- ' '177 'f Nilwfiff. ' ' ' I . . ,tri in other words two-no, I ,. A . mean 8 cubic feet of earth, -I that an average man can dig yd yn , I' in an average day. Of ' 1 . , cf' ,L course the earth must be Q lv f average to o. Y ou s e e K lrrtixb Q how I get it? Two times ' . K fsf:gi.,eN,.gg, V I - Y .tg .,.,.,., , K . . . lg, ..,. Q ....l.. , . two are four, and four mul- Xf Q' ' tiplied by two are six-no, vs j I ...J let me see-oh yes, 8 cubic gg-, 1 ff p feet. As I have said before, .- , t is is average irt. t e 5 ' if . t A55sifg55:.g soil is not average the 8 will . . .... - ' . be Somethmg elsefand If the iQ., ,,, i g . t stand X the doughboy w 1 l 1 , www' ' ' . 'mi - q Xgg, rarely if ever be more than A ', if --,,- - -11 1- t average? It W1 Comp we e if --ill. fnattefs fnofe, alfnost ag li ' i i l 3 ,gs I -' 4 5 ' . 7l .i.J I4 ni

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-la F, I' SCF r Q S fx 1 A lr. iii f fit ' A1 2 1 EATING THE ETI EM CARD - . Airsplgill iii QIISEE kk 'fi -- 'lil wuo Div NT .. V 1 ts, 'ffllllw , .-gil 4. ,.,. H -H Time. The early part of January of each year. Place: Station Hospital, The Infantry School. Caste: Medicos, medical attendants, and Victims. Costumes: Medicos and assistants, surgical instruments of torture, Victims, as provided by nature-less fig leaf. Act 1 Scene 1 Victim enters first hall of horrors from either right, left or center. Strolls nonchalantly up to the desk for registration. Everybody has expectant look on face and seem all set for a good time. Attendant: Who are you? Victim: John Doe :submerged captain: Infantry: thirty-seven years old: like steak in preference to ham for breakfast: married: under domestic control: one child: make it snappy. A.: How do you spell it?l' V.: With an 'A,' as in Aaron, Apple or A tlantaf' A.: How old did you say you are? V.: Thirty-six, will be thirty-seven next birthday. A.: What birthday are you nearest? V.: Don't know: my birthday's june 30th. Let's say thirty-seven for luck. A.: K'Did you say- QInterrupted by hard boiled Medico who yells Next. j Scene II Medico: Ever had any relatives hanged for horse stealing or bootlegging? Victim: No record of same. M.: Have you any ancestors? V.: Not since I was a child. I isa I K ..- if 2 f '? 1 O ' Wt ai 4 x nb