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Military TrainingThe Officers' Reserve Corps In PeaceDuring peace the Secretary of War can order any Reser... Strength And Composition Subject to variation according to the situation, one ... Windage The rear sight is set on a movable base so that it ca... Fifth Movement On Right (left) Into Line Being in column of platoons or squads, to form line o... School Of The Soldier Based on the Infantry Drill Regulations Success ... Officers Reserver Corps To make it possible to fill the gaps made in the Re... Duties Of A Patrol Each reconnoitering patrol is given a certain mission... Mr Fox Cuts The Cottontails Mr. Fox decided that the only way to get all the woo... Morning-glory Once upon a time there was a very little Morning-glo... Burns Do not pull the clothing from the burnt part, but rip... |
Infantry Drill Regulations United States Army 1911The Windflower's Story One day a little Windflower growing in a garden heard the Rosebush say to the Pansies, "What a quiet little creature the Windflower is! She seems to be a modest little thing, but she never stays here long enough to get acquainted;... The Rain Elves The Rain Elf children had been shut up in their houses for ever so long, for it had been hot and the Rain Elves do not like very hot weather. Their mothers, the Rain Clouds, awoke one morning and found the sun was not shining, s... When Jack Frost Was Young Not that he is old now, for Jack is a snappy, bright fellow, and will never really grow old--that is, in anything but experience. And that is exactly what this story is about, the time when Jack Frost was young in experience and ... How The Buttercup Grew Yellow Long, long ago it is told that the flowers were all white and that each received its color by some magic power. The little Daisy, with its yellow eye, received its golden center when the angry elves pelted the little Fairies with... Little Pitcher-man On a pantry shelf there once lived a funny squatty-looking pitcher-man. His cap was brown and that was the top of the pitcher. His coat was yellow and his vest green. He was round and fat, as well as squatty, and his legs were s... Old North Wind Old North Wind lived away up in the North Pole Land in the winter, and there her children, the Icebergs, grew. Old North Wind was very proud of her huge children, and when the long, cold winter was at an end she said: "My big, st... Sallie Hicks's Forefinger Sallie Hicks was a little girl who was good most of the time, but she had one bad habit, and that was caused by her forefinger on her right hand. Sallie's right-hand forefinger would get into things it should not, and it caused ... Mr Fox's Housewarming Mr. Fox had been so much disturbed by Mr. Dog and his master that he decided to try living somewhere besides on the ground floor of the woods. One night he took a look around in the moonlight, and to his delight he discovered th... Was It The Field Fairy? Jack and his sister Nina were two little orphans who had to beg from door to door for their food and a place to sleep. One day a man named Simon told them if they would work for him he would give them a home. Jack and Nina tho... Jack The Preacher One morning in very early springtime the big Evergreen Trees began to talk about the part they took in telling all the woodland flowers that it was spring. "Why, if we were not here," said one Evergreen Tree, "who would awake th... |