Physical culture . greatest number, contests should beso arranged and managed as to arouseinterest and friendly rivalry betweensquads, platoons, companies and battal-ions, rather than between , special attention shouldbe given to team work and to team com-petition/ This is very good if the same spirit were encouragedamong all sorts and conditions of ath-letes, the world of sport would be greatlybenefited thereby. It is further di-rected that an offi-cer, preferably oneinterested in thesubject, be detailedto each Army Postas Superintendentof Athletics. Heis to
Physical culture . greatest number, contests should beso arranged and managed as to arouseinterest and friendly rivalry betweensquads, platoons, companies and battal-ions, rather than between , special attention shouldbe given to team work and to team com-petition/ This is very good if the same spirit were encouragedamong all sorts and conditions of ath-letes, the world of sport would be greatlybenefited thereby. It is further di-rected that an offi-cer, preferably oneinterested in thesubject, be detailedto each Army Postas Superintendentof Athletics. Heis to keep recordsof all matters per-taining to the ath-letics of the menunder his supervis-ion, and do all inhis private and of-ficial power to en-courage muscleand his line he ispossessed of moreor less absoluteauthority, the onlyperson to whomhe is immediatelyresponsible beingthe Post Com-mander. Exceptwhen the troopsare in the field, onpractice marches,in camps of in-struction or en-: gaged in target. Corporal John Flynn. Who~for the Broad Jump and practice or field exercises, the instructorwill superintend the systematic teachingof the men under his charge in calisthen-ics, athletics and gymnastic exercises,thirty minutes a day, four times a amount of time is, of course, inde-pendent of that spent on training of themen for special events. The athleticyear is divided into two periods, one ofwhich lasts from November I to March31, and the other, from April 1 to Octo-ber 31. Drill-hall or barrack instruction is notlooked upon with favor by the militaryauthorities. The fresh-air idea is, on thecontrary, fostered as much as , specific instructions areissued to the Superintendents of Ath-letics that, whenever, possible, practiceand instruction must be held in the openair. And it is proper to say that thispart of the instructions is rarely if everneglected. An ath-letic man is of ne-cessity a fresh-airman by choice. Asthe conduct oiArmy a
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