331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . d off. And they hurried into their clothes as never before. Here was Lt. Whitney waiting for them outside. Form double line, answer as your name is calledNow well have Whew that guv got my wind, commented the long McNally at breakfast Maybe you think I enjoyed it? Where is the milk and sugar, returnedWebster. Guess you just eat this oatmeal raw in the army. \\ hat would you namethat meat, Nelson? Is this coffee or Bevo? That is the way they acted at breakfast. These Americans are a changeablelot. Green and timid one day, hard-boiled vetera
331st field artillery, United States army, 1917-1919 . d off. And they hurried into their clothes as never before. Here was Lt. Whitney waiting for them outside. Form double line, answer as your name is calledNow well have Whew that guv got my wind, commented the long McNally at breakfast Maybe you think I enjoyed it? Where is the milk and sugar, returnedWebster. Guess you just eat this oatmeal raw in the army. \\ hat would you namethat meat, Nelson? Is this coffee or Bevo? That is the way they acted at breakfast. These Americans are a changeablelot. Green and timid one day, hard-boiled veterans the next. Breakfast finished and bunks arranged as per diagram; Lt. Walker took overthe detail and instructed them in one of the arts of war, which was later to makehis name famous. Policing of course. All Battery F men know that. Nowto a civilian that word police suggests blue uniforms, big tummies and a so for the soldier. For us policing brings to the mmd the discarded cigarettestub or the half hidden grain of dust in some dark ittle exercise before breakfast. And they did have, quite So it came to pass BATTERY F } , 531 f? Field Artillery, / ?A that these first few men bent their backs to the Sacred Task under the eagle eyeof that Past Master of all Policers. And, like all other rookies, they grinned sortof foolishly, realizing that it was porters work they were doing, and porters paythey were getting. The first policing, however, is nothing compared with the first lesson in theSchool of the Soldier. There lurks in the memory of every artilleryman the visionof a little red bound government pamphlet—Provisional Drill Regulationsfor Artillery, Field and Light,—or Light and Dark—we dont remember theexact wording. For us this little book has caused more discomfort, more disgust,and more profanity than all the other books ever written on any subject. Sept. 9th, 1917, four clays after the battery was established, Spencer Barlowarrived from Sparta, where
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