Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Veteran of World War I and of the Spanish Civil War, in which he commanded the British battalion of the International Brigade, Tom Wintringham wrote and harangued against the spit-&-polish, close-order drill snobbery of Sandhurst. In a handbook called New Ways of War (TIME, Nov.11), he insisted that the only way to repel an invasion was to supplement Britain's regular forces with an army of 4,000,000 civilians trained with maximum democracy and efficiency. To this end the Home Guard Training School was organized, and Tom taught his men sniping, barricading, bombing with homemade bombs...
Today China sings not only for pleasure but for many purposes-to combat illiteracy, to improve sanitation. Soldiers are taught to sing drill terms, Army regulations, and, once taught, they learn to read the words. Other popular songs : You must help the soldiers, Flies spread bacteria...
Surveying, map-reading, parts of R.O.T.C. courses, and military drill are included in the program for a University-sponsored military camp which will be established at Squam Lake, New Hampshire, this summer if enough students apply to make the investment worthwhile...
...Girls of 18 were exhausted by the 600-yard run, although children of 6 took it in their stride. The physical efficiency of boys continues to rise after 13 but at a much slower rate than before. "An important biologic hint: during puberty, unnecessarily strenuous activities such as rigid drill . . . must be avoided...
...guidons of the following batteries were decorated: Battery B for excellence in foot drill; Battery D for gun drill; and Battery I for attention to duty...