Chapter 8
A TEN-DAY PROGRAM
FIRST DAY
Attention!
Hips Firm Neck Firm Arms Bend Arms Cross Arms Stretch Arms Reach Mark Time Mark Time on Toes
Attention!
Stepping Heels Raise Deep Breathing (At "Arms Stretch")
Hike or Outdoor Work
Walk half-mile on level, each man at his own stride.
Walk in pairs--column of twos; the shorter men should be in front.
SECOND DAY
Attention!
Hips Firm Neck Firm Body Prone Hips Firm Stride Stand Body Bend (Side to left and right)
Attention!
Arms Bend Arms Cross Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Arms Stretch Mark Time Mark Time on Toes
Attention!
Heels Raise Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Walk three-quarters of a mile, column of twos, keeping step. Starting at command, "Forward--March!" beginning with left foot. Leader calls "Company--Halt!" three or four times, and then "Forward--March!" again. Leader commands occasionally, "Change Step--March!"
THIRD DAY
Attention!
Arms Bend Arms Cross Stride Stand Turn Body (On hips--right and left)
Attention!
Neck Firm Body Prone Body Backward Bend
Attention!
Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Stride Stand Heels Raise Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Walk a mile, column of twos, keeping step. Last half-mile command men to stand up and keep their necks pressed back against their collars, chins in.
FOURTH DAY
Attention!
Arms Bend Arms Stretch Palms Front Bring Arms Downward and Backward
Attention!
Arms Bend Arms Cross Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Stride Stand (Foot advanced) Bend Knee and Touch Floor with Hand (Right and left) Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Walk a mile, marching step, column of twos, shorter men in front, but try to get them up to a thirty-inch stride. Make a portion of the march slightly up-hill, and last half-mile with necks back, chin in, chest out.
Attention!
Arms Bend Arms Wing Arms Fling Arms Cross Shoulder-grinding
Attention!
Stride Stand Arms Cross Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Body-turning Crouch (Quarter-bend)
Attention!
Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Faster Running in Place Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Bring men into company line and "count off." Explain "squad" formation. March mile and a quarter in column of squads. Take a stiffer grade. No talking in ranks. Keep to thirty-inch stride and give it a regular beat. No sloppiness. Make it a firm, steady march, and keep urging the men to breathe deeply and steadily.
SEVENTH DAY
Attention!
Right Face Left Face About Face Repeat
Attention!
Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Stride Stand Heel-raising Body-bending Sideways Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Faster Running in Place Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Company formation. Count off. "Squads Right--March!" Mile and a quarter. Silence in ranks. Erect carriage. Hips back. Deep breathing. Steady thirty-inch stride. Stiff incline. No lagging, but take it much the same as on the level. On the way, in some five minutes after the grade has been covered, give them "Double Time" for about twenty steps.
EIGHTH DAY
Attention!
Right Face Left Face About Face Repeat
Attention!
Arms Cross Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Stride Stand Crouch (Quarter-bend)
Attention!
Arms Cross Arms Stretch Palms Front Bring Arms Downward and Backward Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Faster Running in Place Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Company formation. Count off. "Squads Right--March!" While marching explain to them "To the Rear--March," and have them do it three or four times. Distance mile and a half, with same hill work as before. Give them "Double Time" for twenty steps twice during the march.
NINTH DAY
Attention!
Forward--March (Three steps and come to "Attention!") Same Steps Backward Same Steps Sideways Make Complete Square (Three steps forward, three to the right, three backward, and three to the left) Hips Firm Neck Firm Body Prone Body Backward Bend Body Sideways Bend Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Faster Running in Place Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Get some bars of iron, one inch in diameter and three feet long. They should cost fifty cents apiece, and weigh about eight pounds. Give half the company these bars to carry, and at the middle of the hike transfer them to the other half to bring home. Distance mile and a half. No "Double Time." Carry the bars by the middle in the hands, and then for a time behind the back and through the elbows, with the hands in front.
TENTH DAY
Attention!
Arms Cross Body and Knee Bend, turning on Hips and touching Floor with Hand (First one and then the other. The right hand on bending right knee and the left hand on bending left knee).
Attention!
Hips Firm Neck Firm Body Prone Body Backward Bend
Attention!
Stride Stand Arms Cross Balancing (On one foot--to right and left) Crouch (Quarter-bend)
Attention!
Mark Time Mark Time on Toes Faster Running in Place
Attention!
Stepping Deep Breathing
Hike or Outdoor Work
Carry bars, distance mile and a quarter, every man carrying his bar all the way. "Double-time" them once during march for twenty steps. Insist on erect carriage all the way, with neck back against collars.