DO YOU KNOW YOUR ARMY YET?

Dit-Dah, Volume 1, Issue 2, 8 December 1939, Page 1

DO YOU KNOW YOUR ARMY YET ?

The largest branch of the Army is the infantry, which is so-called because it is composed of very young soldiers and owes its importance to the fact that it is the only Arm which uses its Legs for marching on Its Stomach. Infantry are expected to be 100 per cent capable of performing the wot*> of other Arms, too, because they have stew for supper as well as for breakfast, dinner and tea. Infantry are trained in the use of the spade, grenade, fusilade, cannonade, lemonade, first aid, thirst aid and church parade. The programme of training is laid down by the Army Council consisting of the C.I.G.S. and other big W.I.G.S. who issue the necessary orders and unnecessary amendments. Among the infantry regiments arc the kilted soldiers; these Scottish soldiers differ from the English ones in that the English recruit largely from Ireland, whereas Highlanders are obtained from London. There are only two ranks of" any importance in the Infantry - the front rank and the rear rank.