Army lessons in English: Military stories

The normal length of the course at the Recruit Educational Center is four months. The students are all men who have been enlisted as illiterate and non-English speaking. The men are grouped together in an organization consisting of two battalions. The program consists of about three and one-half hours military drill and three hours actual school work. The full power of the military control is used to compel the maximum attendance.

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Foreword

THE DOUGHBOY'S FRIEND

TIPS FROM A WAR VETERAN

IMPROVING THE MESS

THE AMERICAN WAY

MORRIS LOSES HIS GIRL

AN ADVENTURE IN NEW YORK

A GOOD SOLDIER'S RE\VARD

THE DESERTED HOUSE

A BUSY NIGHT ON NUMBER EIGHT

COVERED BY GENERAL ORDERS

A GOOD MAN GONE WRONG

EASY MONEY

NUMBER NINE RELIEF

THE GUARD NUMBER SIX

CARELESSNESS

GETTING A GOOD REPUTATION

GENERAL ORDERS FOR ALL SENTINELS

GENERAL ORDERS FOR SENTINELS AT THE POST OF THE GUARD