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evolved on the Western Front. Its basis is a
fields of France, is introducing the new idea
tionary.—The Editor.
Watch That Steel Brace (Below)
This is really a superb movement—the
htcrh parry—for warding otf a trooper's
sabre thrust. But if the elbow buckles,
good night!
r Still, Mechanical Laws
Cannot Be Violated
Here's the one occasion
ivhen thi- left arm is held
bent. Smith has swunt,' hi>
gun around to hit his adversary
in the jaw. This requires
skill and quick foot
work. Failure to recover
may mean another name
missing at roll call. "Guard"
This is the correct pose to
takr when this command
is given. The rigid lift
arm gives him quirk and
absolute control of the
point of his weapon.
brought home with him the more practical way of overcoming an
opponent in hand-to-hand combat.
Smith ought to know. His regiment was in the thick of the
fray. His body is literally covered with scars made by the hard
steel of German bayonets. His arms are as strong, his eye as sure,
his skill as great, and his movements a bit quicker than any of his
Boche adversaries, else instead of now making the remarkable
demonstrations with the bayonet, which have so profoundly impressed
U. S. Army officers, he would, in all probability, be lying
somewhere in French soil.
Smith hadn't the slightest idea he was going to create a sensation
when he went into the camp as a candidate for a commission.
It was the fact that things looked queer to him—were contrary to
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