eathe 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.
[Illustration: EFFECT OF THESE EXERCISES, SHOWING EVEN MUSCULAR
DEVELOPMENT]
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.
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