DON'TS FOR "SUBS."

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 5, Issue 179, 2 June 1916, Page 1 (Supplement)

DON'TS FOR "SUBS."

ADVK'K FOR Vo'?"N(j OFFICERS. A .senior subaltern contributes to the •• Daily K.\piW a collection ot "dontV nu how not to behave, which be trust* may iv found usci'ul to young -ill.-;. I'll? following is a selection It. is not good form to lift your stick in a dreamy fashion to your head when returning the si into of a private. Hemember lie is not saluting you, but tlio King's commission and your uniform. Therefore return it properly. Do not advertise the fact that you bar;' liouser lockets. I'nlike yomself, they are lor ornament—not for use. Kschew gaudy socks, silver-knobbed canes, and an eye-glass. Von need not proclaim to the world in general that you are newly joined. Besides, you mav run into an officers' patrol and'be made to feel smaller tl.an you are. Avoid mentioning the names of your lady friends at mess. In ~er.to time this costs you clampagne ''all round." l on may get off lighter now, hut thiViu one of the things that arc "not dono." Don't be afraid to own up to being teetotal. There is probably pienty of enionade in your mess, and von will not lose respect by (ailing for it. TRKATMKXT OF PRFWJES. Don't treat pi mites as if they wore interior beings. Remember that a good many of Napoleon's privates becamo field-marshals. The Tommy of to-dav may be the CO. of to-morrow. H is bad to worry your X.C.O.'s. When they desuv© clieekin,; check them "bard and proper.'' You cannot get the best out of men if you aro constantly "chivvying'' them. No good officer shou'd be ashamed to learn from his X.C.O.s Rememlier thev had had to tight for their promotion—you had yours gratis, and the probability is that they know jwtst as mucli as you do— sometimes more.

Don't drink on fciio march. If yott must use your water-bottle- ring© tho mouth, lint d.m't swallow. Don't Let your men drink more than is nccassarv either. The more they drink the more they will want, and water is not good to march on.

Plenty of trjuhlo will come vnur way in good time without asking for it. "When it does, don't panic Tho host thing to do is to consult your company commander. He may'tell what he thinks of you, hut ho will al»o giro you *ound advice. xo •(.'RorsixG.-' Don't l.vt your men -r»>ak to you with th."ir hands in their pockets and their earn on "slack'." If you are properly <h-ev.<>d - as you .should Ik check them for it. It will do no harm nnd them a lot of gi>od. Never'smoke while you pars a sentry. He is (inito justified in pulling yon iip and making yon put out the oftei.iling cigarette t»r pipe. Don't return salutes with a pipe in your mouth. A hove all thing*, don't grouse. Grousing i.«, the. prerogative . f old soldiers, and not of young men. The, officer who accepts every du;v smilinglv and as part of the din's won; is the one that will get on.