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Section I
RESPONSIBILITIES OF GROUP LIFE 1. Before you joined the Army you were a member of a family or closely related individuals who had many things in common. The members of your family shared the same dining room, the same bathroom, and the same amusements around the house. All worked together, played together, read the same newspaper, and were largely dependent upon each other for comforts, pleasures, and a living 2. You learned that to get along well with other members of your family you must have consideration for them, do your part of the work, and share things with the rest of the household. That was your golden rule and the primary law of family relationship and citizenship. 3. You have the same obligations in the Army but instead of the small family group you are one of a much larger group. Several hundred may have to live together in one small area. Large numbers eat in the same mess hall, use the same bathhouse or latrine, bunk together, work together, and play together. Your bedding, your uniforms, your equipment, and your personal possessions will frequently be exposed where they can be removed without your knowledge. Living under these conditions you must do your part in respecting the Rights and property of others. A soldier who has learned to respect the rights of his comrades has made a big step forward in his raining as a soldier and as a citizen. |
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