Nature won't stand for overdrafts any more than your bank.
In a squad it is the job of each individual to make himself fit, for it is his example that helps the rest.
The leader may be no better than you, but some one must give the orders and set the pace.
Two things are essential to a clean skin; one is bathing and a rub-down, but the other is still more important, and that is perspiration.
Food, water, and oxygen are the fuel for running the human machine.
You never saw a dog fill his mouth with food and then take a drink to wash it down.
CHAPTER X
Any setting-up exercises should be preparatory—that is, they should make men ready for the serious work of their day, and in no way exhaust any portion of their vitality. This modern "shorthand" method of setting-up leaves men in an exhilarated condition, and, instead of taking anything out of them, it prepares the body for any kind of work that may be required.