competition between groups, platoons, and individuals is a great help
in building individual pride and esprit de corps.

The fsa raciien must be vital, alive and always interesting. The
instructor or officer in charge should keep the lesson moving. There
should be no lag. The swimming instructor should know all the swimming
techniques.

It will be necessary where large groups of men are swimming together
to set up some simple safety measures. There should be sufficient com-
petent life-guards to patrol the pool and assist the instructors during
every lesson period. As a further precaution the following system
should be used: The platoon commander or the person in charge of swim-
ming should divide the group into pairs. For example, have the men
count off. Then: pair 1 with 2, 3S with 4, 5 with 6,’ 7 with 8, ete. This
system of assigning swimming mates is called the "buddy system". The
"buddy system" is a simple and safe means of keeping check on the men
in the pool. When each recruit has been assigned a mate, explain that
it will be necessary for these mates to work together and to keep track
of each other. During the course of the lesson the instructor should
call the men to attention to check for their mates. In this way, besides
the regular life-guards and the instructor, each recruit acts as a sort
of assistant life-guard by keeping check on his swimming mate. This
will soon inspire confidence in their own security. (Fig. 7)

The outline submitted below emphasizes primarily the mechanical
skills necessary fot elementary locomotion in the water. Where the
time permits and the interest is shown more advanced swimming work
should be taught the men. Advanced life-saving, crawl stroke, breast
stroke, and fancy diving can be included for advanced swimmers. Where-

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