When the weather is bad as it was yesterday, everybody, almost everybody, feels cross and gloomy. Our thin linen tents - about like a fish seine, the deep mud, the irregular mails, the never to-be-seen paymasters, and 'the rest of mankind,' are growled about in 'old-soldier' style. But a fine day like today has turned out brightens and cheers us all. We people in camp are merely big children, wayward and changeable.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Bad weather and discomfort make soldiers grumpy, but good days cheer them up. Campers are like big, changeable children.
- In plain terms
- Soldiers mood shifts with weather and comfort, like children.
- What can you take from it?
- Comfort affects morale significantly.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What affects soldier morale?
- Are soldiers like children?
Another view
Some factors affecting morale cannot be controlled.
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