Leadership plays a crucial role in the implementation of the

disciplinary mechanism in an organization. As per the book, a

disciplinary force is instrumental in defending the country, but, for

it to be effective, a laid down code of conduct has to be structured.

In particular, the disciplinary authorities need to have a sense of

self -reasoning inculcated through training. John Holt is of the idea

that just like the environment shapes a child’s character, the conduct

of the armed forces is the sum product of the natural setting in which

they operate. The same is applied in army barracks to instill a sense

of humanity and self-discipline on the part of the soldiers, In

essence, by sending them on missions with desperate conditions, a

successful soldier comes out stronger and ready to face the harsh

realities of life with a different perspective.

Cultural discipline is

another aspect of human life, as Holt puts it, the disciplinary forces

operate on a hierarchical structure. Communication is through the

issuance of commands to junior officers. Violators are subject to

stringent disciplinary actions with those who conformed being rewarded

with promotions and incentives. The rate of response is essential in

determining the level of obedience on the part of a soldier.

Just like

in the army, Holt is quick to point out that life requires high levels

of discipline directed to oneself or to third party. An organization

stands to reap it fruits early if the workplace is a myriad of

disciplined individuals. On the same note, discipline reduces the

overall cost of operations as it drives away the need to hire extra

manpower for supervision purposes. This concept extends to the social

confines in which the social order rests. Social order draws from

discipline. Without the discipline the society will be a good example

of the effects of common property, the tragedy of the commons.

Self-discipline is vital in shaping an individual. If a child hurts his

toe in a particular playground, faced with this scenario again, a

self-disciplined child will dopt out from using the same field again.

The same case applies to real life situations, in our day to day

activities faced with the same dilemma, we require high levels of

self-discipline to handle the same challenges. Similarly, we apply the

same rationality every time our parents ground us, we end up conforming

to sequential code of practice overtime since failure to do so would

result to heavy punishment.

Life presents itself to us like a play or

a song, borrowing from “the Official Song of Custer’s 7th cavalry’ and

‘Sioux honoring Song’ we learn of the undisputed role cultural

discipline relates to honoring. Composed in the early European-

American setting, the songs originated from divergent cultural

backgrounds and needed high levels of discipline for the songs to come

to light. The songs focused on praising the ancient cultures of the two

distinct inhabitants of the society who worked together to bring about

freedom.

Holt uses the example of the ‘official song of Custer 7th

cavalry’ to demonstrate the importance of cultural discipline. The

composers intended the song to act as means of preserving the

historical salience for the future generations. The song was skewed

towards praising the most prominent name in the culture, Garryowen, a

name derived from Garrai and Eion, a group of boys that was

instrumental in the fight for community freedom. The songs shade some

light the ascent of the name as it waded its way to glory, as a matter

of fact the song paints a vivid picture of the happenings of the time

the day the song was composed. The activities of the moment centered on

heaping praises on the soldiers as they returned home with smiles of

triumph on their faces as the news of their victory swept across the

land and extolled beyond the borders. Holt is of the opinion that

marking of army victory is done by dedicating a victory song to the

brave soldiers.

In summary, the official Custer’s 7th cavalry is an

excellent example of the way more than a unit designation that puts

into perspective the historic lore and the greeting shared in a

victorious European community kind of setting. This song simply

applause the Garryowen boys for their excellent work on the

battlefield. Thus, this song was the only way of expressing love to the

veterans.

The Sioux community composed of three distinct cultures: the

Dakota, the Lakota and the Nakota. The Sioux song is common to the

three subgroups but sung in different tones. The Dakota version is high

pitched and led by a soloist who leads the song as the others repeat

after him. The songs transcended into a crescendo and proceeded by a

brief pause. The traditions demand the use of drums and syncopation to

add more rhythm to the tune. Closer reference to the song reveals that

the songs were dominantly serenades. Sioux songs were customarily sung

in honor of prominent individuals in the society, and were named penny

songs and were marked with the characters in these songs standing up

for a parade with goodies in their hands as the songs heaped praises on

them. In some instances, the Sioux songs served to comfort the meek

demonstrating a fact that the songs were communal in that they took

into account all the aspects of the community. The songs mainly focused

on driving in the idea of self-discipline, an aspect that was

detrimental in the army, the family and in the society at large. In

particular brave personalities who demonstrated high levels of

discipline were sung after to commemorate their gallant deeds during

the Vietnam, Second World War and the great Korean War.

In conclusion,

it is evident that the songs discussed above mostly took the tones of

war and discipline, they served the purpose of extolling the gallant

work by the soldiers, mostly the Garryowen boys and Sioux soldiers

respectively. The songs served as a form of preservation of historical

memories particular countries underwent in their quest for freedom.