message to garcia

A message to Garcia is an essay on a call to action. The essay is not so much on the deliverance of the message to Garcia. It is more about how it’s done without question or explanation. I learned about having the ability to get things done rather than having to constantly ask, and be told how to get things done. In the story Spain is at war with the United States. In Cuba there was a man named Rowan. He was known for his ability to get the job done. He was chosen by President Mckinley to deliver the letter to General Garcia. Garcia was up somewhere in the mountains and no one knew where. Rowan took the letter and just set out to complete the task. He had no idea where Garcia was he just went without asking a single question. A line that really stood out to me in the essay was “You, reader put this matter to a test: You are sitting now in your office—six clerks are within your call. Summon any one and make this request: “Please look in the encyclopedia and make a brief memorandum for me concerning the life of Corregio.” Will the clerk quietly say, “Yes Sir,” and go do the task? On your life he will not. He will look at you out of a fishy eye, and ask one or more of the following questions: Who was he? Which encyclopedia? Where is the encyclopedia? Was I hired for that? Don’t you mean Bismarck? What’s the matter with Charlie doing it? Is he dead? Is there any hurry? Shan’t I bring you the book and let you look it up yourself? What do you want to know for? And I will lay you ten to one that after you have answered the questions, and explained how to find the information and why you want it the clerk will go off and get one of the other clerks to help him find Garcia and come back and tell you there is no such man” This line helped me basically grasp the whole point of not only the essay but it made me understand my duties as a Marine. Every time I put my uniform on and im on base I am required by a higher up mostly my