Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-22

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men gaIIoped to high point on Bolivar
Heights from which he commanded the
and controlled ana directed IRE.
The eight guns Were masked SO the men
firing them could not see what they We're
firing at They were behind a HILL flrlns
over il To see a battery commander
ontroIIing and directing his guns when
the gunners have not the slightest IDEA
what they are shooting at was marvel
Gus sight.
Telescope Is Eye of Battery.
lie did II with an instrument which u
more like a Surveyors instrument than
ANYTHING the layman can think of, ana
that battery commander telescope, a. IT
Is called! j. the single eye nf the battery.
and the battery commanders brain is the
single brain of all that death-deaiin
ouartet of guns An enlisted man with a
field telescope hanging about his neck
sat at the battalion commander ie"'
and repeated through tn" line when II"
To anot her enlisted man near the guns tN-
sctlV what Capt Austin vas figuring oet
for range, and sight. The lleutenantS IL
= barge of the gun sections took the hg-
ures and saw that the battery Was lfeh
light.
fantrv moved forward according IL this
,+roblem and charged in PUSHES across
the open spaces. and moved in thin flleS,
with men dotted here and there all over
the plain 10 avoid being caught masSed
and NOV ed down by shIapi!eh
Battery Field Artillery. y. G. II. G., I'M
der Lieut.. Nogt. Vas on the lef.. ana IN"
on the right The eight guns
tired on the enemy : artillery hlddeh
near the farmhouse and under the cover
of this artillery fire the infantry moved
forward
Fire Shell Each Second.
Then capt. Austin concentrated the fire
on tile point i'm the enemy's line where
the attack was to be made. The entire
front of the enemy was afterward
ept. following a command of sweep
ing fire and the men at the guns auto
maticalIy swung their muZzies so as To
burst a shell in every foot of ground III
the territory for which they were re-
sponsible. The range was approximately
. 2po yards. and al that range our ar
tiIlery kept the infantry of the enemy
from coming too close \ she'll second
tired into their trenches made matters
hot enough for them.
capt. Austin wa. controlling and direct
ing fire. but at about this point Lieut.
Nogt came alongside OF hlln ana tooh
command of his own battery lire. lie
found his range 10y gradual series OF
1nO-yar5 differences. and then proceeded
to tear the mortal stuffings out of the
enemy MS fTont-Al
Cover Retreat of Infantry.
But there came moment when 1t was
seen the attack by our men was I'M
successful and the battalion of artillery
was made 10 throw its shells to cover
the men in their retreat The enemy
guns were trying To reach our infantry,
but the eight brown little dears Struggled
under that rise of ground We're bad boys
10 fool with and tine brigade. in phan-
tom column. went off around the end OF
Bolivar Heights and into a sheltered
plain beyond.
And then it became necessary for the
artillery to get away. and to get away
quickly. Lieut.. Nogt pumped shells into
the enemy as fast as ne could, while
Capt. Austin galloped Battery f around
10 a new position and from there he pep
pered the same old enemy while the 1st
District of Columbia Battery pulled out
That was called withdrawing in
That was all. 1t was simple little
hour and a half of war. as near to it as
one gets in these days OF peace. but II
was fought ont on ground that has been
plowed with bullet and shell in day
when battery had to see its target be-
fore IL could hit it.
Horses Also Must Be Soldiers.
The days lesson showed one thing TO
the civilian soldiers. if nothing else. and
that was that they have to be prepared
10 get away as fast as fire engine gets
out of its house when an alarm comes in.
Horses that must be soldiers we'll as
the drivers VINO guide them are necessary,
and men who not afra id TO take d
battery down a clinside are necessary
The artillery is the toughest branch OF
the service.
The infantry outfits in the brigade have
advanced 10 "A point now where they are
getting small problems in warfare. to-
days being a problem of outposts and
Yesterdays being "A simple problem in an
attack The signal company had a prob
lem today which carried the men several
miles into the country, and half the com
pany commanded by Lieut.. Lands cap
tured Capt. Oliver Terry. and tried to
capture Lieut.. McLennan. and failed.
However. Lieut. nehemiah says that it
was lieut.. Lands who was captured. The
strung field telephones. using
the wire reel carts. which can be hiked
over any sort of country at any speed.
spinning telephone thread behind it.
Discipline Strictly Enforced.
Discipline is being enforced strictly
in camp. as several men in the
euardhouse know to their sorrow
The loose talking back to non com
missioned officers and even to officers
has brought grief to several enlisted
men One of them was the cook in
LIST Regiment Battalion. Mai Saver
of the ID Infantry was field officer
of the day. and went down 70 the LIST
Infantry to see about a racket tina.
had occurred there when the boys
tossed large lump Of Camp Ordway
mud into a peddler's ice cream The
cook started 10 use camp talk on the
peddler and Maj. Saver told the cook
20 be quiet Whereupon the cook told
Maj. Sayer to go on back where he
belonged.
He was in the guardhouse in short
order, although there was grief on the
part of officers who wondered where
they would get another cook A man
IN the battery got fresh with an officer
ard was fined s.. Several clubs"
where liquor was said to he sold were
cleaned out yesterday. and an enlist
ed man. who had fallen by the wayside
through drink. was locked up for
court ma rtial After these examples OF
quick military justice some of the
men who We're disposed to buck their
superio-s have changed their minds
capt. Warren -. Fales left camp
yesterday because of the death of his
mother. The Ambulance Company is
now in command of Lieut.. w. b. Hud-
son + O.