Evening star., 1914-08-23
Effective Fire of Gunners
Drives Blues Out Of Range
of Shells.
SIX MILES OF ROUGH ROAD
BEFORE TAKING POSITION
Artillerists, Turned Loose, Accom-.
plish as Effective Work as When
Checked Up on Sight Data.

JOINT CAMP OF FIELD ARIlA~
LERY INSTRUCTION. TOBYHANNA,
Pa, August 22-The cruel war is over.
The Blues have been defeated. The 1st
Battery, Field Artillery. N. g. D. G., Is
in undisputed possession Of Tobyhanna
and the surrounding country.
An hour before revtelle the battery
was up and the horses fed, watered and
groomsd. Not long after the command
was on six-mile hike to get into &C
ton.
Hilo was the scene OF operations. and
q rough position to take up. The guns
were pulled over impossible rocks. But
the battery climbed the mountain trails
without the loss Of even wheel.
Battery Turned Loose.
Long-range firing began. with purpose
to drive the Blues to cover. the ranges
running from 1900 to 1900 yards, or over
two and a half miles. The battery d1d
effective work.
Attempt was made by one OF the bat
terry officers to check up firing data on
the sights. Mai. Summerall. in command
Of the camp, told him to turn the pat
terry loose. No check was needed: the
fire was just as effective.
On return to camp many battery men
found themselves covered win sores aa,3 aaI
eat their meals standing for the rest OF
the stay here.
Harness and Guns Cleaned.
In the afternoon the time was devoted
to cleaning harness and guns. The men
worked with will, expecting to make
Sunday a day Of rest. This may %
changed and some light work indulged IN.
The men all have worked hard on har-
mass and guns for the week. They have
seen the battery trailing over some rouSn
and dusty roads and some muddy ones.
All were glad to be through. They nave
NIT in a strenuous week chasing the
Blues over miles Of mountainous country
Mountain Path Is Difficult.
Before leaving the camp Capt Voet
received general instructions on the
route his command was to take he
was Informed that hostile infantry
were operating in the vicinity. With
Capt. vogt leading. the battery left
the camp, After several miles had been
covered Capt. Vogt called for his speciai
detail. and gave orders to Lieut.; Bon
net to follow the road at walk: He
then galloped of into He'll trail, a
mountain path SO named because OF the
rocks and trees that obstruct quick
passage. The sergeant, In commano;
armed with the battery commanders
telephone and a semaphore kit, as we'll
as q repair kit: each of the two sig
nalmen with telephones reels OF wire,
ground rods and semaphore fiags; the
scouts with their megaphones and sig
mailing apparatus. and the bugler. with
the tripod for the telescope. followed
close.
AS they hurdled rocks and ducked
branches of the trees. the
various instruments bumped against
their sides and backs, leaving bruises
on them, some of which required at
tention from the doctor. The farther
up He'll trail the calvacade advanced
the harder the march became.
Hostiles Are Discovered.
Coming over a small rise in the
mountain, the hostiles were discovered
behind low ridge about three miles
away. Instantly Capt. vogt located a
position from which he watched the
movements OF the enemy" Turning
to the sergeant, he commanded sharply:
"B C. station here" The sergeant in
stantly dismounted, took the tripod
from the bugler and set it up. The
telephone corporal and one signalman
dismounted and stood silently at the
captains side.
Capt vogt called for a scout, to whom
he said: Find the battery and tell
Lieut.. Bennett to advance along the
road at a trot and leave his combat
train at the junction of the trail"
Hurriedly repeatingo the message for
accuracy, the scout dug spurs into his
horse and was off.
Capt. Vogt then went in search of a
position for his guns. followed by q
low fringe of underbrush. the scout
stuck a red flag to mark the position
of the right gun and a white flag for
the second. Having satisfied himself
that the position was as good as could
be located. Capt. Vogt turned to his
scout and ordered: Find the battery,
tell Lieut.. Bonnet that you will show
him the position that the direction of
fire will be to the west. the aiming
point that dead tree on the skyline, and
the limbers will be posted in the left
rear"
Detail Not Inactive.
Meanwhile the rest Of the detail was
not inactive. The telephone corporal had
unpacked his telephone, tested 1t and
prepared himself for service. One Of the
telephone men. seeing that the position OF
the guns had been marked, took Q reel oi
wire. tied the end Of the wire around q
tree and started OF at a gallop across the
rocks to a point between the two flags