The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-09-22

so tremendous that the duties of tho
Quar;crmaste. Corps ATE multiplied
beyond any previous experience.
The officers OF Inc ouartermastor
Corps must be able business men.
Many Of them have held important
business positions. The enlisted men
of the corps are skilled IN such oc-
cupations as blacksmlthing, painting.
driving teams and trucks. baking
bread. and the like.
Work of Ordnance Department.
OF the same general character j.
the work Of the Ordnance Department.
which furnishes the guns. ammunition.
and other supplies needed for fight
ing. Several times during the present
whole armeis have been forced to
retreat or have suffered severely be-
cause OF the lack OF ammunitionc The
quantity OF ammunition used daily ~
enormous. During the French Of
iensisc 81 Junue, 1917. l2.s00. 900
shots were fired from artillery guns.
In the actual theater Of war the
ammunition service Is under the con-
troll OF the Field Artillery. bringing
mp supplies Of ammunition to troops
and 10 batteries In action Is one Of the
most essential OF all duties ON the
battlefield. The wagons or trucks
carrying ammunition must be driven
when necessary within easy reach OF
the firing line. Sometimes there -
aE opportunity here for the display OF
resourcefulness and courage far above
the ordinary requirements OF the serv-
ice.
A, 49, 49,. nj. - o.
April 1913. the Third Battery in the
Third Brigade Of the Canadian Field
Artillery ealloped into position with
an a few hundred yards Of the Gc.-
intan front. where they did gallant
work fighting against overwhelming
odds 60 hold back the encmy's on
Fiaught. After ID time h became NO.
essafy 60 bring mp high explosive
shells. one Of the Canadian runners
tells how they were brought
Thu ammunition wagon containing
them came gailoping across the open
fielc under a heavy fire. the men lash
inE their horses and yelling Ike mad
The horses were simply crazed. Some
OF them had been hit with bullets. AMI
wher they ncared our guns d men
could not stop them. n looked az
though they would go right on to tho
German lines, There was only one
thing to do The rider OF the leading
horses drew his revolver and shot
them dead. They went down. with
the other horses and men aud th.
wagon rolling over ad over them. with
the high explosive shells We tore ne
trees 20 bits and LETT the whole pIa 4.
open. then our lnfatrv. quickly. fol-
lowing up the advantage. drove tn
Teutons back.
The Fighting Team.
When the three fighting arms and
the nine staff corps are all brought
together under one control they form
what W. may call "the fighting team
This h. the team IN which YOU and
every other soldier must be- ready n
play your part.
Tho smallest unit IN which an tho8e
branches OF the service is represented
is known as a division. Under prescrt
regulations an Infantry division if
made up Of three Infantry brigadrs
one brigade OF Field Artillery. one
regiment % Cavalry; one regiment OF
Engineers. one battalion Of Signal
Corps. n squadron Of airplanos 90.
sethFi with field trairs ana combat
trains carrying rations. haggage. am
munition, and an kinds OF supplies. 4
division. therefore. is IN ITSELF "a conn
piete small army. When az fun
strenth II includes 2s.33f officers and
men A field army n made up Of q
~ such d|iYisiors