The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-07-24
SOLDIERS SOLDERING
SOLDIERS GETTING INTO COLLAR
ENTERTAIN col. WALES
AT HOWARD.

The boys at Fort Bacon An are
suffering of an epidemic of sore feet,
Capt. Linstad said today. There Is
nothing TO worry over, though, he
says, as 1t is the period of transition
from the crude. ordinary foot to the
finished pedal extremities of the sol
der, and is necessary as for one's
rind to peel off after scarlet fever.
The captain seemed gleeful over the
fact. as though ii We're n necessary
crisis, and as soon as passed was past
forever.
The Howard portion of the COM
pany are TO give a smoker tomorrow
night i'm honor of Col. Wales. Capt.
Linstad will go tonight to attend the
festivities.
An interesting feature OF the bar
rack life is maps which Capt. Linstad
is working on almost nightly. Illus
trating various phases OF trench war
fare. The history of his ability to
turn them out with something of au-
thority is that in May he worked in
offices at Washington with Gen. Bull
ard, who was, and is still, one of
Gen. Pershing's generals-and who is
now in France.
When the French commission Wis
tied Washington, Gen. Billiard was
shown, and had access to, many of
the illustrative maps which these rep
resentatiyes brought with them. or
them he made copies, with notes and
measurements. and preserved them,
both for his own information. and
49, - - 81 49,. ~ pannrDl
one day Gen. Billiard received
word to obtain civilian clothes, trunk
and handbag, and to drop from pub
lie sight. He was directed to meet a
l certain boat. and if he met any ac-
quaintanea he was to make no sign
of recognition. Thus il was that
many wondering officers met on the
deck of a steamship, known TO one an
other. but conducting themselves as
] strangers. This bunch of men was
I the 72 which went across with Gen.
Pershing.
! When he had to 90. Gen. Billiard
was limited i'm the amount of baggage
he might take. To dispose of his
maps he gave them to Capt. Linstad
Capt. Linstad is now reducing the
rough drawings to scale, and cover
ing them with colored chalks, illus
trating various things about shooting
at Fritz from a ditch.
Three maps are shown on the walls
of the officers headquarters. Inc Is
of the formal disposition OF a regt
ment. one of the section and develop
; ment of the trench. and n of the
: Notifications about Verdun. All are
reduced TO scale. and colored In Z
way to best illustrate the idea.
Cant. Linstad said that the regi
ment is kept together as a unit inso
far as possible. and that their dispo
sition i'm trenches is systematized &C
cording 10 standardized plans. There
{ are the advanced trenches-constant
lv being advanced through Zis
. gag approaches, the protected ap
nroaches. the temporary kitchens
bases further back. then more closet.
unified quarters still farther bacl
e from the line. This system is fol
f. lowed closely when the ground lend
i itself TO the form. tOherwise mill
: tary engineering is invoked to form
the trenches to the best protection.
= The trenches themselves are devel
Il oped from bitches to deeper bitches
= bitches with benches on which Z
y stand. then bitches with bombproo
: coverings. There is evidence of tn
expenditure of considerable labor 1
I, their preparation-and how the Eel
= lows do love labori
yerdun is pronounced the creates
9 fertilization in the world. The cen
g trail fort occupies $40 acres. sur
rounded with great trenches, tun
nels and burrows. Beside this, 1
/ the area of the fort are five othe
u forts containing so acres each. An
( each fort Is surrounded with the eteI
nal trenches. The central fort is use
{ mostly as a supply depot. 1t Is sal
p that within this area is stored enoug
e of all kinds of equipment. guns an
u ammunition to supply the army witt
p in its qualifications for a period
q four years. There are sunken roac
le ways and sunken railways. Grea
cannon, of the same type as the &
gantic guns used on warships, M
y run about from place to place o
re these railways. And everything
q lined with canvas of a color TO blen
with the surrounding ground.
E. summer the roads and trenches al
le lined with canvas painted a lightt
" green than the grass green-to II
the shadow. 1t is said that from
II heighth the great fort appears
5 smooth meadow.
e. Richard Dorm, who enlisted earli,
"a in the company. arrived today, ha'
~ ing been in the east settling up h
y personal affairs.