Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-28
YOUNG VETERANS
STUDY ARTILLERY
Officers, Even After Expert
ence in Trenches, Are Given
Course in Schools.
AMERICANS ALSO TAUGHT
aY HERBERT COREY.


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WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE
FIELD november lit would De a
= kno .hro,,at an. =, ~. pr;ssh
~
araiiery schools In whicn-aiongsioe
young Britons-young American Off
cars sra ha,ra Trained for ths hir enn
.,,,a
war SereaiH superhciai FEATURES "ouiu
attract her. and I know just what she
would do. She would clap her hands,
on. no. e'os WIN opai no. 1"~ ~ ~
pretty throat she would gurgle the COM
prehensive monosyllable:
"eutem
sne woutd De right. one thinks Oh
an artillery school either as a place of
roor,,r o,,n, or .t.a o. st,dious
$3.50. -, Il, .L.,
eioisler Hiieo Win h,aeheinaeieo anu
despair. IN Whicn the front OF MARS Is
more than usually wrinkled At this
nartic,,.r ,choo, tho ofBcsr command
oSooA
ing makes a speciaity OF what an oid-
dasmoneo aramasst woulo can tne
conSoS IeHeL. ne Knows ms young
popis nave been ouIied ana saddeneo
by their experience in that roaring nell
wen 10 uu. lev in!aes away a. a.
from their short course sour, In his academy
amused.
po.t.credr.+a corrse
Soo
1t is a postgraduate course in artil.
Iery work that is given here. Prob
lens constantly arise on the front that
need elucidation- There are other
problems that are not even recognized
as problems by the Young officer OF
minor experience, Aerial observers are
taught to work in the most Intelligent
coordination with the men of the euns
Experts on camoufiage lecture on the
newest methods of hiding batteries
from enemy ewes. Even man makers
visit the school. for their work is het
tered by a closer Haison with the msn
can oficers enter the school on pre-.
cisely the same footing as their British
comrades -
wen go TO the airplane range. said
the off1ceT comma ndjp~
a score NJ vounv ohsarv;nr o@.or.
preceded us m hillside of wet am
Slippery chalk to the lin NJ steay
bank. down which we looked into !
miniature range. laid ont On the he'd ~
a nnarry The iil,ssnn ~ ,oos,n ~
down from the car nS q nlana vs. -
most complete TINY roads cro.ssd a..
little range and here and thsrs ~,as 'As
farmhouse or n proun ~ TOW frees
After ARTILLERY Train.
That darker line Is the railroad.
said the officer Commanding. Tool
close and you will see an ammunitior
train on it. 1t is supposed to be on tn,
way to Fritzfe.s lines"
1t was the artillery train the gunner,
were after. AT a distance of fifty Yards
and out of sight of the eroup of observ
ers was an army rife. fixed on a NINA
ture gun carriage, from which REDUCED
ammunition was fired. The observer.
|telephoned orders to the runners h,
lighting the orders would be sent b,
Eireiess. uu. mere tne teiephone wa
intersecfion ~ the croas W Mas. near IN,
- :, =, II, "a a .sIS, ... inen On tn
tt.,i,, 1iai 10 80 as = anu Two. respec
one ~ which was .,e, sM".s ~e ere nreo
.ns
vow ne - Spit the bracket said tn
R,,t Nv
e =. NJ . m t snoI was on 10 one SID
.ne Mork went on. the successive shot
eett,ns nearer ana nearer the large
until at iast-
Sang! Whoosh.
me ammunition train; hit full cen
yer oy q smell. exploded with mos
reanstic crash and flame. Every on.
laughed. It was one of the little thing
that took the strain off tired nerves
The set faces OF the young observers
every one OF whom had been flying OIL
the actual front two days previously
broke up INTO CHEEKY grins- The UNI
sympathetlc observer might say that i
was mechanical toy. but it was fal
more than that. 1t helped these Young
sters to understand just how the artii
leryman does his work, and lust how
they can cooperate with him to tn,
best advantage. And
1T leaves them laughing as tho,
say good bye" quoted an appreciafiv,
American onlooker.
A Toy Landscape.
A similar gadget,' as an America,
naval officer would say, was the to,
range mounted in the long drawins
room of the fine old chateau in whicf
the preceptors had their ouarters and
where evening lectures were given
Ih1s had a well painted landscape as .
itself was Of green wire gauze stretch.
on it, and doll houses were set mn on
it. and here and there were cIumns Of
trees. On one side a concealed elec.
trio fan furnished wind" when wind
conditions entered into the problem
The student gunners were at the other