The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-08-31

Many of them have held important business positions The enlisted men of the corps are skilled in such oc- equations as biacksmithing. painting,
 driving teams and trucks, baking
 bread, and the like.
 Work of Ordnance Department Of the same general character is the work of the Ordnance Depart ment, which furnishes the guns, ann
 intuition and other supplies needed for fighting Several times during the i present war whole armies have been forced to retreat or have suffered se- verely because of the lack of nuni- lions. The quantity of ammunition used daily is enormous. During the
 French offensive of June. 1917, 12,- 600,000 shots were fired from artil- lery guns.
 In the actual theatre of war the ammunition service is under the con-
 tro1 of the Field Artillery Bringing up supplies of ammunition to troops and to batteries in action is one of the
 most essential of all duties on the bat tlefield. TheAwagons or trucks car rying ammunition must be driven when necessary within easy reach of I the firing line. Sometimes there is an opportunity here for the display of
 resourcefulness and courage far
 above the ordinary requirements of
 the service.
 At the second Battle of Ypres in
 April 1915, the Third Battery in the
 Third Brigade of the Canadian Fie1o
 Artillery galloped into position with Lin few hundred yards of the Ger. man front, where they did gallant
 work fighting against overwh elming l odds to hold back the enemy's on
 slaught- After a time it became nee essary to bring up high explosive shells. One of the Canadian gunners tells how they were brought:
 ."The amm unition wagon contain | ing them came galloping across the l open field under heavy fire, the
 men flashing their horses and yelling like mad. The horses were simply I crazed. Some of them had been hit
 with bullets, and when they neareo Jour guns the men could not stoI
 them. It looked as if they would ge right on to the German lines There was only one thing to dot The rider
 of the leading horses drew his revol.
 yer and shot them dead. They ven !. down, with the other horses and mer and the wagon rolling over and ovel , them. With the high explosive shell.
 we tore the trees to bits and left the whole space open; then our infantry quickly following up the advantage drove the Teutons back
 The Fighting Team
 Il When the three fighting arms ant } the nine staff corps are all brough together under one control they form Li what we may call 'tthe fighting 5 team" This is the team in .whfcI you and every other soldier must b. 5 ready to play your part.
 l The smallest unit in which all thes
 branches of the service is represente. l is known as a division Under pres l ent regulations an Infantry division 7 is made up of three infantry brigades l one brigade of Field Artillery; on ) regiment of Cavalry; one regiment O 3 Engineers; one battalion of Sigma : Corps; one squadron of airplanes; to ei gether with field trains and comba . trains carrying rations, baggage am 5 intuition, and all kinds of supplies r A division, therefore, is in itself = complete small army. When at ful
 strength it includes 28,334 officer r and men. A field army is made u !. of number of such divisions