Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-11-24
ACTION At CAMP LEE
THRILLS ENGL|SHMEN
Nothing Will Stop Such Men in
Battle, One OF Them
Says.
FINE WORK IN PRACTICE
Men Go After Dummies With Bay
onet AS II They Mean Business.
One One-Day Leave for Thanks
giving.
me WORK IN PRACTICE
Especial BY Stan Correspondent.

lSpecial by Stan CorrcSpo ondcni.I
CAMP LEE, VA, November co
Nothing Will stop men like tina. when
they get on the battle field"
SO spoke member OF the British
party here to-day. when, he witnessed
one OF the most real!Sttc baynnet
charges ever executed at Camp Lee, the
occasion being Il special exhibition ar
ranged by Major Jennings c. Wise. In
which tn. men OF his battalion, of the
Three Hundred and Eighteenth Resi-
mcnt. participated.
They have the spirit cf the bayo-
net" the British fighter declared. as
me saw the men lunSe forward with
their shining blades OF steel. fight
showing on every linc OF their face,
and each jab Of the bayonet accom-
panied by terrifying gutte.al sounds.
The men arc really doing remarkable
for the short space OF time they have
been receiving instruction. They will
nai:c wonderful fighters" he added.
On yesterday Major Wise had his men
out for a bayonet drill for the beneft
Of the French and British attaches
here. 1t was then suggested that the
same drill be given to- day, and that
the officers attending the division
school OF arms be invited. Attending
also wcre Licutenant-Colonci W. H.
Waldron, chief OF staff: Brigadier-Gen-
cral G. S. I'arnsworth. commanding tho
Virginia Brigade: Captain A. NJ. Dobie,
aid 10 General Cronkhite: Major Dock
cry. or tho FRS, Battalion. Three Hun
dred and Eighteenth Regiment: Major
". IT. Cooper. adjutaut OF the Virginia
Brigade. and numerous other officers.
In order that the troops OF his bat
TALON may have the opportunity OF
seeing the men at their bayonct work.
he had the entire command out. and
they were grouped about the bayonet
court.
The men taking par, In the drill TO-
day had only been instructed for four
or five hours, and this was given them
in one OF the me:s-halls. When they
appeared or the field yesterday 1t was
tho first tryout the men had had In
the open. but they did the work like
veterans. and to-day their exhibition
was even better and more finished.
Major Wise had ono entire company
on the field. equipped just as they will
be for battle. Each platoon appeared
with full number Of bayonet men.
Sreaadiers. bombcrs and rapid fire gun
ners.
The first drill through which the
men were put consisted OF various
movements with the bayonet. With
their faces set. cninS protrudIns. their
eyes cleaning with a look akin to
hatred. and every muscle tense. tho
men executed the movements Of the
drill. each part of which. when used
on the battle field, will prove fatal
TO a German. AS the officer called the
commands OF execution. tho men drove
their baYorets forward. let them drop
back and catching them near the end
Of the barrel. jabbed them with an
upward movement. and then swinging
them in . sem micircular manner. brought
them around with n ferocity that would
mean certain doath to the enemy. All
the while the men made the gutteral
sounds that added to tho realism OF
their work.
REALISTIC AND FEROCIOUS
CHARGE UPON DUMMIES
Then came the command for 4
charge across a trench for an assault
on dummies suspended on the opposite
side. Getting start Of some yards,
the men, holding their rifles high In
tho air and giving out yell of ter
<or. dashed forward. leaped across the
nine-foot trench and buried their bayo-
nets in the dummies. Officers hold
snares-an arrangement OF loop OF
rope at the end of a stick. which 10
held over spots indicating vital spots
OF the body-and 1t was frequent TINT
the men drove their bayoncts homo
with great accuracy.
Completing the hayonot drill was an
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CONTINUED on Fourth PaEe.)