El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-09-28

| tAEhEEs you BuSSers. mounted and
l l afoot. II Capt John r. Bender,
athletic director OF the FL Paso MILL
tary district, or any OF the officers
Of the send field artillery. invite you
to choke them for sport. pastime and
amusement. be suspicious. go easy.
keep away. They may look like easy
choking but they are not Leave II
alone
Experience with the Huns prove
that those vandals will stop at moth
ing short OF the foulest methods he
can conceive. Recent American vic
tories on the western front show that
the bOche IS at his worst when the
American soldier gets him in close
quarters. The German has tried to
eVade hand-tO-hand conflict tried TO
gas It, to lombard at long range-in
fact use every method possible that
avoids the Yank at close quarters.
Yet much haud-tO-hand fight
Ing Is sure TO result rs the allies
advance on Berlin. IL cans be
avoided. Army authorities are
therefore teaching American sol
diers how best to combat the
worlds fOuIest fighters At close
quarters For the most part
American soldiers have been able
TO put quietus TO the Hun with
straight punches but foinf-tyyist-
ing, bone breaking, pain wrench
ing tactics are being added to the
training OF Uncle Sans boys.
50 don't try 10 choke Capt Bender.
It won't end viii. There's a Jfu-Jitsu
counter for a choking party that viii
leave you with a Wreuched or dislo-
Gated arm. Capt Bender is toting
that counter around with him. He is
giving II away, too. Be it remem-
Dered that in close quarters kaiser
men have no inclination TO strike an
opponent X o. punch. Instead he
resorts 10 choking. stran=le holds and
other foul disabling tricks. For each
O. lnese would be Gripping affairs
there is a counter that brings on
Heinie what he intends for an ally
soldier 1t is perfection in these
counters that Capt. Bender is teaching
Blissers. Hence the danger attendant
On choking him on special invitation.
Hand-tO-Hand Work.
Col Harold p Howard, SIND field
artillery. has undertaken to instruct
his men in hand to hand fighting,
the class OF officers under supervis-
ion Of Capt Bender being the first
step towards general training along
this line in the regiment The United
struction in hand to hand fighting in
all cantOnments. Within a few weeks
all soldiers at Bliss win be SO in
structed.
Capt. Bender recently returned
from Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ca.
where all the athletic directors I'M
charge OF {. S. cantonmeuts and army
posts have been in conference to
standardize effective holds to bel
taught in the e. S. army. There are
many OF these holds, most Of them
being Of Jiu-Jitsu origin. From these I
holds some ten of the most useful
have been chosen strangle, wrist
break, the intention being to offer a
few holds which the soldier can learn !
quickly and execute effectively.
A committee composed OF Capt.
Bender, Nike Gibbons, DR.. Tucker,
of New York, and others. had
under consideration the standard
fEinE Of these holds and also
Of boxing that the same and most
effective holds and blows may be !
taught uniformly throughout the
American army.
Preliminary TO instructions in hand
-o-hand fighting, Col. Howard Is con-
Lemplatng efficiency tests under
supervision OF Capt. Bender. the plan
being TO give battery tests in general u
physical efficiency 10 see II artillery 4
men measure up to the average