Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-08-09

in special camoudage d-
vision ends chapter In military cam
outage in America. A little more
than year ago it was doubtful wheth-
or or not the army would have any
great use for camoufleurs IN The forces
abroad, BY the recent decree mills
tary camoufiage Is made an essential
in every regiment, like engineering.
trench digging map making, road
building, and shnrpshooting. There
are now, according to military camou-
fieurs in New York city. about 500 ex-
pert camoufeurs abroad with the Per-
shing forces. The new order makes
sc necessary for each regiment in every
training camp on this side to have
at least 16 camouileurs TO train other
men I'm the new art of camoufage.
Whence win these new cnmoufleurs
come? Who Is to make them prof
cient, when even the best-trained "oId"
military aud naval men admit igno-
rance?
Until the airplane came In the cav
airy was the scouting arm Of tive army.
says writer in New York Times.
Now n large part of the cavalry of
the United States army has been dis
mounted and put to machine guns.
The airman is the scout. This was
the chief factor in raising camou-
flage 20 its present rank of impor-
tance. A mounted scout could scarce
~ be deceived by artificial camouhage
Now the scout passing at heights of
about 1900 feet cannot tell whether
the cambutlage. If clever, is artificial
His kodak, however is not SO easy to
fool 1t viii record many things
which escape the eye.
For that reason lights and shades.
depresslons and knobs in the terrain,
and shadows have to be carefully stud
ted by the military camoudeur. That
makes 1t necessary for him to know
shade and tone value as they register
on the eye of the birdman and on the
camera lens
Under the instruction of Lieut.. Fl.
Ledyard Towle of the Seventy-first In
fantry is the New York division of
military camouflage, In which the
men belong 10 the new National army
and Wear the uniform and insignia of
the engineers. and on the sleeve the
letters M. Military Camoufeur.
They include landscape gardeners. art
lists. miniatures painters, portrait
painters. photographers, woodworkers,
mural decorators. craftsmen. and en-
gineers. II is probable that these men
viii be used to instruct the various
regiments in military camouflage.
Methods of Teaching.
An observer need only follow these
camoutleurs to the 60-acre tract which
the city of Yonkers donated to Lieu
tenant Towle for eamOutlage work. or
into their great classroom in New
York city, to get an idea of the chief
methods of teaching the value of de-
pressions. color values. lights and
shades, and locations There are nd
Unstable wires that tilt the miniature
terrain boards TO just the desired
slant, so that the soldier can view
them from the angle of a sharpshoot.
or, as if from an airplane from the
rear or from in front, Gauzy curtains
create an illusion Of various lights at
different hours Thus light blue cur
tains make the twilight just before
dawn. Light rose ana blue and yell
low make dawn, monday, and dusk
curtains the evening.
From 1850 feet telephone poles.
cououiIagea disappear. Dugouts With
a path crossing over the roof ore lit-a
the side of Che hill Even the gray.
blue and red eaissou wagon moving
along the road Is bur ~ color.
Canvases IN triangular shape lied to