South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-04-22
HEAR GUNS BOOM
OVER TELEPHONE
Field Apparatus Carried by
Men Can be Connected
at Any Point.
Nevs.T4mes special servlce:

LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 22.-Maj.
Gen Hale. seated in his office at
division headquarters here, can
pick up the telephone at any time.
/ II he wishes. and listen 10 the boom
! ing of the guns down on the field
artillery range. And II he chooses
he can listen 10 the commands Of
the artillery officers as they lay OF
the ranges and direct the FIRE. A
simple wire fencing encircling the
/ fields and pastures of the deserted
| farms on the range makes this pos
sible.
Field telephones carried on the
| backs Of enlisted men can be con-
/ nected to a fence at any point and
/ in turn connected with a telephone
wire which goes through the West
| Point exchange. which carries the
/ connection through 10 Louisville
and the cantonment. The field tel
/ ephones accompany the gunners
I wherever they go. and because they
are frequently a long distance from
I established telephone connections.
all Gen Hale need do now, II he
wishes TO be connected with the
range, is 20 ask for connection with
field artillery range headquarters.
which can plug the general in on
the field circuit. In this manner he
can keep in direct touch with what
the artillerymen are doing.
Lieuts. Frank A. Osburn and
George y. Fuller, aviation section,
signal corps. have arrived here
from Camp Greene, Charlotte, y.
c.. 10 select men from the 18th
depot brigade for an organization
which is being formed for early
service abroad in assem- bling and
repairing American airplanes. These
officers are looking over the classi-
dcation cards in the personnel office,
picking out men OF certain qualifi-
cations. They then interview the
men to determine whether they are
suitable for the service for which
they are desired They expect some
200 recruits from this camp. The
men will be motor mechanics. wire
less operators. auto repairers. gas
engine workers. first class mechan-
zeal craftsmen. Gunsmiths. copper
smiths and tailors Coppersmiths are
needed to look after radiators:
gunsmiths 70 keep the weapons OF
the airplanes in condition, and
tailOrs TO sew linen on the planes.
Civilians may enlist in this service.
Lieut.. Applin Lectures.
Lieut. Col. j. z. w Applin. who
won a distinguished service medal
at the battle OF Messlnes when that
famous ridge was blown up by the
British last year. is here giving lee
lures to officers of the division on
machine guns and machine gun tao
tics. discipline and training He is
a memb of the 18th hussars.
Movement OF troops continues
here A few days ago the 18th in
fantry brigade. composed OF the
45th and 18th regiments. left for an
eastern camp. soon to go 70 France
To reinforce the hard pressed al
lies. Their departure reduced the
military population OF the camp by
several thousand. These regiments
were regulars who came from Fort
Benjamin Harrison last fall TO spend
the winter in barracks here. The
movement for $500 men from the
159th depot brigade to the 335th IL
fantry at this camp has been COM
pleted The transfers were made
because many southern Indiana
boys in this regiment had been sent
10 France The shift also made
room for the 5000 recruits who will
begin reporting next Friday. With
their transfer the S35th lost its
identity as a southern Indiana regi-
ment. as the new men come mostly
from Kentucky and southern I'LL
nois The regiment went immedi-
ately into quarantine for two weeks
Conscientious DIRECTORS here are
being transferred 10 units OF non
combatants. such as the quarter
! masters and medical corps Many
were assigned 10 the base hospital
This means that they will be re-
quired 70 perform services for
Uncle Sans army. Previously the
Illinois and Indiara directors had
declined 70 become soldiers and
some to do any work at ali Most
OF them, however. are willing TO as
sumo non-combatant roles.
Blossom Out i'm Khaki.
The boys at this camp blOssomed
out IN khaki Wednesday. Lieut.
Col. Van Dlyne, division quarter
master. ordered the men equipped
with their summer clothes.
Ten officers have been assigned tc
, the school for aerial observers al
Fort Sill. Okla. four OF them frin-
the S27th field artillery. four from
the S2sth. and one each from ths
325th field artillery and the 1871
depot brigade.
Col. Augustine Mcintyre, who ha:
been acting commander OF the J 59tf
artillery brigade which inc ude'
the S25th. S2eth and seth -egi
ments. and who IS commander OF
: the 326th. has been nominated e
become brigad der general in which
! event he will be permanent com
. mander OF the big gun brigade
: here. He has been acting briga die
ever since the departure for France
OF Col. Frederick f. Johnston
> senior officer Of the brigade and
q commander Of the 327th field ar
- tillery
Gas Masks for Mules
Gas masks for mules are expect
, ed shortly at the auxiliary remoun
station. a sample has been brough