South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-06-21
MARINES STAGE
SHAM BATTLE
Seven Thousand Ready to go
Across" Give 0emonStra-
ton for War Officials.

WASHINGTON. June 2I.-1Ia-
rines at Quantco. Va. 1000 OF
them trained and ready for over
seas service. Thursday gave dem
onstration OF trench warfare 10
members OF congress. navy officers
and repre- sentatives Of the allied
military missions who were guests
OF Sec'y Daniels and Maj. Gen Bar
nett. the marine corps commandant
az field day exercises az the Guam
tico training camn.
4 scattering roll OF infantry fire
rose TO d crescendo as the visitors
reached the camp ranges. Picked
attachments OF snipers lay in con
ceaiment almost under the feet Of
observers warned 20 watch. Pri-
Yates grinn!ng behind masks OF
green paint, wearing wierdly camou-
tagged suits stood up to disclose
themselves. then merged into the
background OF the Inderbrush and
proved their ability 10 travel yards
without being seen.
Trenches that struggled in sharp
saients across the terrain sprouted
at their front the 25-foot band Of
barbed wire, but snorting tractor.
camOuhaged in green. and trundling
ahead Of its field guns and caissOn,
broke out OF the woods cover and
bored its way through IL whirled
around. twisted back and when the
agile crew laid down a bridge OF
Pianks, crossed the trench line
themselves.
$50 Nard~ OF Trenches.
Moving their guests "a matter OF
miles into the back country. the
marines showed 250-yard section
OF enemy trenches front line and
support. with a concrete "boX' be-
tween. \ quarter of mile across
the mimic 30 Mans land was their
own position. To consisted of a line
OF machine gun emplacements. ris-
ing tier on tier behind each other
on "a Hill slope. First come the
Browning automatic ridemen, en-
sconced behind line of sand
bags. Next above them. in two
lines a score OF black shouts mark
ed Lewis guns positions Gunners.
lying fiat on the ground. were ready
az the batteries. At the final touch
Of reality behind the crest on the
ridge iu little pits of their own were
mounted half dozen Vickers.
Maxims and Lewis guns of the
heavy tripod type ready 10 lay
down a barrage
Inferno Of Earth Clouds.
Zero hour came at 1850 p. m.
and with IL The enemy trench lines
ii
OF dancing earth clouds. Three
miles TO the rear four batteries OF
light artillery opened fire stimuli
taneously as the order woke 20 ac-
ton the hillside full OF machine
guns.
The whine or the shells overhead
was almost lost in the wicked STAG
cato hammering Of the machine
weapons. but quick bursts and
thunderous Overtones of sound
marked the landing OF the "heav-
les" The shrapnel shells bursting
uucom fortably short Of their targets
at times. revealed a white smoke
eliot. cut by an instant flame flash.
while the high explosive marked
IT'S arrival by the succession of black
gas clouds. mixed with flying TIM
Der and earth and vicious and dis
time; note above all the storm of
SQUAD More than one of the visit
ors crineed beneath the awful din,
while the cool young gunners work
ga AT their tools. IN a matter OF
minutes O. barrage raised 10 the
timber i'm the rear playing havoc
with the trees. and leaving the
wrecked enemy trench line. but no
infantry attack went in.