East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1918-09-21

machine gun pound'-z somewhere IN tss dna
6tsaAnce.
Il has the-seore coms 10 pass that an arsax
win only attack after all the machine guns ~
frout Of q have been acoounied for. y
singsa machine gun ia known 20 BE- IN warkinK
rgfer every cannos within range is turned
IN itm direction IN order 20 destroy y. "
trmth. a rusuEnanesr to-day dpes not heaitatN
t9 cara his tweeive-nch gums On a solitary ma
chIns sun poAs 10 er8sE % blast it from tas
Raca n the earth.
50 the machine wun. which forms the hack
bons of any defenea. must - protected sae
aince steel and concrete are of iAttlc svaH, ite
nss8v protectfon iiea in ramouflaTs septe n
ths cteverest oausoaflape ie - be fesna " tho
cuBceaIment - machine guns
CamcuftaRs has two-foM fsnttfon rrst
ana as already fiscusses Is protect certaia
military works through cnnceairnent. second.
60 fool the enemy and draw his FIRE - faS~
targets In the latter case the enemy IL made
20 waste hts aHaninnition and At the aasne
time the real targets near by are untoueasd-
The most spectacular feats OF eafnouFA&@
bAve bsan those ~ toe fake sarEss class
Every army. 81 some time or anetn@r. nae
duK fake trenches and has constrsictea eH@
tire batteries Of fake Runh no as - draw
enemy fire. A. a height Of k.en or mote Test
the air scout can be readily deceived bar
rel, a pair Of discarded wagon wheels, fey
pieces OF wood ana a few charges of bimck
powder wifi make the most realistic howttHsfs
and a trench two feet In depth. manned Win
duzHaiaa. viii convince the airmen aoovs
ahelis are rained on such targets BY enesny
Kunn@Fn -thousands of wasted roundn-~whii@
khe real targets are untouched. II would ~
very iAt@restiag 70 know 5nni how much ann
rnungsion has boon wasted In this manner
since the beginning OF the war. bus thmt -
another fact which must forever raanmsn be-
Hind tho seif-prtde Of All bsll@oremaM AR
any rate, the aerial camera and the ai@SNH
picture erader'' are making this foRm o&
camsuflaea increasingly difficult.
Camcuflage e not a land war art exrhM~
siveiys a has It's application 10 marine wma~
fare As in the case OF military camomflagssr
the naval brAnch has two broad oh1sctss nrst.
70 decrease visibility; second. to confuse o.
fool the enemy.
BY way of dsereasinR the visibility Of vaa-
sells numerous schemes have been tried. ba2
yet the art IL in its infancy. Indeed, -
American ports there are TO be seen tarwe
numhsrs o. Transatlantic steamahips no tive
of which have the same kind Of earnouffaMa- ,
one system Intended lower the visibility
contemplates the use of the primary cos9rm
IN varied proportions. areas and shapes az
areas This arranEement makes for a gray
a. q distance; a gray. II r. said, that Il far
more effective than the flat war gray for
merry employed on battieshipa. Another mya-
tenn c0nfempiates the reduction or eiiminm-
ton of lighta and shadows 40 that tte
darkest parts ef the ship are lightensd and
the hKhfeat parts are darkened. 90 as to
produce a better baana with the sky ana
water SIN another synfesV, eafls FOR 4
weve like painting of green. blue ard whiea.
20 that the outiines Al the hal viii b Ioae
All OF these systems have been tried ana
aincs they continue 20 BE- employed IL ~
safe 20 say they all have merit fstsf nfnea
thfouKh the use q proper color screens or
EAy fiifern. the U-boat observers might hiE
upon plan that would make the cnfnosl~
naEed ships stand out mere permanently shan
4 they we're not 20 decorated. playing right
infe their hands. A. u were. u Il obvanus that
any epeeific details given out AZ this time
arr only apt 10 farnsnh the desired infersna.-
ton q the tnKeniona Eiun ard IN this way
Increase the toll which he IL axmafink.
There II no doubt that mueh can - dosaa
60 lever the Visibility Of any mhfn bv limit
ine its supsrnsEuetaEre. particularly the rnasgn
And Tunnels. u would seem that the sdama
snip a. prpsens wOala one wiGhout nnaats and
funneis. ane maklng iaNe Of nn9hraasfa eoaS'
@nd forces drangbt whifs iu the danger soma
saeh . veAaei would be lnvimtble 20 tha iurh-
iBg u-baet even a few miles away. ana te Is
quite conceivable that the boat would hn9a
- Genre across the ineonHpieueus steamers
mofe Or less through accident
The submarine rrefEhteF idea has rmunaa~a
eaiy coriis up IN considering waYn and seeasm
q eemhatine the u-boat. and beyond douhA
despite some Merhanicsl obstacles. fham tyEa
Of transport would prove most efflcarfotie. \
~ truth, the British are employing mah-&
snerfed harees which are towed by anaal
after al. ahaae ars nothsnw rasre mar tnssA
submarine freishter idea ~
Fooltng the u-boat commander fm aeeau4-
piiahed ~ al manner of weird dsnlRna. Onht
scheme ls 70 confuse the U-heafs Tnnre
finder ~ scrolls and curves m h@fNht ensera.
A range finder functions best when Trained
on an object presenting q a0iid maAa ana
the disappearing effect of a nfwhtmare ~
color ans shapes can be imagined bV sNan ehn
iag mind Certain color schemes eeatd ~
give tho ship 4 shortened appearanen mhiga
others cause a funnel 70 dina ppeaF aa thNk
the identity Of the vessel Il hidden In atsm
other Instances, vessel iH pAintad sa fhak
destroyer or U-boat appeara 20 BE- alons-
aide.
Then there ia the matter Of detarnaas.inm
. vessels speed, In eraeF 70 aim q tnrDeaS
the E~baat commander mast know the an
proKiWata speed af hiB victim nna ia Alrmseus
fton of travel 80 that he can aina MA toEe
peae naule distance ahead and cause Il -
arrive at 4 pFeasteFmtned poiRt a. fhe sanaa
time aa the target Faka bow Nhvam a8ea
the siow meving freiGhter the earmarAa ~
an ocean ares houna.
Captain FrllE of the u-NS through "A.
eye" ~ his slippery craft. eHttmafaw thA
speed ~ ----- % ~ abaut alRhkasn hnefM -.
cause 81 the hiKh bow save. WheFeaa tha aus
10 pleuNhinE along ~ tHslse hnots, The rs~
suit is that his torpedo Misses
Marine namoufa6s depanaa entirely a
Keeping the u-baafa beneath fhs WaVes I,fse
aa iohg ns the allied sabnaFgne chasers 80
TORPEDO boat destroyers Foam the sea in lsF~a
numbers and as long a. the merchantsnen
are afned the u~laoat muet usea@ assk fka
shelter 0f the waves aud shoot az ita "a
tended victim ~ ths mtm of ifs peTiBaoDa
Ana ia far saaieF 70 fool the pariae9ps
than q is the humaa eye ~ ths present staas
of the campaign.
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