Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-25
MEADE SOLDTERSLTKE
WAR PRACTICE STUNT
Patrol Scouting Parties Prove
Ability of Men to Act
Hrs Quickly
MARKSMANSHIP SHOWN
Various Groups, Both of officers and
Privates, Display Skill With
Rifle
Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. April 25.

Camp Meade, Admiral, Md. April 20
serreants A. Rowan. L. Iirst, Charles
Peck. II. H. williams and L. ]. Smith OF
I Company, 3l5th Infantry, were proWl-
ing through the woods in true Indian
fashion They had been told by Major
Norman T.. Borden. commander Of the
Second Battalion. that strong force oil
Germans was approaching Camp Meade
and probably would be found near the
rife range,
Rowan. who led the littlc group of pa
troll scouts was told to locate the enemy.
gathered information concerning his
strength and send II back 70 the bat
TALON. Very quietly the SCOUTS moved
through the underbrush and woods near
the range, with the stealth or PLAINS
men.
Striking an OK cart path that led to
the rear of the range, Rowan and his
pals found the walking a bit easier. but
also more hazardous. The Staccato note
Of a boche rifle warned that the enemy
had spied them. Peering through the
woods Sergeant Rowan could see the
forms Of five dummy Germans, stand
ing out in bold rellCt against thC bIetlS
and browns OF the woods,
Down, men" said Rowan in a half
whisper. In less time than i2 takes to
tell it. the noncoms We're sprawled on
the ground Fire ordered their conf
mander spot your man and plug him
and make every shot count
Thirty three shots were fired and
when the little game was over. an
nouncement was made thac the Quaker
4 10 .1a
hits. Naturally the shooting was so
effective that the boChc patrol was
wiped out completely.
II had taken just six seconds Tor the
scouts to get into action. and under
most trying conditions for they were
forced to fire at moving targets 25"
yards away and through thick woods
and underbruSh. Best Of all. they had
been surprised, but proved their ability
to locate the enemy. The enemy patrol
was made up of Second Battalion men,
who had been told to fire "a blank car
fridge when the American patrol was
observed. This was not a difficult task.
but for Rowan and his comrades to de-
termine the location Of the enemy after
hearing the crack of a rifle was not SO
easy. They did it, though, and demon
+ strated their ability TO handle them
selves in a tight place,
OF u hbE Nulne
To the folks back home it must he
explained that this stunt comprised one
phase of war game staged by tho
Philadelphia regiment, and out Of the
days practice there emerged scores Of
men who proved their GOODNESS and
craftsmanship beyond all question.
Lieutenant +. \. Nanhorn and a group
of privates played the, unpopular roles
for they impersonated baby-killing
boches. Located in a. deep trench, they
watched the oX-cart path through a
periscope and blazed away whenever the
oiive-drab uniform of a Philadelphia.
select coculd be spotted through the
brush. Detecting the Americans, they
would fire and then expose the dummy
figures. As the gray forms were pushed
above the parapet they were twirled by
the Nanhorn force of Germans. and hit
ting the figures became a difficult task,
That the Americans can shoot is one
thing that is flXcG,iu the mind of Lieu
tenant o. ]. Graham lie relieved Van
horn in. the trench and. as he was peek
ing through the short periScope, a bullet
Knocked IT, from ms grasp. This Incl
dent gave Graham a most wholesome
respect for the shooting ability of the
Philadelphians, SO he decided to use a
longer pepper
The war game was enjoyed by sew
10
Grouped in details of sixteen men each,
they were sent over tho stretch of OK
cart path and blazed away at the enemy
when the latter fired. one group made
UP of E Company men and commanded
by Lieutenant L. c. Shearer, fired eighty
shots and scored fifteen hits 1t took
the boys eight seconds to get into action,
which Is considered fast time by rank
ing officers who viewed the maneuver.
In this group were Corporals John Muir
ply, II. r. Brown, and Privates John
Motto and Philip Mellick.
a company commanded by Captain
Fred w. Patterson produced bunch
Of sixteen selects who scored ten hits.
In this bunch were Sergeant s. H. Cole.
who led the patrol, l.. Il. Snyder, Clar-
ence Glenn, Frank Petrelle, II. l.. Rudy,
Vincent Byrne. William J. Larmour,
James Ferguson and Frank Kelly.
Officers Know How 10 Shoot
Colonel Otho b. Rosenbaum believes
shat officers should know how TO shoot
and to prove that the stripers In his
regiment can hit the boches as easily
as they hit the rifle range targets a
patrol of fourteen officers, headed by
Captain Patterson, was sent down the
path. They got into action six seconds
after being fired upon and out Of seven.
~ shots fired scored twenty-five hits
ana JUST 10 plpNf lIdl ne can 10 n
listle rough stuff with an Enfield, Lieu.
tenant Colonel Charles Morton, who di.
rected the war game. borrowed a rife
from a soldier and in five shots made
two hits.
Besides the combat practice, as the
war game was styled, more than 200
men in the Philadelphia regiment blazed
away at the targets on the 500 and soc
yard ranges. High scores were recorded
The 3l2th Field Artillery, an all-Phil-
adelphia outfit, left Little Penn this
morning for a two-day maneuver. This
afternoon the artillerymen will pitch
camp on the Severn River and return
TO the pine barracks tomorrow night
This afternoon the mounted officers
and enlisted men will test the speed
OF their mounts at a series of races
on the Laurel Race Track More thar
a score Of races are on the schedule
Tomorrow afternoon a Liberty Loar
rally will be staged on the camps
drill field.
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