South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-08-06
MILITARY COURTESY.

MILITARY COURTESY.
FIELD ARTILLERY FIRING
CENTER. WEST POINT. KY. Aug.
6.-Soldiers who visit Louisville
hereafter. he they from this. camp
or from Camp Zachary Taylor. now
must have military courtesy mill
tary bearing and military dress and
must conform 10 each in detail. He
also must have little salmon col
ored card 10 show that ne has been
found TO possess these three i'm.
portant quaHhca ions before he can
come 10 the city
This order was put into effect by
Brig. Gen. Fred r. Austin and Lieut.
c. : Blakely and the colored cards
distributed TO each organization in
the two camps. Every sol iier aft
or he has proved 90 his superior
officer that he can salute and bear
himself properly and can dress cor
rectly. according TO the recently is
sued strict regulations as 20 uni
form is issued card
Each evening and on holiday.
commissioned and non-commission-
ed officers will be stationed down
town and obser @ the soldiers OF
fcers will ne observed as we'll and
these must come mp TO regulation.
Wher any one is found Niolatiue
the orders. his name rank and or
canization are taken and The of
Tense VIII he reported When q sol
der violates the order his card i-
taken from him until ne is able o..
learn what viii make him good
soldier
Balloon Observation Work.
Sausage balloons and other OBJ
servation balloons viii soon be di
recting the artillery fire at the
West Point firms center one OBJ
serVation balloon is here now and
is being made ready for service 5y
balloon company No 81 which.
with hve officers and 1919 men. has
arrived at the camp here and re-
ported for duty 20 Lieut. Col g.
:. Blakely. commandant The rest
Of the company's equipment. con-
sistins OF balloons OF various types
shortly will arrive and the companr
VIII then take up it's work Of ass
Sisting the artillerymen Observers
will be trained for duty In directins
fire.
The operator Of the sausage bal
loon carries a parachute and when
enemy planes attack or set fire 10
the sausage with infammable bull
lets he leaps with his parachute at
tached 10 his back.
AirpIanes Arrive.
Four aviation companies from
Fort Sill also have arrived and are
IA king up work with airplanes.
These soon viii be flying above the
hills OF the range and observers
viii have an opportunity 20 COM
plete their training in this type Of
aircraft as we'll
Wireless communication will be
maintained between the airplanes
and the artillery. while the balloons
communicate by telephone These
latter rise 10 height OF some 5000
feet. bur are always above their
own territory
Sites for hangers Of airplanes al
ready have been chosen and their
construction will begin soon
Another interesting sight here Is
watching the machine guns at an
u-aircraft fire. or course they do
not FIRE az actual airplsnes but huge
Kites have been constructed and
these are flown by the machine gun
school students Machine guns are
trained on the kites az various al
titudes and the gunners have be
come so expert that they can rid
die them with bullets Al consider
able height. While stationary
kite is rot like a moving airplane.
still this practice ena bles the gun
ners 10 become used 10 firing the
gurs az almost perpendicular an
giles