Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-29
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llBE||IlsTY DIVISION
Artillery Will Have
sapons Better Than
French 75's
1ORIAL DAY STUNTS
Iaeinary Germans Will Be
tabbed When Regiments
Show Their Training
~ q Std0 Correspondent

~ y otuV SOTTeSpOWueUt
onp Meade, Admiral. Md. May 80.
Aaefican ordnance experts have de-
80 an artillery field piece that Is
eiof to the far-famed French rs. and
ne time the Liberty Division tackles
eoche Its artillery units will be sup
~ with these wonder field guns"
@ Adthough little is known of the gun
persons outside the circle of ordnance
o8s, ranking officers at this camp who
~ seen the new weapon express the
utcn that the claims Ct the gunmakers
o4cerning its effectiveness are not ex-
91vagant
ksf1he French IS Is considered by ex-
4fts the most effective artillery piece II,
49,. but Americas new creation. accord
~ to the ordnance chiefs, is much SUI
yetor. It is modelled on lines similar to
eee OF the French gun and fires the
0e size shell. Its superiority over
- French piece, according to ordnance
1oers, IL in its rapid-fire qualities. for
NJ II capable of firing sixty and more
Lis . minute.
III When the artillery units at Little Penn
5y III get these guns Is not known, but II
T.! csrtain that an ample supply will be
'H1 hand when the Pennsylvania boys in
NANsSioh dlc oluSISu llto dtllOH.
S1eth viii Perform
HI what has been done at this canton
Int to develop high-class army divi-
'elou will be shown tomorrow when the
Nð Infantry, an all-Pennsylvania regi-
S1eent. commanded by Colonel Oscar J.
narles, stages series OF military
l0eunts for the folks back home
Tomorrow. Memorial Day. is TO be
-
s33cholson. temporary commander. in
zYo0ds to open the doors early tomorrow
3ooening and play host to big throng
3 ss Visitors will he welcome until late in
4 tAe evening, and II they fail TO see the
n U0ughboys' perform their twentieth
s1ontury war stunts the fault will be all
theirs.
sEE Each regiment will hold field-day
B SGolebration, but the most spectacular
work will be done on the bayonet as
leult course of the 3l6th Infantry. An
$over the top" movement. in which more
nan 800 men will participate. will be a
4Ature of the military stunts. This
SeDurse contains various obstacles. rang
s@9 from bitches to high board walls
and over these the men will go in wave
formations. or in the same manner that
eur 'doughboys" tackle the boche in
france. After reaching the objective
NJ men will fire live bullets at dummy
}0srmans suspended on the rife pit butts.
VIII Wear Gas Masks
"a Going over the top the Pennsylvania
supldiers will wear their gas masks. and
~ rive the exhibition a touch of realism
}1aeA man will stab few dummy boches
- he rushes across the course.
#ss The 315th infantry. Philadelphia 9
61SRn. will start its show at 10 o'clock in
3oo morning and end 1t with moving
uEures in the evening Colonel Rosen-
fp1n has arranged a varied program
4 ~ Includes many military and athletic
E0e0nts. And just to show the home
H ookD how the soldier cooks prepare
|sIupper. Colonel Rosenbaum will have a
E 1nlf dozen Of his best chefs stage a
S1ooking exhibition on their field ranges.
Samuel Micksell. Company II. 313th
infantry. has been sentenced to serve a
41ar In prison for taking drug for the
ssDofpose Of uniting himself for military
s6efvice.
z Despite the rigid rules that exclude
N1eitors on working days. the ban was
3fted yesterday and delegation of forty
ministers and their wives from Lancaster
1Sounty, was permitted to inspect the
SoAmp.
s The clergymen. members OF the Lam
f2aStsr Ministerial Association, made
guonal visits to their boys in khaki
y - witnessed several maneuvers. Two
&Ql1elgD ago when friends of Monsignor
lorge w. Devine. OF Baltimore, re-
{5uooted q pass for the eminent priest
~ were turned down. The Rev. L. NJ
= ei1yer, of the First Presbyterian
r fch, Lancaster. headed yesterdays
gation.