Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-08-16

in a special camouflage d.
vision ends chapter in military cam
outage in America. little more
than year ago It was doubtful wheth-
er or not the army would have any
great use for camoufleurs in the forces
abroad. BY the recent decree mill
tary camouflage Is made an essential
In every regiment, like engineering,
trench digging, map making road
building, and sharpshootlng. There
are now, according to military camou-
fleurs In New York city, about 500 ex-
pert camoufeurs abroad with the Per-
| shing forces. The new order makes
| II necessary for each regiment in every
training camp on this side to have
ut least 10 camoufeurs to train other
men In the new art Of camoufiage.
Whence will these new camoufieurs
come? Who is to make them prof.
Client, when even the best-trained "old'
military and naval men admit igno-
rancey
Until the airplane came in the cav
airy was the scouting arm Of the army,
says q writer In New York Times.
Now q large part of the cavalry of
the United States army has been dis
mounted and put to machine guns.
The airman is the scout. This was
the chief factor In raising camou-
flage to Its present rank of impor-
lance. A mounted scout could scarce
ly be deceived by artificial camoufiage. |
Now the scout passing at heights of |
about 1000 feet cannot tell whether |
the camouflage, II clever. is artificial.
His kodak, however. is not so easy to
fool. 1t will record many things
which escape the eye.
For that reason lights and shades,
depressions and knobs In the terrain,
and shadows have to be carefully stud
led by the military camoufleur. That
makes 1t necessary for him to, know
shade and tone value as they register
on the eye of the birdman and on the
camera lens.
Under the instruction of Lieut.. H.
Ledyard Towle of the Seventy-first in
fantry is the New York division Of
military camou1age, In which the
men belong to the new National army
and wear the uniform and insignia of
letters m. C."-MIlltary Camoufleur.
They include landscape gardeners, art
lists, miniature painters, portrait
painters photographers. woodworkers,
mural decorators. craftsmen, and en-
CHEERS 1t is probable that these men
Will be used to instruct the various
regiments In military camouflage. {
Methods of Teaching
An observer need only follow these |
to the 60-acre tract which |
the city of Yonkers donated to Lieu {
tenant Towle for camoutlage work, or |
into their great classroom In New {
York city. to get an idea of the chief [
methods of teaching the value of de- |
color values, lights and /
and locations. There arc adj Q
Unstable wires that tilt the miniature Y
terrain boards to just the desired
slant. so that the soldier can view
hem from the angle of sharpshoot- n
IT. as II from an alrplane. from the +
ear or from In front. Gauzy curtains Q
'reate an illusion of various lights at Q
Inherent hours. Thus light blue cur n
aims make the twilight just before h
lawn. Light rose and blue and yell $
ow make dawn, MONDAY, and dusk n
the evening. T,
From 1900 feet telephone poles, c
disappear. Dugouts with a
path crossing over the roof are like Il
he side of the hill. Even the gray, h
lue and red caisson wagon moving n
long the read is blur of color. a
'anvases In triangular shape tied to