The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1918-08-30

HStlng men as camOuneurs
In special camoufage oil
vision ends a chapter I'm military cam
outage I'm America. A little more
than year ago Ii was doubtful wheth
er or not the army would have any
great use for camoufieurs I'm the forces
abroad. BY the recent decree mill
tary camoufage is made an essential
In every regiment, like engineering
trench digging. map making. road
building. and sharpshooting. There
are now, according TO military camou-
feurs In New York city. about 500 ex-
shing forces. The new order makes
1t necessary for each regiment In every
training camp on this side TO have
at least 10 camoufieurs to train other
men In the new art of camouflage.
Whence Will these new camoufleurs
come? Who Is TO make them prof.
cient, when even the best-trained "old"
military and naval men admit ignO-
rance7
Until the airplane came In the cav
airy was the scouting arm of the army,
says writer In New York Times.
Now a 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 camouflage.
Now the scout passing ut heights Of
about 1000 feet cannot tell whether
the camouflage. If 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.. III.
Ledyard Towle of the Seventy-frst In
fantry is the New York division Of
military camoufiage, In which the
men belong TO the new National army
and wear the uniform and insignia of
the engineers. and on the sleeve the
letters M. C."-Military Camoufieur.
They include landscape gardeners. art
lists. miniature painters. portrait
painters. photographers, woodworkers,
mural decorators, craftsmen, and en-
gineers. 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
camoufieurs 10 the 60-acre tract which
the city OF Yonkers donated to Lieu
tenant Towle for camouflage work. or
into their great classroom In New
York city. to get an idea OF the chief
methods of teaching the value of de-
pressions, color values. lights and
shades. and locations. There arc nd
Unstable wires that tilt the miniature
terrain boards TO Just the desired
them from the angle of q sharpshoot-
er. as II from an ai-plane, from the
rear or from In front. Gauzy curtains
create an Illusion OF various lights at
different hours. Thus light blue cur
tains make the twilight Just before
dawn. Light rose and blue and yell
low make dawn. MONDAY. and dusk
curtains the evening.
From 1900 feet telephone poles.
camoufiaged. disappear. Dugouts With
n path crossing over the roof are like
the side of the hill. Even the gray,
blue and red caisson wagon moving
along the road is n blur of color.
Canvases In triangular shape tied to