South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-04
Back q. s. 10 LlmIt.

I - ARn DuAtuAHNs
Back 4. =. To Limit.
Boys at the camp here are back
/ ing Uncle sam 10 the limit. Not
only are they offering up their lives
/ in sacrifice upon the altar OF world
democracy but they are giving
freely Of their worldly goods when
the second Liberty Loan drive was
wased the subscriptions here were
more than S1.729.OOO. Not the
Lincoln division boys are purchas-
ing Thrift stamps and War Saving
certificates. No campaign for the
sale Of the little fellows was launch
ed at the camp and the action Of
the soldiers in investing is pure y
voluntary. L fact no announce
ment OF the sale Of the stamps had
been made. The camp postmaster
and his assistants were agreeab =
surprised at the amount purchased
by the boys. one Illinois boy in
khaki took $25 worth at a single
purchase. a number OF firms by
whom the boys formerly were en-
ployed have mailed them thrift
stamp cards with the first stamp at
| tached.
The wedding out process soon will
be applied at tie training school for
officers and students who have fail
ed TO keep up 10 the required stand
ards will be eliminated and returned
TO duty i'm their respective Orsaniza-
tions. Such a policy was pursued
at the first and second training
camps for officers. Since the open
ing Of the school here on January 5.
o dozen or more have quit. being re-
/ lieved on their own requests. Sew
eral gave as their reason for such
action that they found themselves
/ physically or otherwise unht one
/ local man was married and said he
could not stand seeing his family
only once a week and then for only
a brief period. There were no south
| Bend boys among those who quit.
/ The government expects TO obtain
about 900 junior officers from the
| $4,000 students attending training
camps which would indicate that if
60 per cent of the students here
are commissioned, the camp will at
/ tain the average expected of it, The
men will not be commissioned upon
= graduation They Will return to
| their old commands and Will be
promoted as vacancies occur. pro-
vided misconduct on their part
I does not deprive them of just con-
/ sideration, which will put the boys
on their good behavior
Students of the officers camp
Will spend three days and nights in
! the trenches this coming week. The
outlook is for good weather for their
/ sOjOurn in maneuver field They
spent 80 hours in the trenches on
one occasion several weeks and en-
cOuntered zero weather. The cam
didates will occupy the shelters and
dugouts that they constructed. They
will be equipped just as are men in
the front line trenches "Over there"
Mimic battles Will be fought day
and night and the call may come to
them at any time as they lie asleep
in their straw-lined dugouts Patrols
Will make night trench raids. Live
grenades. flares and signal rockets
will be used. There will DE gas at
tacks and cOunterthrusts one por-
ton of the school will represent the
enemy, making the battles" more
realistic. Telephones and other
/ lines OF communication will be op-
Grated. Wig-was signalling Will be
practiced Blank cartridges will be
/ fired. 40 troops Will occupy the
sectors which will be bombed with
! live grenades. Forward movements
are TO be made on calculated basis,
under the protection of an imagln-
airy artillery barrage.
South Blenders Good shots.
The boys of the 3O9th trench NOR
tar battery, the south Bend organi-
zation. are out on the rifle range
daily and some OF them have proved
good shots.
Capt Grim. their commanders
has returned from the school Of
Fire at Fort sill. Okla.
Private Otto Sipperer has been
sent to the base hospital for the
treatment of a minor ailment
Monday was one Of the most ac-
tive days in the history of the In
fantry school Of Arms. The Ma
chine Gun Glass, under capt Hugh
Love. and the rapid-fre class, under
Capt. T. W. Foreman. went 10 the
range at South Park for firing
practice Capt. Foreman also gave
q demonstration of the new stokes
trench mortar. As the range of the
dummy shells were used in demon
strating how the projectiles are
catapulted over into the enemy
trenches The trench mortar is
similar 90 the old muzzle-l loading
cannon. The shell is dropped into
the mouth OF the gun aud is dis
charged when il strikes a block at
the breech. Regularly charged
shells contain high explosives and
sometimes gas and they explode
when they hit the earth or object
at which they are aimed.
The machine gun class il now
equipped with the new Water-cool-
eel rapid-hrers- Heretofore the
students have had experience only
with the air-cooIed weapons
The grenade section made night
trench raid Monday night
start Food Survey.
A food survey has been started
ar ANN t,- "a hoard of POM. con, -