The Dolores star., 1918-08-09

in a special camouflage d.
vision ends chapter In military cam
outage In America. A little more
than a year ago 1t was doubtful wheth-
er or not the army would have any
great use for camoufieurs In the forces
abroad. By the recent decree mill
In every regiment, like engineering.
trench digging, map making, rond
building, and sharpshooting. There
are now. according to military camou-
neurs in New York city, about 500 ex-
pert camoufeurs abroad with the Per
shlng forces. The new order makes
It necessary for each regiment in every
training camp on this side to have
Mt least 16 camoufeurs to train other
men in the new art Of camouflage.
Whence will these new camOufeurs
come? Who 10 to make them profl-
Client. when even the best.trained "old"
military and naval men admit iknO-
rancei
Until the airplane came In the cav
airy was the scouting arm of the army.
says a 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 IL the scout. This was
the chief factor in raising camou-
mage to its present rank Of impor-
tance. A mounted scout could scarce
ly be deceived by artificial camouhaRe.
Now the scout passing at heights Of
about l,6O0 feet cannot tell whether
the camouhage, II clever. 10 artificial.
His kodak, however, 10 not 20 easy to
fool. 1t will record many things
(which escape the eye.
y For that reason lights and shades.
depressions and knolls in the terrain.
and shadows have to be carefully stud
led by the military camouheur. That,
makes It 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.. Fl.
Ledyard Towle Of the Seventy-frst in
fantry is the New York division Of
military camouflage. 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."-Afilitary Camoufleur.
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 camOuflnSe.
An observer need only follow these
camoufleurs to the GO-acre tract whicl,
the city of Yonkers donated to Lieu
tenant TOwle for camouflage work, or
into their great classroom in New
York city, to get nm idea OF the chief
methods Of teaching the value of de-
pressions, color values, lights and
shades, and locations. There arc ad-
Unstable wires that tilt the miniature
terrain boards to just the desired
slant, SO that the soldier can view
them from the angle Of a sharpshoot-
-er, as II from an airplane, from the
rear or from in front. Gauzy curtains
create an illusion Of various lights Mt
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,
camoufaged. disappear. Dugouts with
q 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 q blur Of color.
Canvases In triangular shape tied to