Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1918-01-25
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BY ROBERT H. MoULToN.

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exterior, Stimulating the vlclnnge,
great destructive machines OF
modern warfare lie In wait for
nm opportunity 10 spring out upon the
enemy, bclchlng forth n breath far
more terrible and deadly than that of
tho tabled dragons. The incautlous
prey, seeing nothing dangerous, mp
proaches too near and Is lost.
"~Camouflnge" Is the military term
given this art of mechanical deception,
and n host OF new offices nre drafted
into the business Of waGlng war. The
landscape artist and the scene painter
now employ their several abilities In
rendering denth-denllng devices,
trenches and vantage points secure
from hostile observation. The concen.
trated ingenuity Of man Is daily emu
lntlng nature In concenllng the true
being - dendly weapons.
"Camounnge," rs though we had dis
covered u new method Of warfare, and
had thus again proven the superiority
Of man Mammoth steel monsters,
sheathed In impregnable hides Of steel,
rash the foe over seemingly impossible
barriers. These nre the tanks which
man has invented for the extermlna-
tlon of man. lndestructlble moving gar
risons, which house n score OF armed
men, passing over hills, bitches and
wlre-entnngllng barbados.
That the enemy may not observe
the nppronch Of this deadly machine,
scaled with plates Of heavy steel, the
artist has been urged into the service
TO conceal the g%llstcnlng sides Of the
tank.
A pot OF paint renders this ally al
most invisible, as though we had found
the invisible cap or coat Of myths. The
tanks are painted broken gray and
white, and from n hundred yards or
30 nre lpdlstingulshable from the ter
rain.
Again the landscape artist employs
his talents in No MINIS Land, placing
n thlcket over II trench, or conceallng
q howltzcr behind n new-formed knoll
OF green turf
Long. gray files OF armed men wnve
on wave, sweeping toward n low hill
and u thlcket-suddenly the hill
changes into n brlstllng fortltlcatlon,
mounted guns md howltzers belchlng
death TO thousands, and the thlcket be-
m n large, nrmored tank, indie.
structible. moving down ranks Of men
like swuthcs Of hay. A mnsilve bowl
der turns out 20 be n gigantic machine
which brushes over all obstacles. EN-
trcnchmonts, painted and covered "a
simulate the surrounding topography
lure the prey into an unrelcnting trap,
Thus war has become n great strug
gle Of concenlmcnt and deception. Day
after day the strife goes on, man pit
ting his ingenuity against man, IN the
most bnrbarous contest ever waged
We have found new ways to fight
camounnge-nnd the art Is developed
day by day. what animal craft coult
be more subtle, more decolvlng thar
thisf
But Is camounage n product Of th'
mind Of human2 Have we truly dis
covered a now method ~ waglng war
fare and preylng upon our ioesf
Existence from time lmmemorlnl hn'
been a constant process OF proving, thl
stronger and more clever surviving
the weak. All life Is n continual strug
Gle between the different forms an,
classes. Large and strong forms pre-.
upon the lesser. ~Cnmounage, or de
ceptlon. adaptive colorlng and shape
are the weapons scattered to ever.
class of life. plant and animal Sucl
gifts nre laylshed upon dumb life b.
mature with three different objects II
view. protection, attraction, and de
structlon. Innumerable examples O
each class might be listed, but only
few are necessary 10 bring TO atten
ton the more or less obvious fact tina
our 'cumouhage" IL sheer limitation
Of this procllvity of nature.
We have succeeded In penotratin
the depths Of the sea and the expanse
OF the air, IN our contention for gall
and progress, but these accomplish
ments are hut OF recent perfection
For thousands OF years, for milllon'
he afns have been inhabited by finn