The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1918-01-31
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sy ROBERT H. MOULTCH.
.0yCEALED beneath % oyouuriv,
cvterior. Stimulating tha yi".u.Se
" reot destructive machines of
modern warfare lie in wait ful
a mportunity to spring ont upon IN,
~y1Z belchlng forth "a breath fan
.,,s terrible and deadly than that al
a. f,bled dragons. The inraWJiOH,
W. seeing nothing dangerous. ap
,,,cbes too near and is lost.
1smouaage' is the military term
.,,s this art of mechanical deception,
"a host Of new offices are drafted
:, the business Of waging war. The
s,dscape artist and the scene painter
NJ employ their several abilities in
-,jering death-dcaIing devices.
-s,bes and vantage points secure
Ann hostile observation. The conccn-
r,d ingenuity Of man is daily emu
sars nature in concealing the true
I'M Of deadly weapons.
TsnOufage," as though we had dis
nsed new method of warfare. and
M thus again proven the superiority
man! Mammoth steel monsters.
sssthed in impregnable hides Of steel.
nd the foe over seemingly impossible
n-ers These are the tanks which
IN has invented for the eXtermina-
IA q man. Indestructible moving gar
sons which house a score Of armed
M passing over hills, bitches and
rrentangling barbados.
nat the enemy may not observe
b pproach Of this deadly machine,
nd with plates of heavy steel, the
| Ss has been urged into the service
unceal the gllstening sides Of the
MI
Ipt Of paint renders this ally al
Hz Invisible, as though we had found
Invisible cap or coat of myths. The
rE are painted broken gray and
vtis and from a hundred yards or
sm iDdistinguishable from the ter
IN
lain the landscape artist employs
bhlents In No Mans Land, placing
i1hst over a trench. or concealing
lSEfrer behind a new-fOrIned knoll |
fres turf.
leg gray files of armed men wave
save sweeping toward a low hill |
q thlcket-suddenly the Hill !
tHn into bristling fertilization.
Ened guns and hOwitzers belching
m to thousands, and the thicket be-
M large, armOred tank, indie
frihle moving down ranks Of men
kIathes Of hay. A massive bowl
Guns out to be a gigantic machine
4
n1 rushes over all obstacles. En-
nnnents, painted and covered to
A4se the surrounding topography.
R% prey into an unrelenting trap.
nus war has become a great strug-
ss~ncealment and deception. Day
"a Gay the strife goes on. man nit
@S ingenuity against man. in the +.
> nrbarOus contest ever waged
@h'e found new ways TO fight
anage-and the art is developed
Sgday What animal craft could
aae subtle, more deceiving than
MS canoufage a product Of the
y human? Have we truly dis
W. new method of waging war
M preying upon our foes?
-Nence from time immemorial has
"nstant process of preying. the
and more clever surviving
a. All life is continual strug-
tween the different forms and
Large and strong forms prey ,
We lesser. CamOuflage. or de- {
auapuve cOlOring and shape, {
weapons scattered to every i
ue' plant and animal Sucb =
: a'lshed upon dumb life nv &
nn Three different objects in d
H.. F''ectiOn, attraction. and de. n
-. lnnumerable examples of r
uHght be listed, but only a v
a. He0esSary to bring to atten. n
more or less obvious fact that @
A ,.Vn is sheer imitation q
|. Foclivity of nature. vt ''''' n
s 1--WE succeeded in penetrating +.
IS !. VI the sea and the expanSes "
-. "a our contention for gain k
esS but these accomnIisn. n
" but of recent perfection, 8
e,s snOs Of years, for millions, I,
"e Oeen inhabited nv f;Dry a.