The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1919-04-25
HISTORY or
BATTERY F
114TR F. A.


Gas obstruction was begun at this
time, for we must bear in mind that
the HufAs still bad the habit Of orca-
4 sionally putting over his deadly gas
shells. ssWe We're all issued the box
respiratbrs, and drills began iihme-
diately.@ The gas mask Is very I'M
comforssble, but at the sarre tine, q
very NECESSARY requisite ofgthe mod
fern fighting man, and a great dealFof
time is,'deyoted to the instruction in
The uses OF it. Gun drill, signalling
and short hikes We're conducted
while Wearing the mask Fritz had
\ d way XII trying K, make IT, as sun.
confortable for ohio as. heainoasibly
conld, consequently we had to learn
40 do tlsesc tYffiigs with the mask adj
justed. xii requires very iittle time
70 lear1 how the mask is put on Che
main tlang IS learning TO keep it on
for houfs at TINES I'VE. were also
pIt through the gas chamber, but this
was tojtest our mask for defects and
6mal PIN lolesl more t!lan anything
else, having received some Of the
4 chamber gas 0HfCanp Sewer
standing gtlii driiIs were conducted
daily, Eom early morning until late
in the afternoon; and few times we
reeeived Instruction in night firing
but notsncar SO much of the latter as
Their should have been, for the great
nst pare OF the work on i. the firing
|Iine 10 Zone after dark, when mis-
fakes mean the life or death OF some
one out front. We were not so long
LIN getting into shape for the range
|hcre as we had been at Camp Sewer,
Organization had its own
material and of course spent more
time drilling on them these new
drills were probably not as hard for
the enlisted personnelaas for the Off
GERS, dug speal}a fact that the actual
drills o9 h& Frsdeh 7ss Were very
|similar 70 Those whfth We had al
lready lfarnod on the 8 inch guns at
SGanp SEWER. However, to the off
gcers, ons,whom fell the saatygqf com
Iputing Tie firing data, the FrprNh ,no
lthods we're entirely new, Hence i'll
\
Twas thoE who after the days work on
Ithe field WIZ 'sfifYsfiea.* Raa 10 SPEND
la greater part Of the night iii study
hing, in order 10, keep paceswith the
livery strenuous course through which
Tvs were sbaipk w, as rapidly iae. pos
3aible, in preparation for active" SER
3yice at the front
The allotted time for training being
Very short, Q course was pushed as
rapidly as possible, consequently hav
line spent q comparatively short time
lin preliminary training, we We're
Hound ready for practice firing on the !
8range, and did our first work of this
mature oaalnly 2, 1918. At least two
lor three days Of each Of the next five |
awcelss were spent in this kind of work !
the officers and men alike receiving |
very valuable instruction from the
Fompetent Instructors who were on
Hhe range at all times These mstruc-
Rors being men who had had actual I
h2pericnce on the firing line. Many /
DC the problems assigned by them to
she officers were of the similar ma
3nre, which in many instances, they
pad been called upon to work out for
shamseves in facing the enemy. To
Asetler with this and many problems
sxbich the Instructors heard OF hav-
1ngarisen at the front, were taken up
knd worked out. Work,of this kind
.yas kept ND until the last week of the
Course of firing, when problem VAS
assigned IN, which the entire brigade ,
look part.,,,
! This came nearer to being the kind
II work We, VIII be called upon to- DO
p actual hattie, Targets Of Yarlous