New Britain herald., 1919-08-09
MARVELLOUS EXHIBIT
 OF ORDNANCE WORK
Caldwell, N. J. Chosen as Place
 for Government Exhibition

Caldwell, x. J., Aug 9.-Four off, army familiar with the construction and operation of machine guns, rifles and long range field pieces have been detailed here, it is announced, to eN- plain to the American public for ths first time since the beginning of the war, what have been regarded hereto fore as highly important ordnance secrets
 The attachments will be in charge of an exhibition of rifles, 3-inch nor tarS, Chauchat machine guns, hand grenades and -millimeter field pieces to be held in connection with the na- tional rifle matches which are to be contested on the United States navy rifle range here during August. It will be the purpose of the forty experts to lay bare the most minute working de- tails of the weapons, large and small, that played such an important part in defeating the Central Powers. They will illustrate, in a specially construct ed building, by means of lectures and objects, how the United States went about the task of building up her ordnance department after it entered the war They also will describe to the civilian visitors the art of gun smithing.
 Lieut. Col William c. Harllee of the United States marine corps. executive officer of the 1919 national matches, who is now here, said that heretofore the rifle contests, which have been participated in by several thousand gunners, have been held on ranges that have been more orless inaccessible to the general public but that this year they would be only 20 miles from New York and within easy reach of 10,000.0O0 people.
 Another interesting feature of the matches will be the air meet in which not less than six army and navy flyers and including, possibly, Lieut. Ormer Lockyear, the midair acrobat, will participate by authority of Major Gen. Charles T. Menoher, director of the United States air service. Two two-seated and four one-seated air planes will be provided by the federal authorities.
 The air meet will include both ground work and flights. In the first classification there will be exhibitions of ammunition, aerial armam ents, synchronizing gears and the most re- cent telescopic sights. Methods en- ployed in bore sighting. it is said. will be explained in detail. Aerial photography and it's application to surveying, civil engineering, the loca- tion of fires and other purposes, will be another feature.
 The flying personnel, In addition perhaps to Lieut.. Lockyear, will in clude several other aces of the American eXpeditionary force all of whom, it is expected, will give demon strations of the accuracy obtained in aerial machine gunfire during hostili- ties. Parachutes and captive balloons will serve as targets and now are be- ing made to incorporate the air shoot ing into the list of events scheduled by the National Rifle association.
 While the primary purpose of the air service participation is not to have the flying personnel enter the rifle matches as individuals or in teams, the men selected for duty, it is said, will be chosen with a view to their qualifications as marksmen, Gen. Men oher having expressed himself, it is said, as being desirous that they par ticipate in actual firing.