The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-09-10
Elspl9y Of Army and Navy at Grady
Fair Is ComPlete; Full Field
Equipment Is On Exhibition.
Among Other Things.
MACHINE GUN TAKEN
IN ARG0NNE is SHOWN
"Gob" Who Was on San Diego Ic
With Navy Display; Get Him to
Tell Story; Men Explain
Articles.

If you want to get close up view
Of German machine gun that has
seen considerable service, and shows
it, and which was captured by Amer
ican doughboys in the Argonne for
est after a well placed shot had put
it out of commission; if you want
to see the famous Browning machine
gun, the Lewis gun and a million or
so other war relics, just stop at the
army and navy booth at the Grady
county free fair and give them the
once over, and have the men in
charge explain the why's and where
fores of everything.
The army exhibit is in charge of
Major Onorio Moretti of Fort Sill,
with Sergt. Benjamin H. Peters, Cor
poral Ernest Fisher and Private FL
mer NJ Hunt, in the commando The
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Tender White of the local recruiting
station; Chief Water Tender Lester
Priest and Machinists Mate II. M.
Daniels.
Daniels on the San Diego. 4
, If you talk just right to Machinist
Mate Daniels, he may tell you how 1t
feels to be shunted off into the water
and forced to float aimlessly around
for countless hours before being
picked up by a friendly patrol He
was on the San Diego when she went
down and knows something about It,
He figures the cause Of sinking was
torpedo as the explosion, he says
was aft of the engine room, where
ever that is.
Anyhow, he'll tell you something,
II you get him to talk, which is some
considerable job. The two branches
of the service are "billeted" in the
same booth and so far they have op-
Grated without any clash
Many War Relics Shown.
German rifles, German helmets,
grenade rifles, shrapnel, machine
guns Of various makes, high explo-
slve shells, range finders, periscope,
tents, mess kits and practically
everything that goes to make up
complete field equipment is on dis
play.
The men in charge are kept busy
explaining the workings of the va
ri0us engines of war" and be it said
for them that they are cheerful lot
and gluttons for punishment They
have explained every article so many
times that they can soy it backwards
and both ways from the middle, but
they never refuse to tell what it is
and how it works. One thing that is
noticeable, is that there are no
hands off signs. The men want the
people to see what the army equip
ment is like.
Difference in Guns.
There is a marked difference in the
machine guns operated by the
Americans and Germans. The Ger
man gun on display, is heavy, slow
Of operation unwieldly 1t has a
limited firing range and a likewise
abbreviated elevation. The gun
shows where it had been punctured
by a bullet and where a patch had
been welded on. Near the butt of
the machine, there is to be seen the
effect of the shot that put it out of
business. 1t has a range of 1900
yards
In contrast with the German gur
IS the Browning gun used by Ameri
can forces. This gun is light, easil!
operated, has wide firing range tC
right or left and can be quickly ele
waited. 1t has range of 1900 yards
and can attain a firing speed of .1OC
rounds a minute.
Also on display is the Lewis ma
chine rifle 1t is compact, can be
operated by one man and is the gur
I most used in the battle airplanes.
|. The army also has a Liberty truck
threeton capacity and equipped with