The sun., 1919-08-10
U. S. TO STAGE WAR
AT NAVY'S RANGE
Biggest Free Exhibit Ever
Presented by Uncle Sam
Is Promised.
AIRCRAFT TO FACE FIRE
~
Second Programme Of Rifle
Association Tomorrow
at Caldwell.
TO FACE FIRE

| Uncle Sam for the public" Is the descrip-
ton Of what will take place beginning
Tuesday evening at the Navy Rife
Range, Caldwell. N. j., by Lieut.-Col.
1 william c.. Harllee, the executive officer
under whose direction the many thrilling
spectaeles viii be produced. Col. Harl-
lee Is from the Marine Corps and through
The Sun he extended an invitation last
night to every one who can spare the
time to come to Caldwell any day during
the current month. There will be no let
up during the exhibition, which is being
staged by the Army, Navy and Marine
Corps. assisted by the National Rife
Association. There will be three band
concerts daily, dancing at the Knights
of Columbus and Y. NJ. G. A, huts, free
shows staged by the ordnance. artillery
and infantry branches and elaborate dis
plays of ordnance and European imple-
ments of warfare.
The big siege guns which hurled eight
and ten foot projectiles into the German
lines before the Argonne Forest are at
the grounds. still dressed in their vari-
| colored carnoufiage costumes. The avia-
| tors who are recognized as the master
| fiers Of the American army will give
daily exhibitions, while the anti-aircraft
gunners will fire at them up in the clouds
some ten thousand feet to give the
general public an idea OF how enemy
iiers are kept at high attitudes to pre-
vent them from taking pictures or maxi
Ing sketches of friendly territory"
| Infantry school of Arms.
| The Infantry School OF Arms from
| Fort Benning, Ga, in charge OF Major
II. B. Cheadle, will give one of the fea-
| ture shows. The doushboys will send
out machine gun crews in the sector
assigned to them near the 500 yard
ange. In the mimic warfare which
hey plan to stage commencing Tues
lay afternoon. machine guns, Stokes
nortars. automatic rifles, snipers and
1and grenades will also take an active
'art The unusual feature of the pro-
;eedings Is that in all the exhibitions
he participants employ the same solid
ammunition which they hurled at the
Germans.
Despite the efforts of several hundred
Marines to drain the aviation field or
he great sheet of water which inundated
I when the Morristown dam broke two
weeks ago. the officials have been
obliged to give It up. Major ]. A. Ru-
Il s0lph. the American Ace" was as
signed to locate another field, and he
eported yesterday that the head Of one
of the largest milk dairy farms outside
II Caldwell had turned over seven acres
II a pasture land for the use Of the
.viators. Instead of accepting $4,000
rhich the Government offered to him
;or the land. the milKman drove the
bargain to a satisfactory understanding
by requesting that he be given ride
In one of the alrplanes. This the Major
promised to do.
Any visitors to the grounds can have
egular army Chow" served to them
or twenty-five cents. The meal con-
lists Of meat, potatoes. lettuce and to-
mato salad. bread, butter. coffee, Ice
iresm and beans. The night shows will
be given over to the light and heavy
artillery pieces The different colored
|, lights which are used for sending mes
sages to the artillery at night will be
shown and the bursting Of the shells
which will be fired at short range will
be visible The dropping OF flare lights
by the airplanes and n night attack
from the anti-air craft guns and
counter attack from bombing machines
along the same lines followed in France
viii add 70 the thrills.
The shooting of incendiary bullets by
machine gunners into large wooden
cases containing excelsior to illustrate
the method employed in setting afire
observation ballons and airplaDes will
be illustrated by the men from the in
tantry school.
Several tons of magnesium rockets
roman candles and night lights origi-
nally manufactured for the Western
Front have been sent to the range. and
, will be set or during the night exhibit
| lions.
second Week Programme.
Tomorrow the second week OF the
, programme of the National Rifle Asso-
citation will be opeRed. the chief events
! being the Adjutant- Generals match,
oper only TO men OF that rank; the
a Civilian Club team match. open to teams
of four men from any of the civilian
clubs AFFILIATED with the n. r. A, and
, the enlisted mems team match, open to
one or more teams Of six enlisted men
, from any branch of the service. The
police match, which brings together
crack shots from all over the country.
= is scheduled for August 16. The
} Presidents match, one of the most in
teresting- OF the great number, will be
| fired on Monday, August Is, and con-
I tinue for two days. The national team
matches for the national trophy open
: to all National Guard units, military
/ and naval academies and members OF
= the regular service commence on Thurs
day, August IS. Individual matches
are scheduled as daily features of the
programme.
Major n. J. Sllcklen. who was made
"A Cavalier and awarded the Italian War
Cross for service with the Red Cross
= on the Italian front, Is in charge OF the
work of that organization at the range.
Don Price OF Iowa City, who is the
' possessor OF fifteen medals for expert
\ Workmanship during the past eight
P years although he shoots with his only
= arm (the LETT, will figure at some of
the individual matches Major Scofield
= who smashed the record in 1916 by
= ringing up ia consecutive bullseyes. is
: one of the range officers,
. More than twenty-five States are rep
7 resented at the range by teams and 8
z large delegation of admirers. One o.
I the interesting outfits Is the Philippin,
2 Island scouts, who have journeyed al
the way across the Pacific TO show tn,
. army men and other officials how gooS
: they are on the long range targets. Tn,
team from arizona brought along
Z George J. RoskruEe. "a years old, who 81
!, called the father of Masonry In hi
" home State. He Is a champion shot
. | Harry Wheeler, the Sheriff of Cochis,
!, county, who directed the apprehension
n and deportation OF the 1900 l. w. w
. agitators from Bisbee. Ariz.. Is also will
q the team. Sheriff Wheeler Is an exper
o shot and attributes his many long year.
. In once by virtue Of his ability to draw
'quick and bit square"