Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-06-08
Army and Navy to Join i'm Pro.
gram of Mimic Warfare.

TO the Meet 1Or Cne JolnL ARMY anu
navy battle operations against sur
rendered German warcraft and the
obsolete battleship Iowa off the Vir-
ginia Capes from June 21st to July
goth, made public today, reveal an
elaborate program of mimic warfare.
The enemy vessels to be destroyed
by aircraft and gunfre include the
U-117, U-14O, U-111, UB-4S, the des-
troyeds CLOGS v-43, the cruis-
er Frankfurt and the battleship Os-
tifriesland.
The former German craft will be
brought to the firing point and an
chored in position about SO miles
east of Cape Charles light vessel in
not less than so fathoms of water. If
more than one ship of type to be
bombed is in the same vicinity, the
submarine or destroyer to be bombed
will be distinguished by red, white
and blue circles on the deck to avoid
confusion.
Opering operations against the
U-117 will be launched by seven di-
visions of naval planes using 163-
pound bombs. If this submarine has
not been sunk by naval aircraft,
army planes will attack with ESQ
pound bombs. Should the aircraft fail
to sink the other submarines, divis-
ion of destroyers will attack with
gunfire.
Attacks by all aircraft will be made
at an altitude of not less than 1000
feet and at maximum speed. The sub
marines will be anchored in column
formation, 800 yards apart. The sub
destroyers, one for each submarine,
will then approach from a distance
of 5000 yards and attack, opening
fire at not less than 8, 900 yards. Each
destroyer will be allowed ten rounds
per gun.
At the conclusion of the gunfre,
any submarine afoat will be sunk by
depth charges by wrecking party
from the North Dakota.
The search for the Iowa will bring
into play all the ingenuity OF air
craft and destroyers. She will move
under radio control of the Ohio and
at the zero hour will be at some point
between the latitude of Cape Halter
as and Cape Henlopen, so to 100
miles off shore, steaming at maximum
speed in general direction off the
shroe. The Ohio, while controlling
the Iowa, will be five miles astern OF
her.
Army and navy seaplanes and four
army dirigibles will form scouting
line between Cape Hatteras and Cape
Henlopen and will scout eastward for
100 miles off shore or until contact
is made with the Iowa. AS soon as
contact is made, aircraft will flash the
news giving the position, course and
speed of "the enemy" Planes on the
scouting line will then assemble by
divisions, and proceed to the attack
in order to light bombardment squad
rons, then heavy bombardment squad
rons and seaplanes.
Should of the German destroy
ers remain afloat after the attack by
aircraft and destroyers, division of
battleships will finish them at range
of 10000 yards, using secondary bat
teries only.
The air attack on the Frankfurt
will be with navy 250-pound bombs
and army 3OO-pound bombs. The
board of observers will make an en-
animation of the ship after each at
tack. A second series of attacks will
be made with 52O-pound bombs.
The experiments with the battle
ship osfriesland July goth include az
series of aerial attacks, each plane
dropping two bombs in each attack.
On the second day, 1000 pound
bombs will be used, and if hit is
scored, 2,OOO-pound bombs will be
dropped.
If the bomb attack fails to sink the
Cstfriesland, the dreadnaught Penn
sylvania will open fire with her main
battery at $4,000 yards. Full or half
salvos, may be used to obtain the
necessary number of hits with the
least expenditure of ammunition. If
the ostfriesland is still afoat after
the Pennsylvania has used her heavy
artillery she will be sunk by depth
bombs.