Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-10-03
ARMY TO EXHIBIT
GUNS TOMORROW
Most Powerful Ordnance and
Mechanical Units to Be
Shown at Aberdeen.

Uncle Sans most powerful military
thunderbolts will be loosed In an all
day demonstration of Army ordnance
and modern fighting methods on the
ground and in the air tomorrow at
Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md, before
approximately 5000 members of the
Army Ordnance Association and SIM
liar military organizations.
The demonstration will reveal the
contrast between the now Anticipated
horse drawn field artillery of the early
World War period and the new motor
lied cavalry and artillery units. Every
type of airplane attack and anti-air-
craft defense is to be shown. Heavy
artillery, light artillery. machine guns
and other weapons will be fired under
service conditions.
The demonstration to be given by
the Air Corps will be one of the most
spectacular since the close of the war
Bombing planes from Langley Field,
Va. and fast pursuit ships from Sell
fridge Field, Mich, flown by the Ma
tons most noted combat pilots, are
flying to Aberdeen today to take part
III the demonstrations, before coming to
this city Friday for the closing days
Of the Military Exposition and Carnival
at Washington Barracks.
Bombers Leave Today.
Nine bombing planes of the Key
stone Pirate" or LB-5-A, type were to
leave Langley Field at / o'clock this
afternoon, under command of Capt.
Cecil G. Sellers, arriving at Aberdeen
about 3 pm. Capt. Sellers, one of the
Arny's foremost bombing pilots, was
wartime commander of the famous
second bombardment flight and par
ticipated in aerial fights in France in
which every man in the group but him.
self was wounded, killed or captured.
The bombers will be named by the
following pilots and observers: First
Lieuts. Phillips Melville. F. B. Tyn-
dali, J. E. Adams, j. r. Drumm, E.
T. Kennedy. James w. Hammond and
David L. Behncke and Second Lieuts
Oscar P. Hebert, A. H. Johnson. Ward
!. Davies, A. j. K. Malone, Willard r.
Wolinbarger. w. B. Blaufuss, F. G..
Richardson and F. L. Fair.
The pursuit planes from Selfridge
Field left their home port at o'clock
this morning and are due to arrive at
Aberdeen early this afternoon. The
of the P-1 type is commanded by First
Lieut.. Virgil Hine, the other pilots be-
ing First Lieut.. Addison G. Person and
Second Lieuts. Frank G. Irwin, John
e. Bodle, Lee Gehlbach, Trevor Ken
yon and Alfred F. Kalberger.
Program Opens at 10 AM.
The planes will demonstrate to the
munitions makers who will assemble
tat Aberdeen the various tactical uses
Of Air Corps and ordnance material
Live INT demolition and smoke bombs
will be dropped on targets, aircraft ma
chine guns will be fired under battle
conditions and the pursuit planes will
show the latest advances in battle flying.
The Aberdeen program is to begin
at 10 am. tomorrow with the firing
Of seacoast and railway artillery This
will be followed by demonstration of
the latest nti-aircraft weapons fired at
aerial targets towed by airplanes. The
Arny's newest developments in anti
aircraft guns, range finders and sound
, locateTs will be demonstrated by the
SD Coast Artillery. Fort Totten, NJ Y.
The use of demolition, fermentation
and smoke bombs then will be shown.
After the aerial bombing demonstra-
items luncheon will be served by the
Quartermaster Corps. Arrangements
have been made for 5000 guests.
In the afternoon the new automotive
equipment will be seen in action, in
Guiding the newest tanks, armored cars,
tractors, cross-country cars, trucks and
mobile gun mounts and their offensive
and defensive weapons. A tug-of-war
between one of the new tanks on one
side and several of the older types on
the other will be a feature COMPETE
tive demonstration Of the mechanical
versus the horse-drawn artillery and
further airplane demonstration will
close the afternoon field program.
Gen. Williams TO Speak.
After the demonstration a meeting of
the Army Ordnance Association will be
held, at which technical papers will be
presented. Benedict Crowell, president
of the association, who was Assistant
Secretary of War during the World
sented by Maj. Gen. G. G. Williams
chief of ordnance, on Ordnance Since
the World War;" and by Col James L.
Walsh, chairman of the national de-
Tense division of the American Society
Of Mechanical Engineers. on practical
Preparedness" Addresses will be made
by Secretary of War Dwight F. Davis
and War Department officials.
Supper viii be served by the Quarter
master Corps. after which the visitors
will witness anti-aircraft night firing at
towed targets, to be located by Army
searchlights.
In addition to the Army Ordnance
Association. which consists Of engineers
and executives of American industry who
will be called upon to produce NUM-
tons in casn of war. the following So
cities have been invited to send mem
bers to the demonstrations: The Ameri-
can Society of Mechanical Engineers.
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers, the Association of Military
Surgeons and the Construction Division
Association.
Special trains are to be run to Aber-
deem from New York, Springfield. Mass:
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Wash
! ington.