The Daily Alaska empire., 1941-05-24
Ski ]. Ir',o!l,lvop!sii l! j j S1o,.k|e''e'pup S ). { ''e
 In. In Hummer 1 i i||lli II lI'il!e
Ff v H.th There Will Be Work for Soldiers Just the Same
 Aoidas in Winter 1.sgll
K 1T VT fssEtf By sICRID ARNE AP Feature Service Writer

s~f -s----------
 WASHINGTON, May NAUncle Sam's ski troops can expect no rest just because the snows are melt ingsH t FHRs + eSsHfs i7g
 The same men who have been trying out skis and sleds and such all winter long will nov spend their time. learning the mysteries of rock lighting" maneuvcring up and down craggy mountains, keep ing concealed. hauling machine guns where no motor can travel.
 Thousands of such fighters are working out in infantry camps in Michikan, Wisconsin, Washington, South Dakota, Minnesota and AL aska. But how many is military secret. fhaai f,sa
 Experts are crystallizing all know ledge available-fr Finland, Nor way, Czechoslovakia and Poland about mountain and winter war fare. 'ttef s
 White or Green
 The winters work has developed some new fighting quirks From Finland's experience came a re- versible ski uniform for camou- flage. It's white on one side, green on the other. fa a
 The Army has taken test pie lures of men in the reversible uniforms You just can't see them 30 feet away when they're. wear ing the green side out against a stand of pine. And naturally, with the white side out, they're hard to spot in snow.
 A snow tractor is being tried out. The forestry service developed it. The tread is the width of the whole car and travels like a belt.
 t Two-Way TobOggan
 Then. there's the motor tobog- gan, used in getting a few man and a machine gun up and down hills at a pace faster than ski travel. ps,i. .b
 Its wider than an ordinary to- began and in the center there is slit. The men ride on the two outer strips when the toboggan is flying down hill When it starts up grade they throw lever and a caterpillar belt fits down into the open slit.
 Reports are beginning to com. in from ski camps that have nes- tied high in snow-covered moun- tains. They tell of ways to keep warm, to change clothes, to cook meals in spots where the snow is waist high and the temperature is 30 below.p ega fC
 A tired soldier can pitch tent at night in 30-below temperature and peel all his clothes and get good sleep and like it. r 5;,ts
 At 80 below you don't drive tent poles into the ground. So ski poles and skis are used to steady the canvas. l'ss- se ,asDs.f.ss
 Then the tents are heated with an extremely simple device = a burning candle set in a No. 10 tomato can, punched with holes. The men have found the candle will heat the tent in 10 or Is minutes in such way "as 60 make the changing of underwear no ordeal whatsoever" as one troop commander writes. .i ea 'a It's Warm Business" The changing of underwear is extremely necessaryr Skiing is warm business. Perspiration damo- ems underwear worn inside the big ski uniform The minute the men stop the dampness chills them. The men carry along heavy woolens to sleep in. A. e25 axa iE Meals are planned ahead c1 . time. And all the ingredients fo, one meal, down to the necessary salt and pepper, arc put in ons contained with the menu pasted on the outside. sis @ It was found that guns woaldil fire in such extreme cold if they ] had any of the usual lubricatina oil on them. But the Army knows from "a European adviser ol one oil that doesn't freeze uni somewhere below 50 and GO de. grees below zero. (lse si Battle Snow Glare s The snow glare was somethine to battle. 1t makes everyth.ns look pink. There's simple solu- tion. Men carry burnt cork aaa dab long black smear undo l. each eye. The men found an ea-g sa;,-,