Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-11-29

Since each citys problems are
different, the incidents will have to
be Adapted to fit local conditions, it
was explained.
officials said they hoped WASH
ington would try out the training
drills so the principles could be
given an actual test.
Actual Raid Simulated.
The training section spent months
figuring out the drills which simu-
late actual AFRAID conditions.
The first step was to choose a
number of typical locations and
typical attacks, paired off at ran
dom. Such doubtful incidents as a
block buster1 bomb in a residential
location were eliminated.
To solve the problems posed, they
theoretically dispatched apparatus
To keep their war game as close to
reality as possible, they theoreti-
cally blocked streets, tore down
electric wires. broke water mains,
had walls cave in on roads.
Theoretically" training official
said, I'VE tore down a quite bit of
Washington"
They found it easy to pose prob
lens but not so easy to meet them.
They found that in dispatching ap-
paratus they would route it along
streets already blocked.
In addition to training civilian de-
tense forces, the problems brought
the officials to certain principles.
They discovered, for instance, that
some services had not been given
enough importance. In the normal
distribution of incidents, they found
they had dispatched all the rescue
crews available and that incidents
calling for rescue work still were
coming up.
Cooperation Necessary.
They also discovered the import
snce of mutual assistance pacts'
between cities and the need of plans
over a wide area to move up equip
ment from village to village and
city to city as raids are concen-
trated.
While a possible solution is given
to each problem, the training Off
Gals pointed out that they we're
following the Army idea that no
solution is the wrong one unless it
violates fundamental principles.
The sets of incidents to be sent
out by the training section procede
from the simplest to the most COM
plicated patterns.
I'VE did not necessarily follow the
English pattern of attacks" the
official explained, because the enemy
is in different position in relation
to the United States. Concentrated
attacks are less possible"
The first set involved single in
cident, possibly small bomb landing
on a single house with people
trapped and light wires down.
The second set included several
incidents, requiring three or four
different services. The incidents
would not be extensive and only one
type of attack, for instance, an in
cendiary raid would be assumed.
Only one control center would be
called into operation on this series
but the third set of incidents brought
in several control centers. The at
tack might be a mixture of incendi-
aries and small and large bombs.
Vital facilities would be hit.
On this set. the nature of the in
cidents would begin to form a city
pattern. Each city would have a
different group of possible enemy
detectives. f seaport city would
choose its docks while an industrial
city would center it's incidents
around its most important war pro-
duction factories.
The final set of incidents would
require assistance from another
city. Instead of single building, a
whole area would be involved. The
main control center would have to
dispatch equipment from other areas
and finally from other cities.
AS the drills grow more compli-
Gated, the official pointed out, the
element of advance warning should
be dropped out. One form of dis
tributing the incidents might be by
giving them in advance to the po-
lice and then. when an alarm sounds
for blackout, have the police hand
the incidents over to the first war;
dens they meet.