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4 - v The Barnwell People-Sentinel, Barnwell. S. C- Thursday. August 20, 1936 U. S. ARMY GETTING “WAR” TEST * r - I ^ . * % - . . - ^ Newest Developments in Fighting Equipment Are Tested in Giant Maneuvers Held in Middle West. By WILLIAM C. UTLEY W AR has come to the Middle West—a hypothetical war that raises no fear of 'ravage and pillage in the civilian population but rath er permits them to see what manner of defense their army has prepared for them. But to the soldiery in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mich igan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia it is war in grim earnest for it is the basis for the August maneuvers of the SECOND ARMY. The maneuvers’ represent — in<> Roses Liven Bedspread a short period of time — a com plete cycle of mobilization, concen tration, training, operation and de mobilization, M a J o r General Charles E. Kilbourne, commanding general, explained in outlining the, purpose and plan of the field exer cises. While the problem as a whole simulates a conflict between hypo thetical Red, Blu& and Brown states, with Green as a neutral, its principal purpose is to provide training, and not to be a formal test of training. Whatever units the umpires from time to time may declare have won or lost a deci sion, all of the troops should bene fit greatly from the character of training these maneuvers make possible. Will Use Moderi^ Methods In total number of troops in volved and in territory covered, these exercises are the most ex tensive ever held in the Middle West in peace time, General Kil bourne pointed out. The training problem involves the use of the most modern weapons and facili ties available and also is the first in this area to give special em phasis to the employment of avia tion and mechanized units. Large numbers of Illinois and Wisconsin troops must be transported across Lake Michigan. . Units charged with responsibility for supply and communications operate over long er distances than in the field train ing of former years. Night opera tions are being conducted and at tention given throughout the exercises to the tactical value of the element of surprise. The entire maneuver is based on situations that are moving, rather than static. By provision of faster means of transportation and by re duction of weights carried, a systematic effort ia being made to Frequently called “the labora tory of the army” the “Mechanized force” is 1 the agency through which the United States army is keeping abreast of developments in mech anization and motorization. Consisting of the mechanized First cavalry; the First battalion, Sixty-eighth field artillery (mech anized), First battalion, Nineteenth field artillery (motorized), the Fif teenth observation squadron, air corps; together with maintenance and supply units, the “Mechanized force” comprises a small compact organization of great mobility and striking power. This force is under the command of Col. Bruce Palmer, First cav alry. Artillery officer and com mander of artillery is Lieut. Col. A. C. Sandeford, Sixty-eighth field ar tillery. The force as constituted for the maneuver includes 117 officers and 1,841 enlisted men. Its equip ment includes armored cars, com bat cars (light, fast tanks), cross country personnel carriers armed with machine guns and automatic rifles. The tables of organization call for 88 combat vehicles for a mechanized cavalry regiment. The First cavalry, mechanized, has two combat car squadrons, each with two ten-car troops. It also has a machine gun troop of 16 cars armed with 53, .30 cal. guns and 13, .50 cal. guns, and a 16-car reconnaissance troop. Trend Is Toward Mobility Brig. Gen. C. D. Herron, chief of staff, in commenting on the employment of tha Mechanized force in the army maneuvers points to the fact that the trend of all tactics today involves mech anization, motorization, greater speed and greater mobility. In order to keep abreast of de velopments in foreign countries, the army is experimenting with V M 0 f COMCCNTIUTlOfl vvwwwwv SITUATION, AUGUST I. SC ACS si is • •• m* to* to* Milts SECOND ARMY MANEUVERS - AUGUST 1936 operations automatically leads to the development of means of de fense against attack by such meth ods or with such materials, experts point out. In the beginning of the World war aviation was utilized almost entirely for observation missions. Gradually, however, its potentiality for the offensive was recognized and towards the end of the World war the attack on installations, cities and troops on the ground be came daily occurrences. Efforts to develop a defense against these attacks, other than with aircraft, were decidedly lame until the closing months of the war, when improvements in anti-aircraft artillery and the establishment of balloon barrages seemed to have had a considerable deterring ef- One of the New “Motorized Army” Units. Pattern 1214 With roses as its motif this newly embroidered bedspread’s sure of admirers! So is its em broidered bolster, or a matching scarf adorned this speedy way. Flowers are easy to do in single, outline and lazy - daisy stitch— their effect truly lovely! Pattern 1214 contains a transfer pattern of a motif 16 1-2 by 19 1-4 inches and two and two reverse motifs 4 1-4 by 5 1-2 inches. Color schemes ; illustrations of all or mm to 1 HOUSEWIff stitches needed;. material re quirements. 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Brown, a state which includes Penn sylvania and territory to the east and north, is friendly toward Red and later becomes its ally against Blue. Green, a large neutral state, comprises territory west of the Mississippi river. Will Use 40,000 Troops In the first phase of the ma neuver the V corps of the Second army (Blue) conducts an offensive in the direction of Nashville, the Red capital. In the second phase the VI corps of the Blue army be gins its offensive toward the Brown capital of Pittsburgh, ending its march at Camp Custer, near Battle Creek, Michigan. The principal el ements of Red and Brown troons will be represented by units of the recently organized GHQ (Genera 1 Headquarters) Air force and the new mechanized cavalry. Upwards of 4CL000 troops are participating. It is the largest concentration of troops in the middle west since the World war, and represents the most extensive employment, under field conditions, of/aviation and the Mechanized force ever witnessed in the United States this mechanized force. Great progress has been made in de veloping combat vehicles that can travel at high speed both on the road and across country. Mechanized units, however, are sensitive to ground conditions. Streams form serious obstacles. Destruction of bridges and critical road points greatly hinders such a force. And always a mechanized or motorized unit is dependent on the gasoline supply. In spite of these limiting factors the Mechanized force, with its heavily armed vehicles, each capa ble of tremendous shock and fire power are of growing importance in the development of our national defense. Constant radio communication from car to car gives the com mander a complete picture of the location of his force at all times and permits complete control of the unit. Mechanized forces can make deep incursions into enemy terri tory as illustrated in the rapid movement of the unit from the Fort Knox, Kentucky, area to Camp Custer. Study Aircraft Effectiveness Much interest is being shown in the effectiveness of the participat ing aircraft and the anti-aircraft defenses. Until actually tested by war, it is impossible to state whether the attack by aircraft or the defense against such attack has made the most progress. In war every development of method or material for offensive feet, and the percentage of planes brought down was rapidly in creasing. Following the World war great emphasis was given both to the development of aircraft for of fensive operations and to the de fensive means. These defensive means are now divided into an active defense and a passive de fense. In Europe and in Japan, training of civilians in the so- called passive defense against air attack is being undertaken. We read of cities being darkened dur ing simulated bombardrffent from the air; of civilians being required to use gas masks; of Are depart ments and other civil organizations being drilled in protection of prop erty and personnel, and Instruc tions ss to methods of preparing effecUve cover. These exercises are apparently made very real. ! The object is not only to save lives, i but to organize end drill the people | so that panic may not add to the actual danger of an attack. Active Defease Elaborate The active defense against enemy aircraft consists of pursuit airplanes to attack the bombers of an enemy, of anti-aircraft guns, ' machine guns and searchlights to 1 | be disposed around installations of- j j fenng a proper objective for air i ' attack, and an aircraft warning j service constating of a net of prop- ' erly equipped observation stations i with a system of communication j insuring that tha aircraft and the | anti-aircraft services are alerted in ; time to meet threatened attack. Much has been written of the ^ great advance in aviation and the weapons installed on military air craft. These improvements extend, of course, to the aircraft designed for operations especially against bombers. Less ia generally known of the development of the anU-aircraft artillery. There has been marked improvement in the type of anti aircraft guns. The three-inch guns can maintain a fire at the rate of twenty shots a minute, with an effective altitude of over twenty thousand feet. The fifty caliber machine gun, firing six hundred rounds a minute, is effective against any aircraft operating at low or medium altitudes. New Gun Perfected Another automatic weapon for anti-aircaft use, the 37-millimeter gun, has been perfected but regi ments have not, as yet, been sup plied with them. This gun has a maximum vertical range of 15,000 feet, fires a shell that will explode on contact with the fabric of an airplane. It fires at the rate of eighty rounds a minute. The searchlights used are eight hundred million candle power. Their range is, of course, depend ent upon the state of the weather. However, the greatest improve ment of material has been in the development of instruments simple of operation, which control by elec tricity the setting of—the gun so that the projectile will meet the plane in flight and also operate the fuse setter to insure that the projectile bursts at the right in stant. Until actually tested by war, it is impossible to state whether the attack by aircraft, or the defense against such attack, has made the most progress. We can state with assurance, however, that both are vastly more efficient than at the close of the World war. C Western Newspaper Union. When blankets are washed at home do not wring them dry. In stead hang them outdoors on the clothesline to dry. * * * After washing white silk stock ings or gloves and rinsing them thoroughly be sure to hang them in the shade to dry. 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