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GAS ATTACK 9 C A M O U F L A G E This picture visualizes in a startling* degree the art of camouflage. It is almost a perfect example of it. Hidden in the picture, to the left, is the Twenty-seventh Division marching to billets in France. . To the right is a din ner table under the trees, set with wines and all the delicacies of the season around which privates are taking seats to fall to mess. But so well has the artist concealed these important military maneuvers, to prevent the enemy dis covering the position of our forces ; that the whole presents the appearance of nothing suspicious. Scrutinize the scene as he may, the foe can gain no in formation of value from it. 108TH OFFICERS OPEN CLUB. Dinner Marks House Warming of Fine New Quarters. One of the m o st pleasant gatherings of the w inter at Camp W a d sw o rth was held T h u rsday evening, February 7th, by the offi cers of the 108th Infantry. They dedicated the new club house. The officers and their guests, num b ering over 100, assem b led at the club house at 6:80 o’clock and were given a few mom ents before finding th e i r . seats at the tables, to adm ire the w o rk of the rebuilding and deco rating com m ittee of the club. The rough board interior of w h a t was originally the officers’ mess hall had been craftily camou flaged under a layer of heavy beaver board, tinted a yellow tone to m a tch the w e a thered oak effect of the coarse pine battenings, roof beam s, floor and tables. Around the upper part of the side walls ran a stenciled frieze, the m ain figures of which w ere crossed rifles and the regim e n tal num erals. The windows w ere prettily curtained; the elec tric lights, in frosted globes, w ere supported from the ceiling by brass chains and a cheer ful fire blazed in a large brick fireplace. A Regular Meal. Captain Jaynes, regim e n tal chaplain, in voked the Divine blessing, and then, for a time, the company paid its attention chiefly to a splendid dinner, of which Jan Ridd, of Blackm o re fame, would have said: “Made a hungry m an thank God for the room there was inside of h im /’ This dinner was pre pared by the cooks of the headquarters mess. L ieutenant Colonel W. A. Taylor presided as toastm a s ter and spoke feelingly of the friendship which has grown up among the men and officers of the old 3rd N. Y. Infan try and those who have come in from the 74th, 12th, the 47th and the 2nd New York to m ake up w h a t is now the 108th U. S. Infantry. The other speakers of the even ing w ere M ajor G eneral John F. O’Ryan and B rigadier G eneral J. W. Lester. Among the other guests were, Col. A rthur Kemp, of the 55th Pioneers, form erly the 74th N. Y. Infantry; Col. R. L. Foster, of the 54th Pioneers, form erly the 12th N. Y.; Lieut. Col. W. A. McAdam, of the 53rd Pioneers, form erly the 47th N. Y.; Lieut. Col. J. B. Tuck, of the 106th Infantry, for m erly L ieutenant Colonel of the 3rd N. Y.; M ajor Barker, of General L e s ter’s staff and L ieutenant Franchot, aide on the staff of G eneral O’Ryan. Telegram to Col. Jennings. A telegram was dispatched to Col. E. S. Jennings, com m anding the 108th Infantry, who is at present attending a course of in struction at F o rt Sam H o u ston, Texas, con veying the good wishes of the company and announcing the opening of the new quarters. The entertainm e n t was concluded by a program of music and vaudeville arranged by B a n d m a ster Carl Oltz. T h e re w e re spir ited and well rendered selections by the regim e n tal band, songs by W a g o n er Kohl, of the Supply Company, feats of magic by Ser geant Troan, of the H e a d q u a rters Company, recitations by P rivate Gribble, of the Medi cal D epartm ent, and songs and monologues by Corporal M o rrissey, of Company M, and Private W adsw o rth, of the M achine Gun Company. The com m ittee in charge of the entertain m e n t consisted of Captain John S. Thom p son, Co. F.; Captain H. D. Bagnall, H ead quarters Co.; Captain O. F. Miller, Co. D, and Captain C. J. Taggart, Co. M, 108th In fantry. NO BEVERAGES IN BULK. H e reafter no beverages will be sold in the post exchanges in camp unless they are bottled, and bottled goods will be subjected to the strictest sort of censorship, as h e re tofore. A camp bulletin states th a t “the use of bulk syrups, etc., requiring dilution, and of cups or glasses will be discontinued.” The object of this regulation is the protec tion of the health of the m en in camp. NOTICE TO ANYBODY. Oh, yes, anybody can subscribe for The Gas A ttack. No pull is required. Just one and a half beans for three months. Civil ians and m ilitary dollars all look alike to us. Let the folks back in Schenectady, Bay Ridge, Yonkers, Olean and Cohoes know about it.
