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GAS ATTACK THE BEST SHOT AT THE RANGE AT CAMPOBELLO. ..... Private Dennis 0 ’Cohen of Co. D, 106th Inf., is shown establishing a new world record for marksmanship. He is wearing the summer uniform recently adopted by the 106th. O’Cohen is the son of the Montague 0 ’Cohens of New York, Tuxedo and Prince Albert. LT. MONTGOMERY DIES IN FRANCE. Cable m essages received in Spartanburg- conveyed the news th a t Lieut. F rank Gibbes Montgomery, a m em b er of the A m erican aviation corps abroad, had been instantly killed W ednesday, March 6, in an aeroplane accident. L ieutenant Montgomery was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. W a lter S. Mont gomery, of Spartanburg, and was one of the best known young men in the city when he m ade his home here. He received his train ing in the aviation corps at Columbus, Ohio, and when the course was completed left at once for foreign service. He had been abroad since last fall. THE FIGHTING QUINNS. Private Jam e s H. Quinn, B a ttery D, 106th F. A., has five brothers in the arm y . Pvt. Q u inn’s home is in G reat Neck, L. I. MAY BUILD A SECOND STORY ON CAMP. Every body in Camp W adsw o rth has been keenly interested in the announcem ent, giv en in press dispatches from W ashington, that Brig. Gen. Guy Carleton has been se lected to organize the new cavalry units th a t are to be added to the army, and th a t the cavalry would probably be mobilized here. Brig. Gen. Carleton and Brig. Gen. Phillips, who w ere classm a tes at W e st Point, were discussing it with some other officers the other night. “It looks like a large order,” said Gen. Carleton. “If they send cavalry here we will have to have more land. There isn’t room enough in the camp as it is for cavalry.” “I’ll tell you w h a t you can do,” said Gen eral Phillips, “you can get M ajor K ilpatrick, the construction quarterm a ster, to put a sec ond story over the camp and then you can put your cavalry upstairs and drill as much as it needs.” CAMOUFLAGE COLLEGE. Also Transportation School Starts at Camp. Two new classes have been organized in the division school of the line, to be known as the camouflage departm e n t and the tran s portation departm e n t. The schools started M arch 11th. The instruction personnel of the classes will be as follow s: Camouflage Department. Capt. A. W. Palm er, 102d Engineers, di recto r;' Capt. H. H. Johnson, B ritish Mis sion, advisor; Sergt. Linwood P. Ames, Di vision H e a d q u a rters troop instructor: Sec ond Lieut. E rnest C. Dreher, 105th In f a n tr y ; Second Lieut. H arold C. DeLoiselle, 106th Infantry; Second Lieut. W illiam E. T aggart, 108th Infantry; Corporal H enry C. Hull, Co. H, 107th Infantry; Private Lauren Stout, Co. B, 107th Infantry, assistant instructors. Transportation Department. Second section, motors. F ir s t Lieut. W il liam C. Ackerly, 102d Ammunition Train, in structor; P rivate Charles H. Newell, Co. C, Motor Section, 102d Ammunition Train, and Private Chas. W. Mason, Co. B, Motor Sec tion, 102d Ammunition Train, assistant in structors. Commanding officers have detailed stu dents to the camouflage departm e n t as fol lows: Two enlisted men from each rifle com pany, the m achine gun company and the headquarters company of each regim e n t of infantry; two enlisted m en from each bat talion of the 102d Engineers stationed at this camp; two enlisted men from each company of the 102d field signal battalion, and two enlisted men from each company of the 102d M ilitary Police. The detail for the camouflage course was selected prim a rily from men having some talent or aptitude for drawing, painting, decorating or carpentry. Students w ere detailed to the transpor- portation departm e n t of the school as fol lows: One non-commissioned officer from each of the following: Supply Company, 106th Infantry, Supply Company, 106th Field A rtillery; 104th Machine Gun B attalion; Co. A, 102a Ammunition T r a in ; 102cl Trench M o rtar Battery. Camouflage D epartm ent, at the w est end of the H e a d q u a rters Building, located just w est of the officers’ mess shack of the 102d Engineers. T ransportation D epartm ent, second sec tion, motors, at mess shack 24-9, 102d Am m u n ition Train. NEW SOLDIERS’ CLUB OPENS. The fine, new Soldiers’ Club for enlisted men has been form ally opened and is daily thronged with soldiers. The club has an attractive new house opposite the Cleveland Hotel. All men are welcome. Senator Cal- der spoke at the house-warming. The club is under the auspices of the Spartanburg W ar Camp Community Service.
