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GAS ATTACK 17 AT THE RANGE. Big Guns Boom as Artillery Does Splendid Work. “The A rtillery” in the words of Brigadier G eneral Phillips, “has long been neglected in the Am erican Army, but now it is com ing into its own. U n til now, no Field Ar tillery in this country has ever had such practice as we are getting here. They haven’t had the guns, for one thing, and they haven’t had the ' amm u n ition. And there has not been the opportunity th a t we are having here. They have allowed us about one thousand rounds of am m u n ition for each battery, and I do not believe any Field A rtillery has ever had more than 250 rounds for practice each year. And these chaps are m aking the best possible use of it. It does me good to w atch them at work. In fact, I don’t w a n t to m iss a single shot.” Can one blam e the men of the Fifty-second Field A rtillery Brigade for being enthusi astic, and putting their whole heart in the work when an officer of General Phillips’s experience is moved to speak so highly of them ? They are enthusiastic. They are com pletely wrapped up in their work. They talk guns, they dream guns, they think guns, and when the tim e comes for them to gather for the final rehearsal over there, the B ri gade will be in condition to prove that prac tice m akes perfect. Booming Times in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The Blue Ridge m o u n tains have certainly been seeing booming tim es of late. The big guns of the Brigade have spoken. Their speech has been like sw eet music to the ears of those engaged in th a t branch of the service. The hills have echoed w ith the sound of the cannonading, presaging the fact th a t the great days are drawing near when the call of Democracy will be answ ered w ith a voice which will not speak in vain. It m eans busy tim es ahead. It m eans th a t we are forging ahead—advanc ing w ith a set purpose of m aking the big guns pave the way to a just and lasting peace. The 105th Regim ent has completed its first course of target firing and has returned to camp. The 104th Regim ent is now at the range, and when it gets through the 106th R egim ent will take its place. Later, Gen eral Phillips plans to have the three regi m ents on the range for a tim e in order to have brigade m aneuvers and general target practice. This will be the first tim e since the Civil W a r th a t such m aneuvers have taken place in this country, and if some of the old veterans are w ithin range of the sound, while the brigade firing is going on, they probably will be stirred w ith recollec tions of their great days of sacrifice and brave deeds. 105th F. A. Has Flanders Weather. The 105th Regim ent encountered the w o rst possible w e a ther for its practice. A few days after Christm as, one battalion ar rived a t the range, and rem ained during the (Continued on page 37) When Squadron A Gets Its Horses Back. CE N T R A L NEWS. TO ORGANIZE MORE CAVALRY. Five New Regiments Authorized at General Pershing’s Suggestion. W ashington.—Organization of five more regim e n ts of cavalry, in accordance w ith recom m endations from General Pershing, has been ordered by the W a r D epartm ent. This will be in addition t o . the complete cavalry division of the regular arm y already under way. The designation and organiza tion point of the new regim e n ts will be as follow s: 308th, F o rt Douglas, U tah; 309th, Fort Sam Houston, Texas; 310th, Fort E than Al len, V t ; 311th, F o rt Riley, K an.; 312th, Fort Myer, Va. One squadron of the 312th cavalry is to be organized at F o rt Sheridan, 111. H E ’S NOW CAPTAIN FRANCHOT. F ir s t Lieut. C. P. Franchot, who has been aide to Maj. Gen. O’Ryan, and who was re cently transferred to the 102d M ilitary Po lice, has been prom o ted to be captain. OFFICIAL LAWN—DREEEEE COLLECTORS OF THE 27TH DIVISION. Numbering from left to right they are One, Two, Three, Four.
