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Camp Adair Sentry Friday, August 27. 1913 rage Three 321st ENGINEERS DEMONSTRATE ATTACK ON FORT Co. C Storms Pill-Box In Realistic Manner : S<S'- A ■: . 96th Enfantry Troops Watch And Learn Job They Will Have to Do In a realistic demonstration, accompanied by shouting, gunfire and explosions, Co. C, 321st Engr. Bn., showed at- tentive infantry troops of the 96th Division the method of attacking fortified, fixed positions. Under the command of Capt. Ed 70th TO BROADCAST ward A. Martell, the engineers suc The 70th Division band and cessfully stormed and destroyed a •horus is starting a series of concrete emplacement. radio broadcasts on September 9 While the artillery shelled the over station KEX in Portland. objective and planes dive-bombed The program will be a regu it, the attackers approached. The lar Thursday evening feature of heavy-gun firing and the bombing the station from 9 to 9:30 p. m. kept the theoretical defenders un- 1 to be broadcast from the Post. der cover and prevented firing upon the assault team. A detachment of Chemical War- fare troops • accompanied the at tackers and further screened them from “enemy” snipers by laying down a smoke screen over the | The 321st Engineer Bn. “pro- enemy position. The screen further tected the rear” of the 96th Divi- hides the point of the main attack. sion during its return frcMii the (Picture 1). Bend Maneuver Area recently. As the assault team, led by Lt. The engineers had to repair vari C. E. Lawing, approached the ous kinds of damage which is in barbed wire entanglements protect evitably caused by troop move ing the emplacement, the artillery ments in darkness. increased the intensity of its fire. The roads, in particular, suffered “Bangalore torpedoes” (about 10 from the heavy truck traffic and feet of 3-inch pipe filled with I the pounding of our associates, the T.N.T.) were set under the tactical I T.D.’s (nicknamed “Terrain De wire and when they exploded, a stroyers”). clear path was opened to the ad- With the object of leaving the vancing troops. (Picture 2). area in better condition than when The artillery fire then stopped the 96th moved in, the 321st Engrs. . and the assault crews rushed are repairing some 100* miles of' through the cleared paths with roads, 20 miles of fences, 50 cul- j flame-throwers leading the way. verts and bridges, miles of irriga (Picture 3). tion ditches, as well as filling The fla me-throwers kept the de thousands of fox-holes. fenders “buttoned up” with blasts of liquid fire aimed at the pill-box ports, while another soldier brought up a “pole charge” 1 set off against the ports, which are ordinarily the weakest point in the defense. (Pictures 4 and 5. T/5 John L. Farr Jr., is the flame The War Department has desig thrower covering the advance of nated September 15 to October 15 Pvt. Max D. Martin, who is handl as the Christmas mailing period ing the pole charge.) for sending packages to soldiers The concussion of the pole and sailors serving overseas. charge, a tremendous roar, broke a No written requests from the hole in the concrete emplacement men in the service will be required (and theoretically stunned the oc to mail Christmas packages cupants). A “beehive charge” was /hem during that period. then used to further demolish the The weight limit on each pack pill-box. Such a charge can blast age will be five pounds. The length through two to three feet of solid concrete and leaves nothing but of each package is limited to 15 havoc in its wake. Not much is ever inches and the total dimensions, left of the pill-box or its defenders. length plus girth, must not exceed 36 inches. (Picture 6.) Only one package will be accept- Following the exercise the in- I ed from any individual or concern. tlief fantry spectators surrounded No perishable articles may be sent ruins of the emplacement and re and the sending of fragile articles ceived further instructions on tte work they will perform in actual is not recommended. i l’Le War Department points out combat. (Picture 7.) that careful observance of its sug of this There has not been much type of tactics employed in World gestions will be the only way to War II to date, inasmuch as, for insure reasonably prompt service the most part, the war has been a in delivering Christmas packages “running” war. It is anticipated, to men serving overseas. however, that this training will be highly useful in combat when the Millionth Food Package European continent is invaded. It is expected that deep lines of Delivered by Red Cross self-supporting forts will be en An American Field Service am countered. When attacked, though, bulance driver, Mortimer Belshaw, these forts can only fight a delay received the millionth food pack ing action against the attack until age given by the Red Cross to a strong counter-attack can be American prisoners of war. launched. Belshaw said that he had been receiving such a package from the Should Auld .Uqaaintance— Sicily (UNS)—Pvt. Tony Calato Red Cross about every ten days of San Francisco was sleeping in while he was a prisoner and his the brick con 'd yard of a police sta comment was: “The packages mean tion in Palermo when a guard woke a hell of a lot.” The food in his Italian prison him up. “There’s an old Sicilian outside,” camp was bad, be said, and the Red said the guar I. “He wants to see Cross packages helped to vary the regular diet. you.” In addition to food, these pack Tony went outside and started to hi g the old man lie found wait ages contain cigarettes, books, ing there. It was his grandfather. i clothes and medical supply items. Engrs. Clean Up After Maneuvers Dates Announced \°. b.rt:la.nd. For Christmas Mailing Overseas Bali, * JfcdBfridWLimiW