Page Eight ABBOT ENGINEER Camp Abbot, Ore., May 27,19 Photos Taken at Camp Abbot Signal Corps Shots Taken Col. Frank S. Besson, Post Commander, was one o f the first to run the hazardous infiltration course here. The colonel is shown with his faithful pipe clinched firm ly between his teeth, making his way through barbed wire entanglements while machine gun slugs whiz a few inches over his head. In all theaters o f operations, the Corps o f Engineers prepares the way for the advance over land and nai t . It builds roads and bridges of several types. Above photograph shows Camp Abbot Arm y Service Forces engineer trainees learning by doing. They are laying a heavy ponton bridge across the Deschutes river in record time. Ca-np Abbot trainees are shown here negotiating the rope ladders o f the debarkatien tower. Sposl boats circle the tower sharply to “ rough up" the water, causing the structure to pitch and heave in the manner o f a ship at sea. The alsoe picture shows one phase of the rigging application course, an important purl of combat engineer training. The train re’s current problem is to apply correctly his knowledge of the “.•spiare knot. Inevitably a ¡nip can Is* found following a I tody o f troops. This canine youngster d e c id e d the hike back home was too much, so he hitched a ride on the |>ack o f a passing corporal. This unusual photograph shows the final stone being lowered into place on one ot tin* huge chimney which serve the new Officer’s ( lull. These trainees, who ar«* engaged in heavy construction, work under the guidance of the Specialist Branch. ‘ SÄ"Ä?ai„V,m """ - — • S