EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Thursday. February 23. 1930
i Commanders Confident As
Canadian-American Army
Maneuvers Approach End
Northway, Alaska, Feb. 23
IU.R) Battalion commanders ap
peared confident today as Cana
dian-American maneuvers near
ed an end that well equipped
and trained combat units could
stand sub-Arctic weather con
ditions indefinitely during a war.
Cold weather clothing, new
types of rations and tent shel
ters have stood the test well.
Naturally, army specialists have
found points for improvement
and already have considerably
advanced equipment in experi
mental phases.
Few Casualties
One of the surest measures is
casualties and there have been
surprisingly few. Of 5,265 Cana
dian and American troops in
volved in operation Sweetbriar.
umpires have official reports of
only zu casualties.
Some casualties undoubtedly
have been missed but still the
rate is low. In a maneuver of
this type, two per cent casual
ties might well have been ex
pected. The main troubles have been
frostbite and common cold.
Frostbite cases suggested the
need for both better footgear and
better training. Some have had
to learn the hard way that wet
feet can be disastrous in these
latitudes unless socks and felt
boots were dried immediately.
Colonel Interviewed
Lt. Col. R. C. Works, com
manding United States ground
forces in the maneuver, was in
terviewed on the survival ques
tion while his battalion combat
team was making camp in deep
snow off the Alcan highway this
side of the Canadian border.
He said his men could stay
in the field all winter. "They
could sustain combat for 12-hour
stretches if need," he added.
Despite sub-zero temperatures,
men cheerfully dug away snow,
set up tents, hid vehicles among
trees and prepared meals in the
open yesterday.
They will break camp today
and move on for the final as
sault here at this desolate air
strip where the enemy is head
quartered. Later today, a full
scale attack scheduled by Can
adian and American ground and
airborne troops.
While these war games are
showing that ground war can be
fought, at least on a small scale,
In the coldest weather in the
world, many soldiers say they
would prefer spots like the
South Pacific islands.
Survival Problem
They deeply appreciate the
unique characteristics of the Arc
tic, namely that if you are
wounded in combat and not evac
uated to shelter almost imme
diately you can freeze to death. I
Plain survival thus becomes as
important a problem as combat-
probably more important.
A soldier here is heavily bur
dened with personal equipment
His uniform alone weighs 25
pounds
The uniform consists of heav
woolen underwear, wool shirt
two pairs of wool trousers
sweater, pile field jacket, mul
fler, heavy pile parka with fur
lined hood fitting over a pile cap
wool inner mittens and leather
outer mittens.
Footgear depends on the
weather. Down to minus 30 de
grees, a soldier wears two pair:
of ski socks and felt boots. Be
low that.' he changes to heavy
felt socks and mukluks. Overall
goes a white suit to make him
blend with snow
Each man assigned to tlu
maneuvers must carry about 60
items of equipment on his per
son or in a rucksack and aui
fel bag. Besides that, each group
of five men have a sled, tent
Yukon stove and camp axe.
GAME GOES ON
Columbus, O. (U.R) John Web
er, 18, star forward of Linden
McKinley's high school basket
ball team, was allowed to finish
a game before being told that ni:-
father had died of a heart at
tack. The father collapsed after
watching his son score the field
ffoal that put his team ahead in
the closing moments as Linden
won, 48-45.
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