Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-05-23 | Page 4 | Practical Points in Fighting Are Told

PRACTICAL POINTS IN FIGHTING I ARE TOLD Little Tricks of Trenches es Are Shown to Men at atI Fort Douglas I j I Some of oC the thc m practical points in modern warfare n as gleaned from the battlefields of l Europe were explained to the thc men of ot the Twentieth th Infantry when that command comm was addressed b by I Lieutenant Lieu leu- leu tenant Choyce of ot the the army r lIr visitIng visit visit- InS Ing In Salt hake Lako yesterday J Lieutenant Choyce who Is aiding the recruiting ml mission slon for or the British arms told of oC the terror tenors of No 0 Mans Man's Land where he explained It was vas better hetter to walk than th run across since It was Wl not a 1 question o of when hut but how to get gel et across cross at all nil He also described the thc petulant little visitors who make trench life liCe a 1 horror for the scratching well nigh desperate rato soldier and advised ad a philosophical pa patience pa- pa tlc tience a as the best defense against going mildly mild Insane Insano over o thc the pests lie IIo described de c scribed the American soldiers he had hael Acc seen n In action In terms and gave ave them a si natured good chaffing when he ho sa saul said l If the thc rest of you ou ou Americans n over o here fight as ns fast a as you make love hove In London Lon don cion you'll win will In no time for Cor 3 our compatriots com corn patriots who have h been en over o In OUI our c capital cert Cerl lose hose no time in praising pi our r English girls Lieutenant Craig Crall will address the oCI of officers of- of I leers of oC the regiment on French rench Customs Cus Cus- toms fashions not duties at the thc Officers Officers' Of Of- ricers ricers' club tonight I r company Is 11 now engaged hed In Its record shoot on Oil the thc regimental range rane Scores ar arc aro bein being kept of the various mens men's work stork but t no grading as to expert sharpshooter or marksman can be made until word Is received ed from front Washington D. D C. C giving 1 th the thiv basis for awarding such honors as this record shoot Is on onan onan onan an entirely different basis front from that of last year tar Captain Robinson company compan commander com corn mander Is commander of ot the Third battalion bat hat tallon and consequently Van Zile Is acting com company pan commander In his I place Capt S. S J. J Mcintosh I Is officer In charge chare of If firing and has charge of oC the thc record shoot as well as the other othel target practice of the thc re regiment ment Private ate James A A. A Griffith first class hass made high score SCOle thus far In I company's record shoot scoring out of a possible pos pos- sible points scoring a possible at WO yards or all fifty points making ten tell bulls e eyes bulls es In 1 I minute and 10 seconds seconds' time firing prone prone- At WO yards firing from Crom a kneeling position he scored 30 JO out of possible I GO 50 O points 1 minutes minute's time and at yards ards firing from a standing position 1 minutes minute's time he scored 40 ID out of a possible 50 O 0 points Sergt Francis It n Moran scored out of 00 points and Sergt Charles Stephens scored 1 out of points Th These e are arc the high mon men thus thu far In the record shoot which will be continued b by this company compan Thursday afternoon Sergt Louis Imhoff of the Third compan com com- pan pany war prison guard has been heen appointed appointed appointed ap ap- ap- ap pointed ordnance sergeant and assigned to dut duty at Camp McArthur near Waco aco Tex He will w serve sene In this capacity with hh the Eightieth field artillery