Show f r and tl Ca Canadian Attacking Tanks Tanis h hand British Sri Batt liS Shown On the Move r at nt the Front f els J i f 0 T l. l N. N 1 f f I J i Ii T rJ I of a Ten J fril ir X R A Womans Woman's Experience in n the American Camp Campat 3 31 1 T j at Gettysburg Where the Tank Corps Has r r L' L V Be Been Remark Remarkable R W ble-W n Doing Work Work-v. ork f Why Inside Is Place N h r t ll r a Noisy S y A t t tS qt S y r t 1 ti tt r r tr t t s 1 f fi i f I r t F r I l- l y i Z r G t e fir a ikS ry f. f t ire fur J dE Y r w v 11 M y C t I J w By Eula u a McClary c ar I HE United States Tunic Tank Corps should be as romantically lb heralded and as widely known n nt as t the aviation branch of oC our fighting lighting service But It I not Yet it is considered to be he the most fc din dangerous crous branch of or the service as well as quite r L as foil fall of ot adventure and romance as aviation If Ir not more so The personnel of the tank corps tends stands proof of oC the possibilities of of danger and ad- ad in this newest branch of Uncle Sams Sam's There arc other reasons than its youth routh for the Unit tank corps not be being in better known At the Inception inc in in- r c o of it il Gen Pershing requested great secre secre- cy cr We IDa may not know how many men melt are now i In the tank service enice or how lOW many men will be r li liVe We Ve ma may manot not know Imon how man many tanks are being L k r manufactured in America nor of or what the design We may mar not go near the part of or the camps where the tanks are parked or in operation This is most Imp important as Uncle Sam is preparing a tank e that will make mako next springs spring's offensive I t thing of ot terror indeed to the tho Hun But this we O may know The tank corps will be fe e more than thal adequate ato in the number of or men and All py per r the tho United States the various parts pUls of ot the tanks are being manufactured and in int J 1 other places these parts are assembled and as t t tanks s personally escorted to England and Franco k 6 where there the finishing training camps are located 1 I j V Vast st Tank Preparations a- a The tank program typically American is well wen It trader coder wa way Tanks of or Yankee design improved L- L of r the English grandpas and the tho French g e t will crawl on their armorE armored d bellies into the very trenches an and quarters of the Huns before man many months have passed d crawling crawlin machine machino guns they ther will clear the way for tho the doughboys and cavalry throwing new terror into the the- already terrorized Huns who from the tales e e hear fear t the e moving fortresses with almost a superstitious horror Th The credit for the successful manufacture of ot tie the thousands of ot tanks s is 15 due to the tho ordnance de department The new inventions which make the States Huu Crusher Huu-Crusher the latest t to thing in ef er o war machinery are numerous American tanks KS have been so so- improved ed over oyer other model mo el that at 1 it tt seems there is no possible room for further Improvement And yet ret I personally know now that the tho men nen t vho ho man the tho tanks 8 are area individualizing by bv a of their own their tanks tank's I possibilities for Destruction This is no not t strange when the tho Q o or f men enlisted with t tho o tank corps con s is cont con con- tC 1 Most of ot them are aro of t mechanical bent ent and a large per cent have ha had d of or years year practical ox ox- ti J t nen ence ce with gas engines 1 motors tractors and s caterpillars So the they are arc natural and practical inventors ra raer Aft After er all the teals tank is only onh our own western caterpillar grown into full manhood manhood man h hood od and wearing for the time being the war Avar clothes which the Huns had hail for forced d on onto onto to the c civilized world to save democracy Though I am a woman it has been m my privilege to spend some weeks at Camp Colt where the tank corps has been in training for tor th the Ride to Berlin Camp Colt is situated at Gettysburg the tho heart henrt of the old battle ground g And because it would be impossible to keep l seep suck an obvious secret as a tank lank in action for any anS one constantly constant constant- l 1 ly about the Ule camp I was initiated into the proper and most effective way war to ride rido to the German capi tal I was permitted to be a female Tanker forthe for tor forthe the express purpose of writing as much as is pere permissible per pCr about Uncle Sams Sam's Tank Corps Like the boys bors and men of that camp I learned a a great deal about tanks and tanking which I may not tell teU but much that I can I The tank corps was born bom on the of ot last March For some months previous the engineer corps had been developing a company compan of tanks but Black Jack Pershing sent word to this thia country country coun coun- try that Uncle Sam Sara needed not a tank company but a tan tank I corps composed of or men technically mechanically and temperamentally qualified to dothe dothe do dothe the work required of or tankers Col Ira C. C Welborn graduate of West est Point who has seen scon active service ser in Cuba the Philippines Philip pines China and on the border was Wag chosen as the director of or the tank corps His Ills instructions were short and to the point There was no advice ice as asto asto asto to how to form fonn a tank corps merely an order 1 qs s to the number of or men mell and d aIn officers needed I may mayRay say Ray hero here that already that number has been more than titan doubled To Col Welborn's elborn's vision Islon and broad experience nce t to his shrewd read reading In of or men rand and lit his hl- ideal of or what a soldier ought to be hc the spirit spirit and anti morale of the corps is dUe dun A Fine Impression in France Over Oyer on the other ther side Brig Gen S S. S A A. A Rochen- Rochen bach is in command I have heard that thal the English Eng Eng lish and French oU officers ers who are in instructors of or ortho tho ho United Slates Tank Tanta Corps Corp on over r there hero are ale greatly impressed by the spirit ideals training and hi high h technical quality of the tho American tankers tankers tank tank- ers arr arrived arrea ea In France an and England lC When the recruiting for the tanks began began slogan chosen was wag Join tho the Tanks s an and R Hide tide to Berlin An All alley cat black utti battle battle standing atop a n tank howling out Treat Em Hough next adorned a poster lOster which made e ever r one stop tol look 1001 and listen From tho the number of or men who applied II to recruiting hea headquarters quarters to get geta a ride to Berlin BerHn it seemed that everyone e not nol in 1 4 r v p a t a t li 1 1 t. t tr r f fi r. r 2 i V It I- I ff 4 t w f t w f r r Y t r a r j tI t derwood SI r. al 1 y-v y A r I J Jr r i r rS vaY a Demonstration of British Tanks Before American Army Men Ien t t r d 1 b t M Y y r rr r r t rr Jr r y a ay I C y f l 1 1 i q y I ir J Y u ti w'S it i l v i f t r Gt t W t i i ai i n a i ni in i ii 1 m i I Sm Nt- Nt 1 lII HilI X ah French Renault Attacking Tanks and Cavalry operating Co with Tanks tile the draft an and many who wanted to enlist before their curd card was called wanted that free Cree ride and the pleasure pleasure of or treating cm em rough On account j of f the high physical stan standard ard demanded b by the rulings of or Col Welborn combined with mechanical cal knowledge and a n confidence courage and fearlessness fearlessness fear fear- S which the ride tree e rE required the number eli eligible Iule for Cor enlistment was small On Only I 7 per cent cent- of the applicants qualified Up UJ to the tune time of or raising the draft age to 4 13 43 years rea the tank corps corp was entirely volunteer It II still is by bv the tho induction system However el the bars har are arC VU down clown now mon lO to limited service ser nice men who proper propel tl technical knowledge as it has bus beet been found foun l that lat there is plenty of or clerical work for Cur me men with mechanical m 11 training and also ll o work worl in the tho supply depot behind the Also men of or talent aro are welcomed by the tanks Col CoI Welborn appreciates the lice fact ct that the morale mor of or a sol soldier ler Is greatly helped by entertainment entertainment entertain entertain- ment and antl the tho tan tanks Its especially have haye day days and amI weeks week of monotonous Inactivity after afler strenuous l lays days a 5 in eom combat nt As to writers writers well well well Treat Em nOll Rough h th the tho official monthly bimonthly o of the 10 tanks s corps is said to bo lip one olle of or the boat best of the man many h t hOst st sl pub publications publications edited and published b by t the e fi fighting forc forces of or Uncle Sam While at Camp Colt CoH I went through most no l o of w l aM 7 w y t t 7 lo Jr the tho training the mon men ha had Infantry drill setting- setting up e exercises hikes s lessons in map making officers officers' of or training school hool gas a engine entine school machine- machine gun classes arid and all the other things every err doughboy doughboy dough dough- boy wearing khaki must lc rn rn Funny training it seemed at first firl for riding in an armored car to Berlin but lint as the days went by hr I learned how necessary is the discipline and ami hardening of nf such training for even a free ride ride- Finally the lime time came when I 1 like lIka many of or the others took my first ride Crawling Into a Tank I 1 hardly know liDO how to explain the sensation My dr driver er was an American youth who had been becu gassed sor in serving in a tank brigade of or the French arm army Hb Ho wore a padded ea cay cap and overalls Before Before Before Be Be- fore me was a whippet tank It looked horribly I uncomfortable and proof against bullets bullets It certainly eer looked ed as if ie it would jolt the rider to death But nut spurred on 01 by the laugh ln n the eyes of witnesses wit nesses messes I donned a padded cap an and a long lOnS kha khaki 1 coat then crawled in the small opening much as aD asan asan an Eskimo must enter his native house of or snow The inside of the tank tani was very er clean and looked mu much h as ns the inside of oC a furnace does Tho driver crawled In after me pushed me aside while v h he cranked the engine then closed the opening die He told me to hold on At t my head WIlS wasa a machine gun A wco slit in the little round part part of or the tank lank where m my head and the gun were close allowed me to see where we were ere g going or where to shoot Rumble grumble crunch went wen t the tank as the thedrie driver e pulled polled lovers and pressed on gears and steering Then away we went went not not fast mind you b but tt we moved For Jor a time lime we e just crawled crawle alon along very ery comE com J Portably The jolt Jolts I expected didn't come But Buta a smell I ha had not thought about aboul di did Si Sickening gas bas And hot Well degrees is the normal normal temperature of oC a tank The he driver rIver finally finaU be begun e m n nto to do stunts L We Vc wont went down into a trench and md w seemed to tu nose 1109 into the earth and w we climbed up UIl rn walls at Sa 85 degrees fh The tank perfectly h balanced lancell stood on its tail I was dead cad sure we would jounce down clown on tho the ground with an on awful bump hump But Dut we I do not pretend to unc understand how the tank crawls on itself its does it-does but but it it lays its own o. road over bumps and obstructions and the com coming down is not at all uncomfortable It Jt t wa was the smell anti and f the noise I minded most And tj tile e driver could not understand a a word I said th though woman like I tried trie on ors several se occasions to carry arr on a I. I bit of ot jl a con conversation tion Tank Hazards The rhe gun 1111 was not operated for two reasons One I would woul not fire a machine gun unless sinless s a Hun act act- stood in iu my Wa way and anti anyway the gun was not loaded louled Too Poo soon I was brought back bacle back to the nie parking parkin place Mace and anti crawled crawle out of or the whippet to meet the envious glances of or those who had not yet ct been initiated I have said that the tan tank service ice is the most dang dangerous rous of or all This is and is not tru true The tank tank- which is made mape of ot proof bullet metal l. l is proof against shrapnel and all ot other er small shells But Buta a side aide hit hil u by a gun of or bI big is fa fatal tal And when casualties happen in a n tank it is death There ire are no nl two ways about it You are either alive and unwounded or you OU are rc killed outright The rhe temperature and anti the smells in ill a tank are terrible and ver very trying to the lungs The Hun hurl J attacks the onward corning coming tank v with ith liquid fire lie He digs an and camouflages holes from which the tank cannot get out then ors co It with liquid fire or or r sends s forth pol poisonous onous gases saCH He Ile mines the ground an and the weight of the tank produces an m explosion If n a tau tank I stalls there is no w. w way to fix It except for rOl the tanker to get out under enemy fire and as n a clear and distinct target takes his chances In Incase Incase Incase case of a direct hit tho the gasoline explodes During this winter the United States Stales Tank Training camp will bo be moved to Raleigh N N. N C C. Xo No o men item who vho were trained last summer will occupy oc oe cup UP cupy this tamp amp The They will take lake the he fils fil's miles of the ride ride- the they enlisted for for and and train for tor forthe forthe the great eat German offensive on the other side A 1 raining school hool for tor tank officers officer only will berun bo be borun borun run In connection with the tho camp at Raleigh The fhe Themen Themen men mOll for this school will be he recommended ll etl and chosen from front the iho enlisted personnel I f I |