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Show TWO KJUI DEATH IN I !!ciir Pilot H. S. Aldrich and Major W. G. Devereaux Caught Under Plane. "WAR" OPENS MONDAY Utah Artillerymen Looking Forward to Target Fire With Field Pieces. Ey STAFF CORRESPONDENT. CAMP KKAUXV. Cab. Jan. 22. llaj0 . O. UevereauN. note. I polo player the 'ijrb:.lies" stationed here, was in .hired, and Harry S. Aldrich. pilot of airplane air-plane .No. 1175 from Koekwell held, .'.Jr! Island, was seriously hurt on Vji. ' rinle ground today when the marfir.l turned turtle while trying to crfcit r1 lauding before assembled troops. According to report, I he pilot flew frt North Island to the camp and started-land started-land on the parade .ground. When : noticed troops there lie attempted to 4 feet a landing at a safe distance f,T, them. lie was forty feet from lia: nevcreaUN at the time, and, as he ma a turn, the piano turned over and strn the ground where Major Ucvcreaux standing. Hnlh were buried beneath the matlii. When help arrived it was found that bo men were unconscious. At the base li, pital it was said that Major Deverea sustained no broken bones and that would recover. Pilot Aldrich was fou to be the more seriously hurt. Utah artillerymen are eagerly look forward to the hcvjiiuiug of the "wil next Mon. lay, when realistic- hatllca he staged on flu- broad target ranet-mile ranet-mile south of the cantonment. For ivo; details of men have worked day and nk to complete the underground i-oninnini. lions. This meant the removal of li upon tons of dirt and stone, and m:-blasting m:-blasting necessary to gain each few yar of progress. The work is now in its 1-stages 1-stages of completion. Karly Mont n-.orning the guns will come forth tr their shelters and will send the sercv ing shrapnel Inlo the long rows or tar; wiiich have been established far in i foothills to the cast and which to t men will be known as the "Bodies.'' Work Is Underground. With the installation of the guns their camouflaged emplacements "Mury morning. I he bring point will reseinbi modern battlclield in every delail. l'r, tically all Ihe work will be carriH underground. All that will be iblp the. eye will lie Ihe burst of llg7y Ihe shells leave the suns. Rooms, pi 1'ee.t under the surface, have beetV ' bered and fully equipped to sbelti lr gun crew-s and the relict squads, t f implication tunnels link the guns headquarters and with the other guV placements, while telephone lines ff : network over the entire field anir I ; to every emplacement and squad room. I ! A huge headquarters which will lm Brigadier Ceneral Leftoy S. Lyon, C.ov-R. C.ov-R. W. Young and other artillery' ofti"-; ofti"-; has been contrueted behind the guns, sr i from this point the fire will be direct-When direct-When the tiring begins the men will ei 1 sider themselves under the enemy fir?, 1 all times and will use precautions to tor the trendies and move to their pla under shelter. Much of the fire upon t targets will be directed by airplane t . servation. : Barrage Fire Next. Tiie second week of the firing tests bring the Utah men to the height 1 their training, and barrage tire will th' J be Uiken up and carried on during i 1 entire week. The barrage work, w!--is considered the most important of ar lery fire, will be directed by Genera ! and the commanders of the regiment! 3 Members of A battery today gradui ' into the "veteran" list in the gas dc-f-- work. During the entire morning f 1 were subjected lo the poisonous chlor gas fumes as they stood in the i' trenches near the gas house. Shell a! shell was exploded and sent toward th: r the deadly fumes of which would lis rendered them unconscious at the t deep breath if the masks were not 5 ranged on time. However, the r a donned their respiratory masks n . lightning-llko speed when the signals v y given by the "gas" officer that tiie in e vapor was coming. They needed 1' u urging. The entire battery withstood; n tests with not even a case of slight i:' r ness. At noon they turned over t!' masks to the sanitary detachment, ! e qualified as gas experts. Captain T r s witt Foster had charge of the trainin-; t Following the now regular leave ; t "quizzing" in regard to the knowlefif; t military courtesy and dress, tins ' ,1 men were handed their white cards n' s allowed them liberty from the camp s midnight. The regular Wednesday x spection took place this morning and t n cers from the sanitary detachment ' r ,( ported upon the condition of the KV mess halls and bathhouses. 2 Clothing Equipment Complete. Trench shoes and complete woolen ';:!; forms, including blouse, white breerw heavy underclothes and woolen s0,'. have now been distributed throughout -j organizations, and every man is equipped for the rainy season. ';t': now due. In addition, each man has r- - furnished with a heavy army wt!'.. e which even now conies in handy d the mornings and evenings, s A delegation from the hee; s company, headed by Private I-u; d Sanders, this afternoon visited tf f James H. McGce. who is seriously t National City. They took witli . flowers and baskets of fruit for the.r ---comrade. Physicians this momms.'. I. ported that the headquarters scrt j was slightly improved, but was not . . out of danger. . .. . Utah people still continue l .sr."". " spend the winter months near tneir - - lives in the regiment. The latest anv.; are Mrs. C. S. Plerpont of Provo, a son in v battery, and Mrs. J. r- also from the same city; .1. r-and r-and Jerome Hirschman of Sad uc- |
