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In the center c .- "'- ' : ' : ' ' , , . 1 J is shown a miniature town, fashioned from wood and cardboard. J i. . ' ; , 1 ' : , ) ' ' 3 -- Upper right A daily scene in the post bakeshop, showing the student ) '.' ' .'l 1 "11 bakers feeding the raised dough into the mammoth oven, which bakes 900 t v--. , ;-i . f I loaves a day to feed the soldiers. . . . " r'-.--'. . .-.- n I Lower left A young officer has just thrown a hand grenade, which 1 , . - : . . 4 - 1 is shown bursting at the mouth of a supposed enemy trench. ) - . .' V Lower right This is how the soldiers axe perfected in the art of , yv ,- J - " ' . " j V x bayonet combat in the post gymnasium. S i . v 5 Center lower left Practice in adjusting and wearing gas masks Is one "i .. ; ? J. ) of the important features of every day training at the post. ( 2;',. -iJ J 0 " ( Center lower figure Captain Karl Engeldinger demonstrating the ) vlA -- f . method of handling an automatic rifle. I - - t I Upper left Section of a huge sand table or relief map. upon which the ) soldiers work out practical problems in military maneuvers. In the center c j is shown a miniature town, fashioned from wood and cardboard. J Upper right A daily scene in the post bakeshop, showing the student ) bakers feeding the raised dough into the mammoth oven, which bakes 900 t loaves a day to feed the soldiers. ( Lower left A young officer has just thrown a hand grenade, which ) is shown bursting at the mouth of a supposed enemy trench. ) Lower right This is how the soldiers axe perfected in the art of bayonet combat in the post gymnasium. S i Center lower left Practice in adjusting and wearing gas masks is one ) of the important features of every day training at the post. ( ( Center lower figure Captain Karl Engeldinger demonstrating the ) S method of handling an automatic rifle. 5 Preparations for Service at the Front as a Trip Through the Army Quarters Reveals ; an Interesting Inspection by The Tribune's Camera Man and Reporter. By FREDERICK I. BAGBY. THE WAR GAME." the greatest of all contests of intelligence, skill and endurance, is one game with which weather and other unfavorable unfa-vorable conditions are not permitted per-mitted to interfere. Neither are such ob-jKacies ob-jKacies allowed to interrupt for one moment mo-ment the ail-important task of preparation prepara-tion for the final contest. Just now younsr America, throughout the length and breadth of this country and over sea5, i? engaged in preparation for the greatest war game of ail history that will be played, or rather fought, in the arer.a of world conflict in Europe for the supremacy of liberty over despotism. I Without proper-preparation there 'an be ro sijcne?--.fu aucomph.'-hinent and with a; fi:!: re;i!iz;it:on of this axiomti truth the soldiers of lr.:.e Sam ate permitting nothing noth-ing to imertere witu the fiLtir.gr of them-.-f'ves to play x-ictorin-js parts in the momentous mo-mentous war ;rame that has shaken th world's civilization from center to cir-cimfrrence. cir-cimfrrence. Not one moment of the invaluable time allotted the men in oiive drab to fit themselves them-selves to liL-ht a powerfsjl, a cunnintr and trea'oerois foe. is beinsr wa?ted. ry e'-or.d of daynsrht is being- turned U ac-fonni. ac-fonni. And even the hours of night are -jevte1 to study. No better evidence of the incessant dill-enre dill-enre ard patriotic interest with which -t men of T'rr-ie Yarn's army are worhlns, ould ij a?kd than that which ma v be gained by a two hour visit to Fort Ijoij--a.ii unr3er ti'.e guidance of ti'.e proper :(-?:"crs :(-?:"crs of the po't. The driil lipids of the reservation may he deeply buried bAneath a mantle of snow 3tj ice, and winter's winds may blow, but t he w ork of pre: arinsr fr.r the 5: eat war i.'a me goes on at Fort ijouglaa urunter-r urunter-r 'ipled. No "Hibernating"' Here. Tr'i'. mot of the work that the soldier? v. c-rt- w.nt to d outf:de on the drill fif-'ds htr 'in:ii'T and f-iil law had to he dn-n-r:cc.d with. b)f Amr:an intr'Tiuity ;nd ''etTmirv'itinr hrive rr'-'-'le po" bl"' th ho-fi- ('. virt'-iily the --:rH work v.-jth nra-?-i':ill"-' tV: f-vtrr.c (ff'fr i i r.(- s inside, whre TV-re IP wai'nth n?id rom'ort. A nyone v ho v have ji i r:d an I ia r.f Twn'i'-tii ijifar.trv hfl'I - -1 :t r -pj. c i(ur-'' in 'nrr.f '-r 1.1 tile fj'rtrer.-; nt f-"o:t rx''JL':a s r nd w-'s "h' V-ri:;' t i tit'' for t :e W'Hfcr 'vor:- rjo vil to ;-:jd a f-u-of ii'iur There son.f d;iy. 'Jhfv wnuM nrn orn'f i.in ar-osi' wir.ter trairdr.g of ; r.-irirri'-nt (t soldier that wou'd be a rr. e';i ion to '1 fin. f'ri'lT di f er' Kn of f 'r,Ion! Alfred If.-'-b'otK'k. p'-t -fr!cn'arid-r; )or fto'-rt J. Iiinford. H-nior f'.'irf.-ilion ''ormrrt rrl'-r in -;j rsre nf t r- t'i ir 1: ; '1 pt-'i ! n .J. .M NTonr. rsnt;in W'n1 '. r;u:'ur.. rs-t n.Jj'iKir.t. nd f't.er off!' t3, of the- rr,:ri m-ri r . une rf most interi'd". " roKr;iinrr;r-i iif wln'T troinmir th'-t rouid b" lO'irl fit any p f In th a 1 our.t rv i-nx i "Ti pi epn red and 1? i.'-inp- rarrl-d out dii', . Work. rid it N vr.-db-d with ' u ;it;. I fiU:ra. hfi'iM! MtulT tidp progrn mmo v.lfii ir,'- PO-indlf'K rf rv-ill'- in I'm- carl; rr.r.W.lf.1'. Orfb-nllV if r-nrl- With t.O'lfidin- Of r"' hi III the ffU-tft-'HI, h'lt ,r, f:,f r jt ir,t-n not. f'-r lit- r- i ' mm-h work in h" lir.f ff -'idv ;md -.-!. i in-T'rw' in-T'rw' ti"ii d'n fvn nft.-r lb- p'ih' irm h'm f '1 r ur.'.W r:-r- '- R'-'J'.-b d f'-r : rdi.t 'I h' 1 1-. 10 tijf.r- for .0 "flnt: :.-.d th'-re if ri'i r-hi'" for bufrr't n t (,ri f fi'iK I-1 0 V rr.:iri h.'i f" ' i ri ' h i i I' 1 V ..nd. 'h"(f rff-rt- i fj: por ' :t ." I , ff.yn if- 'loir JT b!" hlh 'h;it an Inspection Shows. f m wi ! r r -i :.'! n'.iT " "i f r ' ljr.., ,.-J i),.. f,-."t "'lrT '1" RA "what wan d'dftf." Trie n -inil'i eye of the camera rnuirht v.rA recorded ?ome interesting evuiefiO-s oi acuvlti'-H that m:rk the daily routine of wlr.tr w-o r k ; : i the 1 c a i post. ? o m e of the work Lo;tet done within the limited snare of t!ie b irrack bu lid.!: era wa a eurpris-iig eurpris-iig revelation even to or..? who was In daily intimate touch with the ouM"or activities ac-tivities of the three rorimnts whi-h (r.r-nsoned (r.r-nsoned the for;, let summer aid fj.h A peep inside of on- of the ixj-icn buildings revealed a detail of yountr officers of-ficers busily engngpd in the preparation of a huge sand table or relief imm, for the working out of a problem in wir tactics. tac-tics. The fijrht carried one bn k to childhood sc'nool days when he w:is taught the d iff erAp.ce between an is' aid nnd a peninsula by mea.ru or the won-df-rful eand table. This particjlar sand t.ble or rTV f man at Fort f-n;cas js fourteen feet by thirty ft in d! nenslors. Its surface r-T'fAr. t -ed a fertile vnil.-y ranked on Aitb-r tide by low and rohlntr hi lis. A thriving litMe town was mar k d ttlong the nv.-r thai wr-ndd its w,iy flown from the hills and through th valley, bv tiny hous'-s, church arid stores l;ishio::d from rwrrj-l-'Oard a nd w ,od. A milrnad, C.p nk-d by a telf-trraph tine. cons'rutd or siring wirA and pif a of toothpicks for tls and poles, r.;prsr.ted th" line of supply and ro mm unit -at Ion to thn rown. A d-r.5e wood wns reprfsnted bv crcn sprig of f.r stuck in th s.md. rv,.r in one roriif-r ws a field with thr- newly cut erain standing in sho. k. Karrris nnd firid3 dot t Ad the vndr.y hAre and thorn, re pi'A ji- ti t m rondltions nx t ii av are found in the baitl regions in K. i rope. Valuable Knowledge Gained. By m.-ar:s of this relief map. which Is cons trin-f-d on a :.., nf six Im-hs to 1 ' ' 1 1 y;n i !p. th yo-jng of irrrs w- rn I working out actunl prublern- in attack ' find dc-r'nnso Idw--n on--rny frrr- r 1ir. 1 m;ip T'-rff i-nts conditions s tlpy nrtu-I nrtu-I ahy exi.n'in ti;e war zon" and tiK- yoiun: ofiir.oiM nr.- r. q-iir"d to d-inoitr-it-! tr-ir ability by working out the pmbb'tn of moving ?ivri nurnh-.rM of troops ur,d,r trivn rondii:on to c-rlain polnta to ac-, ac-, romplirh il- '--irrd ends. Sand tabic, or relief maps, of thin nature na-ture ar- I'j-jnd in very i-ornpnny bar-r.'L-d:fi nr. the- pont an. I a porriun of a--h , d..y if given ov.-r to the working out ' and iid- of nn!!l ny frobl.-nis. r" :: i r v'fl hana ks a ni'-f in- lr.-.!:,-; oon' t n t ton of trrrj, h work md iMir.nw- f.re w w rr: f i bv !- u. .-n worl-iiii,- on rid tar.b- T';r i-.,,-. "f 'hm t.-it.l- ua, eon 1 1 il' 1-1 to -.',o;v ' r f - -n of n, nJrv : i : : 1 . r to tt,., Hjro.vi hv i ," off;, on1 i.-uid t.io.o H'it ,rr.' f;n-''"'"i" f;n-''"'"i" fo;-.-i-5- i:av- firrov..-! ( : h;-i-. an.) i Ii1, i with tr.-n'- h-n of n-o- t e,,vl,or . i n '!' i i'n a "d f .nt. '" It --t n ! n po r ii. Tron t - 1 1 ! I" t re; ) h e !, hi j f 1 1 1, ,r ; I rcf ,. 1 1 .-! j-f . "TV" t reri. -),, ), ,,,!,,: ,rj,iK 'n'l:r;,o d ' . .'o- j 1 1 , i ,( 0 in 1 r ' ' i o ; : .. o 1 1 v,,u Ch-l l,.'U-r,.,,-V ;,n, VM ',.,.,'! !;lf,fl (,;,; it'!,- n To . H e i-.vt f ' Mhlirm t:r- v.rr t, t , , n f Y.- nd fo- i , ' 1 1 d th,o i reM 1,.. v. i'h n dd i'i!v r i; i.o::. 1 o , m'r.-'-Ah'- ;r jo- ;-l vi-l, ,.-:, p.,,r.-r "M'i"d.-d a- v.'ll bv 'he In r,-, to '''''''' to tV. v'mo. F1t .od: -, : rr.i:'- i.r'.1' n nd j; f.f;,. . t., ' r- opi n - or t a i i T !-,;,., nn of b;-Pl. i rr for ! : i r " I - M In-...:.- , f, ao.J '..f.. i . . : .i ,1 d.'r.i..ofrr.l,i of i o -- til. in. Mod . ..ii i. p, " 1 " l'M-op v a: -mi o food No Man'-. ' - o, .... j ft e f : r r: - of t r, pn, , -1 po . ! i .in . 'ImiI ! ' i-.: rr. t ; , ..f Km- t .ii, of f t h,,' h-tt, 1 nn r f., !r. ' he fn, -..Mlt Wt. r. War fiiimo Is Ilhisf r.'itcd. J ' .' -fi. -. ,f t'.t : ior.'liioij-i f .i rvr-i v- thii-r Im ;o f i.:. 1. .for,.- In v.:.r U vb-. .::.li ib ir.on .1 i . ' . ;, ,r r '.o r.-l , ( ion or t .,. I,..,.: t :i n. r. 'i 1 1 , I P r.... J !v r- - ph., ;..'-!. V'H b 'nib t. (,! (be lndej,f soMiT is given a clear k nodded of wh.it trench w. rfare is in ail its d- !a: wit:ra:t avuallv b--!rir in the : r.-11' 1 when 1j fh'-s r-i h the '.rrn- 1;. I: will b" witl'i a f .11 a nd r.,-ar k :'. 1. : of what to exr-et fin! wh..it :o do n:ai--the (.onUiiiL.ns In winch he wiii find btiu-seif. btiu-seif. At th p?t g:.-mnas!um tho rfil'v ir-d-mr drdl v.ork is vlori ii-rr.- f:e 1 r..-rs n ar h, have ihu.r '.-.-tt.n-::p ' i---r-i-s. p!.y :. .,1 rills, r.arr.il of -i-ri. L..-o.,d-pword -n:.;,-:rs, ha..:,t-i dr;.i ar:d tr.i'.'-;cj11- iid of tn f.-'M woik th it i:-:;.i :v Is t.vn on ti:r trafmi: :.- !d v. : i n mratiT cord:: ions :ir4 ;;;"r." f.t ora ' Tr.r- t :me :p i-'O m 1 th 1 1 - ch or-gT or-gT rhza t.on !:as at h- t -a f - n y-f :v.- n 'n -utc3 of w-irk in the '.''una -darn r i'-h oa' to k - p il'm fit t ii 'ilv and rrady f -i r t h f " .'r. . " " h n f a h 1 1 ir f n n w or r.".i n dos r.t intTff r--. t )if v.- n n r. all g:vn nn o'i: Iwr mari-h r i -h day a !.''. All of the in rort-.nt instrnc". n In bayo-nt bayo-nt wrrk. hy-l nl r-,,r-. -i ' f - Jit:: - a nd n.-annnl of a-m and h.'nih.vr if r:n-. that ca n t z n out o' d rv is r. i v. n In-i'i-' ihf iry-nn '.duni, atd th'iy thn f-ol-d ; r-r is g i vr n a w " i -r 1 1 1 d d r o u " s of raining ir all tho eL-nx-ntH of h wrk. Ho g.-ti both tho th- ory and tne a -tnal I.ri.-;i'o. !h:t rid1 ! rot rdl tho w.rk thit Is inc done. I 'p r. t the pof I. :u k"rr!hi 'P anotbor rort of work, hhriuy v - at y In war. wn.t fonnd nn b-r v -v. 'i'- . irma t.R t,''-1 rvid.-n- o lb it it ! a roj-.y i. r.. ', ! ta.k to kf- T" tho i:or"-H at- ! n"ih id a r-o-' wno.i. '" 'hi I'vh. n.f-n noi-M be' trained 'n tirs wotk, ar. I -da m - - in if a re ini.-l'i- If ! daily u n-' 'i .1 o.-.'- n m of I r. A. h Ti -r.'.-R.-n. iiost u-l'-rinarlan. and S'TCcinl Kay C. Pi a tor. Given Daily Instruction. 7 'ontonnnt Kirl Fnci-M in rer. In .--vr-maild 'if th. rr:a- hi';-- cm . otnpai'V of t ho n-qlTiprif, Is riving duly ho--, t no-1 in to b! men in th-- i:-" fir th-- mn.dhr.e can and tho tint omobilo rifl. liver v . i.i when t bo w.M'i.'.-r p.-rn. i t m I ho naiV v of t!i n'Rohino gun nr.r:ini.'.af inn n re tamr-! nut and riven thHr training for stvi-v at tho front. The roKt n fltt.i with n .f.hbr h"p. w hero nil tho fd'oe rr a i ri iu: work for the, fort H donr bv rnllM-d ..;,! .brt. Jl--n are taught robldinrr jost as liny a rr tamrht rnilibnv ta'-M' In a-ldi' ..n. tJ. re ! an ooutmn-'ii t rrpair shop u hero nnn ro fnHtrii'tr. In the work of repairing! all Firt.q of ndlifar-.- r.-j 'h l t t . 1 At the Pnivej of t'tail tloro Ijt a "la sh in w. r'k' a t.tT:itOiv, w I'.'T" o'Ti - j ri'M a'd K'-b'- t.-'l nila'.l men are brlni;: ifiven Invtrur'lon in thi n-eaiiH of roii- rnnnie;,i ion. TliTr W al.o h la;;; In ca. r-pent: r-pent: V bo;rr o n 1 1 f t e, 1 (if t'-o Unl v- rr.i t v and atfenb-.I hv nhont t w n t v-n 1 ne turn from tho r -'i nio n t ;i t tho i .rmt . T!u v 3m beiilfr fvn epfhal lra!nini,' in joln-iT:j: joln-iT:j: nnd ;n. h wor!; ns i.'i p'-e. -iry -i the timh'-rln- '.f frf-r.dii': nnd du:;outP. In ii.hiMinn to all th;1--, thro mi- r'.:ir;ir- In I-'ronrh, nf.'irfra' rbir"!i-H in t.i 'lUn ;ind .nnfrroio th-it. fill In tho "odd rnlnut. h" . of a woll f: da v. i ( i n o of t i o n o 1 1 1 n f o r e rt 1 ' n g p I n n ! r. I 'bo poit H the bah" ... p. 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