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Show U 1 AH An ! ILLtKYMEN r Dispuyttr Fire Second Perfect Ba, rage in Exhibition and Are Complimented, VISITORS DELIGHTEI Hunting Competition Fo! lows as Search Is Made f0. Shrapnel Pellets. By STAFF COEEESPONDEkj CAMP KEARNY, Cal., Teb. l.j, ( artillerymen placed their second ptr bai-rage of the week here thin attend while more than 2000 visitors ml tt, j sands of Camp Kearny "Sammlet" I nessed the firing. It furnished a r tacle seldom seen ln army Wx ! . camps and work was almost entlreS pended in order that the soldiers nf i)' witness Uieir comrades in action. Compliments rained in from all 1 upon Colonel Richard W. Young, hli fleers and the artillerymen followini firing, which was announced as pri cally 100 por cent perfect. Ge-. Frederick Strong, division commas witnessed the work from tho obvr. tlon point for the trenches under llrV gether with Brigadier-General LeRuy Lyon, Major Fred T. Gundry, brigade Jutant, and prnctically every artillerv " fleer of the division. Major Alts Thomas acted as range officer tnd corded the shots.' Probably the most pleased and entb astlc persons on the target range da-the da-the barrage work were the Frencli ar lery officers who have been B&r.z as instructors with the brigade. As" hail of shrapnel rained the n r trenches witli deadly effect they t r forth with words of admiration (or perfect marksmanship. At the coirx tion of the fire they said that It ;, equal to any barrage laid, down In battlefields of France. Utah Wins Honors. Utah won the right to fire the ei bition barrage by winning the champ ship of the division during the week elimination tests. The marksmanship the gunners during the entire weekspr their fame throughout the western co. try . and today's shooting capped the max. Tile visitors, many of them 1: the Beehive slate, left the range . a wholesome respect for the marks ship of the khaki-clad Utah men. The majority of the visitors wltnn the firing from behind the guns, tw two miles from the targets. Ex;,- however, . were given permission to " cupy the dugout at the observation p c only a few hundred yards from trenches under bombardment. The c out was soon filled to overflcz : hundreds stood in the open on Sv. of the hill. From this point the iine. j trenches, with their small pasteboard so' diers within, were plainly visible. Promptly at 3 o'clock Major Gusd touched off a smoke rocket which Indi cated the command "Klre!" to the ri ing gunners. Hardly had thefT: burst in the air than a whizzii ecx could be heard coming from the dir-:x. of tho guns. "Here they come!" t; claimed Colonel young, and before tt words had died away the first-line G? man trench was raked by a vicious 2 that distributed itself perfectly, cn: bling the trench sides and tearing mr of the pasteboard soldiers to tits. Speed Marks Work. The entire barrage was laid tni Hfli: covering the advance of the Infantry' into both trenches, in the short sp of three minutes and rive seconds. .-the .-the end of this time the red flag r. run up On the flagpole at the observar1 point and the firing ceased. Hundre of the visitors then hurried to t trenches to inspect the targets. Scor of the pasteboards in the German iir. were blown entirely out of the defer A great hunting competition then it place, as the visitors scoured every in of the ground to pick up the remix of the shells and the leaden shraj: pellets. Inspection showed that no one tax had reached the American trenches : endangered the occupants. With the exception of the barrage fx ing little work was scheduled in the C' camp today. The morning was plover pl-over to calibrating the pieces. The i tillerynien were made happy this rr.or ing when several cases arrived contax ing hundreds of glasses of home-ir.i preserves and iam, which were donated ' women of Milford, Utah, and eurrouufc" towns. The sweets were distribxx among the organizations. Three recitiits from Utah who am recently and during the past week V been iijmates of the recruit ouaran'.:: camp were released today ana rep to the regiment for assignment. "' are Fred Porter, Theodore Ricks ir Lewis G. vvinter. |