Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-11-10 | Page 24 | Antitank Device to be Demonstrated

ANTITANK DEVICE 10 BE DEMONSTRATED Trench Mortar Firing Tests Also to Take Place at Post. Engineering Officers Interested Inter-ested in Plans at Fort Douglas. Oemonstra Lions of the operation of an antitank device and trench mortar firing are to he given at Fort Douglas today under direction of Lieutenant X K. Ber-ceach, Ber-ceach, an commanding officer of the engineer en-gineer officers' school of military instruction, instruc-tion, for the instruction of officers of this school. The demonstrations will he held on the reservation backof the engineer school headquarters and they will be a part of the course of instruction designed for the officers who are receiving their preliminary pre-liminary training at the local school. The antitank device is one that haa been perfected during the present war and has been used in the fighting on the western front by the Germans In their efforts to protect themselves against the rank attacks of the allies. This demonstration demon-stration bids fair to be particularly in-l in-l errs ting and Instructive. The machine haa Just been received by Lieutenant Hergesch and Will be given a thorough tryout. Experiments Planned. In addition, to tills test, the lieutenant will have some trench mortars established estab-lished In the old trenches on the Twentieth Twen-tieth drill field and will make some experiments ex-periments in firing these from the trenches, using six or seven different sorts nf explosive.-? to demonstrate the difference differ-ence in their action. Two weeks ago a similar demonstration demonstra-tion was given with an improvised mortar, mor-tar, but only one sort of explosive was used. The experiments today will be of greater Interest because of the fact that they will give opportunity to see the difference dif-ference in action of the various explosives made use of by the fighting forces. Lieutenant Bergoaeh is an expert In trhe handling of high explosives and the members of the officers' training school are looking forward to today's demonstrations demon-strations with much Interest. Restrictions Removed. An order from the war department received re-ceived yesterday by Lieutenant Bergesch as post commander at Fort Douglas re-rnoves re-rnoves to a considerable extent the former for-mer restrictions placed upon the taking qL pictures in and around military posts and camps throughout the country. The order doesn't make any change in the strict regulations governing the taking of pictures lii and about war prison camps. However, and the same prohibition that has previously been in effect still applies, ap-plies, so far as the Third war prison wmp at Port Douglas Is concerned. No pictures can be taken in or around the war prison camp and cameras are not allowed anywhere near the prison camp. The new order simply gives more latitude lati-tude to the press In the matter of taking press pictures. For some time past the photographing of large numbers of soldiers sol-diers drilling, or in formation, or of buildings build-ings in posts or camps has been under the ban. In fact, for some time past the press has been considerably limited, as well ns everyone else, in the pictures of a military nature it might take. More Latitude Given. Now, however, more latitude, is given and the press may take and print a wider variety of military pictures than it has been permitted to do lately. Kteven officers of the engineer training train-ing school at tho post were ordered out yesterday to Camp A. A.tHumpb,reys, Vlr-Klnla, Vlr-Klnla, for further training In the big engineer school at that place. FUteen more of the officers are to depart de-part early next week for the eastern camp. When these have gone, only about forty men will he left In the school, but nw ones are continuing to report for instruction and vhe Indications are that the school will he In operation at the post for some time to come. ,