Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-05-22 | Page 20 | Artillery Course Planned in Detail

ARTILLERY COURSE 7 PlAIEO IN DETAIL Equipment Being1 Sent for University Unit From Fort Sill. Captain W. A. Campbell of the University Univer-sity of Utah has the schedule for the artillery ar-tillery work of the reserve officers training train-ing corps. Mot'.t of the artillery material is to be sent from Fort Sill. Tho list of guns promised includes a complete regulation battery of four 3-lnch 3-lnch gurs; four automatic regulation rifles; fcur Browning machine guns; 155 millimeter howitzer, IfllS model; a French . Pniot" 7 rifles: American 7a -entimeter, model 1916; and a British 75, model ltl". Aside from this set of display dis-play and praotiee guns, the war department depart-ment has also promised the university a lb millimeter field gun, French modsl. Captain Campbell, who will command tho artillery unit during the absence of Colorel Rndol, also announced that devices de-vices for "night-firing" were scheduled to arrive soon. ,-., ., Captain Campbell was in the Hoth field artillery during its training at Camp Kearny. Ho was later sent to France with the 146th artillery. It is planned to complete the artillery sheds southwest of the school during the summer vacation. A course in horseback riding will con-stituti con-stituti part of the course, according to Captain Campbell. A shipment of 120 horses is expected. Four tractors are also en route here for demonstration purposes. A crew of 25 privates and several sev-eral commissioned officers will be maintained main-tained at the university to care for the horses. "It is not my purpose to make a national na-tional guard affair out of this unit," said one of tho army officials. "To the contrary, con-trary, we want to demonstrate to the students the advantaages of certain of these famous foreign and American guns over others. There will be some theory, hut for the main part, the work will Ire practical and will turn oat highly trained men capable of obtaining positions in tho army should occasion demand it."