Deseret Evening News | 1900-05-05 | Page 24 | Training Dummies on the Troopship

TRAINING DUMMIES ON THE TROOPSHIP i 1 LW I t J I Ia a I 1 I t i ir if r f One ot of the difficulties which the war r hall had t I t I r South African campaign had shown hown the necessity for a larks Ian t f fed t ted ed infantry In the field eld was the Immediate of oC g d I h It r usual Tommy from tb the back streets ut of London Landon I Ii not altogether at Ion hon I horse horae and th there was aI little time for tor giving him lengthy f I r ways ot of overcoming this was 81 th attempt In 10 train r V T Atkin during hi his long voyage out to the Cape Ot Of course coune the ui r 1 t done kine with real horses horN so 10 I a number of dummies were made tr rr tI no o 0 ot r t transports and on these each day the men had a pace apace ot of cavalry tr trai l 4 The picture shows a boy In the act or Ing on one of these patient under the eagle riB eye of at a drill erl lnLA A GUN SENT ROME HOME ON TIrE THE SIOK LIST G 1 t I t r like all th I The lite lit ot of every big lg gun used In the American navy nary Bred t th r rl has bill It Its limIt for after aUr a certain of have teen Th The Is e spoiled and a d the t gun has haa more or less lost loet It Its power and t the trot wn on for ter thus II h that with the slow nOW In ague warn l le II very great at and consequently the grooves of 01 the riding ire art II It of a limited number ot of rounds TIle The larger the gun the hA It l u of by the number ot that ma I meats 0 of t a t 1 rl h 1 b bi r o a system ot of practical tar UP by This Thill I the vary 1 expedient or of r ot r do d flawing the be tu tube e round which the gun t Is built i up iJ T f this dI I 11 ts ut monte have to h hII tithe scenes ass abe rD t II my be judged UN In loch thUD tl 11 1 shows hoWl a number ot of Jack Tara Tan engaged landing fu a far tor alteration sad and repairs