| Show Push a Bailey Across Guardsmen Learn Building Bridge by Glen Landon Vernal Guardsmen con con- concentrated concentrated on bridge con con- construction construction during Saturday drill map reading and chemical war fare Captain Vearl R Tucker unit commander explained that one of the major purposes of an engineer unit is to bridge gul gul- gullies lies and streams so infantry and supply units can advance as fast as possible The army has several basic types of b rid r i d g construction e-construction units unUs which provide crossings for formost formost most situations including float log ing bridges for lakes The basic designs can be modified to even the heaviest iest tanks n 10 i i r xv t I t tw w w BRIDGE BUILDER The guardsman cuts cut's a girder for a amodel amodel model built by the Vernal Guard unit this weekend during training G ard photo TRESTLE BRIDGE The captain explained that the timber trestle bridge which is built of wood is one of the easiest types to construct It Itis ItIs is very versatile can be built with hand tools and the necessary necessary sary materials are us- us usually usually available in the immedi Immedi- Immediate ate area Technical names for some bridge parts are unusual and Include small scabs wooden boards which hold the main timbers In position end dams sills caps stringers and the bents supporting timbers During the cold wet afternoon the men built a model trestle bridge behind the armory using fo wide foot vide t pl planks and poles about three Inches in dl diameter The only tools required for a sized full bridge are hammer hammerand hammerand and nails saws and shovels GIANT ERECTOR SET William was in charge of instruction of ofa ofa a bailey balley bridge which is con coni from bays prefab steel beam units lie called the bridge a giant erect erect- erector or set adding that the Continued on page 2 Guard Continued from page 1 parts are extremely heavy reo re- requiring quiring crews of six to twelve men to move them The unique feature of the bailey bridge is that it is constructed on large rollers en on one side of a stream I and pushed across to the I C Cite ite side The first two sections I I of the bridge called the launch launch- launching jag ing nose are disassembled aft af iter I te ter the span has been secured I on the other side Schaefer I E meyer said that a company of I men can build a foot brid bridge e eI I of this type in le less s than a day dayI strong strom enough to support a I tank I SUNDAY SERVICES John Howarth an electrical r I en engineer employed by Moon I Lake Electric was the speaker for the Sunday morning religious I ious sous service conducted by GaLynn Oaks Under the sub I Hows Your Set of I Values Mr discuss I ed the importance of values I In relation to eight different I facets of life including the use useI usel useI I l I of time money and prayer lie also suggested If you want to tor r waste a little time try work work- I 1 log ing it to death Kathy Hatch HatchI I and Lisa Hall from Maeser add ed to the meeting by helping with the music The men spent an hour tak ing tests to show I how much additional training they might need in map read read- lug military law and security I p procedures for defense 1 r matlon mation According to the tests the men were divided Into groups for advanced training i E or review classes CON TRAINING The emphasis Sunday was on onI I training the alien for defense against chem chem- chemical ical biological and nuclear warfare These types of attack have the greatest potential for scale large killing known in scale modern warfare they include I atomic and hydrogen bombs water supplies polluted with cholera and other diseases and poison polson gases I Timothy Rockwood told about the difference between I the effects of agents but confined his class period main main- mainly ly to chemicals Specific com com- compounds pounds have been developed for each of these purposes riot control screening and signal ing effects training defoliating plants making sup sup- supplies unusable and I plies log ing or killing troops The agents are arc usually spread from I airplanes or bombs and art shells I DeNile McKenna ed in detail the gases ases used against troops under the classifications nerve blister blood poisoning choking vomiting and tear agents lie vividly des the physiological react react- reactions ions produced and and the es which are available against some gases gases A single breath of some gases can kill a man but the lethal effects often are not visible until hours after expos ure Captain Tucker explained that the next two drill weekends will consist of overnight camps beginning Friday and ending Sunday afternoon Before be- be being be ing released the men were In in- in instructed to bring all field gear to the next meeting Including tents tents- and sleeping bags |
