Show Sunday Morning- - iJljc Suit £akc Tribune Marc 1 23 1911 Art students vicing with the military experts to make our defenses invisible in h' " I find In camouflage a fascinating hobby 1 WA '' ' 1 : -- -- &c r Ui Yr - j- Z’t - ’— F Yv rt 4 fJ iW y ' i V s ip $ - vF h" 1 " mrt V "Sfc :wt V : s - A V y tf ilk a ' - v V ST i A A v 5 4i - V 4K'V“ 4 i yr v m ft ''Wk ’ ’"- - m v” u iv 'S ‘ - v cl- - t-- i Vi v£? Th s tj 0 t 1 i i VKr- 4 4k "''' vNl s ‘V V" 'A 4 :" v"a ' VvaL- -' a V‘W C7r’ ' V i- t tj - 1 ” Protective Coverings and aerial photography it is possible not only to uncover such tricks as painted canvas bat also to detect areas in which the enemy has been busily engaged in camouflage The photographer’s prints will reveal where roads have been cut where trucks have been where telephone wires have been placed where new buildings have been erected and where holes have been cut into the forest for the secretion of artillery airplanes troops etc The modern student therefore having profited by the mistakes of the ‘enemy" will be taught how to work out disguises which cannot be penetrated In laboratory sessions he will work with cardboard models constructing buildings artillery and other impedimenta t - A? - r ?4b-r- r- ! W £ ''4 ' - Skillful Shading Used in Camouflage Are Shown on a Model at the American School of i Design bat in bein? able to penetrate the disguises used by the enemy Through f f 't Y f y: M ! I ' kj- sjf - : Cf a " V N r F - 'i L vcH v gpK wj- 'f T JW V t Pa r &L —i f y tJ r - j' V Aa — jf'i -- vv V 4 n r s 4“ " - if -- s i k!T m A Jv '2 £' n r - V’ A - - J V A ( w 4 ir -r ’ f 4®' f jr S 4 ' v s 4 Striking Example of tho Modern Camoflour’s Art Is tho Snipor’s Suit Shown Above at Left Designed by the U S Army to Blend with Foliage the Camouflaged Suit Makes tho Sniper Completely Invisible at Normal Firing Rang While tho Army Roguiatlon Uniform at Right Makes Its Wearer a Perfect Target A t By Lillian Vergara tLANES bombs and tanks may play the more spectacular roles in the theatre of modern war but to military experts engaged in mapping out defense plans it’s camouflage that counts For what price bombs if there are no d targets? And to what avail a blitzkrieg if the object of its destruction has suddenly ‘disappeared? ' AAd that after all is the object of camouflage — to so disguise important military and industrial objectives that they become invisible to an enemy beCamouflage started with modest ginnings in the World War but today it has become not only one of the most vital components of military strategy but with' its recent inclusion in the curriculums of several of the nation’s art schools notably the Art Institute of Kansas City and the Pratt Institute in - well-time- j ' H K: i 4r t I ‘ t — A Aw" fishnet covered with boughs and other modern methods of camouflage That the course has captivated the imagination of art students is evidenced by the fact that when Pratt Institute first announced its beginning 450 students rushed to enroll and attended the first lecture which preliminarily’ dealt with the uses of camouflage by Nature Of these 450 however only 150 were permitted to take the lecture course on the basis of their availability for the draft and fifty more— limited toi those with the lowest draft numbers — were permitted to enroll in the laboratory course Although carried on independently of military authorities the program is an endeajvor to meet U S Army needs ' According to Captain Rodyenko who is one of the few camouflage experts in the United States there are two general methods used in camouflage The first is concealment and the second confusion of identity The first is more practical and is relatively easy to execute inasmuch as all that is necessary is to hide the subject well under natural materials like trees and shrubbery In the event that there is not sufficient natural material on hand substitutes have to be used but according to the best camoufleurs the less Artificial material used the bet-ter In this method the greatest care must be given to see that after the sub- - i I Painted N Y camouflage has now fabrics and painted scenes attained to the level of a fine art may deceive a visual observer but the Captain Peter Rodyenko commanding camera is not deceived for on a photoofficer of the 40tli Engineering Battalion graphic print color is changed into of the organized Reserves ing shades of black and white Captain who is in charge of the camouflage Rodyenko illustrates the futility of at Pratt Institute Is authority ' ing tp fool the camera by pointing out for the statement that most persons that a good artist might conceivably d have a complete misconception of just paint a canvas and set-what camouflage is and a study of the Aing it on tho ground close to a genuine methods which he is drilling into Pratt’s lawn deceive a passerby But photofuture camofleurs reveals only too clear- - graphed from the' air the light would reflect differently on the canvas and the ly that the art i goes far beyond the substitute would immediately be recogaverage conception of a lot of zig-za-g ' - f nized daubs covering battleships guns-anIs Aerial included in the photography buildings v That technique worked fairly well course which is being given at Pratt during the World War according to Institute and this class Is under the Captain Rodyenko but in these days direction of James C Boudreau director the chief problem of the camofleur was of the Art School and a flyer of note in to conceal men and guns from direct the last wart The value of this course according to ground observation The method would Mr Boudreau lies in the fact that cambe utterly useless today the Captain explains for it is against aerial photog- - ouflage today consists not only of disguising important military objectives raphers that the camofleur must guard Brooklyn vary-(Camoufla- try-class- es grass-covere- t i r p 5 The concealment method is used where the terrain is more on the barren side and special contrivances have to be used in order to hide the subject A rude“ shack for instance may hide a powerful ft gun a seemingly innocuous suburban village may house a veritable arsenal but it has to be done well— or it Jsi’t camouflage anti-aircra- Palntod Whit th English hospital Abov Was a Constant Targt d Camouflage Ended th Menace for Nazi Bombors but Completely Hidden from tho “Enomy" by Camouflage Art Theso U S Artillery Shown at Recent Maneuvers Spottars for tho Anti-AIrcre- JL Mlha ft u It Vividly Illustrated Above Note Right Blonds with tho Metropolitan Background Tho Iffoctlvonoss of Cemouflago How tho Plano at WrH Slhu Surf hr Ktm Foliag-Color- Germany’s Now Submarines Are Camouflaged as Above Tho Palntod Stripos Are Used to Deceive as to Direction RathorThan to Conceal’ rwtm IktMlh 1m H i |