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Show Modernized Cavalry Practice Wartime Maneuvers ! r . I , 1 .-'Cjf k, I 1 ; ' U I . S , j , " ,','- - s ! " 'T - ) Weather conditions and rough terrain do not stop the mounted soldier. He operates as well in fog or rain as when atmospheric conditions are favorable. To the horse cavalry the passage of bad terrain is all in a day's work rocks and hills, sand and mud, forests and rivers never stop them. Graphic illustration of this is furnished fur-nished in the picture at the left where a 75-mm gun battery unit nears the top of a steep hill during First Cavalry division maneuvers at Fort Bliss, Texas. Right: A 75-mm gun unit photographed during night firing. |