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I'.KHIND TilK A.MKKU AN' LINKS
dence ot 1 he A.'>svH,iutt‘d Press)—
Seven hundred 1 ench wo wen are em
ployed in the American (amouflag**
station her. .naking net' to screen
from observation Ane iican baitorie.'
and machine-gun sections . There was
a burst of patriotic song as The A»
i*«H*;uted Press Correspondent entered
the large building where they woil;,
for many of them sing as they sew.
The screening of artiPen is th *
most imf>ortant work of camouflage,
as it is the main reha nee ir deceiving
the aerial observe i and -ameia and i
preventing the enemy from locating
out batteries.
Fo this purpose huge camouflage I
nets tre provided, of wire anti fish I
net, vhich cover the guis like a great }
h<*n’ e m: tent. In the netting are
tied uhes of green burlap, of the
>.tme color as the surrounding gras*
or foliage. And thus viewed from
abov , the overhanging green net mer
ges the battery into the landscape of
tr‘os and turf.
Hundred* of these nets were being
made by the women workers. The 75
millimeter gun takes an overhanging
ne 10 feet square, the 155 millimeter
■ :: a *7 foot net, and the Ameri
< an ma hine gun gets an 18 foot aet.
Th* u‘t.-s are graded in ten colors of
green and earth-brown, so that the
she- *1 may have the exact tint of the
surrounding trees. The nets are ship
a. te the front in huge bundles, one
net for each gun.
It has boei a problem to get the
7n»t com n **e< uirrd for this deft
w >rk on the nets, ami one of the rhief
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means of drawing them is the Red
Cross home for the bubies of the mar
ried women, and a Y. M. C. A. kitchen
which gives them u good meal for tit)
centimes (12 cents). Camouflage gar
lands are also made by the women.
These garlands of green burlap arc
strung between the trees, in order to
break up lines ami diffuse edges so
that the location of a convoy or bat
tery will not show on an aerial photo
graph.
In the carpenter shop huge frames
for green umbrellas were being made.
The umbrellas open like an ordinary
sun-shade, and camouflage a machine
gun. In the blacksmith shop the men
were turning out steel “cabins” which
are sunk below the ground, for an ob
server. They have a front of bullet
proof steel and are about as strong
as a small safe. In one of these an ob
server is safe in the midst of a
shower of shrapnel.
Laying on paint much as a scrub
women wields a mop. an artist was
walking about on a gigantic camou
flage screen for an airplane hangar.
The great piece of painting was
spread on a field and covered an aera
of 1 .“00 square yards. The artist was
using a brush as big as a broom.
“Camouflage is making a constant
battle against the aerial camera" said
the escort, “for with photographs
made from airplanes the enemy gets
a complete view of our positions un
less they are obscured by some device
of camouflage."
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I'KHl\T> THK KKITISH LINK- !
IN' IKAN't'K, Oct.. How two Kritisl j
airmen h i»k«' up an i nr.*u i«n;: (»*r '
man a*t:i*k alone the Somme va
to!.l recently by Lieutenant I.. Wat'U *
>|i*v. of the Koval Air Loire.
"Two of our youne airmen,*' he ?«1 ;
•‘si. bte«| a bridifo over the Soinr*. j
which neither had over seen before
in three i lonths” con tant patrotlin*
of *.hi> ai ‘a..
"It wi ; evidently a temporary af
fair whirl the enemy had built durian
the nij-ht, and if it was now beine us
ef to pa s across men and artille
for a co v t*T- attack somewhere, it j
mijrht n»e;»n very serious develop
meats for the Kritish troops who were j
holding this particular section ot
front rather lightly.
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MAJ. R. B. PADDOCK
Maj. Richard Bolles Paddock,
nephew of General Pershing, has been
recommended for the war cross. Re
cently under terrific fire he made an
inspection of the wire communications
which was not expected of him because,
of his rank. He discovered the w re
cut by the enemy and repaired it. he*
ing wounded in the leg while doing ..o.
He is a native of Wyoming.
*• \il doubt on this score wa* r, :i>
|y settled, for a long gray line • ■«>■. •'
ie seen leading from the north am j
the b> idge to the south aank of
river, where a ma>s of about 100 >■> 1
,dievs was gathered. Here indeed v i
a target worthy of notice.
Th ' leading pilot dived almost v« •
tically, release his two bombs »u«
watched them bur *4 in the liver, ir.i .i
,n«r the bridge.
"The second pilot now dived and f
five seconds the tlermans >aw his s
>nd bomb strike the dead cento •».
•lie bridge and exnlode with great
cc\ completely destroying and
ing the two middle pontoons. Det cl •
ed from th * m wrings, the i .1 e.
broke away and began to float slm
low'n stream.
•‘Realizing their plight, the (I.
mans who had already crossed
came ijuite demoralized. Many plutig*
ed in the water, while others tried «.»>
hid» among the vegetation Vot’ i; g
however, mold conceal them from the
devilish hail of lead which now pour
ed down from the air above them.
Round and round at a height of lr >
than a hundred feet rinded the two
English airplanes, the piercing stac
cato of their Vickers sounding high
over the drone of the engines.
“For ten minutes the slaughter w» iu
on, with very brief intervals and th< n.
V' *be*r last round fired, the airm< n
‘urned for home, having accomplish *d
as much for their side as an
ant trench raid in which hundreds »f
men might he engaged."
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AUSTRIAN BANKERS SENT TO
PRISON BY THE BOLSHEVIhl.
Amsterdam, Oct., 31— The expe t
ence of an Austrian banker with Po'
sheviki metho<ls, when he made a bvs
iness trip to East Russia recently i
the talk of the Vienna bourse, advices
received here state.
The banker w as at rested and inte»*
ed. Disguised as a peasant, he escap
ed with 10,000 rubles in his possesion,
lie fell in w ith a company of Polsle
viki who, despite his protests, to »k
and divided the contents of his potk
“Share and share alike is the rvl'
here,” they explained, handing hit.
back his ‘‘share,” which was only s
tenth of his capital.
Soon, though, his fortunes took a
turn for the better. He fell in With
another hand which added to its rank.*
a ragged individual from whose pock
ets 100,000 rubles was extracted. This
sum was pooled and carefully divided
and the hanker received a fat share.
Eventually he returned to Vienna
with 20,000 roubles.
“There are two sides to commun-)
ism," he now says.
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MODERN HEALTH CRUSADE
SrOKANE, WASH. Oct., 31— Act
ive enterists in a modem health Cru
sade was urtred here today by Dr.
Lloyd in an address before the North
western Tuberculosis conference . Dr ^
Lloyd is a surpeon of the United Stat
es Public Health Service and was di
rector of a special sanitary commiss
ion against various plajrues in South
America.
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