US Army Infantry School - Doughboy Yearbook (Fort Benning, GA)

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la A, it 'X ' .- sf f f X . .X R.. .1 -'7 Q I Q , Ketnsza- oggggggm The din has now subsided. Second in Command: Platoon Commanders Report. , Colonels Clark and McCaskey hurriedly rise and glance .X wildly around the roorn, but all Squad Leaders look blissfully at -sey, 'X unconscious. Fuller awakens with a start. 5 4 Ks, rl Bottlebut: All present. ,gg-if Walker: All present. Instructor: We will take up the subject of Indirect Laying. Horrible groans from Philpot. Instructor: Major Dunford, how many different conditions are consid- ered in computing elevation for indirect laying? Rupert: CWildly thumbs over his notes, but otherwise remains calm-and silent., Instructor: Major Lawrence. Tommy: CRising slowly-and to the occasionj. If I understand you correctly, you desire data-three subdivisions of information, so to speak-upon this interesting and highly scientific subject. Necessarily, it is incumbent upon me to diagnose the conditions imposed and to elucidate. 'I am also required to dilate upon a subject with which we are all un- doubtedly familiar, but which the Instructor has covered so thoroughly with uncertainty, that I fail entirely to comprehend what he is driving at. QSomewhat breathless, our hero sits dovvnj. !,f Instructor: Major Haislipf' Q . .im-5 Ham: qRiSingD ,fl thoroughly agree with Major Q67-L-ak Lawrence QCat calls from Tony.j Instructor: Major Moss, QTony starts violentlyj, assume that the gun fires with a range of 1800. Under what conditions will the target be hit, presuming the deflection to be correct. Tony: That all depends on who is gunner. I W '? WMD? vw -Y 1, '1 in

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J.: I! -N Sq. f H digg' X 1 If lszq- uouausov 1 : Low coarse laughter from the Class-more pandemonium. The 2nd I. C. losing his temper, swallows most of his whistle-sees red, and heaves a convenient chair in the general direction of the stove and its interest destroying factors. Hartle is knocked off the top of the stove where he The aim is excellent- is seated trying to get warm. hter from Landis. Loud laug The whistle can now dimly be heard by the first rows and the noise gradually subsides. All students file very slowly to their seats except the 3rd and 4th Squads, who have been gathered around Zip Crawford. They suddenly look around in alarm and run to their seats, holding their noses and laughing. QQ f J b O W V' 0 xml r l JK J f x Q1 Z' X fm 2' Xl ffl! Q dl f W I Instructor -6 W 5 s Y . 2, .x, QIIFI I

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Jr. ,K K F X l . as f lim. -1, fi? 'S M c.- 'ZS 1924- nous:-mov gk Instructor: Well, we will appoint you gunner, Major. QHowls of derision from Ham.j Tony Qlnspiredj : Well then, that depends on whether the line G. T. is level or whether the target is higher or CJ lower than the gun. fx? X Instructor: That answers my question. Rupert fsadlyj: If he had only given me time I would have answered that. I had it all down in my notes. Instructor COptimisticallyj: Are there any questions so far? Many rise but Hartle is unwisely chosen. Scrappy: In our tables we have the various lateral and longitudinal dispersions. I would like to know how one can figure what proportion of this cone will pass over a mask in case there is not complete clearance. Instructor QGoes to board-draws a diagram in an area HQ x 2 inches and stands directly in front of it.j Here's your gun-see? Here's your target-here's your mask. Donlt you plainly see that ground slopes do not enter this problem? Don't you see that in the interception of any part of the cone by a mask, that the part of the cone so intercepted may spread over the arresting slope and never reach the target? Therefore, this part of the cone might just as Well be intercepted or cut off by a mask, the interposi-ng surface of which would be at right angles to the angle of fall at this point. Hastily rubs out figure and looks with pity at Scrappy. Scrappy Csomewhat dazedj: If I understand you correctly, then- jubal CRisingj: Er-harrumph. While we are on the, er-subject- harrumph-may I ask how the V. I. on this work sheet is calculated. Is it, er-in yards, meters or mils? f Brown, A. E.: And also, has the angle of safety 2 clearance been so carefully worked out, that there is no Aj appreciable chance of troops being hit? XA lxj fir-J Andy Ccoming nobly to the frontbx And how rnany N' boxes of ammunition did you say were necessary for this J battery problem? E' '-if 5 g ,gs .1 l 'A 1