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

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ga - -sv lx' X at 2 'XY .Lff I 'Qi I ' j Ag 1924- nbuansov Tommy Lawrence QStraining at the collar-breaks away from four fearful friends, who seek to protect his lifej: And, I would like to humbly inquire ,....... A united uproar breaks forth from the Class-that is, except from Kincade and Rogers. who are taking their early morning siesta and refuse to be disturbed. The noise increases in volume until some seven or eight outraged stu- dents, assisted by four Assistant Instructors, climb over Tommy and subdue him. He is then seated, trussed, bound and gagged. Assistant Instructors beat a hasty retreat to posts in rear of hall-whist- ling softly and grasping ax handles tightly. The riot subsides. Instructor: Any more questions? Scrappy Ccoldlyj: Would you mind finishing your explanation to my question? The Instructor groans hollowly-looks pale and blue-ignores Scrappy and turns a martyr's expression towards Kincade and Rogers, who continue to moan gently in their sleep. Instructor: Now if you were firing from this position, on this target, over this mask Cpointing to chartj and you had determined the A. D. to be 48.8 and the range 1620, what command would you give, Cpausej Major Kincade? KN ,E Kinki Cawakening with an abrupt start-having been f h d Z ZX punched by Tony, poked by Ham, and rapped over the ea SX X 6 smartly by Ricoj- Er-oh! Yes. Scissors-scissors. K 3 Instructor Qgiving up entirelyj: We will now proceed to the subject of battery charts. Before going into this subject let us review a few of the most simple terms and abbreviations. fx:-:Q X ft, 1 X Q9 What do we mean by I. A. P., Major Rogers? Rogers Qrising to his feet suddenly. A glass headed thumb-tack firmly fixed between his shoulder blades. You have guessed it. Rico has again been equal to the emergencyj I tried to find out the meaning of I. A. P. yesterday I W Mb? 1. , ' 7 ' P, 'L' -If Q i -ff 3. - x , . .1 ,,, ,qw ie-- mir I I K

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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

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