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First Trench Practice for Men at Camp23d Infantrymen Fight Against Dummy Opponents.!The Tiventy-thlrd Infantry camp at Pleasant Beach Trass the scene of' the first trench tactics for the* United States regulars held since the establishment of the camp this afternoon.;Two dirt trenches hosed at the ends: and on the defensive side with wood: were completed Saturday. Into these* an entire company is thrown at once, and the attack begins?. Bayoneting; the foe at close Quarters was to-day's • order. The men were kept at work in this slice of no mart’s land for; two hours this afternoon.Colonel Wright will have the trench' work rotated among the various com-panics. It is trench work, with: dummy opponents to stab, lots of dirt and grime and something of the •‘over the top” feeling might hax-e crept into the drill 1C it hadn*t_been so hot.—- - —» ..
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Syracuse Herald
Syracuse, New York, US
Mon, Jul 30, 1917
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