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Contrary to U. S. Army
Regulations*
The end of a thrust.
Smith's left arm is held as
rigid as drop-forged steel.
Some One's Finish (Not Smith's)
This is the way hi- ducked and dropped to his knee when a really mad
Bocho got after him with the butt end of a rifle. (Contrast this with lower
picture on page 650.)
T H E method of using the bayonet
in the United States Army is
likely to undergo a revolution
because one of the men in training
at the Officers' Camp at Fort
Sheridan, Illinois, brought thither some
new ideas gained in the l ; fe and death
struggle on the battle front in France.
This young man's name is Ehvood E.
Smith. He was a student at the University
of Wisconsin up to the moment when, unable
longer to keep out of the fray, he
slipped across the border and joined the
"Princess Patricias."
As a consequence he has seen strenuous
service w.ith the Canadian contingent, has
learned with millions of other soldiers that
actual conflict must modify many theories
of gun and bayonet practice, and has
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This article treats of a new method of bayonet practice
rigid left arm. Ehvood Smith, fresh from the battle
to our soldiers. U. S. Army officers say it is revolu
Foiled!
Smith has execu
a lightning-like low
parry, cutting
thereby the arc of
a circle quicker
than his adversary
expected him to
perform this little
geometrical stunt.