. F % a « P s y . ree ete. Secs ere . ., > ° : i ee > KEEPING THE ENGR SCHOOL cons ve UP 10 ATE THE , ACQUIRING DECISIVE VICTORY THIS OF TORIES OF IN OF THE THE 1S 1940, WHEREIN GERMANS FOUND ARMIES OF THE RACIES. THE THE FOUND THE TANKS PRIME IN THE AND EX~ OF 1S TYPICAL OF TESTING SIGNIFICANT ROLES IN THEY ARE, RESPECTIVELY, AND THE ENGINEER BOARD, THE FACULTY OF ICERS WHO EXPERTS ITARY ENGINEERING, ARE THE OUR ENGINEER SCHOOL SCHOOL CONSISTS OF IN WAR, THEY EVERY THESE ASPECT 1S MOST INTERESTED, AND, INSTEAD OF THE — FRAGMENTARY REPORTS FROM. THE BATTLEFIELD, ONE DUE TO. RECEIVES FULL "ND DETAILED REPORTS. OFFICERS THE WITH ARISE type AS TO THE OF FLOATING DESIRABILITY 3RIDGE, SAY, OF ONE A LOGISTICS AND POINT TO BE MADE HERE 1S THIS: THAT DOES FX1IST IN THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS A GROUP OF OFFICERS awe A SORT OF BRAIN TRUST TO WHICH COME ALL THE DATA BEARING ON PENDING ANDO P@SSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS JN ENGINEER DOCTRI NEL OF NEW THIS CAPABLE GROUP OF TAKE ARMY QUESTION, EXAMINE CHANGES 1N DOCTRINE A - 1T AND ALL POSSI— MICROSCOPE, ‘ EVOLVE FROM ANY AND BATTLEFIELDS OF EUROPE SEIZED, AND EVERY ANGLE, ARE STUDIED WHAT WAS AND OF THE SECRET OF A FACILITIES WHAT ENGINEERS SHOULO® DETECT TO TO DATE THOSE TRENDS BE DONE TO AHEAD -ABREASTeeOR KEEP OUR OF THE TIMES» .\ LONG*AWAITED MOMENT ARRIVED LAST MONDAY WHEN FIVE OF OUR 2ND ‘LTS. RECEIVED NOTICE OF THE HAPPY FIVE THEIR PROMOTI9N TO 1ST LTS, ARE: BLITZ—= REDUCTION OF EGEN EMAEL? WAS THE CROSS NG OF THE RHINE AT COLMAR DUE TO FRENCH | NEPTITUDE OR TO NOVEL GERMAN TACTICS? ARE THE LESSONS « BOARD) NOTES FROM HERE: ANO_ THERE FROM THE THE AN@ TO DECIDE AND (NEXT WEEK: .THE- ENGINEER ARE EAGERLY ANALYZED HAS PRO NUMBER OF CONSIDERATIONSa PERHAPS THE MOST FRUITFUL SOURCE OF STUDY FOR THE DOCTRINAIRE 16 IN THE RECORDS OF ACTUAL WAR, PAST OR, PREFERABLY, PRESENT, THUS, THE RECORDS FROM THE CURRENT OFFICERS AND PROJECT THEM AHEAD, RECOMMEND THAT OF AND THE ABILITIES TO INTERPRET SIFT THE CHAFF FROM THE WHEAT, NEW CARRYING }NFANTRY=SUPPORT ING TRUCKS, THE PROPER SECTIONS OF THE ENGINEER SCHOOL WOULD , BLE SOLUTIONS AS UNDER DUCE THE FINAL ANSWER, SUPPLY¥s¢. THE THERE DEVELOPMENTS. AND DETECT NEW TRENDS IN TATICS AND TECHNIQUES. FOR EXAMPLE, THE QUESTION MAY HAV ING / MIL~ ON THE FFFECTS IN DEVELOPING LESSONS KOT, SO, EFFECTIVE TO DO WITH CLOSE COMBAT, BUT THEY ARE VERY EFFECTIVE }N BEVELOPING POINTS HAVING TO DO STUDY CEASELESSLY THE THE ARMY ENGINEERS BY CONSIDER MANEUVERS ARE THE ASGENCE OF THE LIVE BULLET, OF Fw OF FUND= HAVE? THE MANEUVERS LABORATORY, AS A OR MANEUVERS, . ONE DIRECTITONg THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL PROBLEMS PRESENTED TO MODERN THIS FIGHT SOLDIERS AMENTAL DISA®VANTAGE THAT THE PRIME ELEMENT OF WARFAREeeTHE LIVE BULLET="1S MISSING$ BUT THEY HAVE THE APVANTAGE THAT THEY CAN BE ARRANGED SO AS TO DEVELOP THOSE POINTS IN WHICH ARMY AS A WHOLE 1N THE MEASURES: #T TAKES TO INSURE EXCELLENCE IN ITS EQUIPMENT AND: DOCH TRINE, TWO AGENCIES OF THE CORPS PLAY ESPECH JALLY | 1S THE ANTITANK 1S TRENCH WAR@= CAN PAST? TWE OF RELIC FROM OUR OWN MOCK WARS, PLANES NO ADEQUATE COUTERPARTS WESTERN EUROPEAN DEMOC. ENGINEERS ‘ WE LEARN NOT ONLY FROM REAL. WAR’, BUT ALSO VIC~ v CORPS 2, Vee PER MAN PER N OF WATER ON LESS THAN A GALLO DAY? THESE ANB HUNOREDS OF OTHER QUESTIONS ARE IN THE MINDS OF THE OFFICERS CONCERNED WITH POCTRINE £ND ANY SHRE® OF EVIDENCE FRESH FROM THE BATTLEFIELD 1§ ,EAGERLY: WELCOMED, MORE. AND THE'RESULT, PROPOSITION-:4S . FARE _ BETTER EQUIPMENT ‘THAN ITS*ENEMIES. AND WHEN ue COUPLES THIS ‘ADVANTAGE WITH SOUND DOCTRINE, AMPLE Se) ‘eee Oy eer etet RR OG “ete? Oe ARTILLERY FIRE, STILL VAL102 MINE THE ANSWER TO THE TANK? DOCTRINE GOVERNING: THE SUSE -OF 478° EQUIPMENT, SUCCERDS.1N . "| OF THE ARNE or 1918, WHERE we LEARNED THAT PONTON SRIOGES MAY NOT BE HELD IN THE FACE OF ENG AR AN ARMY ENGAGES IN A CONSTANT EFFORT TO KEEP ABREAST, AR AHEAD, OF ALL PROSPECTIVE ENEMIES IN QUALITY AND QUANTITY OF EQUIPMENT, AND IN WHEN 4% ARMY fe 5 se d ‘| ale GITHENS, LT. KENT, IST LT. AND 14 = JST LT. GIBBS, OIC PER, OJC PACKING ROOM, OIC PACKING NIELSEN, OIC IST LT, RIORDAN, AND BRys IST STORAGE SHIPPING DETERMINATION DIVe$ IST | SECTIONS SUB#SECT! ONS SUP aSECe, O1C WAREHOUSING (CONTINUED LTe ON PAGE {3})