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Training That Developed an American Army of Athletes.

(Top): MEN AT CAMP UPTON LEAPING OVER THE BORDERS OF TRENCH, WITH GUNS READY FOR INSTANT ACTION
AGAINST THE IMAGINARY ENEMY.
THE PRACTICE IS CARRIED ON UNDER THE DIRECTION OF OFFICERS LOANED BY THE ALLIES.

(Centre):
THE OVERCOMING OF OBSTACLES OF EVERY KIND IS A PRIMARY AIM OF CAMP TRAINING, AS IS ILLUSTRATED BY THE PICTURE OF NATIONAL ARMY MEN AT CAMP MEADE, WHERE THE MEN ARE COMPELLED TO CLIMB AND DESCEND FENCES IN A GIVEN TIME.

(Bottom):
ALMOST READY FOR ACTUAL SERVICE ARE THESE NATIONAL ARMY MEN AT FORT DIX, FULLY EQUIPPED WITH HELMETS, GAS MASKS, RIFLES, AND THOROUGHLY TRAINED IN THE THEORY OF WAR.

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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works.
New York--New York
Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction
Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540


Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

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Equipment and Training of the Great Army That America Hastily Created.

(Left):
FRONT AND BACK VIEW OF AN AMERICAN INFANTRYMAN, COMPLETELY EQUIPPED FROM HEAD TO FOOT AND READY FOR ACTION.

(Top Right):
ALL MEMBERS OF THE INFANTRY DIVISIONS OF THE AMERICAN NATIONAL ARMY WERE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO AN ARDUOUS TRAINING IN BAYONET WORK. MASKS AND PADDED COATS PROTECTED FROM INJURY.

(Below Right):
SIGHTING A RIFLE IN TRAINING AT PLATTSBURG WHERE THOUSANDS OF OFFICERS FOR THE RAPIDLY GROWING AMERICAN ARMY WERE QUICKLY AND EFFICIENTLY DEVELOPED.


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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works.
New York--New York
Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction
Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540


Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

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White and Colored Troops in Vigorous Training.

INFANTRY SOLDIERS IN CAMP AT CAMP UPTON LEAVING THEIR TRENCH FOR A CHARGE AGAINST AN IMAGINARY ENEMY.

DESPITE THE SNOW WHICH PREVAILED AT MANY OF THE NORTHERN TRAINING CAMPS, PREPARATION FOR SERVICE WENT ON WITH UNABATED EARNESTNESS.

COLORED TROOPS PRACTICING WITH BAYONETS, FOR WHICH THEY DEVELOPED A MARKED APTITUDE.
THE QUICKNESS WITH WHICH THEY ASSIMILATED MILITARY TRAINING WAS A GRATIFYING FEATURE OF WAR PREPARATION.


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The war of the nations: portfolio in rotogravure etchings: compiled from the Mid-week pictorial. New York: New York Times, Co, 1919. Book.
Retrieved from the Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/19013740/. (Accessed November 08, 2016.)

Images from "The War of the Nations : Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings : Compiled from the Mid-Week Pictorial" (New York : New York Times, Co., 1919)

Notes: Selected from "The War of the Nations: Portfolio in Rotogravure Etchings," published by the New York Times shortly after the 1919 armistice. This portfolio compiled selected images from their "Mid-Week Pictorial" newspaper supplements of 1914-19. 528 p. : chiefly ill. ; 42 cm.; hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 --Pictorial works.
New York--New York
Format: Rotogravures --1910-1920.

Rights Info: No known restrictions on reproduction
Repository: Library of Congress, Serials and Government Publications Division, Washington, D.C. 20540


Part Of: Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 (DLC) sgpwar 19191231

General information about the Newspaper Pictorials: World War I Rotogravures, 1914-1919 digital collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.gdc/collgdc.gc000037

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