Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet TrainingWaldron, William H. (William Henry)
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Elements of Trench Warfare: Bayonet Training
Waldron, William H. (William Henry)
Bayonets
2. Shell craters may be excavated in the open spaces mentioned above in
which dummy targets may be placed.
3. Portable Turk's Head may be constructed and placed at such points as
may be desired in the trenches or in the open spaces above ground.
4. Dummy targets may be placed where-ever desired.
[Illustration:]
[Illustration: _TURK'S HEAD._]
[Illustration:
_Dummies in Trenches._]
[Illustration:
_Types of Dummies._]
TARGETS
_Target A._ Consists of a portable gallows having one dummy target.
_Target B._ Consists of a portable gallows having two or more dummy
targets.
_Target C._ Consists of a portable gallows the same as Target A, having
a dummy target with the stick protruding to the front to represent the
opponent's bayonet.
_Target D._ Consists of a dummy target to lie on the ground or rest
against the side wall of the trench.
_Target E._ Is a Turk's Head.
CONSTRUCTION OF GALLOWS
The gallows for targets A, B, and C is constructed as shown in the
plate. Two standards are made as indicated and joined together by
pieces of 2×4 of the desired length at A and B. For Target A this
length should be about 6 feet; for Target B at least 5 feet should be
allowed for each dummy. Where more than two targets are hung the top
cross piece had better be a 4×4 instead of a 2×4.
[Illustration: _Plan for Gallows for Dummies._]
CONSTRUCTION OF DUMMIES
The dummy may consist of a gunny sack filled with straw and packed
tightly. It may be an old uniform stuffed with straw. A more elaborate
form that tends to hold the bayonet when it is thrust into it may be
made as follows:
1. Split a sack along the side and across the end forming a manta. Lay
it on the ground.
2. Place a layer of straw about 20 inches wide and nearly the length of
the sack, allowing a few inches at the top and bottom for folding over.
Now place a layer of good stiff sod on the straw. Follow this with
another layer of straw. Follow this of sod and straw until the dummy is
8 or 10 inches thick. Then put a one-quarter board with the grain up
and down on top of the whole.
3. Fold in the sides and top tight and sew them together with a strong
twine and a baling needle.
4. Run a strong rope around the outside edges, turning it at each
corner to make a loop by which the dummy may be hanged to the gallows.
For those dummies that are to sit on the ground a piece of 2-inch plank
placed across the bottom before the sacking is folded and sewed will
form a good base. On these the rope will be omitted.
CONSTRUCTION OF "TURK'S HEAD"
On the end of a pole about six feet long place a ball of straw about 9
inches in diameter, packed tightly in gunny sacking. Sharpen the other
end of the pole so that it may be stuck in the ground.
CONSTRUCTION OF PARRYING DUMMY TARGET
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