Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 148, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 June 1915 — Dust Clouds Armies Make. [ARTICLE]

Dust Clouds Armies Make.

An army on the march along dry roads naturally throws up very heavy dust cloudß. To those who haven’t been trained one dust cloud looks very much like another, but to a soldier these dust clouds tell a very clear story. . . The dust clouds thrown up by infantry, for example, hangs in a low. thick cloud. The longer the cloud the more men underneath it, and a scout can, by this means, make a fairly accurate guess of the number of men on the march. Cavalry on the march sends up a dust cloud that is much higher and thinner than that of infantry. The most distinctive of these dust clouds, however, is that made by wagons and heavy guns. The dust rises in little groups of clouds, quite different from the long clouds of cavalry and infantry. So even when unable to see the actual cause of the dust, a scout can tell many miles away what kind of force is passing along a road.