Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 98, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 March 1918 — STATE NEWS ITEMS [ARTICLE]

STATE NEWS ITEMS

The Doings of Hoosierdom Reported by Wire. BIG GUNS AT CAMP TAYLOR Al! Roys There Now Need Toward Getting Actual Firing Practice Is Wide Enough Artillery Range— Plans Under Way. Camp Taylor, Louisville, Ky., March B.—All the boys here now need toward getting some actual big gun firing practice is wide enough artillery range. They have the guns but the range is considered too small. Plans are under way. however, for the enlargement of the field and officers have been detailed t<> proceed with the leasing Of land adjacent to the camp for the puipose. The new land is at West Point and Elizabeth. Ky., and will increase the size of the range several miles. When it is completed the guns will begin to boom and the territory will soon assume the appearance of the shellscarred forests of France. ;