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Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. Which is stump and which is man is hard to tell. This bit of camouflage is one of the necessary points of concealment taught the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. This man is putting on a camouflage suit that when worn will make him blend with the landscape. Both men are members of the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education for young men of military age who want to qualify for this branch of service. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. Look close and you'll see that one of the rocks isn't a rock at all but the same man shown in Photo A. This time he is showing the men of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board Education how easily the proper camouflage suit will conceal a soldier. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. In his regular uniform and without the help of any camouflage at all this man can be plainly seen in front of the tree. He is a member of the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education. He is posting to show the other members of the class how necessary camouglae is to hide the fighters. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. One piece of the trunk of this tree is a man in a camouflage suit that blends with the coloring of the tree. This is part of the instruction given to the men in the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. This student who is going to play the part of a rock for the men for the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education is getting into his costume. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. This man of the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education is wearing the costume for rock camouflage. It does not conceal him when he is out in the open, but if he gets into a position beside a rock he looks like it. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Members of the Camouflage Squad working on a model in which they will develop methods of concealing batteries, roads, etc. from enemy view. The work of camouflage developed in the great war is more important than ever before. It is a regular branch of the army service

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. The conspicuity of this soldier contrasts with his appearance shown in Photo B., in which he is shown with his rock camouflage suit. May 1, 1918

Camouflage - Soldiers Training - Learning the art of camouflage. Lieut. H. Ledyard Towle who is instructing the 1st and 2nd platoons of the camouflage class conducted by the New York Board of Education is painting the camouflage on the costume which one of the men is wearing to show the class how it should be done. May 1, 1918

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Date Taken: 5/1/1918

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