Life, 1918-03-28 · page 37 of 40
Life — March 28, 1918 — page 37: what you’re looking at
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The left side features editorial commentary on the **Browning machine gun debate** during World War I. It defends the Browning gun's superiority while acknowledging a practical criticism: the U.S. military chose the immediately available Lewis gun over waiting for the superior Browning. The piece critiques War Secretary Baker and ordnance expert General Crozier—not for their judgment, but for failing to secure enough Lewis guns quickly during the emergency. The cartoon shows a child building blocks labeled "MIRM" (likely representing military preparedness), satirizing the debate as childish obstruction. The right side advertises a novel, *Drowsy* by John Ames Mitchell, promoting it as adventure and romance fiction about humanity's spiritual and mechanical progress. The page represents typical **Life magazine satirical approach**: using humor to critique government military procurement failures while maintaining patriotic support for U.S. forces in the war effort.
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