Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-07-13
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of warfare
ais not this indicative OF change IN
The ethics Of modern warfareP asked
/, reporter the other day Of we'll known
,ru,y officer connected with the War
He was calling the Off
GERS attention to an item giving an
account of new Swiss gun, and which
said: lowing to the smooth surface
81 the steel-clad bullet it Is believed
that the wounds inflicted will be much
more readily healed"
NO." replied the officer, promptly.
..that is not y change. 1t has always
been believed by modern military men
that tho killing Of the enemy is less
desirable than wounding them. Nov
there ID but one thing to be attained
when 4 conflict occurs between two
bodies of troops. You, on one hand.
are endeavoring to secure some ad-
vantage by forcing your enemy from
an important position. while they o.
course, are equally DESTROYS OF repell-
ing you and securing your place. The
first and only way Of accomplishing
this end is by demoralizing your oppo-
nents and forcing them to retreat
There are three means Of demoralizing
an army-first, the cannonade. which
does comparatively little ply steal dam
age. but inspires in the hearts of many
Of an advancing or defensive force a
feeling OF fear that often results in q
speedy panic and retreat; then comes
a wound. which has more OF = moral
effect than you might suppose. A
wounded man always wants and
always gets great deal OF
sympathy from his comrades. who,
seeing his condition are very apt
to be seized with sudden desire to
show generosity toward the poor fellow
and to help him to the rear. A
wounded man often means three men
out of the ranks. while dead man
counts but one. And so. for this rea-
son, killing is put last in the list OF
desirable demoralizers, as it is consid-
cred useless DAtOariLy.
1.-The Chinese have the same theory,
it would seem. in regard to warfare.
They have an arrangement known by
the inelegant but expressive name Of
'stinkpot' 1t is concentration OF
diabolism and odor. The only use, OF
curse. to which it can be put in con-
test is for demorslizing the enemy.
There are but few men who could
march through the atmosphere created
by this invention Of the surprising
brain Of the heather Chinese. The old
Greek fire. was partly for destruction
md rs much for decentralization. The
Roman idea Of battle was purely san.
culinary. Now, to come down to thi.
new bullet The chances of death from
a wound resulting from it are consia.
erably reduced owing to the fact tina,
IN leaving the gun its surface is com
lara lively smooth. The lead is Gov
red by thin sheet Of steel, which
readily takes the rifing Of the bore
and does not emerge with jagged edge.
which tear and irritate the wound anc
increase the liability of death. TIL.
rifiing of the gun is also curious
Heretofore it was thought that ria,
of one turn in fifteen inches was al
that could be safely secured 1t wa
believed that any thing sleeper woult
cause choke. Now this Swiss gun il
ritled with one turn in four inches
which is unparalleled in the history o
he making Of small arms This in
'ures great accuracy Of aim, which il
turn enables marksman to wound a,
3 antagonist rather than kill him out
, light. Washington Star.