Telegram-herald., 1889-12-22

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LAyelsye prophszlss tA4s Tie number of
Allied &1a soln4sd ~1ll IL ale 4@y s-r~
pass tAsE q a. s1are ~sr n former
Cmes. huEasa blood vi DoV~f have
soakec the sartn a ssck streams "a
tns oOnElDent Frof Lsve-eys h1s long
been regarded - = professional alarm
tst, saa most II LA psbllsAed opinions
of tie zgpro@oh snd n2@gnlslde q tie
coming var have been Iskea sith
grain of szlt OF l4Je, however, the
majority " men o. the continent Mo
write for tie magazines on military
ubjecrs have been ggaduliiy swinging
sro4nd - Lie exEEeUs PoslsioHs which
they formerly J ridiculsd-
TIE vast superlorigy q these weapons
over al We@ isols q former times Is the
basis u recent estimates q Epsris thai
in tie neat w-r the losses OF the com
hatants viii be thirty or forty per cent.
CT the men ia ectiye serytee-that Is fGr
more than double the losses ot the wSr
Of ls10-'7L The famous needle gun,
with which Germany won be,
battles nearly twenty years age,
is to-day considered a pretty an
tiquate1 weapon. With a weight oi
al Kilograms aod q csIiber Of 70
uillimeters. IL had range q but 800
meters, hardly one-tAird OF mile. To-
day the French consider a gun with 4
Kilograms weight 5 milIneters call
Der and 1000 meters range somewhat
behind the times. The German gun,
new twenty years ago. delivered eight
shots IN the minute. The French gun.
already passing out OF date, delivers
eight shots in twenty seconds. During
the next year the German army viii DO
provided with new magazine guns, and
the guns which were deadly enough
for il five years ago VIII be laid on the
shelf or used as old iron. Three years
ago Agstro-Hungsry began 70 introduce
modern magazine guns OF big oaHber
among its infantry. During the last
year, however, the introduction Of the
big caliber guns mas been given up and
guns OF small caliber have taken their
place. Italy, too, has given her army
guns OF the latest pattern. Russia alone
with her colossus Of nearly 100000 men
sticks 70 tho weapons Of former days
In recent issue Of Die Nation, a Ger
man weekly, Hugo Hintze makes the
following prophecy:
The various zones in which mod
ern infantry may act are as follows:
1,600-1 900 meters Zone mile TO three
ffths Of a mile), Zone OF evolution;
l,OOO-5OO meters, first fighting zone;
50O-250 meters, zone of increased and
hot firing; 10000 meters, zone OF the
last firing. whence tho decisive volley
is fred and the attempt 10 take by
storm is made. The only cover possible
for attacking infantry is 10 be gotten
merely by lying fiat on the ground dur
ing the firing. Cover, while advancing
from position TO position, does not ex-
ist- The losses of tho advancing in
fantry will be enormous. To cross a
field of 500 meters breadth, swept by
constantly increasing volleys, requires
OF soldiers degree or moral courage
and persistence that in past wars have
never been dreamed Of Nor Will the
losses OF the infantry be confined 70 its
operations within the zones described,
for, save in a most disadvantageous
country, the artillery viii be able TO
sweep tho advancing columns with a
destructive fire.
The battle of the field artillery will
not be less murderous. Aside from
small variations among the different
kinds of artillery the extreme range OF
grenades may be stated IS 1000 meters
(well over four miles), and the range OF
shrapnel 5000 meters. The real duel
ing distance is between 1000 and $500
meters. A prominent German officer of
artillery describes a modern artillery
battle thus: 1T IS battle Of life or
death, a duel at the end of which one
OF the principals lies dead on the field.
II would be a criminal and inconceiv-
able piece OF recklessness to enter into
such struggle without utilizing every
possible means TO victory
II would apply a similar remark to
the whole struggle on the battlefield
and say: One principal lies dead on
the field, the other leaves the field a
cripple
The effectiveness OF the siege and
fortifcation guns has been brought to a
frightul degree of perfection. The big
siege cannOns have a range OF 10000
meters. The weight Of the pro!ectilos
OF siege cannons Of shorter range runs
as high as 175 Kilograms. Naval guns
and guns OF the coast defenses carry
shot weighing 1000 Kilograms. No
armor, no carthEorks can long with
stand tho explosive power OF these shot
Formerly a ffteen-centimeter grenada
was exploded into forty or forty-fve
pieces; today IL is torn into 800 20 $50
pieces Of over ton grains weight and in
500 pieces Of one-tenth grain weight,
while the smallest pieces Of less than
one grain weight arc thrown with
sufficient force 70 penetrate plank oi
two centimeters thickness. No fortif
cations can be constructed which car
long Withstand a BON bardment with
such g7enades."
Herr Hintze also speaks briefly of the
Zalinsky dynamite gun. although he
considers its formidability u be largely
curtailed in these times Of enormous
runs nv fha zh0rtness ~ 80 ranra
Where slavery stiH EEists.
AT Indian woman in the Lahore Dis
trict has volunteered 70 accompany a %
lice officer 20 sind. and there promises
n point out several other women who
have been decoyed away ard sold - cul
tivstors - slaves. The police authori
ties have sent police sergeant Nith th'
woman % Sind, and have asked the dis
tTiot magistrates q Maitsn sHd sukk8i
20 render every assistance 70 She woman
IN their respective districts in discover