The Irish standard., 1890-01-25


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u'' - =, .ats J. .s..1 n ,,,
. 8s \, 3 recf,,t ! a,t;c1f, S,,nncerninr the
r,ar-t ar<,at E,,ronaan var Prof. Emn de5
q. . a1ra rro,,l, asiaa that ina number of
E;llad N 4 IN uanndad s viii a one. dav 5s,1r-
:. s t,h.+ - =, x,n+;ra 1rar Il, former
t,,.,.a SrI,,ras,n b1ooa viii ,,euar 1 ave-
90 Laa +ha earth 4, z,,ch streams On
n ttt.-sr ! IN n+;nant Prof I,aveleue has lonp
hoa, rao,. a a = :, ,,rofassiana1 alarm
;s+ ii r,,,,.+ e l,ia ,,n1, ,1iahnd ~;
- =, - !. ,n,rc.cb ard mo rni+nfe ! If tho
,.,,- hapa hno,, +alra,, ~; th
rrai "a sa1t 0f late. however. the
. ior;+n nf mon nn +ha cnn Tin ent Who
write for tha maoazinea On m;1itarv
=, I;ac+a h.ua haan rrad,a swi no;nr
. aronna - bts avtraTna nosition WHICH
thav forrnarlv ri7icnled 4
Tha ras+ 80, o,r.;+1 of ~ aoa ,nao ,ona
ovar ali waanans of former times is the
has;a of recent asti1natea If ernerts that
~ % tha nax+ war 4ha losses of the COM
ho+o ,,+s viii ha +birtv or fortv nor cent
nf tho mon 81 active aarvice-.that q far
Tnora 10, +h,n IN aonhia tho losses of .tha var.
Of 1s7o-,71 The lannon's needle Gun.
1r;4h 4nh,o1 nar,a.nr NOV har
ha++laa nearly twantv vears ape.
!. to-a.v cons;darad nrattv an.
+innated waanon win. . weight of
* Kilograms and a oaliber Of 10
millimeters. it had a range Of but 500
meters hardly one-third of q mile TO
dav the French consider a gun with 4
kiioprams wairht. 8 millmeters cali
her and 2. 600 meters range somewhat
behind the times. The German gun,
new twenty wears ago. delivered eight
shots in the minute. The French gun,
already passing out of date, delivers
eight shots in twenty seconds. During
the next wear the German army will be
provided with new magazine guns, and
the guns which were deadly enough
for IS five wears ago will be laid on the
shelf or nsed as old iron. Three wears
aoo Austro-Hnnparv BEGAN to Introduce
modern magazine guns of bio caliber
anonp its ;nfantrv Durinr the last
wear. however. the Introduction of the
hir ca1iher pnns has been piven up and
pnns of small ca7iher have taken their
n1ace Tta1v too. has piyen her arnv
Guns Of the latest nattern. Russia alone
with bar co1oasns of nearly eOo 000 men
e+;o1ls ~ tho weanona of former aavs.
Tn q racant ;sene nf Dia Nation. a Ger
man weakly Hnoo H;ntze makes the
fo11ou,;n,, nro,,hocv.
ssrrha ga,;o.,a lsorae, T., n,h,oh ,.,a.
ar, ;nf.n+r1, NOV .o+ .ra 90 fo11o,ys.
eoo.1 m ono 1na+oro lona MILD ~ thrae-
ff+1s - r,i1o, ,ona ~ aro7,,+;an.
ono.soo % rna+ons 49, enh+;na rona.
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- I ~ ~ -. nro ooo ~ sootona aa,,o - ~
1s.4 ~. go: g. "~s ~, go ~ aao;a;--a 49,
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sa,a % 70 ooo or ~ naatars - hnaaa+h n s,,,a1t nv -
nans+a neae ~ ~ ;ncrnss;nn ] uo11ays repnires
~ ~ aa,a;o:e '; ~ dnssnaa .,. 80 ranra1 on,,raro
- a sas storoa ~ ~ - ,,as+ ] rno - hage
.sa.lap .,nu ~ heon ,7nean,aa nf ~ NJ % WI, the
losses of the infantry be confined to its
epe1"1iAe " AvAAn at w - a;asa e1 ~ a.s>>,,s
1oi, saw 49, - +;11on @ 1,;'1 ,'S ~ 20. a1,a -,
oounuAs' ''e a:n .sl v-Ay - s,,;4h
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o.avv.o ,a"a ~ aenoa ~ ~ ha;da go, fnr.,, mxa
NV oe iess - - s - 41a a;eaaoa+
sa;aa s.a - a,'+;1,anr ] - +ha astra,na ranra ~
A-nos ~ ~ S.- - 4o4oa ~ - y oon raeta.a
9a,a11 - aaa, 80, >anr ~ 1,;1as> l and Tia ranra ~
49,. y. 900 1aa+a,e III Tha ,aa1 ansl-
~ o.. ta a;atan.o Yo - hatnaa,, 5 noo and sno
go s ~ '' ,,nor,inan+ ~ nerman ] = nficer ~
nt;11ar,, aason;has - modarn artillery
t'a441a =, .1+ - ba++1a - 7;fa ~
5aath ] d,,a, a+ +ha ond of which ono
~ 41,n ~.;na;aa1s 1;as daod ~, 10 f;a1d
~ 49, ..:-:1 a ;.,ao,,aa;~~