Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-12
future Fighting.

Archibald Forbes contributes 10 The
Nineteenth Century souic Of the results
Of his investigations into warfare aud
baltic campaigns, lie tells as plainly In
the beginning that modern ashting,
compared with that Of the past, q
feeble and dilaiory. He says that the
first five aud q half decades Of the cent.
ury were smoothborc decades. Then
the old smoothbores were changed into
rides, while the past twenty. iive year
constitute the brccchloading period.
With such improvement In iircarms.
vithrailwny transportation and machine
gunnery, tho iighting Of the pressnt dav
ought TO DO all that Is short, sharp AMI
decisive. 50 fnr FROM this btins The
caso, however, the fact remains that IN
the old smoothboro period battles we've
shorter, sharper and more decisive than
they are now. and IN spite Of infenofity
Of weapons more men were killed than
are now, and since killing Is tho object
Of war The warfare Of fifty yeats age
must therefore b. considered superior T.
that Of today.
Campaigns were conducted with crlef.
ity In tho smoothboro period. whopas
they arc now dragged out 10 a tedious
length. The Franco German wur lasted
o. months, but Napoleon conquered all
Austria In "a months In tho Ru.so.
Turkish war Of ISIS It took the Rus.
SLAMS "cight weary months" 10 Fight their
way from tho Danube 30 Constantuoplo,
but fifty years earlier Russian general.
Diebitch, marched from tho Danube 70
the 1Egcan sea In 81 months. fighting ne
he went The feeble aud dilatory mod.
cfn warfare n nowhere more strongly u.
Illustrated tlmn in tho reduction Of tort.
ircasel. In this RESPECT tho comparisons
made by Forbes nruas "otious" rs In the
case u the smoothborc aud rifle Period.
Mr. Forbes does not pretend 70 explain
tho reason OF this dcscnoracy No passes
to tho moro agreeable task Of picturins
the coming warfare
With the magazine and machine guns
and changed lighting methods tho Of.
foutivo will got tho worst Of Il AZ tho
hands of tho passive defensive. Maya.
zinc and machine guns alec sccn 70
sound The kucll q possible employment
Of cavalry In battle. French cavalry
mover got within yards Of German in.
fanty, oven IN louao order. aud the mag.
azInc or rcpcatiHR rifle held reasonably
straight will stop tho mos, thrusiing
cavalry that ever heard tho charge
sound"
A 70 tho fortress Of tho future. which
would play 70 important a part IN a wat
between any two " tho states VI Europe.
Mr. FORBES wdtoai
The foHfsss Of tho fsisfs viii probably b. 10
Tho nature % GA intfrhfhtd camp. The 10,
tii1f " The position vii provide easeuiBiu or,
eutumntlaiiun iuf au army ~ considerable
strength. IL defense uui cuuaiat Of tlfdt
81 iniufvais Of allnut 9. Yhris. % permanent
ru'inuhia shiloh thal 10 Invisible al moderate
ranees fof infahifY and machine SUNS, TIE
Fati.pn " each ruiiqali ~ consist " q halt
battalion Such a Hufs Vas In tI'l constructed
At Chatham IN ii,lfii one working dars. " hold
raffisan n 80 inca housed w caseinhiss huilt
IN euuCfrtr, for les than flUu. anil satsrl,
meats pfute that Il uugil require q "pnhlll.
tor etptHdiiufoH ~ ammunition 10 fauss Il
srruus damage hy afulltfj nfe. tho support.
lac defensive armament viii consist % power,
f1l ARTILLERY rendered mobile by msans u
tfanfuaia, ihla defense supplemented b. nrld
force cafr1luE uu uuiraai dntl0s and mAnnina
nfld WolAs guarding the Intervals hstwesh tht
friunhla Advanced drfrhsus aud exterior OBJ
tiafiUs - ~ formidable q tiiarartsfns pgasiit
VIII ~ the complement ~ What IN elect will
D. an linmsnarlf elaborated rlrtua, Whifh
rrupgflf artnril and fully orraniFsli, Niu "fal.'
gu al The requirements Of ths defense" while
possessing Important r1isntiaiiilss OF offsHs.,
u ths event Of a iranoostlrunaa war. H. in
stead ~ tho lmmrusflY rtffutiya GORDON 10
fufursaNf with which thr iTrurA have lined
utrlr inbtivf thvy had constructed, tsy, thfst
such lhifsnchri camp fuftftasos A have hefn
~ Fetched, each guaftrrinE tlffn mrn. ID uouid
hplear that thor would have done better fui
themselves as faf lras cost Zach iuirtnrhtl
fusitlnn Containing a npld army aitu niruug
would uhsfua a haluaalrr.nH boat u iuniti
men, The Positions 81 tie tlIu uutllur|i ar
claimed a. D. iinpuunahlri they onuld contain
supplies ana muuitiala f0f ~ least - fraf. de-
talnlhg around fhrm fnf that Iffi0d auup u
TIE eugmi, No Eafpifan IlWrr esospt iiufsia
has soldiers enough ~ tlaru 30 i0ug such .
mass OF uuuns standing fast. and fiinultaun.
ouHlY prosecute tho Invasion % urit rate
power with approximately equal numlers
France a. tho col Of tiotn men would be- hold,
inr surlna on hef ffunilrf double tho numtet
Of u,tmans- surely no dlaadyanlagogus tFans.
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