The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1897-01-08
work at Fort Monroe.

~. .'h'i pEtctS Ot defence i'm ,,v,,
war. lio history of the fortress nu., :,
n''n'tiv Romance of itS,ss,r.i:,tic,, ,,,
practically foremost among. onr f,,,;,
Gl'lonS. 1t is not vet o,n;,>,,, r,,,
"hh h'''n appliances, im, il j, ,h.r
s"'' most of the problems of nat;ou,, =,
ieiiSe are being worked out,
!" ~ at Fort Monroe that for n,.,,,
years the government has hwl its n.,,i,,,
~ AT iltry school This y,l,,, !. ;n
IrN'"' l." supplement- The work d,r. ~
"es' i'olht. Ii Is Il postgraduate s,.;,o,I
"l instruction. The course last, ,v,,
wears, anI is most Thorough All fine
'""Et atlenSes are in charge of the ar
tlilery branch nf the army. Tho i,s,r,,.
tVn at West Point is of Il general c,,r-
ac''r, and 1t Is necessary ,o supplement
ny special training 10 achievc skill i,
(he l'alHilInG of the dcfrnscs ON tbr son
boail Tho artillery in these POSTS m,,st
graprle with wlr:t may bc called ,c,y,,
problems. This branch of the srryi,.,,
ms Sh'%hl~. Tha, task cx,I,'u; q.
itself why the artillery school exists
lErre Is no letter place for j, in fin,
country than Fort Monroe, oy,rl,ukin.
'I' IL does the sweep of ChcS,pyakr Hnv
There are five regiments of artillery IN
tie regular army, and four officers from
cach regiment are supposed to br at ,b,.
school. These twenty officers ,tuJv mill I
'ary engineering and Topographic. the
ScieiIcc OF artillery. is,llistic>. steam cr. .
E'h,crlng, mechanical engineering, Chem I
ffSfiry from he aspect Of explosives, cIcc- y
trr'lyand mining. tcleyraply. pIi6,o.r,- II
lHiiI a"d heart o'tWarhl general. 'i'hcy 20
Though an exhaustive l"yiew Of the va Il
E,"uS t'rirS Thc tcachcrs and lee d
i,!n fS 're 'pfcIalISls from lhf army. IL
vfit'l t'o'nT N,an has lprn graduated e
W IS supposed io r an expert IN ,bp ~
'rh ice Of defensive operations in forts. no
Inc pictures on another page give n'
ONE bl'a Of Fort Monroe us it is ,c-
iN. One OF them shows Colonel ~
RANK, the command;mt =
,ilits 1he urnros. " Another e. -
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s---'l' gun The kid VIA. irownS Il
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me mine In the nu,tinr c,,irl.r !.
actu Il large amount of ,lyi;amitc H..
hich is fired hy rlcr,ri,.i,v i,., m ,L,, .
ostilc ship is raS,iu" ,ri, H.
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scope ranges the man Olrratiura u series ,b
these mines knows inst wh.m I, fin. :,
ny one of them. IT.. sinnl,. ,,ro,.,,. :,
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ill surely follow if his r,n.r. ,,i,i,,
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