The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-07-06

ity unequalsd by any of the largcr CALI
bres. Because ~ this high velocity 90
was found az first ,hat the ordinary
lcaden bullets stripped tho barrel ot
the gun II was also shown that because
OF this same velocity, they would as
sumo strange shapes and udict the most
horrible wounds
Partly to prevent this loss ot weight IN
the bulle, and partly from the dictates OF
humanity the ordnance experts cf every
country have invariably insisted that The
leadcn buncst shan D, lncloscd n % h5d-
cncd casing OF copper German silver or
nickcled steel The Spau0rds arc sup-
posed to oucosc their bullets 10 u,tko'td
copper. captain Lawrence l., Ryu0. Inc
sructor of ordnance and guuncry ot
West Point aud one " the groa,cs, 'N-
mg authorities on ordnance, SAYS 90 these
small cSlihrc bullets
''The wounds are less serious and the
shattrrlnc egec, on the bones less than
with the old pwjectile, The shock or
stopping power is also less as the calhre
decreases, unless the bu"ct acts cNplo-
sively, and hence 8, has been proposed ior
me very small caubr,s 60 remove 'hc
JACKIE, from ,he point of ,he bullet thus
causing 10 60 spread on, ,n front ou s's.S-
lng"
This means thar an ,A1t is necessary
90 convert one OF ,hy mos, humane pvo-
jecuI,s into the mos, .avagey j,s,w,tve
missile ever devised 10y man Us % a,c or
cut away par, ~ ,hc hardened c5sns
covering the point OF me aude, The
soft lead thus exposed. will spread the
sccoud s, strikes anything and. on ;he
body " a man. will make a hole as o'g
as a football.
In a repor; upon ,he work 90 ;ht rtSu-
latioa Mauser bullets. issued by the SPAN
.ards themselves. and now on h,e In the
Bureau of Information at Washington.
il is stated that: Tho bullet has the
eNec, OF periora,ns a bone without froc-
turing 10. and thos, who are sho, In
many parts ~ ,he body and in the arms
or legs Will su0,r very Nta,. and will
soon De ready Tor duty again. There need
be few ampultons, and The LASTING
effects % wounds viii 5y reduced 90 a
minimum"
That is thr record oi the ,m3l-cauort
buEc, when protected by the ulcke,sd
JACKIE, which The rules OK civilized war
/ fare impose upon il Reoa. now the rec
ord og what the mushroom" 1uls,-,hs
/ 5ulle. with an unprotected po,n;-y5n ae-
comp,ish, ana then compare B, with th,
/ account % ,he wounds inflicted upon our
MARINES 40 Guantanamo. r. Van Co,ei
witnessed th, ,dec, of one OF these 1u..
/ le,s. which struck the forehead OF a
man 80 the distance ot % yards BE says
The skull was completely shattered
the bones and scalp were torn into the
smalles, atoms md scattered In 1u iirec.
uoas The entire base @, .he skull va.
broken up into separate pieces ot bone
/ There was nothing lef, % The brain
but O little pulpy substance mixed VIII
| fragments Oh bone. None OF the con-
voluuons Of the brain could De- deter
mined
! II seems 90 De- only recently that tn,
Spaniards have taken 20 the use Of
mushroom" bullets. Il is without The
bounds Of possibility TO suppose that th'
officers In command Of the spanish troop:
90 not know what IS going on, jus, as d
is impossible that the wounds found upon
the bodies Of the American dead at Guam
tanamo were inflicted by regulation Mau
ser bullets. 1, is. unfortunately, the easi'
est thing In the world TO convert a regu'
lauon bullet into an explosive missile
II happens that II takes a file TO do tht
work with one OF the bullets used In
the United States Lee-Me,ford rifles
but that Is only because the bulie, hap
pens TO be cased In n.ckeled steel tn.
| Spanish Mauser bullets are cased WIKI
nickeled copper. which can be removed
from the point Of the bullet with knife