Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-22

here Tho cnfhne ~ not used when The
trooper t. mounted. In pursuit the to-
Volver would be- vfilcncluun. Old-faHh'
Toned cavalry charges would be- ana.
ChruniHtiC against modern rifles. There
might Do many months 81 campaigning
with Few cuyalrymen drawing their
aabcrH or fring their pistols. In drills,
Of coutrc, thr sword u a great card.
However, being mounted, the trooper
need not consider aupcrtiuoua weight no
much nH hln brother the Infantry
man.
A. Tor swords ,hcy have fewcri ts.
tendors. some officers luft theirs in 300
United States. and carried mauhcte lH-
etcad 90 cut thclt way through under
brush. some did not oven have the
substitute, Others lrfi their good steel
on shlptoard or lost % lu camp. 10 was
never Missed ma b, except that Do will
have % Do replaced ou the return home.
or course. Cor appearance sake. The
sword ln Indispensable In parade lu
times % peace, There Dr. n certain moral
effect In grasplng 10 and pointing az the
enemy while leading u charge liut
some officers think ,hai the example ~
personal bravery DE- Ia ltsclf f1 uHpIr-
ms 30 the men that WalkInF stick
would DO quite a we'll as a good blade.
\ sword might come into play iu IN
stances OF clWarllcr on decentralization,
| but "a revolver would Doe much better A
uuFgcHuun uf practical value lH THAI
Evpd pair OF Held glaETeH would adm.r-
ably replace lhe eide arm. The long
range " the kag.J0rgcnscn and Mau.
ser rifles madg such glasses almost
necessity A. 1000 yards % ls not easy
/ % distinguish man NhI "a crluched ur
/ lying down, triIus 90 hide himself Tho
| nmukDlesH plWl.t docs ult reveal where
/ the fiilcmuu Do. Advancing troops must
/ show Themselves fr'm lW1 Co tmr,aud
those on the defensive ale likely % have
an advantage lu tHIa With she naked
] eyes the soldier may search Ions before
| nndiug the source of Che bullets That KIN
The men beside him. Having uu.d
glasses his officers could plgk Out the
| enemy aud dlrert tha Tire. As thr range
! became lrrs the need would lg'rcIHe,
| nut accurate Information about One
number and position uf the enemy, iho
nature of his dcieusvs aud thu point
whence the heaviest nro comes 10 ale
Ways OF great value,
Ana the huyuuvt, IN actual conflict
t. too. has little use under ml4 .ru cone
dltions Rnpld-nring magazine rifles
settle The Issue before the hayluvt eau
De brought into play, a churEo win
the weapon ~ not an impOsaihlllty, hut
the Likelihood la that N an army cannot
stop an onslaught with artillery aud
| Wuhketry u viii nee or surrender hus
fore Il can be reached by steel blade,
| U and Acknowledged beili.
there In occasion 10 Withstand uG ut-
tack with buyunets,
nut tho moral cnrct OF the weapon ID
Important, even u II h never drawn
rom lu Hcabbard. IN army known hy
ne enemy 10 De without bayouct
would be al "a gr1at disadvantage. I00i
instance, at ~ Cauoy tho Spnniari'
were aware that thr,r foemcn had IA.
steel ready % ahlN o. their guns. and
mat an encounter 40 close quarter
would mean the slaughter OF most OF
Them (the Spanardsl, This very con
Nlotlon led them 10 cease hrug carllel
thnn they otherwise would have done
ana 10 surrender whom tho American
came up 10 whore they We're. llad M
nssailanta been known 60 be without
hayonotaI the resistance would have
been longer aud more desperate. Thu
aspect % sentiment Dos an effective
argument for the retention OF th'
bayouet.
In addition, tho weapon has impor
hnt uses. no the soldier u IN what IN
hairpin IN 90 woman. The heavy
swurdlike blade serves aH an intrench
Ing tool In an emergency. a Ratchet
knife or n can opener with the hut
end he grinds his coffee in his tin cup
He would bo lost without H.