Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
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one can only deplore this struggle.
when brings Into play 30 many human
ylcoa and destroys 80 many lives. IL
causes Joy to the monslrous but happi-
ly scarce apoloelsts Of war, under the
faliacious protext that wars are regen-
erntory, II piungcs into CONSERVATION
and too often into mourning thosc VINO
DO no, think men were created 10 ue'est
and destroy one another.
Each people seeks 60 do better than
liza relghboi. II Ii q constan, tendency.
n regular game with record TO beat.
In isee the Germans held the record
with the needle gun. but this record
has often been beaten since. In 1870
they held the record for superiority IN
numbers, thanks TO which France was
suddenly Invaded.
In the days OF Napoleon Victory was
largely matter Of speed. SO II may Dc
raid that the great captain won his bat
ties with his soldiers legs. Today, when
railways have made the concentration
Of troops rapid and easy, the god OF bat
lies does not favor as much rs AZ the
beginning OF the century those VINO ar.
rive FIRST on the field " action. Ana
this because new factor has made US
appenrance-the rapldlty. precision and
eWCocioutntaH OF hTes
HOW VICTORIES WERE WON.
The victors Of AustcrlItz. jena and
wngram were only armed with rudi-
mcntary flint guns. aud smooth bores
Of which took only round lenden bull
let, carrying from 60 to so meters. Ana.
even then, rain had only TO fall during
tho battle to silence their weapons
since. II the powder N the pans was wet
a.. Id hN fhg enuFE from
the flint As for the cannon, they dis
charged solid shot and bombs. but not
20 any great distance.
After 100 years nearly oil the condi-
lions which govern the art OF war are
changed. lIand-to-hand lighting Is a
mere accident: engagements begin az a
distance " several kilometcrs. and with
weapons 20 perfect that the two sides
hit without seeing each other. and gen.
orally produce wounds sufficient TO stop
a mans advance and put him hors de
combat without seriously cndangcring
his life.
For the last twenty years ballistles
have progressed continuously. and hre-
arms have undergone. ana arc continu-
ally undergoing. fresh improvements.
The modern weapon, at once more COM
pilcated In Its structure and morc sim
pie In its use. has the enormous ad-
vantage over the old OF more power
fIil flrr and perforatlon, more simple.
more sure and more rapid. which re-
Quircs Of the shooters a minimum OF In
struction and effort.
Prcjectiles have been fitted with n
metal casing which enables them to be
mado longer. The use OF smokeless
powders OF great explosive power has
extended. Lastly. as a consequence OF
recent researches, II has been possible
to reduce the caliber OF weapons, thus
reducing the weight OF tho rifle and
projcctlles to minimum. and conse-
puentiy enabling each marksman to
earry a larger number OF cartridges.
GOOD LONG RANGE WORK.
II II sufficient now 20 shoot In front
Of one to be practically useful marks
man. As far back as at Saint Privat
In 1870 men were shot at 1000 meters,
aud In ISIS. at Plevna, the Turks.
though very inexperienced. opened fire
~ distances OF 1900 and 1000 meters.
At the present time 1900 meters is no
longer u great distance, but normal
hrlng distance. especially In defense.
The perforating power IL such that II Is
manifested far beyond 1000 meters.
At distance OF 1000 meters an smm.
bullet has still enough force to pass
through q front rank man and wound
the man In his rear when troops are
drawn up two deep. At the average
fighting distance two or three men may
be wounded by the same bullet ut that
short distance. without saying anything
Of the greater thickness now given To
works OF fertilization on the battle
HELD. d single projectlle would have
torce enough to 30 through four, 1--WE or
six men. Thus, In Dahomey. II was OBJ
served that n bullet. after penetrating
q tree forty-five centimeters In thick
49, thN.Nsa~A
Thefe are astonishing facts which
will not be seen IN realty as often as
some people say. For this to be the
case II would be necessary not only that
the bullet should undergo no deviation.
after having passed through the first
oustAcle. a thing which always hap
pens at least after the second. but also
thht It's point should not be deformed.
Now Lagarde's experiments have
proved that this happens In half the
number OF shots.
IN THE BULLETS WAKE.
II In seen nowadays that the wounded
are more numerous. but the killed much
fewer. A supreme consolation lies In
the fact that the wounded not only re-
scive less serious wounds, but they are
surrounded with such immediate care
that they more frequently recover
their health. Az a last analysis the
wounded, though they are more numer-
pus. show u lower mortality.
With the ballistlc power OF modern
weapons men are hit at great distances.
Under these conditions the bullet only
passes through the tissues without
tearing them, or pcrforates the bones
without producing real sequestrum,
And the dressing TO be done Is much
more simple, II Is sufficient TO place
at the orflces caused by the ingrcss
and egress OF the bullet pads OF asep-
Tic or antiseptlc guazo kept In place by
a bandage to see the wound become
,lcntrlzed. II the wounded man shows
A little fever on the evening OF his
wound the dressing Nv taken OF and
the passage made by the bullet
syringed with antisepties to drive out
the foreign bodies which cause the
fever.
What happened OF old? Many sol.
dlera succumbed to slight wounds, car
ried OF by complications which It was
not known how to foresee or prevent
II In u very little thing not 10 touch
the wound, but simply cover II witt
stun from which all the germs hav,
been removed. And n the wound Il
infected either by earth OF by frag
ments OF clothes, or from amy othei
cause, the use OF sterillzed probes I,
sound the flesh, or asceptic blstouriei
TO open II II necessary. and Of untisep
Tic liquids suilices To put matters RICH
and TO keep the wounded man from tn,
danger Of putrid infection. which use,
to make 30 many victims.
OPERATIONS LESS PAINFUL
Surprising that 1t is a question OF tn
shntterlng OF the knee by the bursting
oI shell, or the comminutlve fractur
or n thigh, the present progress o
surgery gives the patient more chance
~ recovery than OF death. FOrmerl,
NE lamb was sacrificed, and the opera