The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-19
METHODS OF MODERN WARFARE
How Killing Your FeIIow-Man Has
Been Simnlified Within Past Years.

How Killing Your Fellow-Nfan Has
Been Simplified Within Past Years.
The present campaign in China illus
trates with great viyidness the vast
change that has taken place in methods
of warfare during the past century. EX-
cent for e few rifles. and a small NUM-
her of antiuuated 6eld-guns, the Chinese
fought with their ancient weapons. spears
some had bows and arrows; others We're
armed with clubs. Not one in a hundred
had 1irearm that would have been used
during the war OF The American Revo.u-
tion, 17I6.
Germany had armed one section of China
with Mausers, long ago. when trouble
was anticipated with the Russians. Ana
Russia, 1t is said. had armed a portion of
China against Germany. Even France
had contributed arms to China. and so had
England: therefore the soldiers Of the
Celestial Kingdom boasted much more
ambitious weapons and more numerous
ones than they would otherwise have had.
1t is well known that the Chinese govern
enent has made no attempt to arm its
soldiers with up-to-date weapons.
In the matter Of reconnaissance the Chi
nese know nothing. Indians have their
scouts. and even the most unsllilled of
armies have their pickets. but the Chinese
nave dlWdSS 0lSudlUSu Inc -uct o1 scout
or picket. They 90 nothing to ascertain
the state of strength OF the opposing hosts,
nor do they even care 10 know when they
are advancing. sufficient to know when
they arrive!
IN modern war the Importance of ac-.
curate and reliable reconnaissance has in.
creased a hundredfo,d, Owing to the fact
that the forces engaged in the decisive
battles have become far create IN num-
her, and the distances 10 be covered, both
in concentrating the troops for battle and
In dtsposing them on the battlefield itseif
greatly exceed those of the past. Special
~ trained scouts and, orderl.es are used
by all armies 10 free The cavalry of the
smaller elements of its reconnaissance
work. and econen1sze its fighting power as
much as possible, most OF the great ma
tons are now training a kind of mounted
infantry IN this work
In Germany each army corps has a
squadron of mounted orderlies" of this
kind, and they have proved invaluable, in
Russia a number of the best men in each
company are mounted ard trained in patrol
and reconnaissance duty. instructed in
riding horses and bicycles, and exercised
by affordlng them opportunities to engage
an bear and tiger hunts: In England each
brigade of the cavalry division sent to
south Africa received a battalion of
mounted infantry with a Maxim gun; IN
Austria mounted scouts assist the cavalry
in their reconneitring
Thea there is the very important use of
the field and wireless teleEraphy. The inl-
ssroNe-nents N field telegraph apparatus
Z have permitted the use OF this valuable ac-
cessory IN the very front OF the outpos:s,
End the Introduction OF the buzze- has so
far increased fits efficiency that with eve.
sA,n xae-<sf ,l,sta Ia
for ali practical purposes.
The United States Signal Corps IN the
Philippines has surpassed all previous re-
cords in this field
Wireless telegraph is still in the expert
mental stage, although it is now being
tested practically in the field in the Trars.
! wal. In p.orewen;s are heing constantly
made and sis future cannot set be predict
81 One of the latest applications IS 10
balloons, but the difficulty of carrying the
apparatus properly in the baske, hag led
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