The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-07-20
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The Rns-iau- have r7rrfIy .urI4ri-i
-ome e-rp-run-nt. ln tHr frr ~ HsHi trII.
l-rv which are sttrtrfHg euu,uIsr,llr a.
tsutinn On account q 'h- nov mffhusls
pur-u-d ami tls remarkable result.
Tbs m-,hud cvn-0-'-i iu r-irg Tor a
gwen time a. unknow . dstanr.,ata battery
tar ct whsch ~ss th- vssst ntun'rrVaft
~ th. airing battery, and ~hAtr,,r 1859
the targ-, SUSTAINED tho arus battery
wa alan made - sustain. 81, that 'h. latter
fret With r~iurcd u,uf.'r-. gradually
diminishing ~ the firing proceeded
For example. on q or,s-iuu a battery
% siS rarid-hr- guns vi'h " c~anrunrcr-.
fred IN : minutes ~ percussion she'll, and
~ shrapn.lz. obtaining 10 u,d am rang
a. par cent 81 hts ou tho figures repre-
s.n,ing ant. fIrf,fpre. loot
"a men Itself, ~ that % had 90 fre a, tho
eud % the : nu;" With uui /, cauuouc-E-
In all
Again. a siml'a- battery Nth ~ can
non-ers, also firiug a. medium ranges,
but only for S'i minutes. obtained with
II shells and - ~shraru"'. a. 4 .~r cent 81
hits, and. therefore. lad hu' 10 men LEFT
"a serve the guns az 'lc end - that short
interval 81 time
In comparing the frirg - a battery With
that 81 a cumistuy ~ .Hfi"''y "a similar
method WIS r4"l 1rI p vl- found 'nl'
At $50 uac,s 'ur infsl.r' ..r'ary. Ming
$50 ~rIuHi-. obtained POI 90 '.I.l',- about
II Ter sent ut h'-. I.'t'g o. .~'urppr"r.
ont 81 action, vNll. 't. Ia'f..y. urtug 30
the same tim" 900 .',.- urI - -.r,IfrI-
ga sho's a mluu''H, H''ul.sl ~ I"r c.uf.
II ht- in tn c.'urunN. .st 30 so ra,,..
80. .HWnHsa 90 I#..u ON. . -.s De- ..
So Per cent e l'- 300 90. battery. whereas
th' latter. firing atafl'' II ~ shots a mIU-
ute. obtained .; pr cont ~ hts ia fUu
cumpluv
The ranges us"iiu'her 1-' = 'ha batteries
were about i"D "a 90 A3 wards. ant
vr' In two AID a ialf minutes. ct after
fir1ng riNtv shp'r. ~" battery wu~ prs
tically out 81 action l. mu-r h. rem" mtsfed
that IA" rHug"- wr-' entirely unknown
a. IA. oI~uirc ut 't' "'s
1hc-r r'>ult, tuiIra'" hat modern hcld
ART lirrv Cannot rnm" into position IA tn
oI-u. hut murt make 1859 e iU" cover AZ
ford-d 10y IN" ground UIi guulr up uuG"r
cover, Moreover, D. NN..I be an lU'n-u-'
advantage To- com" int 'u-ifiuu first. h'no'
the field artillery must uArrh INTO hath"
clos. up to "a" head Il column, and every
other means II u-'d :" accomplish ia" sam
purpo-'
Battery commanders mus not 10 inter
fcusd with during the artillery Cotnlnt.
for they have all they car ip 10 attend 20
th. firing. Artillery field officers al only
give each battery i'z Vu'N fo ,iu, aud must
for the tln- eng CONSIDER ~ a-arard hat
has teen played
Tho ma-sing 81 artillery IN -" hattie
field to-day amounts 10 counting ann'hila-
'ion. amt yet 10 u iml.~-iul" 'u remedy
this evil. t.vau-'. sine" "a" i1''l" front 90
a division L. not over .'ur NaTi- aud tn
field artillery - u requires boo iif"r'u'
EUROPEAN armies from itN tu $50 v1rds.
their j. not much space i"t' IA which to
scatter ~" batteries. u,- g'Iug q -ing.'
target 20 all fpr dr,ir"i 'N'sf Tn" unl,
remedy aptr'at~ 20 i" 20 r.tC. 'hc artillery
ia tive lines instead Hf or'. which b. recon
msud-d los the 'ar'I'.Gu- Moreover, in
dirrCt fire must q" excessively used ~
future IN order to take fIl advantage ui
cover IA placing batteries ami at the sam
time utilizing all N" avlIlAui" space 60
the te-t advanfag"
A large rpsnIN" of N~auupu'er- IL necessary
20 repiaor the snuruHr.~ .v-S'- a. much A.
fv" ieli'f- l. recommended Efforts ar
il-o constantly mat 80 fe-tuc" ih" mum
ter of C~Anuous-rs required 30 each r"li"',
a mud"ru s-gIn nuii-hr" battery r"luii-
ing to-day on the nring I'm" only SA
uniccTr and thirty men