The weekly herald. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 1906-19??, 1907-01-03

Thrn thcra ls Me new hayonot This
hnyouot is 70 knife double cdRtd
knilo sixteen ucheH long. II cuts both
why's 10 via DO more execution thm
any buyonet over devised before Bat
tlea of ulc Rueso-Japu'fc War proved
that there D. SIM plenty Of use for tho
! h8yonet which some military mon had
/ begun to conidCr obsolete.
For tho drt iimc osch regiment has
! ltg own macHne sun squad A detail
of twenty one men bundles The rogl-
lmunta machine guns, witch are Nicli-
cis- NaNiWa az ihr FUmc caliber as iho
now lilc. Whom Ia operation thcHo
gums resemble cameras on SURVEYING
Instruments. being Tel ontrIppds. rhnIr
action. however is different An esq
pert han0lerul ono of these litilo trpod
devna can saw boHtd In two WITH
bullets at % 0laluucc of half % mile.
Thr now three inch nold gun r. ans
other novelty ip active service hut is
tried and proved bv thorough tests a.
shoots ThyupDtI yhpll of huocn
pounds having o. bursting radius ot
llV yards. Great accuracy long range
and reduced recoll arc features of this
gun
Thcn there rs the mountain gun car
ii,d llkg The icgimcnml machine gin,
on me back OF q mulo, The piece itscf
As borne by one mule the carriage hy
another and ho ammunition by a
ih!rl. This guR is of ao5 iuchos cali-
upr Like The Hold gun n shoots a
GrJcon pound proieciilc, hut iis range
is not $50 ProJt. The chief advantage
ot D'rs san is that IL can bc carried
over mountain trails wherever q mule
can hud % footing,
ln estimating The fighting eHiclcncy
or ar army the horses and mules must
NOT Doe omitted The best cavalry
sUecs IN tIq world come from the
western pllins of the United states
These horses are thoroughly educated,
Thcy know ihctr business ass Well as
lhs trooper knows his Sometimes ~
#y tho instructors, the horse learns
fastcr ,hIn the man. The army rule ls
highly Important no one win deny
chat lhc Missouri mule, whether from
Missouri 0r some other western stnte
is universally suught after England
Japan, Germany Russia aud other mn
tions supply themselves with pgrl5
mulos from the United states whom
they can got them THE United States
army mule also is educated. lie a,ud-
yates from he training school ut Jf-
fcrson barracks, ST. Louis, before re-
ceiylng his commission to carry
mountain gun or-a load OF caruldgos.
The men In our army are The nttest
of am Statistics show that thry arc
slightly larger than any other soldiers.
and that adds something 10 their fight
ING force. They are physically llt
they must be 10 get into the army OF
late the enlistment regulations huve
been mado more rigid, &c q man has a
corn noWadays no IS lipblc TO turu
ing down when he seeks To enlist.
Corhs interfere With forced marching.
The American army OF toduy has tho
worlds best markamen That record
was held before The Spanish wgr hut
Che inftslAn of 8rcep Volunteers DIR
ne that conniti lowered the staudard
cf Workmanship. and for ID time tie
championship w,s lost To the United
Snics BIN now our soldiers have won
h1ck Zoe premier g.ace In marksman-
slip n0Rps better records than any
soldie~ m~tho world ever made be-
fore 'lhcte m'e now IN the mmy
about 10000 cl9cS shots men who
have made the grade OF marksman or
better. That is q moal remarkable
showing. ana It means something "awk-
ward" ia case of war
pOpERTTrS TOWN