Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-12-26
How Our BaAlehips Fight
and Fire Their Guns.


A I least once every year and
y sometimes ,oftener. every bat
IA tIos,,;, d, az 4 ,,e,,i,,,,, ~, w.
4 IA ~ - \.
N actiFe cohiltllssloi' Soes oul
for target practise. There are general
5ly regular chosen nIacns ndapted for
thnt ,,,,,,... ,..,,,,,,. ,,,,,ra4 .t,.,. 4.
~ poss' ~ : - ~
held year cal after year. me pitace where
1T Is held must be one Which Is fairly
n,.ntected from storms 5,,,,,st /. ford good
: !, -, /, y, ,,,tn,. 80 al
-" - - Il ~ 70 =!
must be out OF the track OF merchant
vessels, that there may. be no danger
fro,,, straw shots Mn pd,lena Raw.
Mexicn ,vhera the .rreot Atlantic fleet
bcicI II s|i1.st t.,r,,nt nr.,..t;se sis m ide;l
,,iace fo,. s,ic,, !, n,,,.,,osn II is i, large
slanC. lnclsed shay c.,nable Of holding
ali the tleets of the world. and is sit
mated Off the coast or lower California.
Tho land surrounding it being an 5un-
ainl,ahited desert fe,v merchant vessels
ever tou,h theirs
When The Atlantic fleet arrived in
Magdalann T,av after n. tourney or IA. :
mn miles inst five DAYS we're necessary
* law o,,t tba ,anpas IN construct the
#tareate and tha ,.afts which supDort
then5 and fo,. pettinp everything in
naa a., u, -he,ip ti,ine. Tt3Svas lSon
s,,,,i, :, ln,,, in,,,.rey should arrive At
10 5as,inafion in nerfect conditio,1 to
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Oh ouoss are plticeu a ,., i,ooo staiue
III lfoitt oL lne rait. diieaI IVY
port feo ana aWhite iiass Nl'i MI, w
termine the time 70 commence ana -
cease l1rll1g, Whet me snip ~ s.etii'ilis
past them. me snip upon coming OH
the range passes the first buoy, which
supports n white flag, and the command
is given for the guns crews. Of the
guns which are to fire, to "stand BY"
the ship passes the second buoy, which
supports q red flag, it Is then directly
In front of the targets The ships
whistle then blows ana no time is lost
.until tho r,1ns designated 10 fire are
L
3tnreets, as rapidly as possible. and
cease only when the number of shots
nre,,jously aered ,Inon have been fred
e n: when The shin masses the third buoy
v,,ilh lie the signal to cease firing.
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