The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-01-28
tNEVBOY BREAKS
lORLD'S RECORE

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gratifying to Ensign
u Carter's many Dillon
know that he is taking a
IA in the navy. Since
Mr.. .nnapolis Ensign Carter
Maassigned to some of the
. andped and largest war dogs
be Ivy and he has made
. Th every assignment. Re-
kIY while in charge o: a turret
J w at practice in Manila Bay he
ke the worlds record in the
hber of hits. although the firing
\ done under great disadvantage
The ship was rolling heavily at
. time in a rough sea. In naval
fles it was considered such a
! 3aarkable achievement that the
my and Navy Register devoted
D front page in praise of Ensign
rter, publishing in the center a
, rye half-tone picture of the young
hsign. The Army and Navy
. egister says in part:
81 The navy department has not
= ,.eived the full reports of the re-
ird target practice of the naval
lips in Manila Bay, but the un-
3 mcial preliminary information in
aicates that an excellent showing
mas been made by the gunners of
the after turret of the U. S. S..
Nebraska. The firing with the
guns froEa that turret occurred on
sNovembFr IL, and the indications
ssre that NE worlds record for IL
nch g9n and supe1imposed tur-
sets wy'oroken. On the occasion
fs:ssSractice the ship was roll
. and5m three to six degrees. 1t
= codot be possible to make def
- e comparison of records in the
N dnilla Bay target practice until
- the reports are in and the pro-
- is are received, but, at all events
= ] record in the case of the after
~ Gret of the Nebraska is consid-
ibly ahead of the best record of
D. st year. The peculiar merit of
S us performance is due to the fact
" kt this was the first time that the
y lp had ever fired at any target
= sfactice, the Nebraska not having
mad previously preliminary tar
f.t practice. The significance of
sssB Y this is in the demonstration that
ssfically new ships company
ss 5e brought to very high state
=. efficiency by competent officers
~ a comparatively short space of
sy6me.
4 The after turret in the Nebraska
SSyas commanded in the Manila Bay
Factice by Ensign Andrew F.
ssaarter, United States navy, who
r,nerly commanded an 8-inch
sxirret of the U. s. S. Virginia,
fhich held excellent records.
FL The ships of the Atlantic fleet
i'll probably hold their target
next in Cape Cod Bay, on
EA3e New. England coast, in Au-
psf and September. The present
Sr}an is to have the ships, upon ar
kal at Hampton Roads, and after
AHshort period of liberty for the
hlisted force, go to their respec-
eNve navy yards for repairs and al
sElrations. This will be followed
~ battle manoeuvres for two
8 onths and then target practice
BAR Guantanamo.
81 At the battle practice for vessels
I'D recently the ships fired under
sy at ranges varying from 5000
4 5000 yards on unmarked ranges
~ ,ie djefence of the target course
d speed of ship was in a sealed
rlope, opened just before going
Ssu the range, the conditions being
such as to stimulate approximate
~ the conditions of firing in action.
Special experimental firing will
.Aal1o be carried out. ;
The target practice of the At
afitic fleet was of special interest,
aeing to the fact that many officers
Esd been Of the opinion that train
AuE IN port was essential to eff
i;iency, but it was clearly shown by
.$hc excellent records made by the
qain battery gums Of the battle
-S7ips that a high degree of eff
~ Icy can be obtained by sea
~ A;rg alone.
81 present, year win see record
longer ranges and under
~ weather conditions than
the practice in the paeS,
~ Q,rcws and pointers a
ID eriS with ia I,