Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-01

80 Greene OF the Fifteenth inf;ln-
dejivered an entertaining and IN
tive talk at Thursdays session OF
.he officers school. HIS sup1ect vas
~ ,1f,e The talk was formal ana IN IN
a5d,tion to bringing to the notice q ti TN
,y;a.ra nil points OF marlssnlansh ZIP
,aared primary essentials he am;
co 'H,.sa tl,c questions put to him upon
s,N,,,fs somewhat obscure. Lieut..
r pp.a IS one OF the foremost experts
s,,Sthe army and for many years ms l.s
haer rated an excellent shot ana q 1 no.
snccessful Instructor Of foternen. ], ~ ~
80 telescopic sight, just received by
~ r,ifteenth Infantry for trial anu re-
w was shown and explained. Win
XII dayice mounted on an ordinary
. IN; rife which 1t is the Intention
~ ,yos.ide for all expert ritiemen,
~ IL rrnshooters may scan II bat tletielu as
throngh a 61a power binooular, heiu
class and fire upon the target When AZ
s w., cross hairs without removing the
eye for aiming. az "a
~ If rife fire In battle developed sta
. III which are seldom brought before
.hnsc outside Of the military profession.
He cited Ell Caney. as one Instance
,,here Americans direct their lingtr-
nointing OF pride, but confessed hllnsels
r. ! loss to account for the boastinG,
The results showed that for an entlrs
dav of firing, In which each soldier OF
W. wv entire regiment of over 1000 men
~. ,,sed upwards OF 800 cartridges, over
tbird Of a million for the regiment,
.ha' "a slaJties were less than per
sant It meant that 900 rounds were
erad without hitting the target, or thai
a. men out of every 100 fired all day
without hitting anything
Cen Wedgwood supplemented this re-
,,taI with one OF his own experiences
While In the. Philippines he was in close
nroylmlty to point where on d dark
81 rpisht two regiments OF Yankee reg1-
III hrs fought each other all night, each
# thinklng the other was the enemy. AT
dawn. though many times great num-
# hers Of the fighting men were exposed,
@ not q man i'll the two regiments was
M even so much as wounded.
Be- Is striking statement Of Lieut. Graane
hi VAS The declaration that Japan could
hi within 80 days after sailing In japanese
& shins land 100000 men on the Pacific
ES5 coast syery one OF the invaders being
M veteran OF Manchuria. That the wa
&@ shlps OF the Inikado could compel Il
M landing would not be disputed by the
@ foremost American army and navy GU
tM thorities, he declared. The greatest
ssss army could assemble at a given point
a Hs viii not exceed 10000 men on short no.
sgSS tcc and with only four transcontinental
3s8lInes and with three trains over each
#s&par day as the limit of transportation.
SS9saSO days would be required to effect a
#Ss rendezvous of this small army on the
Sacoast. Lieut. Greene declared that the
$srue American military history never
SSafnds It's wey into the history taught in
SSssthe public schools and from this cause
&$aShenever those possessed OF the facts
asHshell persons whose ideas of American,
#s3fistory have grown from the roots
@Alanted while they were school children.
$SThey are classed as alarmists. The
Eftatements of recorded facts, he said,
HNNere taken to be efforts to shatter idols.
Bits popular delusion of the American.
8people. he declared, that all Americana
#zare by birth soldiers. only needing ari1e
md a uniform to fit them for service.
Ml The results Of efforts made to train
S marksInen he cited as proof OF the
gMs& fact that this is a. delusion, for after
S3# many months of hard work of in
!# structions by experts, only nominal
8 percentage of the students of the rifle
sSsSS* may be cassed as pro ficient. The at
as% tempt Of President Roosevelt ana 9TH