Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-08-30
War Tying Machines.

war lly1uR 44cnlneS.
Rear Admiral Charles D. Sigsbee.
u. 8. N, retired, asserts that as a.
factor in future warfare flying ma
chimes would serve primarily rs
scouts, and, secondly. in about the
same capacity above the waves as
the submarines beneath the surface.
THE submersibles, which In their
early days were acclaimed as sound
Ing the knell OF the the big battle
ships" the Admiral declared. have
only proved themselves valuable as
adjuncts to the monster floating
forts" In very much the same ca
pacity. Admiral Sigsbee believes, will
aeropianes and dirigibles be used In
future. They cannot make the war
ship an obsolete weapon. Speaking
OF the fact that the Bleriot mono
plane outdistanced the French tor
pedo boat. he declared that this was
to be expected, because the torpedo
boat when It reaches speed of
80 knots is doing well. He also re-
! ferred to the Wright machine as
being able to out distance the tor
pedo boat. 1t seems to me-" said
the Admiral, that one. would pre-
fer to fly in an airship over the sea
than over land. It ought to be
much safer to fall into the sea and
be able to be rescued by torpedo
boat than to fall on land and have
all the bones In your body broken.
I should prefer the sea-"
Age Of Army Omoen.
| In his article, selection Versus
Seniority." in the Journal OF the
United States Infantry Association.
Major Robert II. Noble. LIST Inf.
says: "A rough calculation Of ages
from the Army Register for 1907
shows that the average ages Of OH
cers Of Infantry on reaching the
grades Of colonel. lieutenant colonel
and major were about So, sc and A.,
respectively. Some Of these officers
have been fortunate In their promo
ton owing to entrance. when very
young, to the hard service Of the
Infantry in the tropics in the past
ten years. and the Retirement OF SO
many Civil War veterany. In the
future these ages will be much
greater. No computation has been
made for the other arms. But In
the infantry. at least, the prospect
for future promotion for majors Il
bad enough unless conditions great.
lily change: for the lower grades II
Ia worse. Too old for their grades
will be the universal cry In few
years. Surely the interests OF thu
, service are more bound up In tn,
) promotion OF suitable ages Of thu
: 90 per cent Of the officers Of thu
army who are In the compan,
grades "a In ultra so-called consider
alton for the field grades. And re
nsctioa will show that true c0nsid
eration. not only for the govern
: ment, but for the field ofscers them
|. selves. demands something differ
/, ent from what we have now. Tn,
;. average graduate OF the Militar,
e Academy after thirty years servic
. In about fifty years OF age; the av
g erage appointce from the ranks ant
: civil life after thirty years servic
!. N older. and these ages will b
!. much greater II the present maxi
A mum age limit for them Is not re
1 duced a. Il should be. Except Il
!. the cases of those ON whom Dam
Q Fortune smiled In the old system o
. regimental promotion. enablin,
: them to gain files over their fellow
!, !. Of eQnsl service. the average ONCE
!. of the line with thirty years servic
d to his credit will be a major; this
the case now. but In few years
4 present Indications hold. the ma
t. jority will be only captains afte
. such long service"
' TARGET Practice.
Two Of the regular Coast Artiller
: companies on duty at Portland. Me
Q 1t their quarterly target practice
|. held on July 80. have made record
y of 100 per cent. These were tn
Z. LIST Company. Capt. Charles Il. Lar
. ham. ut Fort Leyett. with the II
= Inch rifies. which scared six hits. on
!, OF six shots. and the seth Compan.
at Fort Williams, Lieut. Earl hi
=, coe. using. 6-inch rifles. which mad
.. ten hits out Of ten shots. The othe
d compa nies' records were as follows
l. 4sth Company. Lieut.. Donovan, I;
y inch rises. at Fort Williams, fOu
= hits out OF six shots: 9Th Compan'
= Lieut.. Ross. Fort Williams. l0-inc
a rifles. four hits out Of SIX shots
Y 155th Company. Capt. Craven
O. Fort Williams. 3.inch RIDES. mir
O. hits out OF sixteen shots; Goth Con
T. pany. Fort Mckinley. Capt. Enl
y lish. s-inch rifles. ave hits out.of 81
Iat.