New-York tribune., 1910-11-21
L|RSH|PS AND EXPLOSIVES
sshar Draws Lessons from Ely
Fliuhts and Puritan Tests.
.oIJTsIDE EXPLOSION BEST"
p-,ner Ammunition for Aircraft
20 Garry Said To Be Nitro
glycerine- Gelatine.

washington. Nov. c0.--Tf airshiqS are <
.,s-r u The naval equipment Of the fut
ss he successful fight Of Eugene 3
-. from the cruiser Birmingham last Mon
= indicated might be the case the proper
---.,-,ition for them 70 carry. N the opin-
- Willard : Ishan1- would be the higf
--1osive which was used in the tests or
=. monitor Puritan IN Hampton Roads OF
=. ,ss-- following EIy's fight
~ Tshan says that nitro-Giy ycerine-g geIa-
- -5a outside explosive which was used
a she Puritan tests. VIII do much more
s.-,are 10 2 hatllezhip than the inside ex-
&c now in Use The explosive itself
IS not originated by Mr.. Isilan. his con
.-ss,,-ion beEg 8 shell II which il can be
81 without exploding before striking the
ter II which Il is aimed.
A. shown o. me Puritan tests. ar
---s,, declared. no velocity would be re-
--t-ed Tor ne explosive 70 work its havoc.
:. ID IFS damage 70 the Puritan without
s,r 77o-,enturu % add TO its force There
~, Il c-crped On a hattIeship from an
..-r45- 70 matter Row low the latter might
:, ers7s. the 1Gig effect Of the explosive
would be felt
Furthermore Mr.. Isham IS confident
,-,,r -h4 effects Of the Puritan tests. that.
- IN The shell of his invention. nitro
r,--,e-iue-selatine Is the explosive with
.,r,,b modern battIeships should do their
fshang-
:. = statement which re made to-day
II Isham said
The enactment 0f Congress under which
~ Puritan tests E-sre made called for one
-es- 70 determine whether the service ar
r1-r ulsrCluE shell Cs1 penetrate the thick
s-no- protecting the Titals OF bagIleship
a. .he minimum battle range OF S,ee3 yards
~ t-suSe damage behind !. The other
- Tzss 70 determine whether the same
srno- projection could be blown into the
ss-n snC damage done behind il al the
maximum range OF The gun, say 25,oe9
-sr5s dy tEC use Of shells exploding on
,he outside OF SIch plate
Tfis latter reSt has Just been completed
tra has demonstrated cOncluSiveiY 20 me
- al outside explosive shell exploding :
srairst the ship at any range and even
z-r-out velocity VII destroy il
Nev. a. Il would be absurd 70 present the
s~s7r of a shotgun on = man aT-U-
.nert fer aru-lnS our troops with such
wesuons in me place Of long range rifles
a. slso - r 5SurG 10 oppose the effect Of
.-nor piercllE shells which have only 2
limited -aTlg5 Of efficiency 10 the effect Of
snel vficn Is Efficient at the extreme
-snge e the gun
ne G-a7rcsI result made available by
tte P--fEu tests is the knowledge made
putlc ma = single snip OF lWeI1IK-6tGt2T
kr1s armed WIN guns caIsaole OF being
eisTsrs5 rc give q range Of. say. @5.1s1
-z7ds- ard supplied with an abundance Of
ammunition which & thinner arnlor would
gsTzli-- could select and maintain such =
1gslTiC1 CT attack on the high seas that
eFt1 CGr whole navy, 4 brought into the
sEhr. would be destroyed without this yes
81 being brought into even the range Of
rTF ships guns
General Niles and Major :. y. Lewis
-geG The sG-an-ases Of such tactics when
zdvc1z-tug the adoption Of my shell he
FIRE Congress more than ten years ago
0Ehe- progressive officers have continued 10
CO s. since then. The RuSso-JapaneSe war
emphasized the value Of the claims made,
gnd Lne present Ces- has further CorTObo-
-zIed them Y this country and j would
sem -la- & IS about tine that the facts
were brought clearly 10 the attention Of
re public. especially since We are spend
tlE Millions q dollars annually upon de
tsusve construction along lines that are
izowr and have been proved BY tests and
se;uai warfare 70 be as sntiquated as the
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