The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-24
n. c. \. BREAKS
CAMP TO-DAY
Col. Billiards. instruction School
Has Accomplished Its
Purpose.

At noon today the camp of instruc
tion at Camp Billiard, near Fort Shafter
where Colonel Bullard of the regular
army has been instrutting the commits
stoned officers of the National Guard OF
Hawaii, viii be a thing of the past, for
at that time the officers will break
camp, return to town and don citizens
togs again. while Colonel Bullard Will
be only Mt the beginning of his work
the preparation of his report on the
work accomplished, to be presented to
the war department.
The week has been one of the most
interesting in the history of the ma
tional guard, even counting in the time
the officers in former days participated
i'll revolutions here and other exciting
events. Colonel Jones, adiutant-gen-
eral of the National Guard of Hawaii,
stated last evening that the instruction
given by Colonel Bullard and the regH
lar army officers assisting him has been
of almost incalculable value, and that
the First Regiment would soon show the
effect of the expert trailing the officers
have received
The work yesterday comprised two
war problems, worked out on maps, part
of which was cone under the direction
of Cartain Rooster, Fifth Cavalry.
On Thursday afternoon Colonel Bull
lard gave an interesting talk on the
relations of the infantryman to the ar
tilery The talk was given in the char
acteTistic style of Colonel Bullard, full
of plain language, illustrated with tell.
ing instances, and full of meat. The
address was as follows:
What Infantryman Should Know. :
When it comes to war the infantry
man and the artilleryman who have so
little to do with each other in peacea
come together at once as friends or
against each other hard as enemies.
To YOU then, as infanirymen, it is need
less to say, it is important to know the
other fellow You do not need to learn
his business in detail, you haven t got
to be an artilleryman and know how
to maneuver a piece, cut fuses, set
sights, work all his aiming ana firing
apparatus and keep a gun in order;
but before you go to war you had bet
ter know in general how the artillery
man acts, what he can do for you and
consequently how you should treat him
as a friend, as well as what he can do
against YOU and what you are to ex
pect from him as an enemy.
Fire, Killing Fire.
More than of the other arms, fire.
killing fire, IS the common purpose and
reason of existence of both infantry
and artillery. This greater community
of purpose and especially its fatal Sc
robustness make it incumbent. upon the
two to know each other better than
they need to know the other arms.
BY artillery in this talk | mean
roughly all kinds and calibres of can
non that 90 with an army, troops in
the field Machine guns, which are not
cassed as artillery, and mortars are
not included. OF this field artillery
under various forms and names of
pom pom guns, mountain artillery.
light and heavy field artillery, siege
guns, howitzeTs, etc, most nations have
either in actuality or in design field
guns that run about >, 3. f. ) and 6
inches in calibre, and that fire projec-
tiles weighing from 10 to 100 lbs. The
lighter ones are for the open field, the
heavier for siegelile operations. The
gun intended for regular field use in
our service, and it is about the same
IN all the other armies of the world.
Is one of the smallest of these the 3
inch. the 15-pounder. That is the size.
1t seems small, and it is. 1t is we'll.
however. to remember that in peace.
from considerations of mobility, of
convenience, of how nicely they can
be handled, etc, we run to such par
Tor calibres. - whereas in war we can
not get gun big enough to suit us.
We then want and we howl for and
we get and we are willing to haul
around any way we can, with bull
teams if necessary, as the English IN
South Africa or even by hand, as the
laps in Manchuria, something big.
something that shoots a long way and
shoots a lot Of stuff and smashes things.
We Will make them even poor ones,
take them off ship board, out of cap
tured forts out Of our own seacoast
fortifcations-ge them any way we
can, but get them. While then you
may think now of it as the rule, yet
be sure that in any serious war You
viii see much bigger guns than this
3inch 15pounder
Vast Range of Artillery.
The first impressive thing about ar
tillery is It's great range. That is mea-
sured in miles. While its enemy is
away somewhere over in the next coun.
try, it can begin to do business with
him. It's range, by a good enough rule
for Us infantrymen, about equals in
miles its calibre in inches, and its eff
1ective. its deadly range about one-hali
Of that. y 3-inch gun viii thus shoot
three miles. 1t may go a little further
but at three miles under its fire you
have got to begin to mind your eve
and at oDe-haIf that mile and a half
You can not live from under cover
Remember these simple rules; It's rang,
in miles equals its calibre in inches
Cut this in half, Won get its deadly
Its crushing range.
Its great range places its friendly
infantry under the heaviest obligations