The chronicle=news. (Trinidad, Colo.) 1898-current, 1913-10-08
DAN REILLY, GREATEST
GUNNER IN the
WORLD

| round the Horn. as they say IN tht
brooklyn navy yard. lies the super
dreadnaught Arkansas. 4 floatins
steel mill Of steel filled with the
sound OF changing unyiis. rust-chip'
ping cold chiscl and the slap.slap Of
paint brushes. one IL very conscious
n ~ soon AZ he Ii aboard her that e..
crybody In the ship IL acutely self.
CONSCIOUS about No. I turrci. tho sec.
ond from the stern.
| Under command OF Lieutenant J.
Howard Ingram. the two guns OF TINT
iurrct. served by eixhty-fise men.
made record for straight shooting
which surpassss any known to have
been made with twelve Inch guns ON
any fighting ship In the world.
| In my -sc,cn seconds three shots
each were fired from thoss two gums
and each aud every shot hit . target
being towcd at the rate Of five miles
an hour. five miles from the ship.
The target would have made = mere
patch ON the side OF the cnewy's bat
,l,shir.
The ala KUN pointers aud trainers
D, !. Reilly. l.. J. Ebbitt. Emil
Pautct. ". II. Address. J. ,. Iiaekc'i
aud J. =. Iiariny-hold continuous
watch ou the after deck around their
,urrct Four OF them had day off
rs soon n the ship arrived Wclnss-
day. aud two more had twenty -four
hours ashore yesterday. Lieutenant
Ingram will &c, all NJ the extra time
TO come. In addition 10 the extras al
lowed by the regulations. lie gave
al! cishty-Nvc OF tsrm what they
called "a blowout oil the trip home.
with extras OF the best thu, the gal
Icy could give.
But they are not Il talky lot. these
men who 10 remarkably proved their
ii1h; TO he behind III" guns. They
are rather given to standing un-asiir
In group. hudiicd together ~
though for protection from tao good.
naturcd gibcs and Interruptions of
other members ~ ;h- crew who
'',angcT approaches.
Dan Reilly IL III. man to whom In
i"r'ic~ors ARE REFERRED by tho officer
OF the deck who call for pointer Of
No. I tnrfri. Reilly Is slender. long
jaw.i. frccklcd. anu L. hardly mo-. e
than u hoy. Ills hair 4. red: under
questioning Il. constantly rubs hi.
chin as though feeling for s,ubhie
which 4. no, there.
The res, al his comrades go; be-
hind him and he did the talking.
How do Ne do it." he asked.
Team work: that's all. The leu
tenant back OF us. the Nix Of us ut
the Two gun. and scventy-Hvc NOR.
all the way down TO the mxguxin".
ending US ammunition. II the leu
tenant did not have us trained TO
work together, and 10 do cvcrythIng
Just 10. why. the ciShty.onc OF us In
he turrct crew wouldn't be any good
II anyone Of tho six Of us lost bis
nerve or got over.anxious or didn I
>cep one eyc out all the time to meet
every other mans slip or rush. all the
GOOD work OF the lieutenant and OF
tho scvcnty-onc men below would so
| for nothing. And II the seyenty-n i've
down below turned clumsy or stupid
there would be no such scoring at the
target.
Then there Is the practice. Ev-
cry time We 60 out to sea. overboai 1
goes Y target aud n launch TO tow Il.
and wa get busy Not with these
guns" and he nodded carclessly uD
ut tho pair OF giant tubes above hi.
head, but with one Founders
:lnmped In those tubes up there on
he top OF the gun near the ;urrct.
Shooting those does not cost no
much and is Just AS good practice II,
pointing and training as thouSi, We
were using service chargys We
don't shoot these guns more than two
rr three times year.
But Just keep It In your hcal
that it's teamwork that does the soui
.hout!ns. That right, Pautet""
You bet.' suid the swarthy Emil
Paufpt Just ton M work and th,
other two nodded. But. us Reilly
was called away. one and then an.
other sided mp to add DO you know
you've been talking to the best gun.
ner in the world? Thut's him Tina,
same red headed fcller you was talk
ing to.
I'VE don't say he is the best on
this ship, or the best In the Atlantic