The Calumet news., 1913-06-20
MOVIES IMPROVE
R|FLEMAN'S aim
Successful Experiments Are Con.
Quoted by British Officers

That the moving picture machine
was but In it's infancy when introdu, cd
fer the purpose Of amusement and re-
cording theatric representations of fic
titious conditions was proved when
several medical bodies took il up as =,
means Of better demonstration hy
means of active illustration of bacter-
iological subjects and that II is as vet
ndevelcped as To it's possibilities is
shown by the latest purpose To which
II has been placed, tnat of serving as
an aid To- the end of perfection ui
workmanship, says the New YORK
Press.
Already the subject has been scri-
oualy considered and extensively ,X-
lcrimented with by the British war
office with most effective and more
promising results.
Heretofore soldiers in rifle range
practice at Aldershot and other Eng
lsh military camps have been com
PEELED tC content themselves with and
cnthuso over silent targets and while
tho general results have shown year
" increase in the matter OF improve
mcnt, still the infantrymen seemed To
be lacking i'm that desire to accom-
plish further greater results. with the
consequence that officials ot the war
ohiCe decided upon trying out some
moro advancoG method 20 increase the
efficiency Of the men Accordingly the
moving picture proposition was sug-
2ceted and to date /; has proved a
Great success for the purpose to which
II has been put.
AS now applied in England and
throughout the British dominions. the
device consists of a moving picture
apparatus which projects tn. moving
Gcures of soldiers upon . screen. or
target ae IT is referred To. at which tho
nrantrymcn fire. This screen. as now
rcing used. is made of thick white
paper hchind which is worked an cleo
trio light of intense brilliancY So that
any bullet piercing the screen causes
the puuCturc 20 shine out like a star.
BY mechanical contrivance the
nlm ceases To unfold with the impact
Of the bullet SO that the marksman
may at glance see the result of his
shot. This stoppagc can be automati-
Cally arranged To cover period of q
few seconds or a few minutes as the
occasion may demand so that a target
measure may he taken or records mad"
of the SHOT. At the appointed time the
elm recommences and the shooting is
continued
The great advantage claimed for the
6evice is that il gives practically the
same test as firing at living. moving
bodies and increases the marksman'H
interest i'm his work. the difference be-
ing about parallel with man shooting
at n clay pigeon and the huntsman who
fires at the living flying object.
Ry this arrangement infantry behind
ntrcnchments. cavalry detachments
galloping over open country and artil-
lcry batteries limhering and unlimbef-
ing. infantry lines moving to the as
sault can all in turn he fired at exactly
as II would be done i'm real life. ana
win tnp 'nftleT H'.NdllldE' lll'' 'h''
must by arrangement all cease move
ment FOR stated period. In order that
the marksman may he enabled to see
where he has hit or if he has missed
Che object nc has aimed at.
on ton of the apparatus Is a circular
disk which indicates the position ot
the sound gear. which, topethcr win
some recent electrical inventions. not
ably the Kramer Kapr relay. catches
the sound of the rifle shot and auto
maticallN. instantly stops the object
then On the screen with absolute ac-
,uracy Bv another divice. the holes
or perCorations made in the screen are
erased mechanically. and once more
Cl"ou target il shown To he frcd AT
The inventors or perfectors, "i th'
apparatus reem convinced that THIS
modern target viii serve to do away
with the old dry-as-dust methods "'
mueketrv now in use. and that the
proposition will he taken M all over
the world Already the United states