Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-20
Effect Of New TacEcs
on Infantry Troops on
Modern Battle Field

will be time enough for their use in
Ia little while when the men are face
to face
Meanwhile. on the battlefield pI0w-
ed up by pfojeetiles. little serpanfs
are splitting fire. We're We nearer
lthey would lie revealed as groups of
infantry prepaping to follow those
ahead In the rear are other groups
more or less thick. One would sus-
spect that they are enormous pythons.
Then arrives the moment when the
fractions of the first line, unable TO
advance further without the support
and aid of their weapons, leap up,
come together land form long line
which is lit up from end to end. Those
who fellow hasten their pace and
press close up behind those in front
until they are lost in the long line.
The rifle-shot ring ont. The artil.
lery deafens. The critical moment
has arrived. II the rlen fail to hold
firm, ii great gaps are torn In their
long line and II these gaps be not at
once filled up, II a happy countar-at.
tack be. made good, all Is over-at
least for that time. There must be
a retreat, and this retreat is equiva.
lent to an abandonment Of that par.
ticuIar effort
And now come up the reserves who
as yet have been held under shelter.
They race forward. They shoot down
the necessary number Of the enemy
and by their timely intervention re-
store confide1ce and military ardor.
Their separate fractions, their rapidly
individaalizeds units. push from the
rear forward impelling the combat
ants already in the zone of fire fur
Their ahead These eombatants are al
ready excited by the sight of their
object Immediately in front and by
their knowledge that the moment for
a supreme effort has come. Now the
din is formidable There is steady
roar of the artillery to create a tenn
pest. There is a shrek of exploding
projectiles each second There is a
swapping of rifles, hiss of bullets.
Every sound blends with every other
to precipitate the pandemonium of
hell. The time has come for sanguin-
airy sacrifices and for heavy loss of
life. Happily this period is the brief
est of all, for the climax is preparing.
A last Volley from the troops, last
rush pellmeH of the men in a crowd,
q rapid making ready of the bayonet
for its thrusts, a simultaneous roar
from the artillery finding the true
range for the smoking pieces, dash
of the cavalry from cover emitting
the wild yell of victory-and the as
sault is delivered. The brave men
spared by the shot and shell will plant
their tattered flag on the ground COW
cred with the corpses of the defeated
enemy.
Such is The part played by infan-
try on the field of battle today It is
a combination of courage, of devotion,
of indomitable will; but there must
likewise Disappearance and knowledge
of the soldiers business. A regiment
well organized, well disciplined and
well differed which. knowing its
ground, can take advantage of It's sur
face methodicaIly and with GOODNESS,
will suffer infinitely fewer losses than
one, no less brave but less we'll train.
ed from the standpoint Of military ed
ucation, which should be highly scien-
tific. Hence the weli-trained ,regi-
ment will face the obstacle presented
by the enemy with a more complete
cooperation"
" 1t will be noted that the artillery has
no other function than that of aiding