The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1914-07-28
Effective Work Of Twelve-Inch
Guns at Kamehameha Temper
arily Delays Practise Work.
[From saturday Advertiser. }

Remarkable accuracy In firing the
twelye.inch rined guns at Fort Kane
hameha by the seventy-hfth Company
Of Coast Artillery during the early
hours yesterday morning resulted in the
destruction Of two targets by three
shots ana caused the postponement Of
the remainder Of the scheduled practise
for want Of additional targets.
The targets consisted Of a pyramidal
framework with a Sxteen-foot base,
which were used simply as aiming
points. They were towed to sea and
along the course Indicated by GOV.
eminent tug. At range Of about 1000
yards, and while moving at rate Of
ten miles an hour, the targets were
picked up by the, powerful search hts,
and tho first shot went home with a
tremendous splash, demolishing the tar
get. sS
The tug made hurried run to shore,
picked up another target and steamed
back onto the course, The second big
rifle spoke, and the projeetile dived into
the sea directly under the target, When
the third charge was fred, the second
target disappeared into the water, and
tho remaining iyc shots remained I'M
| fred. ,.a. ,G.a X
During the forenoon the three,inch
guns at Fort Armstrong, intended to
repel the attack Of torpedo boats and
other small armed craft, fred about
forty rounds and attained an almost
perfect score, This battery is manned
by the One Hundred and Fourth Com,
Pany, under Capt. II. j. Hatch, who
commanded the mortar battery at Ka'
nehameha last year when that organiza-
tion won the Knox artillery trophy for
proficiency, leading the entire Coast
| Artillery. l
About eight O'Clock last evening the
Six-ineh battery at DE Russy OPENED
With six-ineh guns, picking up the tar,
gets with the aid of the searehliglits.
fraeers Illuminated the path Of these
pfojectiles, making the practise very
spectacular and pretty to watch. The
results Of this firing could not be OBJ
tanned, as tho tug which was towing
me targets moved down opposite Fort
Armstrong, where the three-inch bat
terry was again brought into play, Oh.
i Col. w. @, Rafferty,, tho coast de-
tense commander, is DESTROYS of firing
every day and night as originally SEIZED
gled and Of conducting any pos poned
firing after the completion Of the SEIZED
Tle. Tonight there will be big'gur
firing at Kamehameha, either the post
poned rifle firing or the four salyos Of
mortar firing which had to be called
off early yesterday morning after TIL
rifles had destroyed all the targets
Good Scores Made.
/ Word was received from Col. w. G
Rafferty,, Coast Artillery Corps, early
this morning that the night firing con
Quoted at Fort De Russy and Fort Arm
strong had been highly satisfactory.
De Russy fred twenty six-ineh shot
at a moving target distant 1000 yards
and eighteen or nineteen hits wer'
made The Semple tracers attached Il
the base of the projectiles lighted thei
path and made the flight easy to follow
With the eye. A very large number o
Ipeople Witnessed this firing along tn
beach. The Moana Hotel was the head
Quarters for Army people and thei
friends. Major General. Carter wit
messed the firing from the Moana.
An hour later Fort Armstrong fire
about forty shots from the three,ine
guns. These projectiles also carried tn
Illuminating tracers, marking tbei
flight 1t was estimated that NOR
than half the shots were clean hiti
,, This is the battery which riddled tn
target in the morning practise, MAX
, ling an almost perfect score. ..i
The guns at De Russy were handle
by the Fifty.ffth Company of Coas
, Artillery, under Capt, Carr w. Wale
and the Armstrong battery by the 0n
Hundred and Fourth Company, con
, handed by Capt II. J. Hatch. tn
: actual firing ut Armstrong was condue
J cd by Lieut.. d. N. Swan Jr, -,