Bisbee daily review., 1914-10-11

the Germans do, can deliver a much heavier fire than the thin line This advantage is improved when the side of superior numbers refuses to be checked German theory consideres human life it's cheapest war material General Grant followed the same pol icy, guring that he could afford Co lose two or three men if it cost the enemy one.
 Data is yet lacking as to the cf- fectiveness of the bayonet Reports speak as if the two sides have often clashed hand to hand This, thinks the American expert whose Iviews are here quoted, is misreading. When one side is unable to check an attack bayonet charge by the attacking party has a decided moral effect The defense feels that if rifle re can not stay a charge it is about time to get out However, most battles are
 fought at about half a mile range, and unless the way for advance has ! been prepared by artillery, or the
 opposing side is weak in number, the
 range is seldom shortened.
 Much criticism, even ridicule. has
 developed upon the German method
 of voliey ring with the rible butt
 placed to the nip, This is condemned
 because it does not permit of any ac-
 curacy in re. On the other hand, ieven the American army has aban-
 doned the idea of having a force of
 crack shots and now merely aims at
 a good general average Too much
 has been made of the precision of the
 modern rifles. Each rifle develops
 eccentrcides from day to day, and
 in battle there is no way to ascer-
 tain the errors or to get an accurate range, especially in a damp country
 where the bullets raise no dust. Yet
 a well placed rifle re does tell. and this is the only thing that saved the . British forces from annihilation at Mons. The old Boer trick of naming ! @ certain number Of sharp shooters ! 10 fire at will in an endeavor to pick
 off officers while the remainder sent in volleys proved a disastrous sur prise to the Germans. The old saying
 that it takes a ton of lead to kill a . man is still true. It Is estimated there is one hit in every 2,5O0 shots, ? as accuracy of instrument is over 1 come by the, greater distance of fire. It is still too early to learn the . part cavalry is now playing Ameri- can army officers are divided into - two schools on the subject of cavalry.
 those who believe cavalry should play its historic part on battle, and those who regard cavelry as effect i've only in scouting. in acting as - mounted infantry when it is neces- 9 sary to rush men to a weak point, g there to dismount and advance on - foot and lastly in following up a q rOut Artillery fire and barbed wire
 entanslements have so far caused a D great slaughter on horses The United s States war college had enough faith S in cavalry, however, to plan a divis. i ion of it at the time intervention in @ Mexico was threatened.
 Machine guns gure. largely in the .' reports but they are still believed to be of real advantage only in sweep
 ling streets and open Jroads, since e their fire is scattered and they have u a tendency to iamb. They appear to n do their greatest damage in pot q shooting. J Popular imagination j. greatly
 stirred by reports Of airships. But h these are not feared by soldiers, ex- a cept in cases where they are able
 to signal 10 the enemy the range to 1, their artillery. .veon in scouting they
 fly several miles high so high as to ' be unable to detect anything more
 than the movements of large masses ! of men, providing the atmospheric
 conditions are favorable Deplored 1, troops would be hard to distinguish - The amount of explosives the ma ,t chimes are able to carry is in the
 military phrase, contemplate
 -. The real lesson The war SO far d teaches. finds the critic, is the i'm m mense advantage of military prepara Il. ton Germany overlooked nothing g her forces were seasoned and provis .g ioning and transport perfect. II n. France, Belgium and Russia had been .b as poorly prepared as ngand Ger in many would have won the war in a ne month
 u- Bntain's regular army is excellent
 SO far as it goes, but 1t forms only or one section of the line of the allies Pr Some of the best of the terrtorials ,r. who correspond to the American ma st tional guard have been sent to th' s and other foreign stations. Lord ih Kitchener himself says that the new 't volunteer army will not be ready fo .r use until spring It would be murdc e Co send raw troops against veterans. pr front while the rest are used to re he lieve the regulars in Gibraltar, Indi' he Whether Britain will have to conn to to conscripton is questionable, bu ld the announcement by the rcmier Una he she would not was greeted in paria of- ment by cheers Popular opinion | .d- strong against conscription, even il of the form of compulsory nationa
 guard. which it takes in New Zealant