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came a bit too near. Our gunuers q
long way behind waited and LET him
come. Two thousand feet up, he was, I
dare say All of sudden the gunners
let fly. We could see the thing stagger
and then good-by, Mr.. Flying man!
He dropped like stone, all crumpled
up.
An Englishman who arrived in Lon
don from Belgium and who saw Yep
pelin in action, is reported as saying
that for the purpose of dropping
bombs the airship ascends to height
which protects it from the range Of
gunfre and then lowers q steel cage by
a cable distance of 1000 or 5000 feet
below the dirigible. The soldier whose
duty it is to drop the bombs is sta
toned in this cage, which is strong
enough to resist rife FIRE and is diff
cult mark for artillery because Of its
small size and because by means Of the
cable suspending Il, It is kept in con-
slant motion.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-12
NATIONAL GUARD
TUG OF WAR IS
SURE OF SUCCESS
Great interest Being Taken BY
Service and Civilian Teams
Who Are After Big Prizes

The service and civilian tug OF war
teams that are out for first honors
and first money in the big three-night
tournament scheduled by the National
Guard Of Hawaii fer the 24th, 25th and
26th Of this month, are down to the
real business OF training and perfect
ing the fine points Of the pulling game.
There 10 a lot TO tug OF warning be-
sides beef and all the captains and
coaches realize this and are deyoting
considerable time TO team work and
signals. II Is not necessarily the
heaviest or the strongest team that
will win out and within certain limits
every one Of the dozen teams that will
be in the fight figures TO have a
chance.
Out al SchoReId Barracks the 18th
Infantry Is turning cut men for sys-
tematic practice. and while the sol
diers are keeping somewhat under
cover II Is known that tire regiment
as a whole thinks mighty well Of its
teams chances. The 1st Field ArtiI-
lery has a team ready for the cieats,
hut the other mounted regiment at
LeiIehua, the 18th Cavalry. has de-
clined to put In team owing to the
fact that the regiment Is cut on a
practice march this week and hasn't
time to work up to championship
form.
The entries have not closed as vet
and there Is consequently some indef.
initeness as to the exact number OF
teams TO be in action. II is known
that the police. the national guard.
and at least two waterfront orgsni-
zations will enter teams and round
dozen IL the figure at which the prob
able entry is placed by the committee
in charge Of the event.
Tug Of war has been dead letter
in Honolulu for several years and the
revival Of the sport has been marked
with more than average interest on
the part Of both competitors and spec
fators. Indications are that the big
armory win be filled when the first
teams line up on the cleats for the
signal.
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COSTS $4,000
TO KILL one
MANN ACTION

killing a soldier costs $4,000 to
$20,O0Oi
Writing in La Science and La Vic,
General Perch Of the French army
figures the cost of killing man by
modern warfare.
The cost of killing man Is obtain
ed by dividing the total cost of war
to any Of the belligerents by the num-
Der Of men killed en- the other side.
In 1901 France spent $500, 000,-
000 In the actual expenses OF the war.
Repairing materials and giving sue
cor to the victims OF the war. eypens-
es that are Justly TO be added. cost
sncther s200,000.000. France paid ST.
000.000.O00 as war indemnity, plus an
other s40O.000.000 in interest on the
sum, less Of revenue, forced contribu-
tons by the enemy and upkeep of
the German army CT occupation. This
third category Of expenses, not be-
ing inevitable in all wars, cannot be
properly included.
On similar basis. here are some
facts about ether wars:
Russo-Turkish war (1S77.1S781;
1OtkCys SfUO.UuO.VVU.
Russo-Japsnese war (l905); Russia,
81 200. 00O. 900.
The number of men killed or who
died Of wounds In these wars were:
Franco Prussian war-Germans, 2S,-
500:
Russo-Turkish war Russians. 1S,-
60A.
Russo,Japanese Japanese, S.,
500.
Whence Il results that the cost Of
killing each man Yves as follows:
In 1S7n-127t-S21 .006.
IN 1S77-fs7S-s15,O00.
IN 1905-s20.4 400.
What viii kill the greatest number
and reduce the effective force most
will not be the rife or cannon, but ia
tieue. tynhus or cholera.
In 1870. 3S0,000 Germans entered
the hosnitals. Although they did not
de Of their illnesses, they we're none
the less made useless for certain
time. In the Crimean war the alliei
armies lost four times as many men
through disease as were killed in bat
tie. This proportion was three to one
among the Russians in 1S77-1S7S: 1t
was only one or two among the jap
anese in Manchuria, thanks to their
excellent hygiene.
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COMPANIES C AND D
OF NATIONAL GUARD
TO SHOOT TOMORROW

Companies c and D of the LIST In
fantry, N. G. H., are assigned to the
Kakaako rife range for target prac
tice tomorrow morning and afternoon
respectively
Captain Kolb. of d Company. an.
nounces that his men are to assemble
at the Armory at 1880 sharp tomor.
row afternoon. The companies have
only restricted time to fire qualifi,
cation and record courses, and 1t is
highly important that the full com.
pany turns out
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-09-12
CONDEMNS use
OF AIRCRAFT
BY THE GERMANS

Editorially the New York Sun says:
IF General Sherman were alive, he
would have to apologize to hell. He
was unjust to that amiable region.
The war of hiss time was but an inno-
cent harmless killing game. It has
grown to that aerial triumph of Ger
man culture over Antwerp.
ITO murder wantonly and futilely,
to STAY or mahgle little children and
young mothers in their beds, to salute
the Red Cross flag with bomb, to
slaughter and terrorize non-eombat.
ants, random .dsstruction with no mill
tary results, With no permanent result
except to sickeh and anger all civilized
mankind: this is war as practiced on
city from Zeppelin airships.
Every nation which still believes
that something Of humanity should be
maintained in the usages of warfare
should raise its voice against this
archdeed of pitiless sayagery; against
the repetition of such senseless and un-
forgivable blind massacre.
In reply to this Captain Boy Ed,
naval attaehe of the German embassy,
defends the attack upon Antwerp by
Zeppelin. Antwerp, he says, is fort
ress and must be prepared for bonn
bardment, whether from land or sea
OF air. The second Hague peace con-
yention has in no way prohibited the
use of projeetiles from the air. The
effect of bomb from an airship can
hardly be worse than that of shell
from a large siege gun, and we must
get used to the new idea of carrying
war into the air. The non-military
population was. just as much at liberty
to evacuate Antwerp as the population
was which left Tsing-tau before Japan
bombarded it. While the action of the
Zeppelin cruiser in no way was forbid
den by the international law, he adds,
French aviator, before war had been
declared, sinned against the Hague
peace conventions. He throw from his
Taeroplane bombs into the unfortifed
and unsuspecting city of Nuremberg.
In conclusion he says: 81 believe that
the excitement of our enemies over the
alleged use of our airship is to be
traced to their disappointment for not
being able to make war in this most
modern way for lack of similarly eff
cient airships -
In news despatch to the Sun from
Amiens, France, Duncan McDiarmid
describes the. legitimate use of air
craft. On August "a the first of the
British wounded arrived there. A
wounded Scotch private telling of the
fighting somewhere around Mons -
said: "The German artillery was re-
markably precise in its shooting. Yep
Ielins and aeroplanes were over US all
the time, giving the gunners the range,
so that the shells were bursting with.
in two or three feet of where we were
III the trenches. Nearly all our wound
ed were struck by shrapnel."
Other British wounded from the
fighting around Mons arrived at Rouen.
There Hamilton Pyle records Que Of
them as saying: The German artil-
lery over range two or three miles
eff soon opened on us. Fortunately
most of the shells burst behind us and
did no harm. Some burst backward
and got among US. They kept it up as
hard as ever when it was dark. In the
day time they had aeroplanes to tell
them where to drop the shells. They
were flying about all the time. One
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One Hundred Years
Ago Today National
Anthem Wos Written

One hundred years ago today
our National anthem, 1.-The Star
spsngied Banner" was written,
and in honor Of this centennial
special salute 10 the flag was fired
az noon today at every post and
garrison Of the United States
army. The order for this salute
was issued by the president, and
was received at headquarters Of
the Hawaiian department in the
form Of eabieorsm and from
there was transmitted TO the va
rious army posts OF Oahu. The
salute to the flag 10 II guns.
A hundred years ago, the same
British force and heet that cap
tured and burned Washington,
nnade On attack upon Baltimore.
Thst city w.s Guarded by Fort
McHenry. All dav and all night
the British ships hammered away
with shot and she'll At the fort.
Would IL, could II, hold out? was
the question Of the people Of
Baltimore. When the sun rose
the next morning. the question
was snswered-"our faq was still
there the British had oiven up
the attack ard were sailing down
chesaoeake Fay.
u was on this oceas'cn that
FRANCIS Scott Key Of Baltimore
wrote 1.-THE SAar Spanuled Ban
ner." Key was prisoner at the
time on board one Of In. British
nnen-cf-wsr. All nioht Innn he
watched the bombardmsnt of the
fort. BY the fash Of the guns he
could see the stars and stripes
waving over II. In the morning,
when the mist cleared away, he
found IL was "stiIl there" His
patriotic feelings Of delight found
expression In the song which he
hastily wrote In pencil on the
back Of an old letter. In few
weeks the people were singing II
from one end Of the country TO
the othes
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ORGANIZATION
OF HEGERMAN
ARMY COMPLETE

| In estimating the strength of the
German army now in the field il
should be remembered that at wal
strength the infantry companies con
sist Of 270 men. The fighting strength
of company is $50 rifles. A company
! il commanded by q captain, who il
mounted, and each company has from
/ three to four lieutenants. A company
in the German army is about as strong
as q battalion in the U. s. Army. The
battalion consists of four companies
and is commanded by a major. Its
war strength is 1883 men, with so Of
ficers, 10 vehicles and 1000 rifles. A
battalion is almost equal in strength
tc an infantry regiment of the u. s.
Army. The regiment consists of three
battalions and machine-gun company
which is the thirteenth company, and
is commanded by colonel or heuten'
ant colonel. The war strength of q
German regiment is 1920 men, 100
horses and 50 vehicles. The fighting
strength of q German regiment is
1000 rifles, or about the same as a
brigade of infantry in the U. s. Army.
A machine-gun company has 100 men,
80 horses, Is vehicles, 6 machine guns,
and is in command of a captain and
three ieutenants.
The war strength of a cavalry squad
ION, composed of three troops, in the
German army is $50 men, three We
hieles, with fighting strength of 150
lances. A regiment of cavalry consists
of five squadrons, and upon mobiliza-
ton the fifth squadron becomes q de-
lot squadron, from which the others
are filed.
In the field artillery the battery is
the smallest unit. 1t is commanded
by a captain, who is assisted by three
or four lieutenants. A mobilized bat
terry has six guns, divided into three
platoons of two guns each.
The success of the German army is
being attributed largely to the thor
0ughDess with which the German gov
eminent has prepared for war. On
paper there is very little difference be-
tween the organization of the German
army and those of the other Powers.
But Germany has attended to the
smallest details in preparing its
forces for war. For instance, when a
man is enlisted in the German army
he is measured for his sswar outfit. "
This, it is understood, not only consists
of complete uniform, but of rife
or the necessary small arms for his
service. His name is worked in his
uniform and the entire outfit is stored
at the point where he reports for mo-
bifization.
As the result of this perfect system
of preparation and organization, when
money was being appropriated by
France at the breaking out of the war
for the purchase of shoes, the German
soldier had his war shoes on and prob
ably was on his way to the points of
mobilization.
This system of preparation in Ger
many extends even to the Red Cross
Society. 1t is understood that the
American Red Cross Society in its nego-
tiations with Germany has discovered
that all of its units were perfect and
that all that the German society want
ed was additional units. In contrast
with this, only this week France wired
the United States for cots to be used
in the French Red Cross work.
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INVISIBILFTY
Of THE GERMAN
field uniform

Richard Harding Davis in the New
York Tribune, describing the German
soldiers as seen marching through
Brussels, says:
After you have seen this service
uniform under conditions entirely OPP
posite you are convinced that for the
German soldier it is his strongest
weapon. Even the most expert marks
man cannot hit target he cannot see.
It is a gray green, not the blue gray
of our Confederates. 1t is the gray Of
the hour just before daybreak, the
gray of unpublished steel, of mist
among green trees.
g saw it first in the Grand Place in
front of the Hotel de Vile. 1t was
impossible to tell if in that noble
square there was a regiment or bril-
gade. You saw only fog that melt
ed into the stones, blended with the
ancient house fronts, that shifted and
stlrifted, but lett you nothing at which
you could point.
Later, as the army passed below
my window, under the trees of the Boz
tanical park, it merged and was lost
against the green leaves. 1t is no ex-
aggeration to say that at q hundred
yards you can see the horses on which
the Uhlans ride but cannot see the
men who ride them.
'tIf / appear to over-emphasize this
Disgusting uniform, it is because of all
the details of the German outfit il APP
Pealed to me as one of the most re-
inarkable. The other day, when was
with the rear guard of the French dra-
goons and cuirassiers and they threw
out piekets, we could distinguish them
against the yellow wheat or green
corse at half a mile, while these men
passing in the street, when they have
reached the next crossing, become
merged into the gray of the paving
stones and the earth swallows them.
In comparison the yellow khaki of our
own American army is about as invis-
IDLE as the flag of Spain.
Yesterday Major General Won JAR.
otzky, the German military governor
of Brussels, assured Bnrgomaster Max
that the German army would not oe-
cupy the city, but would pass through
it. It is still passing. have followed
In campaigns six armies, but, excepting
not even our own, the Japanese or the
British, have not seen one so thor
6ughly equipped. / am not speaking
of the fighting qualities of any army,
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WORLD TO GET
PEACELESSON
FROM The war
Marshall Believes Horrors OF
Conflict win Prove Aid
to Arbitration

WASHINGTON, d. C.@viee Presi-
dent Thomas r. Marshall has given
his first expression on the European
war He was careful to say that he
spoke only for himself He said that
he had long been expecting war. be-
cause nations. like individuals. cannot
tempted to use them.
Starting his interview with the as
sertion that every American should
be carful to not express opinions
which would In any wise indicate that
the people OF this country are interest
ed In the success OF any OF the parties
to the conflict. the vice-president con-
tinued:
II know nothing Of the relative
rights and wrongs OF the contending
parties. but | have believed for 10
years that war would come. Nations
are much like individuals. and man
who makes an armory OF his house
for purposes OF self-defense Is quite
liable to find an occasion when he
thinks IL necessary to use those weap-
ons In self-defense. Il Is barely pos
sible that II he did not have them he
would not think himself In such great
danger.
He Has Dream.
my dream Is that. without great
war. the impending danger win teach
the nations OF the world. the United
States included. that as there Is no
personal dishonor which may not hon.
orally be left to the settlement OF the
courts, so there ID no national dishonor
which may not safely be left to
tribunal for peaceable settlement. X
the dream does not come true the hor-
rors OF the impending war win result
In the practical disarmament OF the
great powers, the establishment OF an
international tribunal to settle contro-
yersies and q world police force To en-
force, II needful. the DEGREES Of that
court.
sWhen we consider that we have
started out to build great navy and
that payment of pensions and prepara-
ton for future pensions has absorbed
63 per cent OF the governments reye-
nues, the public sentiment or America
will sooner or later drive rs 70 arDi-
tration.
"war. or no war, the hour Is coming
when, the world around, governments
will prefer to feed, rather than 70 Kill.
their citizens. We have not been 50
patient ourselves In the past as to
Justify US IN criticising our brethren
abroad. Under Ike circumstances !
suspect we would do as each Of these
great nations Is doing, but some OF Us
pray that America may lead In prop
aeanda for universal peace, which can
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only Of the equipment and organiza.
ton. The German army moved into
this city as smoothly and as compact.
ly as an Empire State express. There
were no halts, no open places, No
stragglers.
"This army has been on active ser
vice three weeks, and so far there il
not apparently chinstrap or q horse.
shoe missing. 1t came in with the
smoke pouring from cookstoves on
wheels, and in an hour had set up post.
office wagons, from which mounted
messengers gaIloped along the linel Of
column distributing letters and at
which soldiers posted picture post
cards.
''The infantry came in in files of
five, two hundred men to each com
pany; the lancers in columns of four,
with not pennant missing. The
quick-fring guns and field pieces were
one hour at q time in passing, each
gun with its eaisson and ammunition
wagon taking twenty seconds in which
to pass.
HfThe men of the infantry sang
tFatherland, My Fatherland.' Between
each line of song they took three steps
At times two thousand men were sing.
ing together in absolute rhythm and
beat. When the melody gave way the
silence was broken only by the stamp
of iron-shod boots and then again the
song rose. When the singing ceased
the bands played marches. They were
followed by the rumble of siege guns,
the ereaking of wheels and Of chains
elanking against the cobble stones and
the sharp bell-like voices of the bugIes.
For seven hours the army passed
in such solid column that not once
might a taxieab or trolley ear pass
through the city. Like river Of steel
it flowed, gray and ghostlike. Then,
as dusk came and as thousands Of
horses hoofs and thousands of iron
boots continued to tramp forward,
they struck tiny sparks from the
stones, but the horses and the men who
beat out the sparks were invisible.
]" AT midnight pack wagons and
siege guns were still passing. At sew
en- this morning I was awakened by
the tramp of men and bands playing
jauntily. Whether they marched al
night or not I do not know; but now
for twenty-six hours the gray army
has rumbled by with the mystery OF
fog and tho pertinaeity of steam
roller. =
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idea of the A-B-G ships. England Of
course originated the dreadnought, and
cackIed like q chicken that had laid
an egg, and got every one else build
ing A-B-G's. But / think AL the ma
yies are coming around to what we call
the mixed battery ship, and that q
as it should be.
1.-THE original dreadnought idea was
ship with all big guns Of twelve or
fourteen inch calibre, and . few small
guns, say three or four inch ealibfe,
for use against torpedo boats. But
the size Of the lesser battery has been
creeping up year by year, until our
newest ships k<e six-ineh guns with
the fourteens, and, I understand, SONS
vessels have eight-inch guns, which are
pretty sizeable weapons for any use.
CT believe this war viii show that
a well distributed FIRE by the medium
sized guns viii do much more damage
than the slower single shots Of the big
fellows. -
May this possibly mean return to
the use Of smaller calibre gunsf7 Adj
miral Mahan was asked.
sfThe results Of the naval battles
will tell; that cannot be said now he
replied.
Aircraft and Submarines Factors.
The admiral declined to comment
upon the comparative fighting ability
or gunnery Of the nations involved or
to be involved. Nor would he advance
any theories as to the damage likely to
be inflicted upon the extremely large
fighting craft by submarines or by air
craft.
1.-THE submarine question and the
airship question-neither ever tested
out thoroughly-wilI doubtless receive
considerable calculation in the con-
fficts to come he said. fThere would
be no use predicting what effect eth
er Of those attack methods may have.
We shall probably learn much about
them in a short time. !"
Greece is intimating," he said,
lies, Servia and Montenegro. The
Greek navy, reinforced by the ships
bought of the United States, could per-
form great service by keeping rein
foreements of Turks from coming from
Asia Minor.
Austria replies TO this intimation
of Greece by declaring that she will
blockade the coast Of Greece. Then
the question arises Immediately, Will
Italy put mp with thatf / believe not.
81 believe Italy will be forced to
take action in this matter, and GER
tainly France win, with her fleet in
the Mediterranean. There Is no way
in which the French navy can do bet.
ter work than in aiding Greece. The
Mediterranean, I believe, may be the
theater of some lively lighting. -
According to Admiral Mahan's
views, the near future viii find repre-
scented in the sea battles England, Ger
many, Russia, France, Austfao, Turkey,
Greece and Italy.
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