The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1914-09-23
SAYS DUN DUN
BULLETS ARE
NOT BEING USED
Another Type Adopted by Both
Sides MisIeadS Them

Ths Medical Record declares tha
both the Germans and the Allies axe
mistaken in their accusations con-
corning the employment OF dune IN
bullets in the present war. Il further
contends that the terrible injuries Pc
corded were undoubtedly inflicted oy
the so-called SPITE bullets, but eE-
presses the belief that the m.s,lk.
accusations were made in good TAI. H
These are the reasons advanced 400.
the opinion, which appears beneath the
caption, The Dumdum Myth;
The AlHes have made the same ac-
cusatiuu against the Germans. ,..l. of
course. are equally mistaken. The ex-
PLANTATION OF the error on both sides -
not far 60 seek. Ia an editorial COM
ment on Col. La Gardcs recent work
on 'Gunshot Injuries in The Medical
Record OF May we prophesled that
there would be a return 10 inhumanity
in the next war because of the use OF
the spitz bullet recently introduced in
Germany and adopted by several other
armies. that OF Great Britain and the
United States among them.
Turns Sideways on Impact.
This bullet is quite short Of conical
shape, and tapers so gradually that
the centre ~ gravity - thrown back
near the base; consequently, in spite
Of its great initial velocity and dat
trajectory. it has tendency TO turn
sideways upon meeting any obstacle,
although II will go through the soft
parts making a small. Clean-Cut chan
mel. and do little or no injury unless il
hits a vital organ. In the article on
'GuLsa Wounds in the fourth vol
ume 2 tie Reference Handbook OF the
Medical Sciences Col. La Garde says
II this bullet.
The least resistance upsets IL and
IN turning at great velocity the
wounds il inlicts are very much lat
Grated and otherwise attended With de-
structive and effects which are not
unlike the wounds inflicted by dunn
DUN bullets For this reason. the new
pointed bullet is a great disappoint-
ment 10 military surgeons. In expert
ments which we conducted TWO years
ago. We found the resistance encuunt-
cred in the hip joint, chest. and abdo-
men OF c0davers sufficient 20 cause the
bullet 70 turn and the resulting wounds
were like those ~ an expanding or
metal-patch bullet Col. Roosevelt, in
his African Game Trails refers 90
the wounds OF the pointed bullet as
having a slashing effect against large
game At $50 and AGAIN at $50 yards
he brought down two bulls each with
one shot. the bullet making a terrific
rending compared with the heavier
ordinary shaped bullet OF the same
composition
Spitz Mistaken For Dumdum.
IN all probability these spitz-bullet
wounds have been mistaken for the
explosive LESSONS Of the dumdum bull
let's, and the accusation OF the German
Emperor was therefore made in good
faith. but iu curious ignorance OF the
effects Of the missiles used by his own
army Nevertheless the dumdum or
similar bullet has been occasionally
used u this war, but by civilians East
Prussia for instance, is "a game coun-
try, and the hunters there use the
dumdum type OF bullet .u the chase.
The Russian invaders OF that coun-
try have been frequently attacked by
snipers who used their hunting rifles
loaded with dumdums. II is possible
that the civilian hunters in Eastern
France did the same. and so occasional
dumdums may have been found in the
bodies " the German wounded. but
that the armies OF any OF the nation,
now at war are using this bullet =
altogether Improbable They have no
occasion To- use IT, for the sp.tz bullet
is almost az destructive and its en-
ploymeut is Just az brutal"