Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-06-24
Act Of Singular Barbarity De-
scribed by Mccormick VIC
tim viii Die Slow Death
From tuberculosis.
NTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS
SHOW MUCH ORIGINALITY
Conditions in Eastern TheaterI
Of War Not Unlike Those
Prevailing Through France
and Belgium,
Nv ROBERT II. MCCORMICK.

I Copyright 1915; by The Chicago Tribune)
Great Russinn Headquarters. May
/ iG.--I have paid a visit to the castle
! of Nilanoff. built hy the Polish King
John Sol ieelgi. who .saved Vienna from
the Turks.
Here Count Bramoh conducts n
! private hospital for wounded men,
amOng whom IS a Polish peasant GO
| years Of age, who was shot through
1.-THE breast By direction Of a Prussian
I officer for dbJecting "a the burning Of
his home. lie WAS left whore he fell
and remained two days ana two
nights until the Russian advance from
! warsaw Peter for him If he had
died whore he lay AZ under the cir
cumsiances Of his life tuberculosis Is
| almost inevitable and an arm para
| ly2ed from the wound Will keep him
! from the cultivation Of his little farm,
whereby he earns his bread
/ From Vilnnoff onshhrongh fields
s0Wn thick With graves. where the de-
cisive battle Of the fall campaign was
fought on past line after line Of
covered trench and breastworks, past
llabyrinths Of wire acknowledgements, the
new forts stronger than stone or con-
crete On over the road worn deep
IN ruts by German heavy cannon, past
rows OF trees stripped naked of their
branches 10 make artillery cover
Crowds of Refugees.
They looked so strange and bare in
the morning sunlight that | stopped
% Photograph them and the crowds OF
Polish refugees, who find in road re-
pairing much needed work while the
stranGer burrows their lands with en-
tronching plows. And so We came to
a pleasant country house, remarkable
only in an astounding number Of telo-
phone wires running from an open
window. This Is the headquarters OF
the second army, inherited in all it's
thorouEhness Of equipment from the
beaten. enemy.
From the second road it seemed as
though the general had been careful
To find comfortable quarters. but an
inside inspection showed that the en-
tire house was given up Co the bust
ness of the army and that the general
In command contented himself with
one small combined bed and sitting
room ia this unprctenti0us saloon
he received us and then led the way
into the flower garden to show whore
a German air bomb had fallen a few
hours before. The explosion had
shattered the ncighborng windows
and steel fragments had cut the pick
cts From an iron fence like cheese
The visit" was about to be returned,
so after tea we followed the general
to the aviation field
Artillery ON End.
Approaching this ] saw the familiar
sight of field artillery cooked up on
end as ant-aircraft guns had seen
the same scheme near Neuye Chap
pelle in France, but there was q diff
ference in detail Of method.
In France the trail is lowered into
Ia hole ana for aiming the wheels are
skidded around on two small concen-
trio iron trucks. Range is established
by telescope field range finder.
In Russia the cannon wheels rest
on q central wooden platform, and for
the requisite elevation, the trail is
let into circular excavation cut
around the platform.
To obtain the eNactiulde of range
necessary for wing shooting. a lack
knife method has been devised indi-
oatiye Of high state Of originality
in the Russian artillery arm
Practice Drill In Air.
We were still a little early for the
departure of the bomh-droppers. as
the general planned Ga time their trip
so that they would have daylight by
which to aim their i'ombs and night /
fall 60 protect their return In the
meantime hc held a practice drill of
the air battery, and To make the spec
taclo moro realistic sent up repaired
German aeroplane shot down by this
same battery awhile before.
Around sailed the atrship, around
the Russian gunners swung their guns,
giving evidence of tremendous physi-
cal strength, which is distinctive
feature OF this army stood with
~ 70 the range finding officers and
was impressed with the superiority of
his eontrivanee over the automatic
range finder used In France
As the general approached the fly
ing machine, mechanics and airmen
alike came 70 n rigid attention For
from the adventures of the air is re-
quired the same degree Of discipline
as from the soldiers in tho trenches
The French IiCachCy
We were introduced to Poirreo, the
French Beachey- and to the famous
Crcusut, ! snapped picture Of the
fNf'fNh ~ fflfAAiifh tftNtf w Afu II itutItC
America il may not appear as an
obituary.
The final bombs were being loaded
as We arrived
OH the tenscness Of that atmos-
phere. Six fine young men were
starting out Ia kin or be Killed. one
realized how thin is the veneer Of civ
ilization TO breathe that electrified air |
J think the unidentified old general, !
veteran and hero Of many wars. would |
have giyen one Of his istars to take
thAtstrip
foirreo, the hooper OF loops, was
plainly excited. but Crousot discussed !
cuisines, steering devices, and air.
mems clothes with apparent uncon-
Germ, only in his eyes could be seen
the 9iFe that burned within | wonder |
what occupation that gallant will find |
II he survives the war
Up rose the graceful desttoyers cir !
cling to the heights Small targets |
they presented when they turned their |
beaks toward the foe
Dining In Russian STYLE.
We dined In Russian style, with an |
the delightful appetizers that country |