The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-02-25
CLOSE RANGE ACQUAINTANCE
With Long Range Guns.

Secretary or the Navy Jos. Daniels,
with the object Of impressing upon the
minds of the American people the might
and magnitude of our new navy, as rep
resented by our latest floating fortress
es and life aboard them, conceded spe
cial courtesies to Lyman III. Howe to
reproduce on films all the innumerable
scenes, incidents, duties, activities, ETC.,
of life in our navy. The film will be
presented by Mr.. Howe at the Rhode
next Monday and Tuesday nights and
Tuesday matinee at $3.50 p. m, and can
never be seen at any other exhibition.
9 1t opens up a whole lot of things
and occupations so strange that they
come as a real NOVELTY says one
reviewer, while another writes: Never
has the American public had any
opportunity offered them to get &C
quainted at such close range with
the bulwark of the nation. Never has
the gospel and the glory and the pomp
of life aboard super dreadnaughts been
represented as eloquently as in this anna
zing reproduction. Those who will ac-
company Mr.. Howe aboard our formid-
able Armada and follow him through
the maze of its manifold and complex
life, cannot fail to be immensely sur
prised by its high efficiency and power,
and proud of it's splendid personnel. Of
a most spectacular nature is that por-
tion of the scenes showing the dread
naughts at battle practice. The latest
and largest big guns devised by naval
constructors send heavier shells both
further and faster than ever, and the
gunners shoot straighter. The severity
of these rigorous war tests become even
more intense as is clearly demonstrated
by this reproduction. No less interest
ing are the close up detail views show
ing the fine mechanism and manipula
tion of the monster guns.
To fire these guns costs the govern
ment far more than is generally known.
You could live quite comfortably all
your life on what the government has
to pay for a single broadside" dis
charge. The one word Fire. from
the gun officer is the sigma, for blowing
$4,000 into the air in the twinkling
of an eye. The government invests
nearly $5,000,000 yearly just to train
the shooting eyes Of it's summers. 1t
takes $50 pounds of smokeless powder
to send g. shell from twelve inch gun
and this, together with the projeetile,
c+c 6Q00 shot 10 +hat hyr
an ingenious device gunners are now
trained to high degree of accuracy
without such a tremendous outlay for
target practice. But accuracy is not
the only qualification of a gunner. His
nerves must be developed along with
his shooting eye, and for this nothing
short of real shooting to steel his nerves
can serve the purpose. Otherwise many
a gunner probably would be SO I'M
nerved as 10 be useless under chap
tism of fire. This is why the whole
ships crew is subjected as nearly as
possible to all the grim realities of ma
val warfare as shown in this reproduce
ton. In the excitement of operating
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war, a gunner s eye and hand will fail
him unless he becomes accustomed to
the tense situations and conditions de-
picted in this series. Only the coolest
and most phlegmatic nature trained to
the strain in the gun turret can with
stand the deafening roar and shock.
Consequently Mr.. Howe was particular
to assign photographer on this job
who would be as cool while filming the
ssalvos'' as when photographing the
loading processes. 1t also shows our
bluejackets at home, at work and at
play.
Uncle Sam IS methods of transform
ing the wild tribes of the Philippines
and getting them to adopt the ways of
civilization comprises another exclusive
feature From head hunting to we'd
ding cake is far cry, but the film
shows just how it has all been accom-
plished.
The absorbing process of manufact
using machinery more accurate and
careful than human hands or minds,
forms another feature Of HoWe's new
program. The scenes show the making
Of National cash register. An ade-
quate conception of the magnitude of
this plant at Dayton, Ohio, is impossi-
BILE without witnessing this reproduc-
ton, but a faint idea may be derived
from the following facts: 40 tons Of
steel are used daily besides an annual
consumption of 100000 lbs. of found
ry metal, over 400 car loads of lumber,
over 100000 lbs. of tin, 721 900 locks,
100000 lbs. of copper, 10000 tons of
coal and 100000 lbs. of paper. adv.