The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

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the first military training
camp for business and professional
men was organized and, during
ehs journeys between New York
city and Plattsburg was commanded
by Raynal G.. Boiling. general solicitor
Of the United tatcs Steel Corpora
don. with George W. IIubbcll, Jr.. at
torrey for the New York Life lnsur-
snce Company, as First Lieutenant,
and II. b. Clark Ct White, Weld & Co.
- Second Lieutenant. Despite the
mrt taken by Mr.. Boiling in this en-
pertinent. he prefers not To make for
publication a statement Of his conclu-
sions as to the results achieved. AS
he put It: II am a lawyer and not n
soldier. and my desire has been to find
on, what we could do. and d. quickly,
In time Of national peril" lie did,
however. say:
ut is common knowledge now how
potently the machine gun has figured
IN the ISHtiIS III i-'i'4' :"
equally well known that the automo-
bile and the tor truck have been
scarcely secondary in their tactical
value. making possible the rlp!a shift
Ing Of troops and guns III a way UNI
dreamed OF a few years ago.
AS a civilian aud a business man
wondered where we should stand
-4.t .a,.,t .. fhaEa fhfNnE II war
came upon us suddenly, What could
W. do promptly toward meeting The
emergency? What had We already
a, our d!sp sal that could Ice adapted
at once t our defensive nceds IN these
departments of an up TO date military
force?
The motor machine gu" outit OF
seventeen units VIZ an effort to ar
swer these questions from a practical
standpoint"
Tho carly suucrl rity OF the Ger
mans in the matter of machine guns
contributed very much to their sue
cesseS II has been authorItatively
reported that the Trutcls We're able
to withdraw enormous numbers Of
men from the western front and IL
transfer them to the eastern battle
..ttN 4ttI-flN ny liA"'4A ~ A"N S"''
numuer { machine guns sent into the
trenches in France Il Belgium be-
fore IN. last Russian campaign he
gan. In ne instance il took 900 l'r.t'
ish troops four days to carry "A Ger
man trench, and after heavy losse'
the English found the German de.
fence To- cons 81 ~ only 1--WE mnc"!h
guns and fifteen sold! rs.
In the United States army, as l.
most other armies prior 10 this wal
two machine guns were cons!dcro
sufficient for each regiment. som
military authorities now believe theF
should he AZ least twonty-iour ma
chine guns to each regiment. II
also essential to efficient service ina
these weapons, with their crews an
ammunition and equipment. snail u
susceptible of RAPID movement 10
considerable distances.
As a matter Of fact. in the Unite
States army machine guns are packe
on the backs of horses ana mule
The maximum mobility that can INT
be counted upon is twenty-five mil'
Il day, and by sustained effort MI
miles would take more nearly tir'
than two days, especially II the eoi'
were somewhat rough or supper
By transporting the guns, crews ~
ammunition in automobiles INVENT.
five miles could he negotiated III I
hour, and twice that distance eV'
with the roads cut up. could DC TO
cred inside of three hours
because Of lack OF funds ne!th
the regular army nor the NATION
Guarl has experimental with moi
TRANSPORTED machine gun units; al
il was to gain at first hand know
edgr f this new combination IN
the motor machine gun dctacnme
was organized for the Plattshu
camp. The necessary monc "
contributed 10y Judge Gary OF
United States Steel corporate
George w. Perkins, j. i. Mor%'
Brown brothers q Co, Potter 'ho'
\ Prentice, and White, Weid " :
But Notwithstanding the hh''''
help given 10y business men we I
pertinent could hardly have been q
ricd through without III" hsS'H'''
If the motor car manufacturers "
furnished cars and drivers Sratl"'
In anal organization the u'la'
mcnt consisted OF fifteen motor q
nd Two motor cycles. they ihei"'
n scarchlight ear, n motor hnlo"'''
military transport cars ana ",e
trucks equipped with guns ="
w. one fully armor"d car WIN
Volving gun turrct'
Cant. william II. Smcdberg, Jr'
tho second United States cavalry
machine gun expert OF Tue "'
made the trip up tn Plattspurs