Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-11

] fa.e ssat. HAt AatF tIfa acc AFtEt re
fra wefe ros sufncieuf Ga produce the
desired smashing fffefr 81 me ene-
N.Y. ufanfrg
lhe ffeH#n Msen s8w tnef me
rra vfa pan the artillery had come
lnf9 10 oNh asalr - with the nsN
ga plclfV ~ TIRE The desired smash lu Z
efftef could D. produced The ODD
uefhol % artillery fire. stln used "a
some arm ef ia 90 ascertain as einsAiv
ss pHss. bic the range ~ the abiect
fa oe Erred a. SAL fur lnst1rea, az
advancing lne - iHe enrmfs infan-
trF Then a shot = fired at this
range Il h falls short another IS
sired az greater range. and - on
unfll one gees over the target.
Thea the target b. bracketed--iha;
- e j. knoNH o. b. between fWa
rarEes- one ~ which is short ~ Il and
fhe other over A me effort would
t1fn g. made O. decrease the bra skeg
anti me target j. hit TINS method
spfffflFnef may ~ need with consider
aule effect agH MT fsreet which re-
Eurins siafsonaF7
lf ne terEei. however. - continual
y "n the move. 80 ts atfal cling 5nfan-
ff1 ran easily b. seen that u is ar
..llt 10 produce any great effect
The new French sEstem u SIMPLY
RAT, once having bFae keted a target
iF.sfead OF trying 10 hit Il exactly theg
mined .aiely take advantage Il the
rapidly Nlth which they can fire 70
cover 81 the space within that brack-
60 uY exploding proiectilss
In afher words having found thar
tne enemy infantry or Whatever oth-
- troops they may BE- firing az. are
1 between twD ranges. they simply
sprinkle all the ground between these
tao ranges with bursting proiecfiles
aud, Que % the rapidity ~ their fire.
they can do his 80 quickly that Il Is
almost impossible for people 10 this
space 90 ron ouf ~ IL
Even be- getting their target with
in bracket they save time Instead
tof tring one shnt az a time until the
target j trackefed they Frequently
IRE all the guns ~ battery practic-
ally 81 The same time. each with q
different range, In this way they fire.
H4nenfly bracket the target al the first
siiNo- This hFac keting takes from one
aud cne-haf minutes under favor
Z able Cirru instances 20 five minutes
under me most unfayOra bic circum-
stances
T he battery opens what is called ef-
fecfife IRE. 90 Gre 10 produce effect.
Frequently thirty seconds 4 sufficient
e. cover the desired space with such
& rain 81 pF0jertiles that the troops in
{ i must suffer considerable loss.
Sometimes this effect is produced
+ by having each gun gre one or more
shots a. certain range. then in
icfease the range a little and IRE the
same number. and 10 on. TN il has
gone from the lowest n the bracket
r. the highest
Al other times the method used Is
for each gun 10 FIRE q certain number
u shots al given range. moving the
sun 10 the right or 10 the left q GER
ttaln distance after each shot. then in
crease The range and FIRE the same
numb Der Of shots. moving the gun the
same distance 10 the left OF right az
ter each shot that il was formerly
moved 10 the right or left. and 50 on.
by increasing the range and sweep
+ ing in one direction and then iucreas-
ing the RANGE ana sweeping in the
opposite direction t8 cover the whole
distance within the bracket
What this means can be understood
from the fact that At a range Of 3. 500
Yards each gun can cover front II
250 yards without the lower carriage
being moved
a well trained gun crew fires one
~ these guns as much as twenty 1.-two
times minute. In spite Of this ra-
8pidiiy ~ 8re the guns can be fired
from 4.e90 % 5000 times each be-
fore IL is necessary 20 send them to
the arsenal To have the rifilng re-
.newed.
once the captain Of the battery has
hracketed his target and made up his
mind what kind Of fire he is COINS
20 Use he simply gives his orders and
each gun crew goes right ahead a.
quickly A. possible
The sound Of French battery 81
four guns in action is easily distin'
gulshed from that OF other guns BY
the rapidly with which the dis
charges succeed zach other Where a
number Of batteries are in action Al
the same time Il sounds almost like
one continuous discharge.
While making an these improve
Iments the French realized that guns
exposed 10 such fire as they could
produce would soon be put out o. ac-
ition They therefore developed what
B
This method had been more or less
understood and experimental with
before owing. however. 10 the i'm
perfection Of sighting METHODS Of field
larilllfry and in general its manner
lof IRE. this method could seldom be
fused with any serious effect
Roughly. IL consists in putting the
lFuns 90 battery far enough down
the side Of the hill away from the
enemy 80 that they cannot be seen
from the front. but no so far down
that they cannot fire over the crest
OF the hill AZ the enemy. An observes
IA always posted who can see both
the enemy being fired at and also
some point, such as a church steeple
which the men at the guns can see
This point called the auxiliary aim
ms point, may be and frequently is 10
the rear 81 the guns
rs simple tfigonometrical ealcula'
lions. which are virtually worked oui
mechanically. and therefore take little
ifime. the observer can tell the CUR
pointers how they must set then
sights 20 that when they see the aux.
Hilary alming point IN the center q
Itheir sight the gun Is pointed al
the enemy.
Even more important than that q
lgnn should shoot wen is that whai
IN does shoot should create the de
sired effect. The old projectiles Were
lamply solid round cannon balls Later
shells we're invented These were sim
lply hollow cannon balls filled Will
powder. which by means Of fuse
we're exploded a certain time aftel
leaving the gun. When these she'll
. burst the pieces few in all directions
An English colonel. named shrap
nel invented a projecilIe which hal
been known ever since by his name