The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-12-28
MUSKETRY FIRING
TO Be TAUGHT IN
AMERICAN ARMIES
Comparatively Recent Devel-
opment Of Warfare to Be
Taken Up By United States
School at Fort Sill.

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Fort SIN. OKLA, Dec 20.-Thp school
.of musketry OF the United states army
the only school of ltu tald ln tho
country-wiil open o. the recreation
here shortly before the hr9t % JAM
vary. The exact date haas not been
decided upon. al the new buildings
which are Go house the school have
not yet been fully completed
The school ia for the training OF
officers and non-cummiaaiCned OH
cils OF the army in directing and
Controlling the Gre o. bodies of troops
and ia the systematic handling and
formation or troops Gndcr IRE. In
dividual markatnansnlp b. not taught.
The school was o%rgaailcd last july.
II was located al Fort SIN because Of
the presence here OF The hool Of
Fire for Field Artillery. with which
'it co%operates. and because OF the top
ography and extent of the local reser-
walton. WHICH is the iarHcst in the
country. Later on. the war depart
.mcut Intends 20 ilstall r-csimcntal
schools IN each post and then the IN
stitution here VIII be turned into "a
normal school for the trainins OF
teachers.
The idea of mass Gring. az opposed.
TO individual Workmanship, was ihst
conceived by ap Italian general about
twenty years ago. % was developed
by the Germans ana finally adopted
by the other European countries and
muskctry schools now are established
In an European armies.
The first in-yestlsltIon OF the puss,-
bilities of mass hr.ag was made in.
this country seven yeats x al Fort
L~eayeaworth. Kansas Captain n, r.
Eames. now assistant oommandaut Of.
the school at Fort sin was selected
70 take charge of the work. re found
nothing in the Enelish language ON
the subject The problems % for
'nulas which he worked ont NOW COM
prise the textbook for the army. The.
results o. test lessons conducted under.
simulated war cuudltiouA have dcm-
frustrated the practlcahllity of the.
theory and the need uf thuroughly
trained officers, according 40 army of
nciais. They point out that two years
ago at the annual rifle meet-Stt Camp.
Perry. o.. "a company of the best Give
iiinu markamcu was formed 20 fire IN
competition with a company chosen
at random from the army. The army
shooters. although composed OF only
average Individual marksmen, we've
commanded bt an officer trained m
mnss lrlug. The civilians were ease
ily defeated.
The reservation at Fort Sil H o.
rolling prairie. particularly adopted
90 rifle practice az concealed targets
BesiicH being taught range firing and
nra control the ofipora are ttught the
ART of conccallnE TROOPS from IRE and
the most ad|yantascoJs methods of
formation In moving "a body of troops
across "a hrc-swept nold, coy oEainEt AN
enemy position.
The school divided Into i've cll--
sos and composed " nfieon gcld oal-
GERS, thirty company aud troop otl-
GERS, fifteen mHchincsuu ofircis and
one hundred and ,rr uou-comWiHsloa-
ed officers. The hcld unIrcrs above
the rank of captain Hrc being tru'uel
as Instructors to command the rcg.-
mental schlolF which Gro to bc es-
tahlished Colonel o. 81 n%lutchfoId.
Is commandment 81 The school. lu ad-
dition 90 tenehiae rise and machine
gun IRE. tho school Is entrusted with.
the testing ~ noW rifles and ammunl-
tlon.