The Dolores star., 1915-01-08
STUDY WAR ENGINES
Army and Navy Officers Plan
New Death Machines.
Have - Many Ingenious and En-.
eient Inventions to Their Credit
- Have the 0fsesrs Of Any
Other Nation.
sy EDWARD .. CLARK.


STAR Correspondent OF the Western
Newspaper Union.
Washington. -Some little time ago .
word or two was said publicly about .
new navy torpedo. accurate and serv.
iceable ut . range hitherto unthouGht
Of. The navy department naturally
was displeaped because Of the public
word spoken Of this invention. Not
enough has been said about II to en-
able anybody else to seise on the 20
crst and therefore probably no harm
hos beea done. The country may mot
know H. but army and navy ofAcsrs
~ tEyins constantly 10 invent some
tAiag which win % other nations ons
boktae.
A the records win show the Ameri-
ca olAcers Of the two services have
- many creditable and eflicient IN.
ventions credited to them % have the
e0csss Of any Of the armies and M
vies Of other nations and. to make this
stronger, II must b remembered that
our army b . comparatively small a..
fair and our navy stands fourth from
Tie top Of the siss and strength list.
There 10 . hint that II unhappily the
United States In the near future
should become involved IN war sur.
prise or two may Be- In store for this
coantry's antagonist or antagonists.
Individual initiative Ii = common
thing In the var and navy department
and while secrecy ~ to details shrouds
such matters II 10 probable that con.
Aict might bring 70 light something
new In the shape Of devices for de-
lenses and o6enses.
The 0facers OF the service today
largely are students. Things were dif.
fereut In the old days. Now In the
FIRST place the ofncer OF today before
he can BE- promoted has to pass an
examination. Moreover study Of milf
tary and naval problems Ia cnjoined.
and again, moreover, the success Of
some ofiicers In inventive lines has
spurred the ambitions Of others TO
equal or excel their comrades. When.
ever new thing appears In Q foreign
Asld Il Ia the attempt Of many men Of
the American services 10 produce
something which win put another
something out Of business.
Not all Of the inventions OF military
arms have been those Of men Of the
service. for the American civilian
with his inherited knsck for novel
constructive work has created many
things which have been adopted In
some form or another FIRST by the
American army or navy and later.
when the secrets were out. by the 9th.
er armies or navies ~ some OF the
foreign powers
The study In the signal service TO-
day 10 directed In large part TO the
perfection Of the aeroplane. Every In.
cident connected with the air service
IN Europe 10 noted. When n IL 70.
sorted that an aeroplane attack has
JAILED and any hint II given ~ 10 the
reason for the failure. the minds Of
he signal service o6lccrs arr directed
toward the task Of making the failure
impossible In our own army.
Armored motor cars are under
study. when the American car finally
10 put Into service Il viii be- found
VEN Mksly that u Win do things that
the o mored cars now In use In Europe
cenuot DO. and that II win have con.
trivancss posseused by none of the
soss Of nurope which will add 10 IL
s0eisucy. Nothing In the way Of sus'
seestpa which comes from tbs other
elle q the water 10 being lost.
The army and saw have dose mseh
a. themselves Ia the last half eeatuSy,
"a a. eonaie.shoe besectr lca6lne