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

kine. such - guns a,nnnr.tieu
chests. uaiiS and ea4thmnfks tgt hleh
Explosive shell was epnsiderrd rrur ta
tn Har 20 he the preper UraI.e iI'e-
ih4s snel4 always explode t9 tas-
sion ma. Is. fh- fassr aff wheh 81
siriAtr al obisyi ssests e ff eEpieii-
Ire rren she'll wbs ekFiodrs
bursts into -ea pieces Fffa erth
.afse a. - 9unx~ruus. rEd fhs uf uf
ft ts pra ftcafig gEi4btzsA lH pan
the pieces rs In five different dire -
tons straight g. the rlrhf fn tbe left
% the right frgnt - ife pf 'front.'
and tQ the rear. Uefu.e-n these FIVE
groups there are sparts lu which
there are no pierex TIT. sTp.ains
some ~ fhe apparently martfl Ia So
APES Nhleh some people hate had
while undsr nigh explnsife shell fire.
10 one Instance aufaIr and the
lieutenant - a battery were - Eding
almost side gy side. a German high
explosive shell bust. kiiied the captain
insian nifty. knocked down the Heuten-
amt and rolled him avef shoet ten
times. but did not lniure him.
In another ease 4 colonel ard "a
captain afefe standing near each 9TH
~ and about ten yards from third
officer 4 German high Rxpl0sive
shell burst practically 0a one % the
three officers Ne hiss never been
seen since. The eolonei who was
standing On the side 90 the captain
farthest away from the explosion was
'erY badly wounded while the captain
escaped uuintursd
There are cases ~ mes being killed
b. bursts % these high explosive
shells without a single mark having
been made on their body This f.
caused b. the shock.
The French high explosive shell
only does damage for about twenty
yards from the center ~ ifs burst u
ma kes up fof this. however hy liter
ally tearing nearly everything Ia
pieces within that twenty Yards IL
tears up the ground in the direction
of each group ~ fragments in a WAY
which suggests that a giant has used
large Ratchet on il
II has had little effect against
trenches unless il bursts directly
above or in them. Ii then Kills every
body for about fifteen or twenty yards
along the trench. II it strikes a field
gun il damages Il - badly that lt BE-
no longer u any use
As the var goes on the artillery are
coming 10 use more and more 81 the
high explosive shell and Jess of the
shrapnei While the high explosive
is not as effective against trenches "a
could b. desired, It h. much more 50
than the sirGRnci German prisoners
describe the effect ~ IN fire 81 these
guns a. being really terrible
The question may b. asked, why
Germany and other countries have not
as good 4 gun as the when il dates
from 1857 Just before the French
came oct With this new model the
Germans re-etmed all their field artil-
lery with the best gun which has ever
been built ~ the old type. This cost
IAN enormous amount ~ money.
Therefore. when the French sprang
their new type Of gun the Germans
were unable for number Of years 10
re-arm their field artillery
When they did 50. because 81 the
enormous expense 81 supplying an
entirely new gun. they converted their
old guns into the new type This left
them with q gun inferior TO the
French IN practically every way.
The possession Of a splendid weap-
on & not sufficient "a insure success
in war IL is necessary TO know how
20 use b. q nd, above an 10 have men
well trained in handling H.
During the years n peace the
French have carefully prepared the
Officers and men Of their artillery So
that they might get the maximum
value from the excellent weapon
which they were given 10 usef
The marked superiority II the
/ French field artillery TO- that of either
F the British OF Germans has shown
. that the wears II preparation and the
money spent on it were one ~ the
7 best investments France ever made.