The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-09-05
Member Of Navy AID.
visory Board Says
Resources of Science
Should Be Used to
Forestall Emergency


true with all great captains. Aloyan.
der the Great marched through ucrsla
against al odds merely because hs
Macedonian phalanN was stronger a,
the point of attack than any mass OF
mel that could be brought against IL,
The Roman legion for the same rea.
son vas invinc!ble.
"The chief desideratum on tSc Ar.
ing line is to concentrate tho maxi.
mum of fire in the minimum Of time
/ Upon the enemy's opposing position.
and with the minimum exposure ~
life. Every foot of the firing limo I.
very precious, and should be utilized
to the utmost.
1.-THE advantage IL obviously greatly
in favor OF the machine gun when we
consider the fact that one man with
q machine gun concentrates in the
place he occupies the firing potential.
ity Of twenty men and exposes IN,
one life instead of twenty. II is Are
effect hat wins battles, not the mum.
bers of men.
mot only has the machine gun won
its laurels in the trenches but also
It has spoken loudly for Itself on
the aeroplane. Aerial warfare has
been reduced TO machine gun warfare.
Larger and larger fleets Of acruplanes
will constantly he required. each
armed with n machine gun
THE French keep constantly an
aerial patrol in the sky over Paris
Only the other day the French ay!a.
tors over Paris ~repu'sed "A fec, Of
German ~aeroplanes and brought one
of them tn the ground.
The automatic machine gun IL In.
valuable in covering retreat when an
army is compelled to retire before A
hostile advance or 10 withdraw into
another position. \ few machine guns
concealed behind clurnps Of bushes Or
behind knobs are able to VIM gu,
a whole regiment before 1t knows
what has happened. Al the Shaho
fight two machine guns on the flank
of the Russian line. which had heen
concealed for a couple Of days. sur.
prised a japanese mountain battery
OF $50 men and fifty mules. going
into position by the flank. and killed
every man and animal in less than a
minute.
Campaigns are won by successful
battles, and battles are won only by
the delivery OF a superior gun FIRE
upon the hostile target.
THE Allies should to-day have a
million more machine guns than they
have. and I am convinced that they
will add during the next twelve
months at least half a million ma
chine guns 70 their equipment, II
they ran get them made. The dead.
lock on the Flanders firing line can
not be broken except with the ma.
chine gun To-day all the men tia,
can be placed in the trenches are
there. The firing potentiality Of that
number must be raised with the ma
chine gun. There should be n ma.
chine gun mounted TO every yard Of
trench.
But is it right that the Allies
should Increase the number OF their
machine guns in order TO slay ,ar,er
numbers OF their enemies? MANY of
our leading paciiists claim that il y
wrong TO make machine guns. and
that those who manufacture them IRE
largely culpable for the lives they
s~acr!nce' 1t ought To be plain t. any
one mat when a nations very ,\....
ehce is threatened by an enemy thor.
oughIy armed with machine guns q,
i right FOR that nation to defend 4.
ser with machine guns.
IL Is very much to the credit ot
the Germans, and not To- their dis.
credit that they foresaw the Value
ot the machine gun ana egu.yy.i
themselves accordingly. and lt is 3, he
u!scFedit of the Allies that they did not,
DO likewise. The Allies Should we
ioreseen this war in all its mt..,iiA
and with al It's horrors. and I'd
have been ready.
We must either assume TO-. he
AAIeS are IN the wrong, ana '... p $
wrong for them To defend tlrm-. YES.
or grant that it is right and ... ;er
that they should defend themselves
with the same effective Watp.n- that
are being used against them T., :
seIf-oNIdent that the Allies can ave
themselves from s,aughtcr uny..r pro.
portion as they are able To s.t.. re,
thelr enemies. The machines I" lre
capable Of doing the most k.rs n
war are the greatest lie savers y,
those who Use them.
We all know tina, ono n Oh. est
ways 10 fight a forest FIR Oh. . ;- rae
fire Is 70 back fire against ,r, .a M.
Ing wall Of flame. This nIs ways
neen n simple and cf,.'... .tc
saving II property say.ug on. lent
IL was n common prcCaV'.,n 'ae
early American pioneers 2. d.. . ere
against even the menace .E .. -
burning Over wide areas to arr.-. 'ae
sweep of n forest fire should or. ne
similarly II Is necessary & g. ID ma.
ton % back fire against tho cYr 'lera.
ton OF war not only To r's.' ire
arms with firearms. hut also ?. d 10y
with firearms against tho monaco =
war.
We must. for all practice "'r-
poses take human na,urc ms "a .'n'
slant. We NE able Ia know Vt' no
eNact'tude OF mathematics t.1' what
human nature has been IN tic p's' (;
IL now and will also be for many years
tn come.
I'VE know. rs surely ne We low
anything in this world. Thar .a orna'
t!onnl vital necessities must """FaN
over mere international sau'rn,"''"'
t!cs. Man acts according ,o l'- .''s'
stiles because he has to. AVID '. 7''s
according to his sentiments only Wa
he can afford To.
We know, II we know uUv'' 'F IN