Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-02-03
new GUNS WILL
GUARD new YORK
Proposed Shtssa Inch Cannon
win Havs rvsnt Mills Range,
SLFsSUkR0 kslRSY COASTS
ns~e gseSsiN% ~As- ASN Armament
e. NeSe~- SsSetesNics, They VII
Srx>ert Sea Attack sN Fereisr Sse,
SNsSes&ie- Covers a. Area 60 iseS
SSas-e N5les.

SrsSestio- Ss>ers a. Area 60 i.sSe
Ssss>e N5ses.
Waea xRe n&tteR'S ecS5aSsNe eNINcsSs
Easeee'ss ,5gS tho program 81 RsesNev de-
sease tor New NoyS w05oA ws> out
ssac& - t3,e 2so51Se sns,itScy as$irS com
xasteee ~ sSragsG4er General Erasmus
N. NaaVSr, e. y \. calcs a. coast ST
tSnery. taae metropolitan district viii
&s>caHse Nsres2S3Jy Sal{1eeuaA4e - attack
esther fc0Sa land o. sea. The All
accapG ire vassce of the sixteen Iach
ssres which ths crSnaRee authorities
Contemplate lnS<al9sas soon st Far
Rocsaway Is Sa.ale yards. or spproN-
2Toate1y twenty mics
With tbs -ance. which Is greater
tASa that q sIy nattle>AIa armament
n ;he world ana sreaceV than that OF
sny known a-1sIle-y af the mobile Cype
al ot the metropolitan district within
s twenty nile circle, with Far Rcc&-
away Beach s. itS center. VIII he COM
Eaaa6e5 ~ the powerful new weapons
This ci-cle Src2udeS al ot Manhattan
Island SogtA a. Harlem. the southern
section q the Bronx. aN q Brooklyn
and 0peeaS al ot Staten Island, New
s-S. E,izahc;h, 35ohoSen. Jersey CITY
Rsyonae ana practically Al Of the
Jersey ca2s:
: AattleShta ss powerful n arms
Dent as the British Supe-3-ea inaach,
Queen Ella beth coni5 be held of from
the ha-oor 81 distance which would
make her guns 3-npa1e1t so Tsr as BON
oardEent ef any part Of the FIVE Dor
oCghs O. New York city Is concerned
Cruisers q The British royal navy 81
present engaged II patrol d1ty outside
af New York ha-ta- ana the p-escrih-
Cd three nile limit s-e 10 be found
cGrLnuaIy IN waters which are IL
clpded IN the range araa of the pro
ieced Far RockaEz fa-tiacstions. In
wartime no war vessel could come SC
close were The gockswsy guns IN
stalled
Vice S~se- of New Guns
An idea of tbs sweeping range may
Be appreciated from the fact that the
area covered by the guns Is 1.a6
square miles Calke The present f0.-
uncatioz snaDsuT of DrSs Of the hsr-
hor defsRses. the Far Rockawsy SIS
tenn VII be as effective when employ
ed 70 repel land attack Es TO protect
against tonhardment from seavard.
That Is, as Brigsdier General Wea-
yer emphasized, the guns VII be en-
placed IN such fashion that AL
around fire. can be directed " the gar
-son- The guns can t.e trained With
equal effect In any direction, the only
difference being ths, should i. become
necessary to concentrate their FIRE upon
an invading fore thoeateuing New
York city n The rear. as from the land
side. the character Of the ammunition
used wouid b different
Arnor piercing p-o3ectres used
against naval attack sre o. little use
against operations by land force.
Tests have been made b! reversing
coast defense guns and firing them In
shore The arI10r piercing projectiles
used merely buried themselves many
feet deep IN the soil When the new
Notifications are made complete and
manned two distinct kinds o. auuuui.
tion viii be slowed in tie rnagazfnA
armor piercing Ilrojectiles and shells
Of the high explosive trpe.
Peril Under Present Conditions.
Comparison between the range areas
OF the projected Far Roeka war arna-
ment and that Of Fort Hancock. the
present guardian fortress u New Yor,,
at SANDY Hook, IS Interesting. The
turret batteries Of the ultra modern
battieshiI) could be directed with dead
" effect against Nanhattan's proudest
architectural piles and leave the fnan-
cial section smoking ruin within a
leW hours without ever reuturtng
within effective range Of the present
Aarbor defense guns. 50 sag the mill.
tary authorities.
The range Of the Fort Hancock guns
Is about 24.D,o yards. OF approx,mate,
iy thirteen and half miles. Tho
range area " these batteries stons
snort al Bay Ridge. and New YorL
c1'y, With the exception of the greatar
part of Staten Island. Is outside tho
range altogether. Thus against a land
attack. even With the uecessarv naI,
around fire Improvement instituted tn
me f"rt Hahc"ck armament. the gun
range does not cover the metropolitan
district ia any sense. and the fnnction
OF the SANDY Hook fortincation. nnleea
guns Of much heavier caliber arc an
paced there. ran never be other Than
me Original olse defense Of the han
Dor froni naval aftlck only.