The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-12-01
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special reference. ~ rho ch,D~as
brought about by tbr nrrsnnt war
There arn iunortont rh,rg.. mi
methods of trainIrc, ana Of tuhtiug
used in previous wars ,nI,st of conrse
be modified accordinprv
The extent of thps,. chun,,as how
ever is often nyo,-gnr.,+nd At hotto,r
the qualities TINT moI,r 81 good soldier
or an efficient army remain tho eamc
today that they were before tho war
The changes that affect tha individual
soldier have to do chiefly with wrap-
unS
But behind every wpapon thnra is a
man. II the weapon is to be used ef-
! fcctiyrIy. the man must no won
trained. li~ri;Iincd cool md hroyn
! He must h;ty, SI,irif trn,rit,. ana self
| reliance The biz problem uo,y inst
| as in all other wars il 10 devotion
! these dualitirS-aud thr. rrhrr .~ofdicr-
| " Quaiiriro-to 1huir Ifrh.,t extent.
| The chief differences nrol..,i,Iv comes
in the fact that >,lr-rrIfnrcn is = big
ger factor Than i'm most rr,,-i,rls wars
And in American armies thiS ou,lity
has ALWAYS been LirhIy yYluad and
well doyeInned
This war differs rro,, rrovious v.rs
chinty in thn nnnr,po,,. ipcr,.,so IA
the Use Of artillery mis- is duo nort1y
10 The immense notwithstanding rn-
sources Of the countries M vor which
enables them IN nroducn ,rrao+ Num-
hers Of guns and rraat onontitirs of
new methods of dirnrtinr Cun fire
from airDlanes II is evident thar -
gun cannot he accurately ahmed NJ an
object tho evact location of which *
unknown. The airplaue. however. is
able to bring back or signal back This
information, so that the artillery NAV
now be used with much greater effect.
The size Of the guns and the force of
the explosive shells fred from them
have also been largely increased
Partly ~ 4 result of those iIpproyc-
ments in artillery, II has been neceS-
sary to develop better methods Of pro
tcctinn. The protection of troops CON
sistS of digging stronger field en-
trcnchments than have been necessary
in previous wars. Here we have The |
main reason for the s0-called trench /
warfare" which during the last three /.
years has largely taken the place of .
former methods of moving armies
about freely until they came into cen +
hict with each other, Digging trenches
and throwing m hrcaStWurlie for PRO |
tcctjou against the cncmy'S fire is OF
course. not 4 new thing in warfare.
1t i being done in Europc, however
on = much bigger scale ,hon ever be-
fore.
In seeking protection against heavy
artillery fire n very Interesting dovpl-
opment has taken place. This is the
use of various devices for concealing
field guns and troops from the view
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