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crates at the rate of pint and a
half every 1000 rounds after that.
We are now using the yickers.
saw them made in the Colt factory
at Hartford.
Our best guns by far are the
heavy Browning machine guns and
the light Browning automatic rifle.
These have been perfected only since
the war began. and they are now be-
ing made in quantities in several of
the large gun factories of the United
States By July we shall be making
$4,000 heavy Brownings month.
The heavy Browning will shoot 500
shots and upward a minute. 1t is
light when it's efficiency Is considered.
1t Is used with a tripod. The light
Browning can be handled by one man
and 1t will be one of the chief arms
used by our soldiers in going over
the top. 1t will fire twenty shots in
two seconds. It weighs only fifteen
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sidered an authority in connection
with them. He acted for a time as.
the head of the Harlingen school. and
then came to Springfield to take
charge of the school opened here just
after war was declared. His first
class consisted of twenty civilians.
chiefly machinists from the factories
and arsenals Of New England. The
most of them have since gone 20
France as machine gun experts. The
second class comprised about fifty
volunteer students fro mthe Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology.
They have also furnished many ma
chine gun instructors for our soldiers
in Europe. Since then many other
students have been enrolled. The
course of instruction takes about
seven weeks, and there is a regular
procession of would-be machine gun
ners coming in from and of trained
experts going out to the camps. No
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pounds. 1t may be fred from the
shoulder or from the hip. being sup
ported there by strap over the
shoulder.
1t Is necessary that the thousands
of our soldiers who will handle ma
chine guns should understand all
about them. They have to know how
to put the guns together, and take
them apart; and they must know
thoroughly their operation, including
the forward and backward move
ments. and what each part plays in
the gun. In order to teach the SOL
diers, the government has to train ex-
perts who can be sent to the various
cantonments and to Europe to in
struct and train machine gunners
there. For this purpose there has
been established here at Springfield
what might be called a normal train
ing school for machine gun experts.
The students are selected by the ofh-
GERS of the various troops throughout
the country and sent here to be
trained. They are picked out for
their mechan meal skill, Yankee in
genuity and general capability, and
according to soldier. records as well.
There are several hundred now in the
school. and new men are always ar
riving to take the places Of those who
are sent out to teach.
The idea Of establishing this school
arose during our troubles in Mexico.
When Villa and his band raided Co
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That was during the Paris exposition
of 1867. DR.. Calling told me that one
Of his guns was smuggled out of the
exposition building at midnight and
carried to the testing grounds near
Versailles. 1t was there fred in the
presence of the emperor and then
secretly returned.
During that same visit DR.. Gatling
met the Austrian emperor and later
took the guns to Vienna to show
them. He met also the old kaiser of
Germany and got several orders for
guns for the German army. He was
received by the czar, who bought 800
of his guns. made at the Colt factory
in Hartford. He also sold some guns
to the Germans at Munich and was
were SO heavy that they almost broke
down his carriage on the way to the
bank.
Other guns of the Gatling type were
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Wonders Of Modern Gunnery Developed Governments Training School

Iumbus in 1915. the troops there had
four Benet-Mercie guns and they kept
some Of these going in the darkness
and confusion Of the attack until
the last strip of ammunition was ex-
hausted. Nevertheless the cunning
was criticised and this brought about
the founding of machine gun schools
at San Antonio. and later at Harlin-
gen, Tex, where 1 understand they
are still training gunners.
These schools were organized by
Capt J. s. Hatcher. who has now
reached the rank of major. He is per-
haps the best informed man on ma
chine guns and gunnery in the United
States service. He has written a text
book on machine guns, and is con-
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man is graduated without he can
prove his efficiency.
To show you what it means to be an
efficient gun expert, I have visited
the school in the United States arse
nal and watched the gunners at work.
l have seen them experimenting in
the shooting gallery, and have seen
them blindfolded, taking the various
kinds of guns apart and putting them
together again without once remov-
ing the bandages from their eyes.
Some of the machine guns have in the
neighborhood of 200 parts. ranging
in size from a screw not much bigger
than those you have in your watch
to the round stovepipe like water
jacket which keeps the barrel cool
when 1t Is sending forth bullets at
the rate of 500 shots a minute. The
student when he comes in has to learn
every part Of each gun. and he is told
upon entry that he should be able to
distinguish and name each Of these
parts blindfolded at the end of
week. He learns to put the parts to-
gether with his eyes open, and after
that there are contests to see who
can more quickly take the various
guns apart and put them together
again with bandage tied over his
eyes.
During my stay in the school I
saw one Of the teachers take a
Browning gun apart and put 1t to-
gether in seven minutes. and the
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Rescuing Fish.

IT HE rescue of fish is one Of the
activities Of the bureau Of fish
cries: 1t is an important work, but
the nature and importance of 1t are
little understood by persons outside
OF the regions in which 1t is carried
on. While the bureau conserves fish,
propagates and distributes fish and
labors to educate mankind on the
subject of fish. it also rescues fish.
In times of flood. when streams and
rivers swell beyond their banks and
overflow wide stretches of land.
myriads of valuable food fish are car
ried along with the water. The food
passes. the rivers subside into their
normal courses and the fish are left
inland to perish as the fiood-water
evaporates or seeps into the land.
Gangs of men under the guidance of
the hsheries bureau gather the fish
from these overflow lakes. which are
often OF great extent. and cast them
loose in the streams or rivers.
rms rescue work will take en-
greater Importance. this year than
ever before, because of the increased
appropriation at the disposal of the
bureau for the prosecution Of the
work, which has been carried on
mainly in the Mississippi river basin,
although some of it has been con-
Quoted near Washington. Last year
1,125 sunfish were rescued at Seneca
and returned to the Potomac Some
called ON H. M. Smith, commissioner
OF nsheries, for data regarding fish
rescued from the overflowed lands of
the Mississippi river basin, that the
hgures might be transmitted to Her.
bert Hoover.
The statement of Commissioner
Smith showed that fish rescue york
was carried on last year between
Homer, Minn., and Friar Point, Miss,
and that the record showed fish saved
as follows: Catfish, 4,22S.s00; sunfish,
22,Sss,54o: crappie, 1,557,o1o: carp 1906
$50; buffalo fish. 206, 1905: black bass.
1888. S.720; river herring. 177,000; pike
and pickerel. 103.610; yellow perch,
11O,1O5, and many thousands of fresh
water drum, Yarmouth bass, pike,
perch and white bass.
The commissioner pointed out that
the cost of the rescue operations in
1917. including the salaries Of the
regular employees, was about $1,000,
and that the value of the rescued
fishes If purchased from commercial
fish culturists would be about $175,-
900. Basing his estimate on results
obtained at hsh-cultural stations and
assuming that so per cent of the res
cued fish would survive the natural
mortality and reach marketable
size the value of the fishes saved
would be approximately $5o0,000.
The commissioner Informed Secre-
tary Reddeld that the rescue opera
tions OF the bureau cover only 40 per
cent Of the available fields. The states
of Wisconsin. Iowa and Illinois con-
duct similar operations on a much
smaller scale and some years they do
not rescue any fish because of a lack
of funds. He reported that the work
tended SO as to cover rs per cent Of
the available fields without interfes,
ing with the work Of any state and
that the number of dsh rescued could
be Increased 800 or 400 per cent at ap
increase in cost not to exceed 100 psQ
cent -t - 'fs
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invented and then came the automatic
and semi-automatic guns which are
now divided into two classes. One OF
these Is operated by the gas Of the ex-
nlosion acting upon a piston much like
the gas from the cylinder of an automo-
bile This gas feeds in the cartridges
and fires the gun as long as the finger
is kept on the trigger. sending forth
bullets at the rate of 400 and upward
per minute. In this class are the
Colt automatic gun and the heavy
Browning and also the Hotchkiss and
Yamanouchi, invented by Japanese,
as well as the Benet-Mercie, which has
been used so largely in our Army and
Navy. The other class of machine
guns consists of those operated by
the recoil of the barrel when the piece
is fired. This includes the Maxim
automatic gun.- the Maxim -Norden.
feldt, the briggs and Others.
The Lewis automatic machine gun,
many Of which are used by our allies
in Europe. was invented by Col. I. N.
Lewis Of the coast artillery. 1t Is q
light air-cooled gun Cf the gas type
fed from magazine. 1t weighs
twenty-six pounds and can be ham
died by one man. Some Of the Lewis
guns were used on the Mexican bor-
der In the summer Of 1916.
A number Of machine guns have
been used by the United States Army,
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student who followed did the same
work in eight minutes. Both were
perfectly bltndfolded. The only tool
used in disconnecting the gun and
In assembling the parts was the or-
dinary cartridge used by the Army.
In the same room where these bIind<
folded men were working 1 saw per-
haps twenty groups of soldiers, each
group surrounding a teacher who
was explaining one of the. machine
guns used by the Army. The kinds
taught are the Lewis, the Colt auto
matte. the light Browning and the
heavy Browning. the Hotchkiss and
the Fickers- In addition Is the He'll
cat or CHauchat. the light French ma.
chine gun, used for going over the
top and the Marlin-Aerial. which is
shot from the airplane. Each Of these
guns hsve scores of parts, some OF
which are as small as the minute
parts of Swiss watch. The men
nave to know every part by the touch,
and must be able to take the gun
apart IN the dark. They must learn
to hx 1t IL 1t is broken and some Of
the training consists Of the inserting
OF defective parts by the instructor
or OF little pieces of stick or dirt.
When the gun does not work the stu
dent has to find the reason for the
stoppase. and he is marked according
to the time 1t takes him to discover
what Is wrong and put the gun in
operation.
n
During their course In the school
the soldiers study text books on
machine guns. They have lectures by
the instructors, but the most of the
work is practical sh6pwork with the
guns in their hands. The schoo1room
visited covered about one third OF
an acre. 1t was walled with win
dows, and had a blackboard at the
end. A large part of the walls was
covered with photographs and draw
fngs of guns, some of them made by
the students. The room was filled
with long tables with rough pine
about the tables the men were sitting
or standing studying the guns
The students fire thousands Of shots
every day, and a part Of their in
struction consists of going out or
the range and shooting the guns as
though they had an enemy in front O.
them.
The students have not only a well
planned system of instruction, bu-
they have practical training in test
Ing the various guns and kinds OF
ammunition the Army is using. They
fire thousands of rounds of ammuni-
tion, and learn the good and bad
parts OF the chief weapons in use.
They also have access to the museum
at the Springfield Armory, where they
can study the gradual evolution of
the sword and gun-and, in fact, their
business Is to cram into their heads
a great amount Of practical knowl-
edge in the least possible time.
FRANK G.. CARPENTER.
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organs, from the number Of pipes or
barrels they contained. These were
mounted on carts and shot by men.
The French had some not more than
two feet long that fired fifty shots at
one round.
The hrst machine guns Of practical
value appeared about the time Of our
civil war. Among these was the Cat.
ling gun, invented by DR.. Richard
Jordan Gatling of Indianapolis. His
gun consisted Of ten or more parallel
barrels with grooved carrier and
lock cylinder, the whole being Sc
cured upon a main shaft. AS the gun
revolved the cartridges dropped into
the grooves of the carrier and were
pressed home ready for the discharge.
Many improvements were made on
the Calling. and 1t was considered q
wonder Of efficiency. It was used in
cur Army and was tested out by the
Germans.
It had a long life, being fred side by
side with the latest automatic ma
chine guns in the Spanish-American
war. It was used by the British in
the Egyptian and Sudanese campaigns
and also in the Boer war and In the
war with the Zulus. Some of the later
Gatlings could be made to IRE almost
1000 shots a minute.
I knew DR.. Calling during the later
part Of his life, when~I had several
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
LOOSES LEG IN BATTLE.
Former Iowa Boy With Ambulance
Patrol Seriously Wounded.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa Falls, Oct. 1i.-George Hezzel-
wood, formerly of this city and a son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Loren HeZzelwood. who
also formerly lived at Humboldt and
now reside in Des Moines, has suffered
the loss of leg as the result of a
wound received at the front in, France.
He was out with an ambulance patrol
and in a miX-up with the enemy was
struck by a grenade which shattered
his limb so badly that amputation was
necessary. He hopes to get home by
Thanksgiving. The young man enlisted
in Montana. where he had taken a
homestead claim, near the Glacier Ma
tional Park. A young man who knew
HezZelwood in Montana and who was
engaged in Y. NJ. c. A. work at the
front was in the same hospital recover
ing from being gassed and in writing OF
his comrade he says:
"HeZZelwood lost much blood and
TRANSMISSION was necessary on the oper-
ating table. Contrary to expectations
of the surgeon he pulled thru and now
lies over there across from me. the fin
est piece of American nerve and spirit
I have seen"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
RECALL PETITION READY.
Effort to Gust Mayor Short, Of Sioux
City, Expected to Succeed.

Clty, Expected TO succeed,
Special TO Times Republican.
Sioux City. oct. l4.-It is announced
by those who have the matter in charge
that the petition for the recall OF May
Short will be filed with the city council
this week. probably on Wednesday.
The election is expected to be called
for some time about the middle of next
month, If the petition Is found TO be
sufficient. To make sure the petition
is found sufficient its circulators have
secured nearly 1000 more signatures
than are required by law.
In connection with the proposed re-
call election, it is asserted by persons
who have investigated, that the intiuN
Of members of the l. w. w. noted
recently is for the purpose "of voting
for the mayor against the recall. Mem
bers of the organization have openly
admitted they have several hundred
members in the city, brought here
some time ago to gain residence that
they may vote for the mayor. Their
friendly feeling for the mayor at this
time comes directly from him having
testified in favor of members
of the organization who were
on trial in the federal court in Chicago
recently.
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Wright County's Quota.

npeCidI W lHltS- tIepuDlCdQ.
Belmond. Oct. 14.-Under the draft
call for this month. beginning on the
21st, Wright county will send thirty
two men. The list for this call in
cludes some OF those called earlier in
the month. but the number called now
is twenty-five less than the previous
call, which was suspended on account
Of the "fiu". The men will be sent to
Camp Grenleaf. Ca, and as near as
can be ascertained at this time will be
as follows:
acknowledgements Pals, Roy Veeder
Charles McDermott, Chester flake.
Gerald Tracy. Howard Woile.
Goldfeld-Rosss Matheson, Severt
Steffenson.
Clarion - Ralph Zastrow, Leroy
Nicholson, Glenn Gates. Hugh Zastrow,
Jesse Jergenson, Warren Hamilton,
George Marcus. Frank Sobert. Reuben
Nicholson, Jesse Splitter. Jesper Ten
dali, George Abels, Clarence Nnser.
Eagle Grove-Edward Weis, Ingwell
Tesdal, George Roscoe. Lester Keefe,
Kanawha--Arthur Olson.
neutrality-suspicious. Kreiger.
woolstock-AlfredB ohy.
Dows-Her1nan Hoiine, Louis Lemke,
William Schroeder, Leslie Danger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
INFLUENZA At CORNELL.
Forty-Hvs casss Of Disease at College
Training Camp.

Special to Times-Republican.
Mount Vernon, Oct. 14.--Spanish in
fucnza has made inroads into the work
of the training detachment at Cornell
College. In all over forty-five cases
have developed, but as yet no. cases
have been of n serious character, and
several of the men who have been
afflicted with the disease have already
recovered. Today there were more dis
charged as cured than new cases re-
ported, showing the situation to be well
in hand. The prevalence of this disease
has not only affected the ranks of the
Student Army Training Corps. but it
has also interrupted >the work of the
girl students of the college, several Of
whom are i'll with this disease, but
none seriously. However, II Is be-
lieved that the measures taken by the
medical department of the s. A. I. G..
has resulted in cutting down the num-
Der of cases to a large extent, as well
as keeping any of them from developing
into a serious disease.
There are now over $50 men in, the
ranks of the Student Army Training
Corps at Cornell College, but nearly
fourth~bf the total number are kept
from their classes and from drill forma-
tions by reason of illness. No appre-
hension is felt on the part of the med
ical department or the military estab-
lishmcnt at this station by reason of
the present run of Spanish influenza.
II is believed that the same is under
control.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
RECEIVE CLASS OF $50.
Many Initiated Into Fourth Degree OF
Knights Of Columbus.

Special to Times Republican.
Sioux City, Oct. 14.-Yesterday was
Knights OF Columbus day in Sioux
City with hurrah. A class Of ESQ
candidates was initiated into the fourth
degree, the highest of the order, The
candidates came from all over north
western Iowa, southwestern Minnesota,
South Dakota and northeastern and
northern Nebraska
Lee J. Dougherty of Davenport,
master of the fourth degree in Iowa,
and Joe Mccormick, secretary, of Cedar
Rapids, with other members of the de-
gree staff, were present to put on the
work.
Among the important personages
who were present and had part in the
days work and festivities were United
States Treasurer John Burke. Federal
Judge Martin J. Wade; Judge NJ. F.
Donegan, A. Z. Carroll. Emmett Sharon
and E. Swlndell, of Davenport: Hugh
Stuart, of Dubuque: ]. J. Meyers. Of
Carroll; E. G. Dunn, Of Mason City:
T. p. Flynn. Of Chicago; z. w. Simeral.
Of Omaha: Frank d. Burke. master
of South Dakota: and Pierce d. Killian,
master of eastern Missouri.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
CORNELL GIRLS DRILL.
May Issue Challenge TO Men For
Competitive Exhibition.

Special to Times Republican.
\ Mount Vernon, Oct. 14.--Not to be
outdone by their former classmates of
the male sex, who have been indicted
into the service of the United States
as members of the student army train
ing Corps at Grinnell College, Mount
Vernon. the 800 or more girl students
at Cornell College have organized a
training detachmentNall their own and
each day are undergoing military in
struction and drill. Already the girls
have set up the claim that the men of
the regular training detachment have
nothing over them when it comes to
executing the different movements of
close order drill and they have already
stated that within a week or so they
intend to send out challenge to the
local training detachment for a COM
petitive drill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
News Of Eldora.
,ecial to Times-Republican,

Special to mes-Republican.
E1dora, Oct. 14.-Mrs. ]. r. Norton,
of Chicago. is here for visit In the
home Of her brother, David Goodpaster.
and with other relatives and friends.
There was no preaching service In
Eldora Sunday evening, the first time
this has occurred in about forty years,
the other time being when an epidemic
of scarlet fever invaded the town.
The funeral services for James Bear
were held Sunday in Eldora from the
residence of NJ. D. Wilcox, Rev. w. E.
Stanley being in charge. Mr.. Bear died
rather suddenly last Thursday at his
home near New Home. MINI. He was
formerly a resident Of this county. liv-
ing in Jackson township. He was 81
years of age and is survived by his
widow and one brother.
It is now believed that the epidemic
of influenza which has been in evidence
here and at the training school for boys
west Of town Is abating and that public
gatherings will be permitted soon.
There are a number of cases OF severe
illness in town and also several more
cases at the school west Of town, but
the force Of the epidemic Is believed
to have come under control. So far
eight deaths have occurred at the
training school for boys west Of town.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14
Alta News Notes.
Snecial to Times.Repuhlican.

Special to Times-Republ1can.
Alta, Oct. 1.-THE eleventh district
Federation of Woman's Clubs will hold
its annual meeting at Alta on the 18th
and 30th of October, with about 100
delegates in attendance,
Oscar Steele. one of the soldiers from
this place with the Rainbow division.
has been missing since July. so his
mother has been notified, and it Is not
known If he has been killed or is a
German prisoner. His division took
part in the early fighting and he has
been missing ever since then.
During a severe electrical storm the
outbuildings on the Garberson farm
just south OF Alta were struck by light
ming and burned to the ground. with
severe loss to the owner and tenant.
The board Of health at Marathon has
closed the schools and has ordered all
public gatherings closed until further
o, dsrs on account Of the prevalence of
Spanish influenza. There are between
twenty -five and thirty cases In town
and immediate vicinity, the contagion
having spread from the neighboring
town Of Laurens. where there have
been several hundred cases and five
deaths.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-10-14

Sheffield, Oct 14.-AIrs. C. A. Water
son was called here from Madison,
Wis, Thursday by the serious illness
Of her mother, Mrs. Fred Zimmerman.
Miss Laura Barhite went to her
home near Alden Friday OF account OF
illness
A sudden death occurred Thursday
night when Mrs. Fred n. Zimmerman
was summoned after short illness.
She had been i'll for some time, but had
been gaining and on Thursday she was
striclsen' with paralysis and fingered
Just two days. She leaves q husband.
SIX sons and one daughter. Three Of
the sons are in tho service at present.
Walter - somewhere IN France, John
in Camp Gordon. ca, and VIII in
Camp Pike, Arr, Ed, Harve ana Henry
are here, and tho daughter. Afs. c. A.
watefson. lives In Madison. Wis. Fu-
neral services vere held in tho Iuth-
eran church Sunday at : o'clock.
Mrs. ffudson came from Minnesota
Friday for . visit - tho Albert Le1der
home.
Miss Gretchen westenbergef h very
Ill Mt her nome in this place.