Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1929, Page 4

SEES PEACE AID IN PREPAREDNESS : Ordnance Association Head Expounds Theory at Annual Gathering at Aberdeen, Md. BY JOSEPH S. EDGERTON, Staff Correspondent of The Star. ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., October 11°—Expressing the belief that “reasonable preparedness” con- stitutes one of the most lssurlnf guar- antees of peace, Benedict Crowell, presi- dent of the Army Ordnance Association and director of munitions during the Wor'd War, told delegates to the elev- enth annual convention of the asso- ciation here yesterday afternoon that, although the association’s efforts to pro- mote production of the finest pos- sible machines of war may appear con- tradictory, the organization is “for peace first and last.” “Peace is wanted by us all; our ple are unanimously for any plan which will guarantee it,” Mr, Crowell said as the convention opened between morning and afternoon exhibitions of the latest and deadliest weapons of war the Na- tion has produced. Stating emphatically that the asso- clation, which is composed of leading American manufacturers and indus- trialists, potential munitions producers in the event of war, is “more strongly for peace than a great many people who are out-and-out pacifists,” Mr. Crowell urged continuation of the or- ganization's preparedness program as & means of “peace insurance.” Believe in Preparedness. “We do not favor huge, threatening armaments,” he continued. “We are not militarists. We are not war lords. But we believe that untfl humanity is made over, until jails and prisons are erased from our daily life, until the policeman has disappeared from our streets, there will be the necessity for adequate preparedness against war. ““Until peace negotiations have proved basis, . | ducting all the field functions of the showed that the next war will be fought on a mechanical es con- Army. They indicated that future armies will substitute gasoline for hay and forage and gasoline motors for orses and mules. Newly developed weapons and am- munition of greater accuracy and power were demonstrated by actual firing, ris- Anz to a climax when a battle scene of {the future was staged with the most {nudem implements of war participat- ng. Armored Cars Perform. “The “battle,” fought over a great open fleld, with scrub thickets on the far side and forest beyond, opened when an advance guard of an armored com- mand car and a fast light tank discov- ered the enemy line, represented by a row of targets and wooden buildings. In action, it was explained, such an ad- vance guard would be preceded by ob- servation planes, protected by pursuit planes far above. The command car and tank dashed across the rolling open country to reconnoiter the targets, firing their forward machine guns as they went. They turned back to report “enemy in strength” and the attack was developed by an echelon of two light tanks and a tractor infantry vehicle, which brought up a small force to brush Ialde the resistance developed by the advance guard. This attack also being held up, platoon of five 6-ton tanks was hmught rorwnrd to overcome the increasing “resistance.” Wreathed in smoke, the little tanks advanced across the field, great holes and gashes appearing in the umers as machine gun bullets and small shells began to take effect. A third wave, consisting of two medium tanks and one giant heavy tank, carrying 12 men, two 6-pounder guns and a battery of machine guns, then demonstrated the greatest land attacking forces yet developed. The great tank with its two slightly smaller convoys charged across the open like & battleship escorted by cruisers, batter- ing down the targets by gunfire and then demolishing the buildings beneath their treads. Artillery Takes Position. The “land battleship” having taken the enemy itions, in theory, two mechanized batteries of the 6th Field Artillery, guns and caissons drawn by small tractors, were moved into position with great rapidity, being followed by cross-country cars_and cargo carriers, themselves as lasting as the history of man has proved resort to arms to be a fact, we believe that reasonable pre- paredness is one of the most assuring guarantees of peace.” In the event of war, Mr. Crowell con- cluded, industrial America, as repre- sented by the membership of the asso- clation, will be called upon to produce munitions in great quantity and of in- tricate and unusual design. There will be no time for careful study or long preparation for the production of muni- tions, he said, and it is of vital im- portance that 'those who will be called upon to produce the machines of war shall have an accurate and authentic knowledge of the complex requirements of modern ordnance. To supply this in- formation is the purpose of the organi- zation, Gen. Williams Speaks. Maj. Gen. C. C. Williams, chief of ordnance of the Army, described in de- tail the construction, use and effects of the latest types of artillery, tanks, am- munition, powders, bombs and small arms, pointing out the improvements made In each type since the close of the World War. Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecti- cut, ' president of the National Ae: nautic Association, urged that the ord- nance representatives assist the aviation organization in supporting the five-year construction programs for the Army Atr Corps and the Navy Bureau of Aero- nautics, which are threatened by lack ©of appropriations, The function of the metal trades in- dustries of the Nation in national de- fense was described by Harold C. Smith, president of the National Metal Trades Association. The field demonstrations, thro ut the day and into the nlght, ‘were ve in the extreme. They bringing forward Infantry with auto- matic rifles and machine guns to hold line taken by the tanks. The “doughboys” were carried right to the firing line in the sturdy new cross- country vehicles, an amazing tion to World War veterans in crowd of observers who recalled all- Saves Fall Coal Bills HUMPHREY Radiantfiro IT BURNS GAS Gives abundant heat for several hours at the cost of a shovelful of coal. 90%, of its heat comes into the room; no odor, smoke or dust. Fireplace and pertable models, $15 up. EDGAR MORRIS T ht marches to reach the battle lines. 'mical warfare mortars also came ug in trucks and were followed by 75 mm. fleld cum mounted dlrecuy on tractors. ready to nn instantly upon %pm' of '.he tractor, only two men being needed to each gun. Tremendous advances in the art of military aeranautics were demonstrated in the afternoon, including the drop- ping of 4,000-pound bombs, the largest ever developed. These huge bombs, de- signed for us against targets requ! an extremely powerful concentrated blow, were dropped from new Curtiss Condor in history, hing en estimated total mrlns r:l“!e’mofln o! between 12,500 and 15,000, according to Army officials. Guards at the main gate counted 2,342 automo- biles with lh"l‘ lV!l'l.lu of four wu uumned to be 15 per cent larger = NEW NAYT AT heavy bombardment planes. Three of these new bombers were present, bomb- ing in formation. It was the first formation of the giant ships ever flown, one of them coming here directly from the factory and a second from the Army test fleld at Dayton, Ohio. Pursuit Planes Attack. A flight of pursuit planes from Sel- fridge Field, Mich, made a machine gun attack on ground targets, revealed the latest in military formation and acrobatic flytnl. :nfl wound up with an aerial “dog fights. The development of the derided anti- aircraft gun of the World War into a powerful and efficlent weapon, sighted and fired by mechanical “robots” of amazing accuracy, was demonstrated by day lnd night firing at sleeve m-:eu towed behind Army planes., Three-inc! anti-aircraft guns, which fire elt.her shell or shrapnel and which can lay down a 30,000 :keet un‘lmv‘a ttlm make the future Conmie ol ko, and other high officlals of the Navy Examination of the urxet following | who witnessed the demonstration were the machine gun anti-aircraft firing, |delighted with its success. The mas directed by the robot, revealed 36 di-|is designed to facilitate the handling rect hits on the sleeve. The robot then |of the dirigible in cross-hangar winds directed the fire of & battery of 75|and to reduce the size of the ground mm. anti-aircraft guns firing shrapnel [ crew necessary to handle the ship. and 20 more holes in the target were| The mast was constructed at the counted. naval station here under the supervi- Examination of the results of the |sion of Lieut. Comdr. Charles E. Rosen- 4,000-pound bomb demonstration re-|dahl. It consists of a steel mast at- vealed that the first bomb had fallen in | tached to a triangular steel base which a tract of forest nearly four miles from |is mounted on three caterpillar wheels. t.he obeervnzlon point and had failed to | After the ship is moored to the mast explode. 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