The Seattle Star Newspaper, August 14, 1914, Page 9

By B. H. Canfield )the continent have been used since | (Written Especially for The Star) {the Franco-Prussian war in im Europe is trying out its new| proving these machines, adjusting armament—its new sclentifio ma-|the engines, taking all the little chines for killing people—for the/ kinks and knocks out of the motors first time. jand getting everything In first The energy, brains and money of|class shape for action a ANUFACTURERS*MERCHANTS INDUSTRIAL FAIR | sx- ARMORYW_- Au Ween, Aucust 17722 AFTERNOON AND EVENINGS Atrractive ano INTERESTING ExHIBIT OF RDEATTLE PRODUCTS Goop Music Dainty A on IOCENTS nls | a) ake tocares | “AAALHAnA! Shanghai Co. THE LADIES’ SHOP Great SPECIAL Sale of Ladies’ Coverall Aprons, made from best quality gingham, full length and width, trim med with embroidered insertion, square neck, 1,25 pink or blue, for Saturday, Apron........ aeve 1 | Shanghai Co. 1323 Third Av., Opposite Postoffice KODAKS AND PHOTO SUPPLIES Northwestern Photo Supply Co. Eastman Kodak Co. Inc. 1320 Second Ave. Try our Finishing Department —we like to do work for particular people. 4-6-8-Exposure Rolls 10c Per Roll | The highest stage of ability and smooth-running, high-powered ef- fictency had been reached. All that was left was for the en gineers to go around with an ofl ean and a handful of waste, ad mire the mechaniam and wonde just what the machines would do when cranked up, Bach engineer had agreed not to start his particular machine unless some one else started his and tried to run into him, But all were anxious for a trial Some one finally made a motion as though he were going to start and tn a second they were all going At once. wl will they do with these new machines? Will the tmme diate destruction be as great as every one thought? Or will war be what !t always has been—a long struggle that is not stopped by the horror of it, but ends only with exhaustion? eee Many predictions of the damage that will be caused by the big guns of battleships have been made since the dreadnought style of war. ship came into general use. There are two schools among navy experts on the matter of gun caliber The one that came into contro! cently was the big gun faction Smallcaliber guns have been al most eliminated from the big new battleships. The other school, belleving fn a large armament of smaller guns. subject to quicker action, closer range and a larger percentage of | hita, now expects to find vindica tion tn the sea battles of Puropean navies, eee The same ectentific answers wil! be worked out on human targets by the latest appliances in infan try and artillery It has been freely predicted that the improve ment in small arms and eapectaily in the small rapid-fire guns of the Gatling tepe will cause such im mense slaughter and their use tn war will be so terrible that war will cease. Modern tnfantry first faces its enemy at a distance of about two miles, instead of banging away at point-blank range. The attack means first the field guns, generally using shrapnel These attempt to silence the enemy's artillery fire and sweep his trenches. Also the long range firing by the infantry Then the advance Squads of men break from the ranks and ron forward There is no formation of Hnoes. Singly and {nm groups they run dropping for cover whenever an Inequality in the ground affords the chance. Meanwhile the field guns send shells over their heads to protect them. When they have gone as far as possible for the movement Involved, they are halted, the lines brought into some sort of order and then the operation ts repeated So, by quick and occasional dashes, they reach a point where the final bayonet charge can be made—provided, of course, the supporting artillery has done its duty. eee The greatest speculation exists about the aircraft Military authorities are divided STAR—FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1914. PAGE 9. WORLD GAZES CURIOUSLY ON BLOODY STAGE OF EUROPEAN WAR DRAMA What Will Modern Instruments of Death Do? ‘Will They Be Neutralized by New Tactics? One side holds to the belief that while they will play an important | part, this part will be limited gen Jerally to scouting Possibilities of bomb-dropping are not as large as was predicted Rattles in the air will be due to one body of scouting aircraft being nt to repel another The big thing tn conneetion with the alreraft will be in determining the value of dirigibles as against aeroplanes Germany ts the leader of the dirigible school The great advantage of these ships over the lanes lies in the fact that they can hover over Pickett’s Civil | War Charges Are Impossible Now The great batties in the present war will be fought over an Immense space of ground, Compare Gettysburg In our own clvil war with the area a modern battle- fleid will requir On the third day of that battle the Confederates were lined up on Seminary ridge and the Union army on Cemetery ridge. The dis- tance between these two was about 1,700 yards. Early in the afternoon of the third day Gen, Lee or dered his artillery to shell the Union position, After the artillery fire ceased Gen, Pickett was ordered to make the charge which broke the back of the Con- federacy, Pickett Iined his men up in solid f&rmation and marched them acro 1,700 yards of open space. Thousands of them were shot down, but many reached the Union intrench- ments and a few made the last rush over the wall, Today Pickett and his men could not march 100 yards across that space with a single man standing at the end of the 100 yards. Machine guns were not known at the time Pickett made his char, Today a machine gun can fire 600 rounds a minute in eweep- ing fashion and can be aimed with all the accuracy of a rifle, A machine gun ie ily effective at the distance of 1,700 yards—the distance between Seminary and Cemetery ridges at Gettyeburg, A rush of over 300 yards will not be ent Europe war, If one Is attempted, not a man will live to tell of It afterwards, 80 deadly are the modern rifles and machine guns. The hope of the infantry must rest with the arttilery, two or three miles in ite rear, which can fire over the heads of its own men with safety and at the same time with deadly accuracy if the enemy's position is known, | | bag or troops at night In silence; that each ship will carry 26 men |and enough nitroglycerine to blow }up a oftty. eee uso of the number of men d the losses will be greater than ever before. But there ts considerable room for doubt whether the percentage of casualties will be greater than In previous battles In the Napoleonte campaigns and in the American civil war each side engaged often lost a fourth of its | total number. At Waterloo the had about 124,000 men. Jost about $2,000, in killed, wounded and missing. At the battle of the Wilde in the elvil war the confe had 62,000 men and lost about 00. At Gettysburg the federal army numbered 82,000 men. They lost about 24,000 men. The confeder- ates had 73,000 men and lost about 21,000. At the battle of Shiloh the fed erals bad 62,000 men. They lost 18,000, The confederates had 40, 000 and lost 11,000. At the battle of the Sha river, in the RussianJapanese war, Ku atkin lost 60,000 men or exactly If troops are ever caught In a trap or, through a tactical error, |bappen to be massed when subject |to the enemy's fire, or if forts and entrenchments are stormed by large bodies of men under the jmistaken {dea that their artillery fire has been silenced, as at Liege, the death rate in those particular engagements will be so appalling as to be almost unbellevable by jold soldiers who saw the carnage at Gettysburg But the tactics of the present day are so vastly different from those of even a few rs ago that these things will happen only through error and cannot be the generel rule, While devices for killing have improved in efficlency, defensive Mances have kept pace and tn ‘dition to this, great strides have been made In hospital, sanitary and commissary departments, all of | which tend to keep down the death rate, eee | So, it may appear after all that | War Js just plain war, as it always has been, without much difference in any part of it except the ‘mode of killing and that the terrible part of ft Hea not so much tn the new ectentific appliances for destruction as in the immense numbers of men engaged. } WHAT THE PRESS AGENT SAYS The musical acts on this week's program at Pantages are “The Fair Co-Eds,” a tuneful musioal comedy, with pretty girls and some little fun; the Hekenka Schiller String Quintet; Kitner, |Haynes and Montgomery, in a laplendid = musteal novelty, and |Chase and La Tour, who sing top. y musical a clever playlet, 8 headiiner five acts are large | “Night Hawks, Iwill be next we NortheanBa nl& SurstCompany Seattle, Washington You are coulialty invited ta attend the formal opening of our remodeled ander arged banking roomy aturday, Qugust fifteenth, nineteen fundredand fourteen; fronv 3:00 pom fa 9:00 pm and inspect awy increased fac ties fox rendering edory detail of mode banking and tust company borwicas Yours sincerely W.R Phillipe Presidend - Northern Bank Building Fourth and Pike Ways and means for building a |munielpal auditorium and the ef- | fecting of a permanent organization pai | will be discussed at a meeting Tues- day at Fourth av. and University | formation The temporary committee 18| Fields of Clallam and Jefferson| of equal by Rabbt Samuel Koch,| County. There are thousands of | lot was assessed only $45,000 in people who would be glad@ to know | 1913 and that the big increase this — The other members are: A. F./if there is a natural ofl seepage | year is excessive. Miss Lucy K. Cole, Mrs.|coming to the surface in these|lowed him a reduction to $82,000 counties, and if so, your informa-| after a spirited argument, Henry A. Bigelow protested thi |Helen Howarth Lemmel, Bamford | | A. Robb, Mra. H. W. Lung, Mra. F.| tion will assist in the development {cal songs. In short, four out of | Lewis, L, Baeder, George B. Little | field, Carl F. Gould, C. J. France, T. B. Trefethen, M. B.| information | McBride and James Wood. DISCUSS PLANS {MONTY'S 1N BAD/PROPERTY VALUE | Montgomery Milne, said to have| posed as a naval officer, is charged | with forgery, He {1s accised of | cashing a $300 check on a Bremer- jton bank. Information Wanted |: concerning the Of)| Pike st A. J. Rhodes, of Rhode Bros., in ehalf of the R. B. Realty Co., ob ed to the assessed valuation of bife for in-| $87,500 on a lot at Fourth ay, and an appest a ae ne yesterday before the board ation. He declared same The board al W. Eckart, L. D.| and upbufiding of the great natural|assessment of another lot in the | resource. $130,000 was mad Care Star. INDEPENDENT BREWING CO. SIDNEY 75 \ i — [same district, valued at $140,000, Please write at once and give all| He said it was assessed at only possible to 8-728,| $85,000 last year. A reduction) to ©