Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 42, Number 292, 19 October 1917 — Page 11

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U. S. War and Navy Departments in Fitting the Great Fighting Force

NEW men and new methods," Is the call that goes out from Washington at tha outset of the -war into which America has entered, and every ingenuity the government can employ is being directed to that purpose, and to the fulfilling of that call. The true American, with the buoyant optimism which is his inheritance, and with pride in the achievement of those who have fought to a victorious conclusion all previous wars, is confident that neither the men, nor the methods they devise, will be found lacking In the one great essential the ability to "put it over." But who will the men be? What will be the methods employed? Like the snows of yesterday, the heroes of yesteryear are gone. The old instruments of warfare have gone Into the discard for the most part. Modern menaces demand modern methods with which to meet them. Heroes of the Past. It Is barely 20 years since the Spanish-American war since last American courage and American ingenuity were put to the actaul test since Uncle Sam was forced to meet fire with more fire, cunning with greater .cunning, bravery with greater bravery. Just 20 years, but those In the war of today must learn their lessons from the written and printed word the heroes who could tell, and whose word would be given attention, are nearly all gone. This Is particularly true In the naval branch of the government's fighting force, and it Is on the sea College Students Studying Miniature Trenches in a Sand Box. 9 - . . :

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How Implements and Men Are Being Prepared.

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A New American Periscope Rifle Designed to Permit Sighting Without Exposing the Head of the Marksman.

that America most likely will be called upon to contribute her greatest share. The three most conspicuous heroeB of the Spanish-American war on the sea were Admirals Dewey. Schley and Sampson. By example alone will that great triumvirate be of assistance in the present conflict. The heroes of Manila bay and Santiago bay will furni3h inspiration to those who have taken up their commands but what a strange, unfortunate freak of fate it was that took from America just before she entered this war (he two consnicuous figures on whom she would have relied so strongly in this one the old seawarrior who cut the cables and "waded in," and the groat land-fighter, the rugged little general through whose strategy and courage the Philippine insurrection was ended and Aguinaldo was captured! What an inspiration and help they would have been Dewey to the sailor boys in blue, and Funston to tho khaki-clad infantry in tne struggle with the Teutonic hosts! x It Is worth while noting also that the hero of the Merrimac is no longer actively in the navy,, but a member of Congress. It would be just as impossible to forecast who the heroes of this war will be as It would have been to have singled out In advance Richmond Pearson Hobson and Ensign Worth Bagley as heroes of the SpanishAmerican conflict. The bravest of the brave may not have the opportunity that Is presented to another, and the mildest, gentlest ot all soldiers may, when the great occasion comes, prove the most heroic. Uncle Sam's Place. One takes no desperate chance In prophesying that In methods? as well as men, America will take a leading place among the belligerents. Uncle Sam looks to his inventors to contribute more to the solution of the problems pressing on the allies than to any other single group of men. America, which gave the world the submarine, the great new fighting factor of the seas, and the flying machine, which has done more than all else to revolutionize the land warfare, may well be expected to furnish the best means of meeting the menace & the former, and also the most Cornell Cadet Corps Encamped on the University Quadrangle. If. 1-s Xewnpaper Fcalor Service, 1017.

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perfect adaptation of the airplane to war purposes. If American inventiveness can perfect a submarine catcher, or can devise any way of protecting ships from the deadly torpedo; or if tha flying machine can be made an offpetive ally in detecting the presence of submarines, if not in destroying thorn, the result as far as hastening thf end of the war is concerned, would be greater than could be accomplished in any pitched battle on lar.d or sea. Uncle Sam has a habit, in common villi European countries, of not divulging the inner workings of hi3 v.ar department to any great extent but it Is known that for many months plans have been going on to perfect methods of conducting warfare, with a view of overcoming the menaces that have confronted the two groups of European powers. A supei-Encsson 13 not an impossibility in an age and in a country that has the brain of Edison turned in the direction of improved fighting machinery. A super-submarine is far from an Improbability in a country which produced a mere college boy David lT, l -. ) 'Sl t i-1

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COMTA1NER

GRENADE Rifle Grenade Newly Adopted for Use by the U. S. Army. was the next porson to contribute n the development of the submarir.1. and to John P. Holland, still another nephew of Cndo Sain,, is given the credit for bring:ng the submarine to a state of practical value. A supor-airplano may well be expected frcm the nation that gave to the vorid the Wrights and Glenn Cnrtiss. The Path for Invention. America has contributed most to the development of the submarine and the airplane, and in times of such stress as these, it may reasonably be expected that she will furnish the material for the most important chapters on the history of hoth as employed in the world-war. One invention by two young Californians that is extremely inbe called a periscope gun. It allows the marksman to fire over tha edge of the trench, taking careful aim, and yet remain fully covered. Those who doubt that the call from Washington the call for new men and new methods will be filled promptly, fully and gladly, need to study a little history. They do not know the ways of Uncle Sam and his "minute men."