Show SAMS BOYS B WILL FIGHT IN THE NEXT BIG i VA an expert tells of new weapons and hitherto untried aids which will be Employed Spies in the clouds cloth screens instead of earthworms earthworks Earth works stifling ling smoke bom bs real war dogs as ambulance men a all art raaon when war again comes it will bo be waged under entirely new conditions condition and a nd w with I 1 ili modern improvements which w would ou I 1 d amaze e an and d awe even the great napoleon could lie ho behold ill them e m moat people are arc aware amabe that magazine b reech breech loading rifles and steel blechl cading cannons have been substituted for the old muzzle loading musket and cast iron muzzle loading cannon that ther are now n ow such buch things as callings and and hotchkiss and dri gass chroeder machine runs na that bicycles are coal coming n g to the front fron t as a necessary part or of a sold soldiers lers equipment a and ad that tactics have been e hanged changed so ao t that hat troops now light fight in the n manner anner of indians rather than in the as serried er ried columns of the days of frederick the great but bow many know of the other new things in wartime war tire 0 of which little anew Is said old some of these novelties will b be hero here described descar i bed an entirely new feature Is likely to be the tha extensive use lee 0 of kites for photographing an country forces and works tor for signaling ng and tor for dropping upon an enemy high explosives balloons lial Val loons were first used tor for obtain obtaining 1 n information I 1 on in our civil war and f fori ra eign clen anels now have well equipped balloon ballo oiL ballal ons nut but the use of 0 balloons greally crea lly endangers tile lives of 0 aero aeronauts as aa they are a fine mark in the air and they are fragile and expensive rites kites on the other hand cost but a trifle and do the work quite Ps as P s well without risking the life 0 of a single roan mian SPIES IN THE CLOUDS the most important use made of them will be b e as ag carriers carr lera of cameras which will from fro m LL a treat height photograph the country cou n t r Y in these days day a of lon long ran aranca ranca go cannon and rifles it la Is 0 f the first importance to learn where where tho tho e enemy la is when NN hen he Is miles away it Is no now w possible to abend send u up p with a tandem of eddy kites a c circular ir ular camera attached to the main lin line e with an apparatus tor for sn snapping ap A all 11 the shutters simultaneously and to photograph the whole country in A oscr every direction tor for twenty miles or more re the he photographs phot ocra ephs phs so taken can be enlarged elar ged and e every ve ry detail of 0 the country brought 0 out f thus superseding the use of 0 spies mu maps aps and scouts and absolutely preventing prevent lne such as I 1 the disaster ot of the sunken i road at t I 1 waterloo or the repulse abc tile tho dion wall nall tit at fredereck iburg kites too will lift great loads either the hargrave box kites or eddy kites could be used to lift fifty pounds ot of dynamite nto into the air with mith a slow blow match attached when the kites were over the lh enemy the direction of 0 the wind and time required to bring brine the kite over tho the enemy being ot of course factors this match burning out would set on alro 11 rd a cord tying up tho the box in which the dynamite was mas contained find and as tile the cord cora bu burned I 1 tied through the box would open and drop its load no human burnan power could afford protection against tho the explosive 0 dropped from above the davis kite with which experiments experiment ments m have been successfully made in the S seventh regiment will bo be ot of great use in sIgn signalling alling as it can be directed to the right or left and given oll all the motions 0 of a wigwag alg wae nag flag when high in the air signalmen Sign almen have always been exposed to extreme danger dancer now they can remain under shelter and signal much bolter better than before at night lamps can bo be used on the kite and ot of course by day the kite in the sky shy can be seen much further than a las flag near tho the ground INSTEAD OP OF earthworks earthworms EARTH WORKS since rifles great power have baa e come into use shelter tor for the attacking party Is ui an absolute requirement and trees houses bouses or packed earth will not do the balls go through the wood and through three feet ot of packed earth and even through thin plates ot f steel only the so called bulletproof bullet buildt proof cloth seems booms to be available for or hasty hatt protection mid and this will probably be used b hung uno from light frames of steel feel in for skirmishers it Is not suitable for clothing tor while it stops a ball when worn wom on the ism lip alk 1 I 1 T cipf R 1 fists 1 w 1 B I 1 S bisel BIs Wl r L i B c Sc SaH ij F q SU as LANIUM SENTRY B too covering A R E adl r it person the ball inflicts it a t tr rifle shock upon tho the wearer it has been found ho however w ever that n when hen it Is hung up and all allowed owed I 1 to 0 B aft in freely c like a curtain it will s III stop elop e even a biag ball which first drat indents it end and then drops to tile tho ground consequently it can be used in portable screens which a man can carry and set act up in front ot of him also in font of 0 field runs instead of 0 earth earthworms earthworks works it would require a day or two to build earthworms earthworks earth carth works for a battery but it ft bulletproof bullet proof screen could be set up in five minutes A new light portable armor tor for the protection of 0 men and runs guns has also been invented and successfully belted the signal corps in the next war will have its service ot of communication alm simplified by the use of the telephone which alch will enable commanders to communicate muni cate directly without the antor bention of 0 EL a third person with subordinates nates and do away with 11 cyphers cy phera to a a great extent over and over again during the civil war dont understand your dispatch anas as mired w ired back to headquarters and previous time was lost and movements delayed tho the use of 0 the which was so con a feature of 0 the brooklyn trolley war that all experts remarked its usefulness will ili revolutionize methods of communication in warfare the united states signal corps now has bas a telephone outfit which weighs only sixteen pounds easily carried by one man and messages s have been sent live hundred miles with thic equip equipment A bent and additional wire con it 11 T ft ill be easy tor for a commander to and on I 1 a signalman with a telephone buu 1 to each of his division and corps commanders maJ iders and in camp or in battle keep in constant touch with every part ot of his force REAL PEAL DOGS OP OF WAR IN PROSPECT dogs are extensively used as sentries ammunition carriers and ambulance men n in germany gel many an and d may be so used I 1 hrc h ere rc no workout worn out hungry Y soldier can possibly be as alert at night when on duty oa as a watchdog which can easily be train trained d to an enemy from a tind friend even when disguised by thus rel relieving levIn C men from picket duty one third of 0 tin on arm army y Is given rest it would not otherwise get large dos dogs can cairy balry along alone a line of battle hundreds of 0 cartridges cartridge a and how well dog may bo be trained to bring succor to the wounded may be learned front rom the exploits of 0 the famous dogs of 0 st bernards hospice in the alps the german war ivar dogs doga are trained to neck beek out wounded men on the told lc ld at night and in thickets and marshes moi Blies they carry in pan panniers pann lere water and elm alm pie remedies and bandages and stand by the wounded man and balk baik until aid comes had such a system of serlee lc been adopted in our civil war thousands ot of men reported missing who died is without without aid in the nooks end and col co 11 rs we would uld 11 have ave be been e A found and saved caved in no department has haa ft a greater advance van c e been made than in the ambulance bervice cei alce in the next war the art of treating will almost succeed in overcoming the progress pre press of the art of destruction st blood poisoning from rom gunshot wounds tile the principal cause of death in former war wars a will bo be conquered with anti ehtle treatment and antl will ill render imputations amputations I 1 successful while renders them painless in most cases probably each private will vill cox carry esmarch trian gular bandages saturated with anti skeptics cs and every squad leader will c carry arry a tourniquet and simple remedies every organization it will have an ambulance and nd stretchers mounted on duplex b bicycles ic r le electricity EI TOO electricity wu play its part in uie the next war edison has suggested that armies arales should be equipped with fire engines and dynamos and shows that a powerful stream ot of water into which chic it a strong electric current was diver diverted ted would disable every man whom it touched searchlights will be used for preventing night attacks which win ill be oftener oft e nor m made ads than formerly for signaling baling and to light up a held field where the wounded oro are lying motors will be b used to machine guns e while the gunners lie under cover until reloading Is necessary wires may bo be air stretched tolled around camps and when touch touched alu I 1 sound an alarm mines hints rn liay ELY be cx plodded by electricians miles away under cover range will no doubt be used 8 aa 89 9 with this simple instrument the distance als of 0 in enemy cun can bo be at once aloer in our civil WILT wax pounds of bullets and shot were used tor for every man killed because it ba as always alway a matter of 0 fliess guesswork mork lust just liow how tar far AL awty at tin opponent was I 1 nowadays the range la Is announced with very every to alm ilm and sights ore are adjusted accordingly an italian arrangement lu ot or prisms placed instead of 0 sights on rifles enables the alie men using thera to themselves distances dla tancos and portable cam era ob obscures obscuras such auch as many nave have seen men at coney island are in some armies carried on wagons wage ns surrounding Surround lne objects are pictured on the tables of 0 these and as soon as aa an eneany to la seen on the table it li is known that be h la Is within the danger zone oa as no object will ill appear on the table unless within range rn dee TO MAKE SMOKE smokeless powder has tried mad new conditions on it the 11 field eld the abse absence nee of the sheltering smoke making the attacking party distinctly visible to make smoke and cover an attack the english havo invented bombs which when broken give out A dense dens smoke like a tog fog hand grenades tire are also alao made which nelch can be thrown into in trench menta ments and give out gapes which disable by choking and without outright tho the dynamite gun eun haa bils had a fair trial in cuba with the most successful results and will be used in cases of extreme necessity c ruel cruel and inhuman as its use may seem A dynan tite tube is so cheap ile 0 o easily an and d quickly made i R and nd so terribly effective at short r ADM tha that t the temptation to use it will be well nigh irresistible 1 copyright 1 1537 all ali rights reserve dj U 11 |