| Show I LATEST MILITARY INVENTIO 11 I IS TilE FIELD TURRErol i i This DeathDealing Monster is Expected to Revolutionize the Art of WarfareWill be Mounted on Locomobiles I Equipped With a Squad of Sharpshooters and j I Artillery I I Woolwich pptA nejv and dart i Innovation In methods modern wn = atc Is expected to result from iho dcveloorrent of the automobile The British Government Is Iow considering con-sidering tne plans of a machine submit toil to It ny an Avstraiiau Inventive genius which will 1C carried out place in the modern battlefield an Instrument capablq ot IncrejlSble carnage As the deadly results expected from this new terror arc only a combination of agents of destruction hltlusrtq us l I there will not arise the same objection to their use as has made that of certain I other mediums of destruction prohibitive t prohibi-tive The plans submitted call for the cun ntructlon of a vehicle to be Known as the t turretlocomobile and the lines followed fol-lowed In building It will be very similar simi-lar to those of naval architecture for various and obvious rcasona The turretlocomobile will be a movable mov-able fort capable of being rapidly transported trans-ported in any direction doslred and otc ot-c maneuvers of a character similar to those ov a small gunboat It will be built with sharp prow and stern fOI the double purpose of swiftness of weed and safety a vehicle of such a I shape being safe from both front and rear attack as the enemys bullets I I I i tack and defense on the part of armies in the Hold from the present form to that pursued In nautical warfare somewhat I some-what I Should the contending armies not both be equipped with these destructive I engines It will or course bo a case of i Immediate and horrible slaughter on the part of the one not so supplied 01 else of instant surrender It Is not like 1 I h that this condition of things could I long continue however for the moment j practical proofs are given or the efficiency ef-ficiency of the vehicle all modern armies will adopt It or n similar lighting main I cline in the case of armies being equally equipped In this particular or oven in iay case where they arc involved the importance of mining operations will again become paramount In military operations the blocking of the progress of such Instruments of destruction becoming be-coming the first consideration of good generalship It Is obvious that the principal field for such engines will lie In their utilization utili-zation for the purpose of making sudden sud-den attacks or rapid movements of any kind designed to surprise and overwhelm over-whelm the enemy There Is no doubt but that these machines ma-chines must ultimately supplant the armored ar-mored train on account of their mobility mo-bility and the reduced risk of loss that would result from their substitution As convoys for supplies n halfdozen of J II I W I I 4 t t I I i i j iI I i jIzcEIIm j I L I I I 4 t E = z I I = 1 trTt I c = = 1 F U = 1 4 q 1 F = = 1 kJL j 1 L 1 1 I The Turret Locomobile a Monstrous DeathDealer Which Yankee Terseness 1I I t ± Terse-ness Christens the Warship of the Plains 1 would glance off the curved surface on 1 nccouni of there being no resistance I I thereIn I I I there-In order to still further safeguard the vehicle revolving shields consisting of I heavy armored plates are designed for 11 the sides to prevent any missile from I striking it with sufficient force to do I any material damage In addition to these shields an under sheathing of the heaviest armor plate I I completely Incloses the vehicle renderIng render-Ing it Impervious to damage from the enemys fire This plate entirely covers j the wheels of which there arc eight i 1 four being mates Intended to serve In I the possible case of either breaking down through accident or being crippled crip-pled by a rtcii9ch tIng shell i Electricity with a generating plant of Its oWn on board the turret Is the 1 propelling force of this unique vehicle II The maximum speed Is put at twelve miles an hour In place of rubbertired wheels which would be practically useless Ij I use-less on a battlefield there are to be substituted steel wheels with spiral I I I grooves from which spikes can be i 1 thrown out In case any extraordinary II ascents have to be made or when the I I heavy guns are being fired to prevent I any effects from concussion All these j adjustments can be made from tho Interior In-terior as can all other operations for making repairs or carrylngon offensive or defensive work and the whole machinery ma-chinery Is automatically worked from the central point In the machine The plan of the Inventor seems to have been the creation of an entirely Belfsustalnlng and self suf1hient apparatus appa-ratus capable of carrying out the extreme j ex-treme Imlls of destructive warfare with the smallest possibilities in I the I I way of danger to the attacking party Tho interior of the machine Is a mar 1 vel of compactness and so far as the i 1 equipment goes embraces the latest and I best principles > of the turrets used on J I American warshIps time equipment be ing calculated to be a trifle lighter than some of them although arrangements 1 are made for carrying a fourInch gun In the lower turrets of the doubledcck cls while the upper turrets are designed de-signed to carry rapidfiring guns The I plans are drawn for double turret vehicles ve-hicles but it is probable that many single deicers will be made as the I same plans answer for both with slight alterations Involved by leaving off the I upper battery Those heavy battcres are to be used I only In case of emergency because of H I I the Impossibility of carrying a sufficient I suffi-cient quantity of ammunition aboard I to supply them Thxr heavier field artillery will as a rule follow the turretlocomobile Into I action or be so placed as to cover It as far ag possible fom attack while it Is i pushing onahead and carrying devastation devas-tation Into the ranks of the enemy Each turretlocomobile will carry a squad of ten men trained both as sharpshooters and artillerists and It is estimated that a hundred of these i machines brought into close quarters II with a body ot 10000 troops composed I of artillery and cavalry will make short work oflhem either annihilat lug thorn completely or forcing them to US In which case they must be cut to pieces their only alternative being to surrender Necessarily a special system of tac tics will have to be arranged for the disposal of tI1h4hbc aggrtYVC feature of the field forties In order to avoid any such confusion as might arise from or ders leadingto a orossrfire Jiotwccn veh belonging to the same side In a like manner both Infantry and cavalry tactics will be revolutionized as tho olOfashloned square which has done such splendid service in fighting at close quarters would only under such conditions mak the Infantry more susceptible sus-ceptible to rapid annihilation than 1C scattered This will relegate infantry and cavalry I caval-ry tactics as 1 hey have been practiced I to mnocuoun dosenturtc the only pox I Hlblo mean of fighting such hYdra headrd monsters as the u rreth com blle lying hi the adoption of thelaetlcs lately developed In the Southsfrlcan I campaign j The turretlornmniiiir Wlll m unit 1 these fieldturrets would prove capable capa-ble of withstanding the attacks of small marauding bands successfully where the armored train has been more or less at their mercy after they succeeded suc-ceeded In derailing It The turret on the other hand can by using its sharpshooters sharp-shooters create fearful havoc among an attacking party of guerrillas Again In case of ascending hills or kopjes the grooved wheels supplemented supple-mented by spikes will permit of ascents as-cents to be made that can scarcely bethought be-thought possible and which certainly mean much In important military movements Owing to the use of a new fuel which possesses wonderful lasting qualities the Impedimenta required lor creating the electricity Is very trilling With a thousand of these fieldturrets safely across the channel iti Is oanou hated that the march of the British to the French capital would be a triumphal tri-umphal procession on one side and a funeral fu-neral one on the other so quickly and easily could it be consummated by avoiding all beaten tracesaW Stealing a march under cover of night Similarly should the extinction of the Yellow Scourge become necessary and It be desirable that such an object be attained wlthollt loss of life on the part of Europeans it could be consummated wlthobt any doubt by the turretloco mobile which would outside of Us tel rfically destructive power so awe the Chinese that they would themselves resort re-sort to selfdestructlon rather than face the latest phase of the foreign devil ARTHUR FIELD |
