Salt Lake Tribune | 1902-09-14 | Page 8 | German Army Maneuvers

GERMAN ARMY MANEUVERS Two Novelties Introduced Wore Wireless Telegraphy and Boer Tactics Berlin Sept 13Two novelties nt tho army maneuvers just ended were wireless wire-less telegraphy and Boer tactIcs Tho results of the wireless experiments seem completely satisfactory nnd In the opinion of the military chiefs will enormously affect tho transmission of Intelligence during battle The system used was neither the Slab n nor tho Inrconl and a description of the ap paratmi Is not available because vlnl tors nt the maneuver when they came close to the station were requested to retire The exterior of the apparatun la aIm ply a cubical Iron box about three feet each way mounted on a wagon resem bling1 a gun carriage and drawn by four horses The messages sent were caught on a wire attached to a small balloon several hundred feet above tho carriage These stations were moved freely about the field the horses sometimes some-times going at full trot but they were stopped for telegraphing The operator opera-tor used a key producing a shrill metallic me-tallic sound audible for a hundred yards The cavalry corps co In making the detour de-tour yesterday lcept constantly In touch with headquarters through the wireless telegraphy enabling the corps to retard 01 hasten Its movement throughout the thirtytuo miles ride aa In the judgment judg-ment of the headquarters start chanson In the situation were required It will now bo possible to deliver coordinate attacks by widely separated divisions In that way hitherto Impossible BOer tactics were used extensively during the third day of the maneuvers when the Infantry deployed In open order or-der and advanced regardless oC regular regu-lar formation cacUvrman or squadron taking advantage of Irregularities of the ground for covers running forward for-ward In small sections Instead of In whole line sitting down again and once more advancing The nrtlllcry also Instead of being marched on prominent points where guns and gunners would become targets tar-gets for the enemys guns was placed In eclectcd covered locations each battery bat-tery taking up Its position without regard re-gard to alignment udth tho other