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Show A HMUItfUAS IIAllLMTIXI). HOW TllltAllMY Will, l.K AITEOTIU HV THU M.-W P0WI1CII. In thuvnwinbloof battle and In (ho practice of following Its dlUerent phssealhosmokuof the Held haa beou ? "."i''.11 '""ytotl'oroniniaiider. n-chlef. 1 he clou la and puds lloat-Inir lloat-Inir over thu line, of tire which liu followed from hla tt of observation usually an elevated or.e, where the almoapheiB leiuiilned char certified the troora eiigagtJ, ruveale.1 to lilt practiced eye au eitlmale ol thood" veriary'a f.ircM, and thoweil hliu au-n ly step liiolliicluatlouaoftheUttlJ In fytlh..y oft,,,, toll hlni ,oru n i thy ilelnjeM teportaof aldeanlu cumie Hut Powder without araoke It now an ettabllalied fact. Attlllery and In. fauuyopaullru Aud no tnioko U vial- hie. A slnglo shot from tho tklrniMi lino Is henceforth absolutely lnir-ceptlblr, lnir-ceptlblr, nnd a talvofroin Ino llueof Infantry nt Knoyardionly proiluceiin Ihlll bluo-whlln vaor like lotccu smoke, that vanlalu a nlraoet Instantly, Iiiiiolmtaucr, not even In thu filing cf heavy ordnance, Is tho vapor .louse enough to Indlcatoueen at abort firing rang., tho iosllloti nf artillery or Infantry, In-fantry, These farts ami others tlmwlng the Inaldloua prortlebfthls new agent lu modern warrant were dlui.l nt teiiglh In n recent muting of tho military mili-tary board lu the army building, when It was decided that Inn hour inwiler should be lestnl olllclally at Hprlng-field Hprlng-field with a view to Us Introduction Into the American army. Uf course, iiwder without smoke, ennnot lcomn tho prlllegrof the Amerlcnn army, KuroiMMii nitloiis have taken up the probl. uianilteveralof Iheui Uiast of fiavlngn formula ol thelrowti. Hence aivanug.-aaudillilvalitigua atte tilling till-ing Ha lire nil the Hi Id of Initio will be common to Imlh slJus, J.seh acquires a Ktter view of hlaadversary, laitlosea the protection that n veil of smoke aiTunled him. A priori one c-en Judge how doubly lnisirtant U-cotnea thu Advantagoofbelngthe first to tea tho enemy, uus.uuby him, If (sitslble. In tpltuof all the prec-nullons which tiuiy bu taken lo discard those detail In the uniform that might mirk too voniplcloiialy the pn-seuco of a troop, surprise and surprltta are common ucx'urreucts lu war will bu much easier to .licet Hi in before. Thu side that first receive thu fire, will sutler a serlou illtadeanlago, for some tlmo must elapse before It can ascertain wliencu comes tho attack, and the force belonging tu either side though not two mllceaway. may know nothing of the skirmish. Owiiu? to the distance that two armies preserve during tlioprellmlnar-les tlioprellmlnar-les of a conduit, cavalry Is Intiuitcd with tho honor of getting Information, a perilous ttutt at lift, when It la con-tldered con-tldered that a mounted troop la not easily kiitoutof tight, and that the chances are agalntt lit being the first to discover a well-Intrenched advancu lost. .Moreover, If It la true that III recent wara the Increased Improvement Improve-ment of (UlckDrliigarins ha illmlu-lihedlliocniency illmlu-lihedlliocniency ot the cavalry role, Its lulu re charge without tho protection of smoke to cover Ha advancu la looked upon n problematic- The result of tho new iowdvr In what ononis Infantry la doubtful, to much dependa on the quality of tho trooi. Aa long na be la ambushed tho Infantry aoldler will be a myth; firing alOUOyarJt, hla shot will neither be tt-e-u nor heard, only felt. Hut, It It itale.1 by armyofilcert, hit roln It not to remain tlatlonary. He must advance ad-vance aud ahow hlmaulf. No longer Protected by a cloud of nuskc, ho will have to faco a fusllado tenfold moro ap-palllugthan ap-palllugthan Antletam or licit. sourg. Then.' Artillery, says the veterans, gains oery thing by operating luaclcar Held, lltforo It worked blindfolded; the enemy' tmoke served a aim, and It was often deoepllvv. Now thu exact position cf the opposed artillery will be vltlblo. With even chancel, when oncen battery has attained preoitlou In IU aim. which before could be but lm-Irfeclly lm-Irfeclly determined on account of tmokc. It will tervu aa a guldu to neighboring batteries, aud thus the fire will be concentrated and mote ellec-live. ellec-live. Ho that the artillery, If not the Infantry aud cavalry, would teem to bo Iho galuer by the great martial transmission from much smotco to no moke at all. .Vetc l'cri Timet, |
