Show Ing force now will number at least 10 000 It will bav 1 naval backing at the time of landing and a secure bas for interior operations There ore Indications that the government gov-ernment Is I preparing to eventually In vado the northwestern portion of the Island I Is-land In that came the army will ad vanes toward Havana from the west gelling the Spaniards between two fires os the patriots hold Ihe east and are Within a test miles of Havana If General Gen-eral Miles can succeed In firmly plantIng plant-Ing 10000 mn where Jordan put his 300 the fate of Havana sealed even should the navy not fire a shell With the AmericAn on 0 side and the patriots on the other the Sjanlarls will have a chance to make hood their Quixotic boast to die In their tracks rather than give up Cuba What line of strategy will be adopted once the forces are taco to face cannot be conjectured Thee Spaniard boast that they The-e pitched battles and they will surely be accommodated Their leaders will be tied down by old traditions ot the service while ours have been emancipated and It Is sure to come to pass that the cry will go up from the dons that American generals violate every rule of war In their getter alhlp That wa the charge brought against Napoleon In Italy and he kept on violating the antiquated rules until he had the whole of Europe under his thumb The Importance I of keeping a strong reserve naval force at Key West Is I evident evi-dent and In the uncertainty as to the movements ot the Spanish n1 II cannot can-not with safely be allowed to separate How and wh1t will come Into action and to what strategic uses It will be put depends un the results of the Initiative It requires A much larger force on sea as well as on land to carry a position by attack than to hold It against attack It would pre a thankless task for the American navy to be tied up to the t Cii YRIGHT KrSj II SEVERAL OF THE UNIQUE ADJUNCTS OF MODERN WARFARE I U i 1 t 6amI 1 < J H Legal Aspects of I X Modern Warfare I Customs or war and lawe of war are not Prescribed In any legal code Thy are determined by precedents having the authority ot antiquity general acceptance ac-ceptance reasonableness etc Once In 1 01 Vk4 A FLAG OF TRUCE corporated In a treaty they are binding so long as the treaty stands In the matter of bombardments customs vary perhaps for the simple reason that this nethod of warfare Is I In ordinary circumstances cir-cumstances frowned upon by the whole civilized world Military men themselves them-selves whose training teaches that milItary mil-Itary Mass Ity knows no law with one 1 vJ voice condemn bombardment as 0 Cru city not to be thought ot except In peculiar pe-culiar capes In modern lime bombardments are Introduced at certain stages of a siege conducted against a fortified point The object li I to terrify the civilians Into compelling their governor to surrender Preliminary procedure depends upon the clicumstances At Charleston In the civil war after months of siege the Federal commander at last bad guns trained upon the city Ho demanded from Its military commander a lull surrender sur-render of thi city and Us fortifications within four hours under penalty of bombardment The notification did not reach General Ilcauregard the Canted 1 rate commander until the time had expired Ian hlle a gun opened ond continued firing until disabled General Becuregard tent a vigorous protest against this action and according to his own statement the bombardment was suspended for two days to enable the citizens to lemove the Yemen and children and the decrepit Persons from the danger line 11 At rederlckFburs the Federal commander com-mander summoned the civil authorities to surrender the town and gave 1C hours notice for the removal of noncombatant noncombat-ant Mystic Language Of War Signals Signaling Is I one of the most Impor tent devices used as on adjunct ot warfare war-fare The signal service bureau of the army I almost a venerable Inlllullon and Its melhoda have long I ben firmly established The corps Is I a highly Pill clent body ot menThe The vArlous systems now In use by the signal cons Include Hags lights the heliograph lanterns telegraphy and telephony and all thee may be oper ald easily and 10 great advantage from a captive balloon The heliograph Is I an Indrumnt by moon ot which communication commu-nication Is I tied by flashes and dots of light thrown from the surface of a mlr ror and naturally Is of utility only duro to AV 5 r SIGNALING nOM A BALLOONIng BALLOON-Ing hours ot sunshine Th name hello trope Is I given to the same Instrument In the geodetic service The memo 11hore is I a mot fllh Iu arms similar to many ot the railroad signal pot 11 to I on apparatus for giving signals by Ihe disposition of hanging lanterns Hags and oscillating arms In other lords It Is I a combination of all other nine no ot communicating information outside of hum in speech Signaling with an Illuminated balloon Is I a picturesque featuiq of the work of the signal corps Two captive balloons are allowed to ascend to a height of a Iw hundred feet above any Intervening obstacles They may be a few miles Pxit or 40ur ro miles from ono another an-other 1081 them sun flashes are mod during the tiny and at night messages are transmitted by mans of illumination illumina-tion Incite the balloons with Incandescent cent electric lights Tho alternating illumination and darkness are arranged < In accotdance with a predeviccd code While war ballooning Is mill largely experimental the results have been em silently satisfactory The Deadly Little Machine Gun takers ot machine guns have kept pace with the demand for rapldlooomo tlon In every department and some ot the very latest Inventions can In an emergency be carried on the back ot afoot a-foot soldier The up 10 date Maxim Colt and Galling guns can be transported transport-ed < hervr a mall or mule can climb or pick a pathway So there Is I no limIt lim-It to the sphere of activity of the mowIng mow-Ing machine lhlch cuts down human beings In swaths The capacity of the new Maxim Is I 600 to 700 rounds of rifle balls per minute and the execution la don by Imply pressing a button Where roads are fairly good this engine ot war can be mounted on a tricycle having two or more riders For more difficult ground such as suarrip lands and woods or mountains a lighter form can be carried car-ried on the saddle of a mule or cavalry borne The tripod supporting the gun when In action weighs but 17 pounds latllngs latest model of so called comes gun for transportation on the back of an animal has a capacity of 600 0 ohot pr minute It can also be carried car-ried for a short dis Lance on the houl iLi A BIPED BATTERY dera ot two men The ammunition used Is ot course in Itself weighty and that Is carried behind the gun by one or more pack animals so that wherever the gun can go its grim ted cases are at hand ready for the bloody banquet When the new Mnilm gun Is stripped I r for light transportation II weighs I all lold only 57 pounds and such a burden Is not a hick breaker for a stout man 1n those provinces ot Cuba still held b1 the Spaniards the country In I mountainous moun-tainous and the coat rough hence theme horseback and man back shooting engine will Prove very serviceable to Uncle Sam For Expeditious Communication In the present war with Spain there will be rapid and reliable communication communica-tion between the different bodies of the armed forces In the United States or In CUbL and on the ocean Carrier pigeons fly at a rate varying from IlO to GO miles nn hour This means that a message from a ship 200 miles at sea might be sent to the home loft In from four to five hours The training of homing pigeons his reached the highest high-est i olnt of efficiency under the auspices of both our war and navy department The birds may be released from a ship at the moment of giving battle On land there will he tie telephone whose wires can be strung with great facility adjacent to the field ot battle reaching from headquarters to other objective points and Its companion the portable telegraph In the absence of the regular putts and lines will be used for more remote positions and to convey con-vey necessary orders or nw or requests re-quests for additional troops to distant cities b1 connection with the regular telegraph service and thus reach the departments at Wahlnpton Couriers on 1 Icicles will compete with lie messengers on horseback In bearing orlrs and commands or In relay for gaining uceor or assistance from armed arm-ed forces stationed Borne distance away where the use of neither telephone nor telegraph Is I feasible The bicycle asa as-a means of locomotion will undoubted Ily be largely used by special corps of Infantry and In some cases by cavalrymen cavalry-men Where file employment of horI Is hor-I I less practicable In rapidity durability reliability and efficiency the world l ha never seen such CARRIER PIOfONS ON A MONITOR a variety ot messengers and man of dispatching mog an now exists under un-der our governmental control In com Plate detail force and arrangement The Protection Of a War Fleet The most elaborate precautions art taken for the protection of our net against surprise by lurking torpedo boats or chasers at night In the daytime naturally there Is I no Iartlc ular necessity for more than the ordl nary sharp outlook although the torpedo tor-pedo nets surrounding the ships sides at about water level are kept In position posi-tion continually when tie vessel Is at anchor or when It Is I making Its wy up a narrow channel Then the torpedo rakes have their especial use On a foggy day the patrol boats burn fuses as they keep on their round But at night when there are nopac tul ray of the moon or Its bam are obscured by clouds there comes the danger of the swift flying hornet w Ith Its mllles ot destruction and then every ev-ery precaution that has been devlecd to protect the fleet and to expose the prowling enemy Is brought Into full Play Searchlights broad long and contln uoU flash from bow and stern from port and starboard glinting the inters and lighting up the area they touch vilth a brightness that Is penetrating V 44 At 4 Me 1 lit 6 SEARCHLIGHTS ON A WARSHIP The glare Is I so vivid that objects can be seen with startling distinctness very v-ery line and rope of a vessel the buttons but-tons on a man coat and the lettering on tho band of a sailors hat being I discerned dis-cerned more readily than by daylight The torpedo patrol boats are clashing to and fro with a never calng movement move-ment in and out burning lights firing rockets and with them an companion but circling about In the contrary direction di-rection ore the patrol boats of the mos qulto fleet As all the vessels 1 of the fleet are thus surrounded by moving lights and are continuously flashing their electric rays the surrounding scene Is In a blaze of light First Aid to The Wounded Experience has shown that lives are lot and useless Injury Inflicted upon soldiers torlnck ot simple means 10 extend ex-tend first aid The soldiers have gone Into this war provided with an individual individ-ual pocket case containing ligatures bandages surgical cotton and other dressing material for wounds A nw form of litter carrier will also be Intro cloned where the ground will permit This consists ot a litter from supported ed above a single wheel The United States army hand litter now In vogue weighs but lOll pounds and may be rolled and carried on the boulder when not In use In default of a regulation stretcher one my be 1m S 46T4 r UNICYCLE LITTER provlsed readily from a blanket lashed to two poles and sllll simpler Is that llgu formed with two coats and four muskets mus-kets The rifles are passed > through the sleeves and lashed together In lieu of pole The first aid to be given a wounded wound-ed man l Is to stop the floor ot blood Incase In-case lie has a severe wound In the arteries ar-teries This pan be don quickly by a card or trop or even a stout bandage or handkerchief wound tightly above the wounl and twisted until the pas 1 Page of blood Is I completely choked Tho next stage from the field of fightIng fight-Ing 1810 the ambulance station where If not too hard pleased alt wounds art examined and dressed by a competent surgeon On the Journey from the field 10 the ambulance station and from there to the field hospital the litter bearers move ac as to save > the wounded el soldier from Jarring and also take care lo keep his face In the direction they are moving It Is not possible to save a victim from pain but the ready appliances may at lent save life At the field hospital I a corps of surgeons are at work preparing Ihe wound for the journey 10 a general hospital No Food Pills In The Present War There will be no pills In this via r You can rely on that It you think of enlisting said a commHaary of Aid slslence In tho United Stales rejulif army the other day Feed a man ra CICKE4 19 r J611 19po it K < iJ 1 p to JuyI 1jlt ii W vECtTA9LT5 Ah fJ i f tiP f I I t f UTT7 < 1t MJJOJU1E3 IV CONDENSED FORM a pill and he looks like a pill Th mean that condensed food except perhaps per-haps the soup ration will not be provw ed by the government It will doubtless doubt-less I be found < In private supplies M peclally condensed milk and pHP tlons of milk chocolate beet and cone These are luxuries In camp and II comparatively easy of transport11 bar Experiments In emergency rations with the rM > been going on for years them at w conducting that the board everything IBM a fair trial rejects hlch tho American soldier is I not to millar boats An a result of the labors ot that ratio the emergency or campaigning for the United Stales army v0drAT regulars or volunteers and mlllll au der government orders Is I as toUo < rr diem 10 ounceS of bread 10 ouncij of bacon 4 ounces of pea meal 5 fun and w uhn of fee M of coffee or half an ounce sail half an ounce of pepper and This Is I the maximum emergency tlon and Its weight Is I 33 to SOn Ounces can troops c On a fighting expedition start out with five rations per Band B-and If the Is I great the ivr pressure piles can be made to got ten days article TM 0 tea meal for soup is the only food on the list 10 called prepared t Ines Various kinds of canned goods pastes peptonlzd nneddep predlgrot4 01 its foods cheese and preparation l J government the kola nut are rejected from r rrvvllirf 114 ment ration but there will be oil a these striation chooo to on provide their them UP4 by The ratio at adopted Is suited to a trop cal cmn dw III l and In season when possible I I rjlloj Rod will b trnllb ot onions and potatoes ed to ward oft scurvy |