Deseret Evening News | 1900-05-05 | Page 9 | Gen. Miles Criticises

OUSt MILKS lie Xo No in III the tho VI Gun Carriage New York ork May 5 special to the Journal and Advertiser from rein Washing Washington ton says General Mlles makes a sharp criticism of the engineering department In ht the disappearing gun carriage matter In which he the arguments of Gen John M Wilson chief of en engineers as academic Oen Mil Mlles also allO take tak occasion to Jl pay Y his respects to the futility ot of the furl Otis ous Ore of Sampson Sleet fleet at the an elent artillery of Spain at Santiago Oen Mites points out that the dIs dIsappearing di appearing In gun cartage had been used In this country to the exclusion of all others Gen Oen Mil bill con can continues The Th conclusion to mount up III upward ward of SO 00 per cent of our modern modem high power mast defence gun IUn In deep pits on disappearing earring carriages wu was apparently apparently re reached ched attar after a long continued academia of the subject In successive annual report ot of the chief of engineers This conclusion is II not be believed to be based baNd upon an any practical results of fire from ship board on land Id fortifications obtaIned In war service Old Morro castle the cen century tury masonry work expo exposed ed on a block less leN than NO feet above boy tide water and nd armed with Ith four eighteenth century tury smoothbore cannon on one occasion the concentrated lire Ate of our fleet neet at close CiON range for three hours houra the result that one corn corner of the mason I my was struck and damaged but the parapet 11 remained Int Intact t and nd not nota a man or a gun was wal Injured so 10 tar far as known I deem It most mOlt unfortunate that we should take u up develop and piece al almot almost mot most soil dependence upon a type or of mount that hat has been tried and ROO prat tally cally abandoned