Show HITS AND MISSES IN MAGU BAY BAI S Strict Censorship However i Prevents Telling How Many of Each i S SS p- p I S THE BLUE PENCIL IS MIGHTY i i S Correspondent Confined to j f S Weather and Scenery for l W H His IS M Material atena I I il S I S B- B i ar BY llY BAURY ri u U. U s S. S S S. S Kansas Mag Magdalena Ua Bay I I March 14 14 I have heard the scream t 4 5 of the h hostile shell wired a celebrated cele- cele correspondent t to his Iris paper V from the Gussie at the beginning beginning be- be ginning of the Spanish war If ever an nn it- it expedition was we well named a It was vas that that that'S S 'S of ur the Gussie OussIe After Arter a long bluer bItter and arid andA A v arduous engagement In which the cort cor- cor t 5 v d respondent was treated to a series of oC W Hiram Maxim quick explosive thrills j S they went over on the shore by Guantanamo Guantanamo Guantanamo Guan- Guan and counted up the thc casu casualties allies i S one mule muJe Well I 1 have heard the thc scream of oC the hostile shell for COI the thc time the tire North Atlantic Heel has waked the tho echoes of oC Pacific waters More in justice than In anger more mOIe In i. i f. f J. J S pity than In hardship more mOlo in iii practice tice than In targets a N J I Hold Hol I have nearly gotten gollen m myself self into serious trouble I have almost S made a comment upon tire the score By ff fr tire tho grace glace of ot Uncle Sam and the good t c pleasure of oC certain of oC his naval of- of Pi y I have the thc rare privilege e of or bej beS be- be j S in Ing present on a real ical live JIve battleship j S Gui ing target larget practice But Dut I am oper- oper opel- opel c- c citing under explicit rules laid down don I with that thal severe sc attention to detail detailS J C v S which regulates reg the number of or rear c buttons button on a dress tall tail coat and i i before we proceed further with this Y- Y f entirely authentic and first hand hanel account account account ac- ac count of oC a vel very interesting event I f. f L. L would ress call your your- attention following f- f I Special Juks 1 I Special rules governing go the cenI cen- cen sors of S dispatches relative to target practice S 4 A No A No statement of scores eoles small shall be lie forwarded or of or whether ships do dowell well or badly U B o Xo comments upon thu working work in jug ing of the hattery or 01 of Its martens nances Including lire Ure control shall be bel J lu forwarded id a Should UC C Should an air accident unfortunately occur no repot lepolt t of It shall be forwar forwarded cd until It shall have Ve first st been submitted to tine tile In commander and then it shall be transmitted b by his Iris flagship only So let lt us be bc extremely careful My y r new newspaper will probably k t ack me sue still there are nao other news news- papers while If r I lose JIl my place with I this his iJ nc fleet t there Is no other navy y to goS po go poto S f to nL at lea least t none that you will wUI la pay a 1 q klO 19 a about Cut However tho situation s Is nut mil till nit bad au r Cheer up I think we ma nay may safely assume as as- sume that there was a target practice Y Yes I I such uch u a statement Is not riot ed cd Perhaps also It comes within y n discretionary bounds to announce that guns gunts uns were sere fired Ored with black powder powderS S made of nitro But nut Hold Hold I T fear that thal ma may not nol go Though I have a aery very ery gentle g censor there thele is some sternness in him bun that tha S makes me roe catch m my breath sometimes S. S lie lIo has not said a harsh word to me yet et but perhaps he lie will sometime I If H c- c he lie does I know I shall shan cry So cu cut out tint nitro cellulose et forget iL ii Perhaps Per Per- 5 haps hairs it isn't cellulose anyway or nitro give o I them the benefit of the j Im I'm sure I wouldn't disclose a naval 4 world l. l I the tIne most 8 secret to for foi I tine the am ann loyal loval hearted patriot you OU evel saw aw f F Wouldn't It be bc jUst dreadful it Ii IL Japan T found out we have nitro or ot is it collu- collu lose In our OUI pow gun powder gun cr I am nm sure I IT Ik k T t would mate hate myself If IC they found that it y out out through h me mc Smallest t Gun C U. ell J Let I-ct us proceed ed They tired llred the tire small mall i. i cs esi L guns buns they ha u the three I Does Docs It say tY anything up UI there thero about J Si- Si S r tho the size of the lie guns going In press S. S dispatches N All right then Pie Pie- 4 practice for three r S this tins afternoon Only I dont don't see why S. S the they have ha those three on aS a'S abl a abig S 'S bl big whip ship like e this After you OU have lived for fOI three months In the shade of oC I si fl 1 Inch ll gun that wel weighs hs sixty five turns tons you ou wonder why s-hy th they bother f 5 5 about the little fellows It seems hardly hard hard- ly Jy W worth Ith while to carr carry a gun un around a to fire lire those tiny shells Why h not have havea a hold them In Inn his hand hund and fire thorn them with a spike e It would 5 not lIot be bc as dangerous as holding a big S' S firecracker because e thee these shells cant can't I break In Iii the middle the they always go S. S off through the other oIlier end And n l the 1 apparatus they have to lire fire these bab baby K intricate and cost cost- S guns grins Ij Is really vcr very J ly It runs all nil over the ship way front from th the main naIn top down Into Inlo the hold of or speaking S It takes miles and miles f. f L' L tubes and the tine most won wonderfully fully InV In- In charts ou ever t saw aw filled with V elaborate tables tahle of distances fractions of or heights helg and depressions and find a perfect per ier- S feet clock work for timing tine tho J distance radiating from tire the medal 11 al line 5 of the air all barometrical s sto- sto 1 meter binomials in Inn which they cease they cease firing Pshaw That's Thal's fire control Cut If lC really want It out Ut forget forg-ct It It you to know kno about It get g-et the thc Lon London on EnS En- En Navy ov S 1 Review lew or the tho Army 7 1 Journal Ill I'll not betray betla m my country countr S Suii-et Suii et Still there thero must be he something I 1 fear can I describe Cheer up 0 O yes es I forget the sunset It truly was u-as a very beautiful beautiful beau beau- sunset E Everybody agreed about that It was a wonderful sunset The captain said bald so o and he I Is very ei el C careful careful care care- lle ful in lila Ills statements He lie does docs trot not wIsh to lo be e in tire thu matter that is he does loes not wl wish wih h to li be he quoted di directly dl- dl but I am om quite at liberty to sa say that I have hl Jt it from rota u n certain high and Indisputable authority that tiit Urn sunset was as very flue nile As S a matter of fact the lino that you could seethe see fee ce the of or the balls that missed through the various colors color of the spectrum spec spec- trum us as all the thc hots shots that hit looked dark against ug-aln t the sunset almost t purple pur pIe lIe while vIrile those that missed sent s-ent 1 pink ink waves darting forth Corth Now OW If you OU understand understand un un- un- un the pinky pink brilliance of oC California Call Call- fornia sunsets you will know something something some some- some some-I thing about to today's as tar tar tar- I There See Seo the fascination there I is In the thing I J simply couldn't re resist the temptation to say ay something about the tho score core Please look Jook over that last paragraph and see If IC there is anything In it that would give gi comfort to an any enemy If there Is cut it out forget forge it Yet Yot wh wIry why should I go 0 where there is danger up among the guns and the telephone system the targets and th the I score Th They are uro only material while as ev everyone rone knows Its It's not riot tire the gun nor even the man behind tho thu gun nor the theman theman theman man behind the man behind the gun that counts II II C e J I Is Ho- Ho Perhaps It is well ivell to lo confess s right now riots that a great many malty people Je call II H C C. C Muslin Mustin a genius g But nut I like c Muslin Mustin and I don't dont prop propose sc to call him names because h he Is sometimes absentminded absent mind ed vii and arid forgets to speak as lW he passelS parses IJ by Moreover l I know Jeno Englishmen Eng an and l Russians who say his is the most remarkably creative mind l In the Am American na navy that he is the worlds world's first authority on geometrical optics a science that I J may never mope hope to understand un un- and that the Russian Hussian government got gov offered him three times as much as he ire could ever expect to got get hour from ours for foi his latest Improvement of telescopic sights So one must respect respect re respect re- re him him because he Ire nInes docs not sell seH out his countr country country- or 01 even en pia play upon tire the edge eg-c of or danger as IUS I do Yes I am ani corning coming back presently You see Muslin l Henry C C. Is the tire In Initial In- In is ij is th the tue ordinance of this ship an and during larg target t practice ho he runs overy everything thing That Thal Is wh why I have taken the chance of oC offending a higher high high- er or law last than Iran naval regulations Ij in so In Intimately Intimately In- In ultimately df discussing personnel ls et Out of Place This Tins afternoon tho ihle they wore were to lc begin ln firing at one onu Two o'clock anti and then their three came caine arid and wo we were still waiting for Cor the wor word Along Jong about four fotna tire the 11 guns uns yet t silent I hunted up ull Muslin M No Ho lie was In no hurry They lm had those targets ets 18 Inches fro from ruin IT the water anti and he had hall called for fui thorn then two feet UI up He lie would walt wall until tire tin bosn went vent forth and fixed them What Six Ix Inches a ai nl 1600 yard ards make a difference Surel Surely nothing auditing doIng doIng do do- Ing until Mustin Is ready Hone hence It Il was ivus long Jong after aCter four before we wo began and though we fired but Ul two hundred l rounds before beCore we had mat finished lit sun was s set el set elThus Thus under perfect condition with wIlh very every evidence perfectly settled with every effort to lo eliminate weather conditions con corn its as us well itch as thu pt equation equa equa- tion there gOI goes s on urn the tho search for marksmanship ItO Alto they want to tn see heo eo the tire cot elation between sputter spoiler j smili- smili station and arid pointer Ruts nuts Fire Firo control con cun- trul Nothing doing I quit lUll a a I I |