Show ii LA nap Z Po TB ii r tP tV tVr I r Il I Ii r F 7 i I T t 1 1 t i iY t h C i I 4 1 C Lt r 4 j z IR L pJ S 11 m 22 r a carefully pro hint l Ip lIuI hn been lu f preparation for tor months N ts Is out per U tills thiM month will see Ice the most t In the history ot Undo ay 1 with thEa rudal teu of o the marksmanship ot oC the 2 non neD tJ the e guns ung will vIII lie be n a erIe ot of it and naval that roll I Ie the null and ot of 1 relit fleet n ii S to prove proe theIr mettle under A actual Ii than thon hunt hIlS been In ita ILa n thEa will ho be quito nM na Important nud i l Ls to the ni the I 4 cru e flow Crom tills IUIS and about six it mouths ago 0 I Withal this summer tryout trout of our ourbe a be fighting shillS 15 I going to be spec spectacular In the hl hIghest hest degree there will lie be row few J if nD any nt at the bit big show primarily because It will lie be heM held 1 o 0 far Crom rein shore im aM to discourage 1 There nr are reasons for Cor Corthe forthe the selection ot of a ot of the Atlantic Ocean for tor this bl big huru lug Ins ot of lOwlIer ovder I For or one thing the n naval I officers prefer to carry on their practice nt at the In n a locality where there tro few Cew froni CroOl shipping and equally potent as n a factor III favor o of nn isolated oceanic I target lit Ia the afforded The Ill 0 1 n Department JR 18 not Cor Or spec triton of oC any kind on such an occasion there arc ot of ob l whose whole presence might he be decidedly ob There Is no doubt that the I military nail naval or of foreign powers now lu thIs coon coun country try to make moko notes for their I governments would give u a good deal to iO he permit permitted tell to view the forthcoming rehearsal In the South Atlantic While the evolutions of oC this record breaking fleet ot of lQ 10 or Ii 17 battleshIps and craft ernet are expected to establish a new mark mork In teamwork on the I high seas It Is Ia the target practIce which is the headliner ot of lila naval program There Thorl ro U a or of which bestow unusual lui this or of the bulls eyes For one olle thing It Is 18 not onlY the target of tb the reorganized O fleet t which now enrolls enroll till nil of oC our null nod b beet t sea but It ls S the target practice ot of the fleet Heet In nearly a year rear It may lie he romaul bored that after tho iho floating re returned turned from Crom the historic world jaunt Immediately scattered to the various navy yards fur Cor repairs list re several months the regular spring target practice had to be omitted Now ow the tho gun un piny that Is 18 to continue tor or several weeks will n a mer ln or combination ot of tho ho spring and autumn record practice 1 Finally ns as contributing Interest to this cannonade on the oceanic shoot In big gallery Is i the fact that a brand braud neW stunt Is III to bl be tried with the big IJ nothing lees Ices than target practice In 10 rough water In the open ocean This ls Es not Dot only it I genuine novelty Insofar os ns ho United States nr avy is 13 concerned but It ItIs itis Is In effect on an absolute Innovation among the tue navies of oC the world a 0 moments thought will demonstrate Its value To be sure suro mot most of oC the great have been fought In harbors or other sheltered localities or nt at least under placid weather r conditions but there Js Is no surety that lint the next time Uncle un is 18 called upon to light fight his fleet may not come upon upeo tho enem enemy In the open ocean with sith a heavy heny sea running 01 OW It itis is If no an with willi the boys in 10 blue that victory victor Is 18 likely to come to the tho sIde that gets gels in 10 the first effective bows blows and It is 18 In preparedness to do It first that tar target get practice In 10 rough roub water Is to ho be In inaugurated The men behind the guns uns in the United Stat States eft o avy have hae hail of oC practice In hitting structures tures towed post past the battleships b by tugs or other the they are arena tomed to on sway lu lug sun gun platforms that rise and fall wIth r I t f hI hIat at 1 S 1 S S S F i 4 tP s 0 I i n J I every ry roll ot of the ship but they have lIae had little practice In training nud nut tiring tEa big shooting Irons their own e and the Alm aimed II at ire Oro both hoth lag Int and to Jn In n it sea seu li will tit lIl be a 0 no now t and a 11 valuable one for tor both officers and awn TIlt The lInt bat will swill rendezvous for tor this tar target get Iet practice at Hampton Hompton Roads within sight of oC the spot where the Monitor had their historic duel uel nail will then pass out to sea n A portion ot of the target practice will unquestionably take ou on the Southern drill ground but the lie fleet Jeet vIll move off the Virginia nod North Carolina as wel weather lher C conditions Suggest In search ot of rough water uter According to the pl program all the battleships will drop Anchor In hampton Roads on eu Monday August 9 0 or Ol soon after r A week or more will ho bo lie lu voted to coaling the Job joll not rei rd b by either the or the wear era of gold theo theu after u a short season uC of roiling under way or nt at anchor the lilt big craft cratt will pull rull up theIr mull mud mill steam away to the marine rille nib range The be middle 0 of th thu month Is e to see nil ot of the Will war rEars on bond band for or target worl which as 08 has liAS been explained d will continue for Cor several weeks Thus the Navy will be putting Its prize through their paces sit the anio timi that the tho regular Army ant the National Guard ot of the Be eV eVeral eral are arc conducting their great r at no an annual nual marksmanship ut at Camp Perry Ohio Additional interest is III given tien to the forth forthcoming coming naval target practice b by the rca rea reason son soil of oC the lie fact lint It will he hc the first gunnery Inco the tho of oC the bat lIat tle costly r reconstructIon which as c to improve con when the craft should be en engaged ocd ill III luttle Thus lw be In iii f not lIot only ot of mark but Lut or of n have b beun u For In it will viii iii some degree prove proe the ot of tho those e nw masts e unsightly steel structures that re n a IJa basket but which It Is claimed have hao such staying hat of the I t tenn call enn lie he shot hot aWIt away without imperIling thc lie of oC tue In the lie toI The target will afford u a test oL of the lIew fire control II that Installed on our craft and will thc lie value of oC the tue new policy of oC clearing the of t t S S j jS S 5 k S S ss L LA S l A d dS S i S t I 4 I tyR WJ I p h OE Li 9 ff d t tz z fo A everything not likely to prove proe of oC u use on nn der war conditions Many any who laying aside Ido 31 all patrIotic are ure conscientiously that the lie American all achl actually lly the lie b best In the world are arc awaiting wIth witt I keen cen interest the outcome of oC the August and aud Septem her target work In iii the AtlantIc Tue scores which have been mo made e from rom time to the past halt half have lIml to justify the lie belief helleC that the AmerIcan naval tars tors lend the world both In iii rapidity and ond accuracy ot of Ore Ire tint hut withIn the past few tew months thero have come omo disquieting rumors of oC sonic ome scores made In Corel foreign n navies particularly the British ouse there thero Is n a considerable portIOn ot of the lie public that keenly awaits the hue latest evidence on the subject superiorIty our naval marks marksmen marksmen men do show will doubtless he lii In great reat measure to the 11 policy 11 C ot of them plenty of oC practice It Is 18 the tie coo conS of oC the ot of our Navy nr that the way to learn to do n a thlu thIng is 19 lI by doing it II and especially do they adhere to this prescription In lie tho cal ease e of oC sun gull nery Then Jhen too our NIL Navy now has hns the best lIest of oC talent the guns Ilme was not so very cr years ago 1110 when the portion ot of the enlisted l JUen ilien ot of the Navy were pr professional sailors attracted to the Ian Ice kee service b by the hIgh pay Now more tt per cent of the population In our communitIes Is up of oC Americans null and the of oC th lr patriotism intellIgence nut en I is nowhere more manifest ban banIn lu In the work worle with nn naval 31 ordnance Th Thu mini behind tile the gun Iun lu in the United States Navy In the first r t decade lIle ot of the twentieth century L Is riot not only It ii seaman by regular apprenticeship itt In the I Iny Navy ny hut Is also nillo nn an expert m mechanic nil an n a of oC the prInciples or of I enl engineering and n a roan or of thorough I I practIcal and theoretical knowledge ot of high Since 1 the tho United government has maintained lor br tor or Its tt gunners where the tho thomen men inca not only alt the tho knowledge that may he be learned from books hut also It get Ju iii the ord ordnance nance factories where our heavy weapons are ure This course which Is very Cry consumes 17 weeks The classes In n arc nrc open to nay young youn men who served their timo In the Navy av n as apprentices apprentice and Nc receIved letl tho ho rating as ot of cour courthey course they ha have 0 good records to their cre credit During their period lerlO 1 of oC ere they attaIn to the dignity ot of gunners on ship board the young youn men perform all sorts orts of oC tasks In the even ell to con construct constructing ing a miniature gun un n a tedious task which the they must discharge unaided at any ony step from the Lime the racial Is from Crom the foundry until tile lie delicate breech Is attached to the thc weapon Blue prints are nrc studied guns uns taken apart reassembled and In iii cull cud each cadi specialIst who Is qualifying to b be n a dead shot Js is able to reproduce nil portion of oC n a gun un that mM may be a knack knuck that Is likely to provo useful times on shipboard When a 1 young gunner who has front Crom one oue of oC Uncle Sams schools takes Oh hIs duties on Mi a lie he cnn can do 10 almost nu anything thlu with a big lIh gun un shoot it II Just at first lie he Is III not allowed to attempt thIs for Cor costing costin OO per round cannot be used I The steps In the ma making ln ot of nn an ex ec Pert gunner are therefore taken by means of what is 19 known ns as I For or n a small gun Is placed Ie or within n ii big rifle rille and practice starts with firing ot at n a small target placed nt at a 11 range ranc n a gunner becomes to lo manipulate 1 it a ln so 0 os as to hIt Il ii target et at t IOU Inn yards with the small projectile It Is that 51 I he be can enn be vastest to hit bit n a ful ue hI hIa a 0 mIle distant It if the tho small gun Iun b be re removed removed moved oed and ho he bo be allowed to tire lira the full cha charge o in 10 tho big hll peacemaker with the handling or of whIch ho h hns Then he be takes lles hIs place the full cull gunners at target practice and tries his skill nt at s sending steel mIssiles through targets ln In the form torm ot of rectangular sheets heels ot of white 17 by 21 1 feet tu u sue size supported on floats located some ome 10 to yards from the battleships It is estimated that Uncle Sam Eam 13 11 spending not nol 1 less than one oue million dollars this year car to stimulate good In the tho Navy oy and aud a l considerable of lC this will be h burned up during be next few Cew weeks off ocr the tho and Carolina shore however b by no menDS means nU nil ot of this money so goes for Cor food for Cor the bl big barkers A lb liberal share ot of It goca rightfully enough to lo ho men behind the guns A gun un poInter for tor one ot the naval guns is In allowed lO per month In addition to his regular pay par nn and other gunners Junnell receive proportionate ex cx extras tras whereas all or of these men have a chance nt at the valuable prizes prize for marks f f offered by Uncle Sam nail by bylie I 1 lie offIcers of oC the WAr recede I IncIdentally there thero Is recognition for Cor the tho I operators or of th the range ranse finders upon whiCh much depends In target practice e I I and for or the who display nc curacy mill celerity In the delivery or of ammunitIon to the tho guns in 10 rj who their share of oC the glory for forthe I the triumphs of cr target practice I I |