| Show new scheme for firina shells newyork new york june 6 since abe discovery ol 01 high explosives the military and scientific experts ot of two continents bp have ve been taxing their brains braine to perfect A hell shell to throw hem them says the new york fork prem an A 0 officer in the united states army haa has practically completed a device which perhaps will perform this hither to impossible task pierce ie to the officers name and as there are only two of thie this name in the regular army one of whom is post chap lain at fort apache arizona it ie is reasoned thai that the other pierce ia Is the man he lie is 11 II E pierce instructor in ln west point military academe academy and second lieutenant lien tenant of bf tb the e secom second infantry every tact fact connected with the invention ie is hedged about with secrecy it is not denied that the device ie is not far from actual completion this fact alone ie to to set the whole scientific world agog especially in these times of war it jis Js possible that it ie is so far advanced that it may be tried on the spaniards it is known that thia this se is hoped to be done but GO bo zealously is the whole matter guarded that it ia Is not even known where the experiments are being conducted or bow how far they have progressed ere sped the invention ie is a detonating fuce for a bell shell to fire high explosives such a buee it is believed will advance ten yeara years the day which it ie is predicted some time will come when war will no to more be waged because of its very de the minute an american rifle hurls a shell of this kind successfully at ari an enemy all other r shells bell 8 trill will be as antiquated as rifles without magazines the day that witnesses the perfection of such a shell will relegate to a position of secondary importance billions of dollars worth of ammunition etor stored ed in the arsenals of europe so eay bay ordinary experts |
