Marksmanship on the Battlefield.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 103, 1 February 1900, Page 3

Marksmanship on the Battlefield.

A correspondent who writes to tb-3 Pail Mail Gruetl-e, and v»h:> seenn to know vbjn be is \vn r ng .ilnni', ooaeavo'iis to cm<c t "be. p'>Mul,\r 3(ioj< ihut tao i'o^i \s a -jx.l-iP.s of oiipr i luni,!n p <i 1 iivcon. fiitod with lyloecopic sJi-a.'jM t;n r opiics, Ccip bl of cl> .'"c i'ij a iivtinch Ci'MMKCiUd ha.l_>o ;t l ' n<? tiioosnnJ 3, iki 1 -. ,ui<! \, li'iu'j ,\ u'.i'efc thfj^gli !»■. tii»n'Si ruinate, 'j he coi-Leb^on icut as^-its tli it muilcs tv in-jhip is noi i)iP peiiiuntu l-ot-riibuie of nny man, heccu-e it \.i.u-s i:uw. uicuienz to u-omcnL, xiof" only f i '„ i v i extotnai itiilnencG, Ij^f- ,',s,(i v/iiJ) ;Le mtoinil nervous conditions of tho in/]iu<]wal, and a\ b^n <jr<o-j a i-Jozm of i,Lc-.'l bar^fs Ox or a. position i .shiie oi thiiii;.-, is S.OO . i roilacfad uh eh i-Lnito.s u.ireiui r.'.inin^ incoi'.cei\alile. If, toi; instance, in an Jiniigmary battle, fo.'L' biiUcnes of tuiilkry concent dt^cl their fira on a fro nl, one harulivtl jaicls, they would dsiner yoino forty shel's a cunute, each of v. ''ic'i, en l.Ah.liiz^, v.'ouid throw 'inf abont 250 bulle s and nt^uif nts, u. of v Ijj, 1 j world qauc-i'a'Jy ±i>iss Jiut Lv fjttL iuc.s of tei 4 TeeS 1 >v „. lii^ oj. ta^cis ,o <},afc, ju mi a\eia^e, each tq'iiu^ ioob vi vuint'iMjjh Butfcica exposed uoold ba hifc on^.e in every tuite ißinut?rf. A man sumdiug up expose a bcut £\o pquare i<.et. and ]}injj do^'n about two bqna.ro feet. His changes of surviving such a sfcorm for half aa hour would not 1)3 greal, and on the piv.clicj firovud, as a rule the dumjniCb arc uddlcd to the extent this calculation indicates. In battle, the baisting t-he Is smjthec the nholo iii io in acload of smoko, nnd l\\v\c ballols and bpii'itprs tear up the ground, raiding masses of dusfc and Hing'ng pabbies and rock fragments in the face of ths deftndcrg. i'J\en assuming that these men are endowed with supe. 'human nerve and courage, says the writer, can air) one con! end that through such an atmosphere miwufce distinctions of dress and om iment c uIJ be d stuiijuished at esen a quarter ot a mile ? Some foat ysxvs up, uvliiavy authouties in Gteac j'ntain made two calculations, one assuming the tactical coud'tions and armament of the penuitnla, i>nd the Oaier the existing wcupci s in\ practice of the present nay, the tiro from both being taken as' de'ivercd bi tween similar degrees of elevation and d< passion. The curious result was that whereas against the random fire of the early days of the century, the attack could not loss less than ten per cent its force, under modem methods, ifc tuts possible to clo-e with a % i enemy fot' a loss of only two per cent.

3fany men court distinction, but the v.eddmg day dawns foi the lev. Put Out.— "We J)ar3 en£T.cecTa nava hpio to lecture befoie our Jjoeum, bn*at the Just moment he dis.'ppomrec! us " Weie the fold* put out?" "Put out I YVi'v, they wpffi £.0 antrrv tba7 ruslie { uyhl on the platform, and kissed tha chaiiniAin I" "Th B i<r what is ca'3ed a fellow, fee'm-,' fora man," as •ho ibief cad when r policeman was gioping for him m the d'rk. Out of Date.—" What's that ?" asked tho nch man, n ho was buying afew paintings. '^Tliat's Pegasus," replied the rlpa.'eu " Pe«asus. you know, was 0. \vln«ed hni« e ." " Send it buck to the artist and t«-li him to pnt the win«s on an automobile, and I'H buy it, said the r.'ch man. Those who want boots which will last tbibugh the whole of the New Year should go to Berry's. There, prices are fixed to suit the tunes. Re» pairs a specialty at Berry's, the shop ■ at the corner _qfJEligh- and Sheanaatt 1 I Streets, — Ad?t*