Nebraska Newspapers

    I HE NKbRASKA INDEPENDENT
August it, 1898
PASSING OFJHE G. A. R.
Will the New Volunteers Swell
, the Veteran Ranks?
GREAT IS WAR AND IN PEACE.
Hi Ornd Arm a Military oclty With
, nt Ieer r I'arellal Ilrlef llletorf of
the Origin of th Order Major It. f.
Btepheneoa and III Coworkers Th
Idea of a aoelet of Union Veteran Wa
Bora la the Midnt of a War Other
Association Oar Way Ilefore It, and It
Became a Great National Order It I
an Eelolve Ilody by the Tor ml of IU
Constitution It I-al)r Have IJeen
, Wholly Charitable and Ilenefloent and
For the Oood of Inlon Veteran -At No
lrovllon Haa Iteen Made For 1'erpet
Bating the Order It Will Cease to Kilt
With the I -eat Union Veteran.
t'opyrlifht, im, by American l'res Asso-
elation. I
Tlio "boy Im Who" who colnbrnto
tha thirty-second anulvorHury of tho
founding of tho O. A. II. At Cinrdriwitl
the first weok in Hoptomber would nml
to discard many of tho olmrlsbod fua
turn of their tlmo honored ordnr before
admitting to mombiirslilp tho voterun
of tho Hjmnlsh war. Tho watchword
adopted In 1800 wore fraternity, char
ity, loyulty. They Htatid for virtue ap
pealing 'H)MTliilly to old aoldier then
and nil 11 Hpjx iiliiiK wtrongly to their rev
erence. Constitutional ruHlriel iont niitlifc
be wcpt away, but tradition are not
dually blotted out.
There in not now, thnro never hu
boon in tho LlNtory of nation and of
war, another Mich body a tho firaiid
Army of tho Itopuhliu, A pccullur, a
thrilling, a vital, domestla crisi called
it into bttltiK. How eftu it inantlo full
upon men whom soul never iiuvo Ik en
stirred by llko impulse and emotion
with those who eoucelved and founded
an institution wholly tnihjuo in the an
nul of time?
iknddc, tun Orand Army of tho Ro
public in an exclusive in it way an tho
Society of tho Cincinnati, tho Ioyul
legion or tho Hour of tho Involution,
True, it stand on a broudor IjuhIm. in
noma important respect, but there 1 a
limit to risibility fixed by it very na
ture It jiiuinhorhip i restricted to
honorably dinohnrgod soldier and nail
or who woro miiwtoritd into the United
Htate force between April, 1801, and
April, INflfl. There aro uiimcrnn reu
on why tho Idoa which Inspired tho
veteran to form thin order in 1800 cuu
not extend to veteran who buvo grown
up allies tho war, Thero wiim need for
fratoruul unity and action in the year
immediately following tho war, when
tho charaotur of the O. A. II, an it now
exhita wa developed. There wan need,
and great neod, of unswerving fidelity to
the national idea, then aomuthing al
most new, Thero wan dire timid of a
groat work of charity among tho din
trofutcor anrvivor of tho nation' de
fender, their dependent and orphan.
The veterans of the (1. A. It. inculcated
through year of toil tho high ideal of
patriotic duty which ha borne fruit in
the army of today. Thorn) planted and
watered, these enjoy the harvest. There
i a kiuHhip, but not an aftlnity. Tho
Grand Army aland alone, ha alway
tood alone, and alone it muststund un
til it panne out by crossing to tho eter
nal camping ground, where all who
have fought under the flag of the repub
lic shall be 0110 in tho night of tho great
Commander.
The argument which defeated tho
purpoHO of uniting tho won of veteran
into full inenilMTHlilp with tho O. A. H.
waa that it wonld bo wrong toidiaro tho
glory attaching to the veteran of 180T-5
with those who had no part whatever
in winning that glory. It i like mut
tering a patrimony outside tho circle of
klu morally entitled to share it bene
fit. Tho iiiuutle of the army of tho re
public defended to tho urviviug veter
an. May it im to other houlderit?
The ago of wonder ha not ceamd.
America may yet put into tho field an
Army destined to bo greater in achieve
ment, iu nobility, in morul grnudeur,
than the boat of 1861, but It can never
muster it counterpart, born in a like
crlnl, tried in like emergi'iide. temp,
red in tho kmiiio terrible tire.
Again, while it U too early to class!
fy lb fighting of tbia war it must be
tatod that it will have to exceed tit
aevcrity that of all other war In tho
nineteenth century in order that I lie
boya of tuilay ahall ootue out with Iml
tie rvourda worthy ta be iuevribed UmUa
thoea of the grayheard ttow liHiking on.
It proved a lierculean tank thitae Vet
rau wut alxmt tit the day when
their heart were light witb. the flow of
freeh ymng 11khI caiupalmi the
aeverwt known to lumUrn w Altera, bat
tle the bloodkMl and utoet drate of
the cwntary, hardahlpa which all tho
fd4 thai Wa4 ? niiuo.1 rouldu'l tempt
tu la endure, 4 rvm In thl aB 4
txttkl pbytUa,) bardllHHid.
Take the era brgmutna with Npt-
)' rvwttwn4 eiplolt au4 fuding
wild the t rm iTuatau war. Thvre
War II iMutU Utllre In thl pvrM
Whr the ! exvrM 9 f rt of
the Ml ttambrr rrii (he eddi
t. 1-yUit, IUT, ltttettattAit4 I'imu A,
tea ! pi cel
I. Ht.4e Htvt (UtfraUvV (lot,
ta IS l.' lr (VUt.
I, M4rutf AaetiUo aud
rrivA, la ft tf MMi
4. UkkAHMtttf. 1141, !) II r
ft, AatlaUM. INI, Imt II Meeal.
ft. UlpatA, mi, alliea a4 I'twk,
MM t (WHt.
t. t Wily t ar(. (Ill, lm W far rrt.
ft, muK iit, k to rr wit
ft. Ltwdy't Ua IIII.W II
tank
I. JaanrU TvMU, ll10t lee) II f
Nit.
II, WatwUt 1 1 la, loet II f Mi
11 Y(smK lim to II cMii
18. Solforiuo, 1859, French and An
triann, Ion 13 per cent.
14. Hadowo, 1800, PrusHian and
AuKtrian, 1oh 19 r cent.
Of theno buttle Eylau, Marengo,
LelpHio,- Lnndy' Lano and WaterbM)
were fought with aiuootbboro, Hnt
bwik inunkcit; Btono liiver, C'hicka
limugn, Autletam, (iettyHhurg, Hbiloh
and Holferino with rilled barrel und
peretiMHlon cap, Hiid Woisrth and Manila-Tour
with breecnlouder. At riadowa
the 1'ruHhiau had breeciiloader.
If tho figure for tho Iohhc at Kylau,
Marengo and Leipnio could bo given
with tho exactnoH that applie to tho
buttle of tho civil war, it i probablo
that tho percentago of Iohmc on thowi
flidd would bo found bm than I have
CHtiuiatud. Tho figure banded down
doubtle inoltido tlio prlHoner or iih
ing, (Iiiih welliiig tho l(H,
Iu tho nuinbor given for tho dvll
war only tho known killed and wounded
aro Included in tho iioconnt. To Im ex
act, then, Htono liiver, Chlokainuugii,
Antiofain, (iettynhurg and Hiiiloh inunt
bo coiiNidorcd tho bloodiut battloN of
the century,
Thn Clrnml A rtnr wblch fitmroiirllitel V
lend it title to tho veteran gathering
at tJinclnuatt lout over juu.uuu men 111
battlo and over 00, 000 ly other form
of death in nervieo, It veb'ian or
ganization claim to boa patriotic body
if iiu-ii mill If (luurea mean utivtblnu
when act in dun order it would not bo
extneVngant to claim for it pro-eininonoo
m mi iiiiiin iit mill lirdiimliiitiir a well
of national idea. It yiubol and it
coreiwuile inId up too nation, tlio
fxiuntrv. the Union, a tho object of rev
erence and laudation. Aidufrom that it
i a national order In tlio coiupomtioii
of it perMontiel and in tho extent of it
ramification,
Thn vol 11 11 teem went forth to tho civil
war hv DtutcM. but a hooii UN they
reached tho field were manned into
armic a United Htate Noldier, regl-
tn mtn lit ilttTuretit ktiite MervillU ldo bv
tide in tho vorbu corp. Tho (Jraml
Army know 110 Htatn iiii(' in 1110 regu
lation nt it nietiiberhin. Koldior of
every utato aro cligiblo to every pot in
any Male. 1 no tec 1 wnetner a man
aerved hi country in 1801-5, no mutter
from whence, bo came.
Hn a iruiiil eiiciiiiiiituent of tho voter-
r - ' n - - - -
ane la n tmtrlolln ((ili'timlloii eucb veur
by hundred of thotiMund of people who
MAJOIt H. r. HTKi'llKNMlW.
(Fuundnrof theU. A. It.
aro and who roprcHcut the nation' de
fender und who glorify tho nation'
triumph and pray for horporpotuution.
It wa a happy thought which gavo
birth to tho (Irand Army of tho Repub
lic. Chaplain William J. Rutlidgo and
Major H. F. HtepheiiMon of tho Four
teenth Illiuoi, while Kharing tho for
tunen of HIierniHti' army in 1804 con
ceived tho idea of a Holdicr' UHHociatiou
to bo organized after tho war. They
went further than other in tho matter
pcrhap, but tho fooling wa common iu
tho army that tho tie of comradeship
were tin) Htrong to be broken. Many
were tho plan laid for little reunion to
talk over old time after tho disband
inent of tho troop.
80011 after tho war closed Major
rltepbemton Nubmittod to Home veteran
a ritual for an orguuljtUou. It wa
modeled aomcwhat after tho iuohI noted
eocrct Nociotie of the country. Confer
ence were held at Hpriugfleld, and in
April, 1H0I1, tho flntt xrnt of the (irand
Army of the Republic wa organize! at
IM Mtur. At that date there were iiumer
on iuwx'iutiouof veteran iu tho coun
try, orgunl.el under the name of
"oulou"or "league" or "ao'iation"
or "brotherhood," but wmner or later
tlieee went over to tho new order.
Thero wa methtng aUmt the plan
of tho new order to attract the ma of
orgnnUcd veteran. 1'oMtbly it wa it
declaration of priiieiple, and may be it
wa the breMdlh aud depth of the aentl
ineut dUpl.tyud In iu oouetitulbui and
ritual. The declaration of priueiplea and
the Unit lt Article of the ortgtual ooti
t Hut ion read a follow
"N tt.m I. The aiddier ami aallor
of the volunlwr fonva of tha I'liited
rttAtf. durliitf the rvUdllonef 1 ft 0,
at tuitUil by the impulw ami cuvii
tbrnat f patriolUtn aud of eternal right
and tHHubiutHl In the utMiig laiuU of
frlbiwehlpaud of antty ly the tclla, the
drtiigi r and the vk'turlM of a bui aud
vliOiouly Wtttil war, Um Iheniaelvv
calUd toilw Ura in d ftntto f nm
of idaud ldelenuluela ott ratlve
a tttM lle xtncidM and rwlt which
h'.ald ituldw lha rarttv! patriot, the
oliahltMM fmman and the I'hrWIUu,
1 It ! In hi c)urwi 4 A tbtt and ta
; hi thtmt plan and law whit h
lieald gtrra tWw in a hIIh ami
tmiK! wt4nia' Htvthtkl with white) In
mm Uttur luil) t ilfvWt the pt
rt4ll.4 .f the Kiaod tvaalla of the
war, the fruiuet ihelf Uw-r aud 4U
axiatlti Uueut lU Uuartttutf aud th
Witt by,
. I. Tha twaUawhUtt at i,
i.ttt ti m a.vtnv Ii1m4 ty thll f
gatMtttit e follwi 1
Kirl Tha -alta el (htiae
kind and frait tttal fwllM vhit A have
ttMiid thvf witn the aitt riMU (4
lo and afft lbw lha viurd In inM
l iMauy IhttlliA tlfgHi and tkanh,
"l.oet Tm take tl.ee lie aulb
miw
ablo in work and rennlta of kinduo,
of favor and material aid to thoHO in
iK'od of aKHiMtanct),
'Third. To make provinion whero
it i aot already done for tho Nupport,
euro und education of Moldier' and nail
er' orphan and for tho maintenance of
tho widow of deceuMcd aoldier aud
Dal lorn.
"Fourth, For tho protection and a
lHtanee of dinalled noldier and (tailor
whether disabled by wound, HicknooH,
old an or minfortuno,
"Fifth, For tho ctahlihment and
dcfoiiMO of tho right of tho lutu Holdicr
and Kuilor of tho United Ktate moral
ly, Hocially und iKilitically, with a view
to inculcate u projtcr apiirwdution of
their Rcrvicc to tho country and to a
recognition of hucIi crvicc and claim
by tho American people, IJot thl aH-o-ciation
dot not dcMlgu to make nomi
nation forofUce nor to no it influeiieo
e a iiccrct organ iation for partlnan
purpoHo,
"Hixth, Tho mainbinanco of true al
legiance to the ITitlted Htate of Amer
ica, buKod upon jmianiount icHpoct for
and fidelity to tho national oonNtitutiuii
mid law, mauifcMted by illNoountciiunc
lug whatever muy tend to weaken loyal
ty, incite to inmjrrection, treuoii or re-
. belliou, or in tiny manner impair tho
cflicleney and permanency of our free
I iiHtitution, together with a defense of
universal liberty, wjuul right and Jus-
tico to all men."
Three year after the adopt Ion of thl
constitution tho last elauw of article 6
wu strengthened by tho addition of an
article to tho rule und regulations by
which tho order bus sincu boon gov
erned, reading u follow:
"Koollieeror comrade of tho Orand
Army of tho Republic shall in uny man
ner use this organization for partisan
purjHise, and no discussion of partisan
question shall bo permitted at any of
it meeting, nor shall any nominations
for political olllco be inudo."
Iu tho rule und regulation adopted
in 1801), und still iu force, tho object of
tho order uro stated in three paragraph
to tho same purport a tho six given
ulove, Thoarllglo bearing upon eligi
bility to membership ha never been
modified in tho slightest. It i a fol
lows: "Holdicr and sailor of tho United
Btutc unity and marine corp, who
served between April 12, 1801, aud
April 0, 1805, in tho wur for tho sup
pression of the reistllion, and those hav
ing been honorably discharged therefrom
after such ncrvieo, und of uch atate regi
ment a were culled into active service
and were subject to tho order of United
Htate general ofllcer between tho dub:
mentioned, shall bo eligible to member
ship In thoGrund Army of theltepablic,
No person shall bo eligible who ha ut
any times borne arm against tho Unit
ed Htate. "
Many attempt have boeu made to
break tho force of thl law, especially
in mo far as it shuttf out Union soldiers
who were impressed iuto tho Confeder
ate urmy for a timo. All have failed,
and no have ull effort to create an hon
orary momljcrship.
In living up to tho spirit of para
graph 'i, S and 4 of the declaration of
principle the O, A. R. ha curried on
A beneficent work a marvelous in it
way as tho battlefield record made in
1801-6. Ily a uuiou of effort the order
ha secured state laws providing for tho
maintenance of indigent veteran cither
in statu home or by outdoor assistance,
the buriul of indigent veterans, and
many law favoring their employment
in public service.
Aside from thl every post i com
pelled to maintain a relief fund and
bold sacred certain money for the re
lief of needy soldier und sailor, their
widow and orphan and dependent.
Tho beneficent work of tho order is not
restricted to members, but i extended
to all veteran. Million of dollars have
puHsed from tho sickot of (Irand Army
men to tho relief of their loss fortunate
comrades.
Ou the uverugo tho veteran uro now
passing the threescore mark. How long
will they remain upon tho stage in sutli
dent number to give spirit to cereuio
I uie commemoratiug the civil war? Iu
! a decade and a half from now we shall
, bo celebrating tho centennial of victories
' at Lnndy 's I41110, Luke Chumplain and
I llaltimoro, also that of Jackson over
l'ukt nlmm at Now Orleans, and about
that time tho semicentennial of tho
closing buttle of. the civil war. I it a
during assumption to presume that
thero will then Ut living twice as many
veteran us there were toy in blue on
any of tho battlefield of IMIl n?
There are still living about l,t)oO,lHK
urvlvorof the Union armies, ami the
mortality of the whole period since the
civil war ha been excetwUf, yet that
doe uttt argue against marshaling an
army of theiu lu IVI3. Ait met wive
mortality fur the decade following the
rud of the war waa uatural, but for the
pat 110 year the death rate among vet
eran ha been b'M lhau that of cUll
lau of the attuie age, rMdler Were dU
chared on account of Wound ami ill'
re by the hundred of thousand, and
no doubt death claimed tbttui front
their rauk It bin a few yean at a rale
Ihrve or four I lute givatcr than the
Am-a fr cltllUtu of the lame age,
A ha Uftt Mated, th death tat
among vrl. ian ha fallen off, ami th
U ten of Mil ha on t haitce In b ut
of h hlna la aud of laklug tl U the
tlttubl ctlt liaibm mil, and vat U of
th iHj,ooo ngiHi,(HiO all! thai date
iUhavahul tat chant In Ave of
rvnchlug lb an of M Aiof the i
OtH) ot 6o,ikki ihn (uniting.
llcird of tigtliy auttHig trtetaoi
of pf lou Autriban ai uelalH
Iheaa rlclatit4t4 In tit, 4 yr
afivr th 4td of th l(tttluUt4try war,
A latetan who had rvf4 ftr hii
414 At th agof 10W, Th lat lUtol.
Ibmary j aUiir on th tala ldl
ll4la lT allhaaa of ll- ln
IIM U lltl lu I vjtO lhU. A, It
ttttt U at tug th dutlatthnt it b"
l I 14 will la tit tral
MtAU gtvAAtlA
UkX'AUl la KlUIlt,
BE WAKE OF ALLIANCE
THE UNITED 8TATES AND THE CON
CERT OF EUROPE.
Th Aentlinent of Freternallsm Fanned by
the I'olaqnou liraatli of Coiiinierilalliti.
No Greater Uoestlon lla Arisen lu mod
ern History.
Tho leading urtielo in Tho Arena for
August 1 from tho pen of tho editor in
chief, John Clark Ridpath, ou tho sub
ject of an alliance or union between
Oreut Rritainuud tho United Htate. In
hi accustomed powerful stylo Ur. Rid
path shows why such ulliancu must not
and cannot bo made. Tho following
short extract will indicate to tho reader
tho tenor of Tho Arena urtielo:
The journalism which prevails, out
of which public information is drawn
within tho circle of each metropolis, is
totally ignorant of condition prevalent
west of tho Alleghany mountain. To
this journalism tho valley of tho Ml
Missinpl I no 111010 than tho valley of
tho Kongo. The metropolitan pros is j
not infected with oven tho outlines of
informal ion relative to tho progress of
ull'uirs In the f;rcut staff of tho Amer
ican union, it is almost wholly con
cerned with foreign ufl'uir und interna
tional contingencies, Tho mass of tho
municipal population road nothing but
their newspapers; they know nothing
else, and tho consequence is that the
United Htates, tho people of tho United
Htates, tho institutions of tho United
Htate, tho hope and purpose of tho
people of the United Htates, uro forgot
ten and cast away by tho municipal
power. OommcreialiHin, having no coun
try of it own, purposely permit and en
courage this baleful ignorance, and tho
result ha been that as soon a tho re
cent overture from Oreut Urituin wa
made known a universal clamor uroso
for tho acceptance of tho delusive prof
fer. Tho American newspaper immedi
ately broke out in a chorus of jubilation
at tho propped of un international em
brace, in tho warmth of which com
Mcrcluliam might get un added coil and
tho financial despotism of tho world bu
Ktrongt boned und confirmed. It i not a
pleasing task in tlio luidxt of all thi
fruteruallsm, of ull thl "English
speaking race" business, of thi outburst
and proclamation of an Anglo-American
union for the civilization und rectifica
tion of l lie world on moral principle,
to utter it noto of warning against it or
to contend with the rushing wind
which have filled all tho house where
wo aro Hitting. Nevertheless wo shall
do our duty in thi great mutter. It is
of tho utmost importance that wo should.
Thero ha not been such a historical
crlsi in our country since tho outbreak
of our civil war. 1'crhup thero hu not
boon such a crlsi In any nation since
tho battle of Waterloo. Tho question is
simply this, Whether tho nationality of
tho United Htate, a that nationality
hu been defined by our Declaration of
Independence, by our constitution, by
tho teaching of tho father and by all
our national history during tho first
three-quarter of tho present century
ahall survive and bo perpetuated and
defended, or whether all thi shall bo
surrendered iu whole or in purt by tho
entrance of tho United Htuto into an
Auglo-Americuu alliance first und the
concert of Europe afterward. It I, a
we Maid in our article many month
ugo, simply a questiou whether our
country is to bo aud to remain Ameri
can, a it ha been in tho past, or
whether wo are to abandon our history,
lose our characteristic und become Eu
ropean i zed.
Than thi no greater question ha
arisen in modern history. Tho solution
of it tho one way or tlio other will jsr
hap determine tho course of civilijttion
for centurie to come. If tho United
States of America shull continue in tho
course prescribed by tho father of the
republic and happily pursued iuto tho
jiroscut day, thi nation must in tho
nature of the case bo and becomo the
conspicuous and singular example of
political liberty aud progress to all the
other nations of tho world. But if, ou
the other band, tho United Htate ahull
bo wrested from the mooring and be
carried over and rciucorKrutcd a a
purt and parcel of Kuropo then thl na
tion might a well have never been.
The distinctive principle aud teuden
cie for which the American republic
ha snssl ami which It ho ao (uvora
bly exemplified for n century ami a
quarter might a well have never been
known. For why should the human race
lie mocked ami lantallxcd for l;'3 year
with the apM-arMiiet) ami prospect of
emancipation only to be robbed of It
hope and will back iuto that very ut
from which we escaped with o much
hardship aud upeiuliture of blood aud
treasure In the eighteenth wuluryr
Telveronk t Tlftwe la ilaa.
The telegraph system of .lapnn, which
l txiutrtdlcil I y the government, com
prli ll.ooo mile of bind line mid 81
of submarine 1 abb , Ultlelhe cable to
Fonutwa, which I hot) mile lu length
Titer are 1, 144 telegraph ettUt lu the
klugdttin, ami lit oirninr ar attily
young nun. rucpl lu th munlcy,
t lit i girl ar often rmpbtywl. Thi
trtit of ihw It hfci.t h busiiitMrait be lit
ft-riwl fntut lb lt t thai I be uuiuUr of
lliMeage MM I In A yt wd ll,l&0,
(HM while lh imltie with iu vttt.
tr ir rtfteht iao.ihiO mrg Th
tidrphvn tMielue l gruwiug vwry tap
ktly In Jit, but t tn handicap
pwl ly luai liny l nvcurn tu4ruiiiNia,
lhdttuau4 far fttUi' ihuply
lh lusliuutriti r uwutl aud oa t4
by h gtiteniuwat Th Arl etcbaitg
wa oal In la In l Iher wr
ItlntilMttf line an4 t,l4 tiilr
)t 4VT4Mrl VVB'J'W
Tbltty WndlUg ltal MuiulahA
agval awl wutdni lt4 inert haul.
rvHwllag raptlal 4 Jtf,tHW,WHi,
wt In New York a ht Miu ''
Amagotlfi a trw which U luld M
I th llf out of ntAHf whuWtal
4mIm In wmUhi guuda am4 M raUa tan
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HOW DKWfLY WAS ABLE TO DO if.
Naval Sxbibit at Omaha Which in a
Meatur Explain th Kt,
HI nee tho welcome new of Adinirul
Dewey's remarkable victory at Manila
011 the 1st day of May wit published
throughout the civilized world, It hu
been u matter for1 wonder everywhere,
not lose iu the United Htate thau in Eu
rope, that tlm American gunner were
able to destroy u Spanish squadron in a
Hpunish harbor without the loss of a
single American life. Wheu history Te
muted itself at Huntiugo two month
later the wonder waa Intensified.
Iu the (loverument building at the
Trans-Mississippi exposition I an ex
hibit which in a measure explain the
mystery. Thia i a naval range finder,
the invention of a United Htate naval
officer. Up to date no one outside of
Uncle Ham' lervlco hu been able to die
cover how it I 0eratd. The instru
ment is shown in a glass cae with var
ious other nautical paraphernalia, and
of course the attendant rtfuse to an
wer auestion u to it method of work
ing, in showing the enormous advan
tages derived from the use of tin Instru
ment one ol the naval officer in charge
of the exhibit says;
"It i a fact that no other navy ha
any mean of finding the range that doe
not iovolve a mathematical calculation.
This implies a good deal of time Jost,
and in most cuse they And it quicker to
get the range by actual experiment. The
Hpuuiurde, for instance, have to fire ev
erul abut before they can gut the range
of one of Uncle Hum' ships. If their
first shot fall short they try again und
then they are apt to overshoot, and by
that time the position of the vessel may
nave bee a altered and they are still at
sea. Mvunwbile the officer iu the con
ning tower of the American ship hue lo
cated them ulmost exuetly with thi in
strument and reported the range by
telephone to the various captains. Thi
be only consumed a lew second, aud
while the Hpaniard are still trying to
get their range the shell from the Amer
ican guu are aweeping their deck.
"The eeulinr thing about the instru
ment," continued the officer, 1 that
while it i one of the simplest thing iu
the world to anyone who kuow It
secret, the most exs rt mechanic or in
ventor might examine it a loug a he
wauted to, and etill b unable to die
cover how it work. Thl I why repr.
aeutative ol other navies have Iteen
completely battled in their effort to flud
It out. '1 bey hare rang finder of their
oau, but none that giv the same In
stautaueou aud accural result. And
a long a they can be kept In the dark
we will b abl to ouUboot any uatioa
ou earth, even If there wa no difference
lu th skill ol tha gunaera."
Thei I another ndvanlati in th us
ol the Inatrumeot which amount to con
siderable iu th rours of hall a doien
naval eugagemeat. It cot $l,!ltl to
fir a pair ol 1.1 Inch guuaoae. II the
Hpaniard go iatu a right they must Art
at eut twueluit to aecur the range.
r'reatly thee do nut auer, end
they go on bmiting ICniI rhnrge la th
air, while every pouud ol powder that
gore into A failed HltaUU UtUllh'd,
Th ability ol th Aarkan guaaer to
oblala thariact witioa ol lh nt-mv
Is tor a gua I tired mw thousand ol
iMIar In auiumuilioa la vry engage
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