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6 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1898. FIELD GUNS IN WAR. m u V. WE WANT your , 1 1 if ' w.lr.k.l.U, SBBSCRIPTM! We Will Give You The EMM And the WE BLY OREO Mm FOR ONLY dm PER YEAR Cash in Advance Or we will give you the Enterprise and one of the leading Eastern papers on the same terms. This offer will stand good only for a short time, and only for people who are square on our books. The price of the Enterprise is not changed by this offer, and we can pay agents no commission on this subscription. This Offer Gives- I) to 16 Pits Mule ffl mm lis And All the State and County News. THEY AM THE FAVORITE WEAPONS AMONG MILITARY MEN. Th Long Rant Iwtlh ItoaUre Ca !) ril'd Wltb Great liii.lltjr, Ar M Ao carat KM at Th.lr Rang anil Ki rt Tramvadoua Koarg 7, Tho betterment of the modern flold gun ia fully Hinul to the dovolopninut of othor branohoa of military armament. It ha boon DHpoclnlljr rujitd wlthlu tho lust doxuu years. Tho work of special ists aud tho results of extoudod tosts havo ondod iu the production of a weap ou of irrvut aocuraoy and of litonlo force. Tho Hold guu of today la the fa vorite weapon of tho military uuiu, aud he expects from it aomo Tory remark able domoustratloua when opportunity to ana It occurs. Napoleon la credited with tho remark that Provideuee la alwaya on the aide of the heavy artillery, but tho artillery which Napoleon know waa not worthy to be mentioned on the aame day with tho light, graceful and deadly ami with which the moderne are prepared to do alntiKhtor. The flrat groat atop forward waa taken whon the brooehloodlug ao tiou waa tnvutoL Well known aoien title ruloa of boring and tho improve ment In projoctiloa and powdora havo dono the rest. Tho field gun now in uso by tho power la aa accurate at Ita rango aa a rifle and has troniondoua energy, The United State baa no better tlold guna than those with which the annioa of Uenuany and France are armed, but thoy aro every bit aa good. Llko our othor ordnance, thoy are all niade on thia aide of tVi wator. The American manufacturer yiolda to uo oue In ability to make aporfect weapon. Indnod many of the chief improvement iu flold guna and in the larger aiioa, aomotimea called "siego" guna, are the product of Amur lean braiua The Held guna of the United Stutoa army are mario at Wiitorvllet, Si. x just aa the largo guna for tho navy and for const defcuso are turned out at Washington. Thoy have a caliber of a little more than three iuchea, aro, of coarse, broccnloumitg, are rather lengthy for their width aud are lightly but atrougly mounted. They uw a point ed ahell which explodea cither ou cou cussion or by time fuse, generally tho former, and are flrod with great rapidity. Each gnu of a buttery ia in comuinnd of a lieutenant, who, under tbo ere of bis superior, night it and directs It working. Uo boa hi elevation, dopres- aion and wiuu gauge rormuito at nia flngera' ends, and with him good shoot- iug is mainty a question of care. The powder used in these guns is of the smaller graimtf brown hexagonal kind, though the pboroidal is prvforrod for some calibers. The recoil of thia gun on lovol ground ia 26 fait, with the wboele unlocked. With the wheula locked it recoils five foet, and i run forward and roalghtud very awiftly. Ita point bluuk rouge la 1,200 yarda. It can be made effective at a much greater distance, of course, but officers prefer that range for accurate shooting. It full to me some aovon years ago to report the first fluid trial given the Watervliot guna Throo of tliera wore aunt to Fort Sam Houston at San An tonio, where Light Battery F, Third artillery, waa stationed under oommaud of Major James B. Burbonk, a most ca pable officer, uow attached to the staff of the governor of New York. Major Burbank was Instructed to try thorn out thoroughly, and for this purpose select ed an ideal rango onUanuhl's ranch, 00 miles north of San Antonio. The guns were planted in line and 20 feet apart on the sido of a groun hill and pointed across a shallow valley. On the opposito hill, 2,200 yards away, tent fly waa put up us a target. It was 16 by 9 foet in dimension and was stretched on two polos. At that distance it looked like nothing in the world so much as a man's pocket handkerchief. Quo shot was fired as a rango finder, aud that shot proved tho rango was found. Then tho work began. For hall an hour these guns pitched shells through or under or over tho tar get, according to tho firing directions, with as much accuracy as a mun would use a Winchester riflo at 100 yards. The work was done with the precision of a clock. Tbcro was tho rush of the piece into its first position, tho quick command to loud, tho rapid aim and discharge, tho fuiut scream of tho shell, the puff of smoke aud dull report at) it struck and tho dust rose up in a pillar. When it waa ended, wo rodo across the valley and up tho opposito alojw to the spot whore the tent fly hud stood. Bits of it layabout hero and there. Uno of the polos was bitten short off. For 60 yards below the other polo, for 80 yards on either side of it and for 100 yards above it the oarth was not plowed it waa harrowed. An ant could not have lived on the ground. It was not difficult to imagine what would have become of an opposing force. Men and horses would have boon dead and all guns dismounted in five minutes after the firing begun. There could have been no better illustration of tho abso lutely fatal character of these pieces. It was found that they did not bucomo unmanageable through heat, that the breoch mechanism displayed uo sign ol strain, that the recoil was not greater than was calculated and that accuracy waa aa perfect with tho hint shell as with the first These findings wore re ported to the Washington authorities, and the manufacture of the guns went on. The regular army is now thorough ly aupplied with thorn. Chicago Time Herald. J ait What It Seni. "It seems like a dream, " he said io speaking of his courtship. "My boy," roplied the veteran, "when you wake up after marriage yoo will find that that is Just exactly what it is nothing but a dream. " Chicago Post EDWAB3D STORY. Practical Horsesljocr Truck and Itoad Work a Hlalty. Any style shoes forged In Iron or steel. 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