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THE FIELD ARTILLERY JOURNAL upon the idea of an advance from a distance to the attack of an enemy recently arrived on the scene. The writer realizes that this is in no sense a technical paper. It is intended rather to point out some things to which we might turn our attention to good advantage in the summer's work. It is recommended that every battery or battalion commander take advantage of the presence of aeroplanes near its instruction ground by arranging one or more concealment problems, putting to actual test his ideas on the subject and bringing the matter to the attention of those who have not thought of it. It is further recommended that during the summer's firing many problems be practiced in which the conditions of trench warfare are simulated and difficult problems of communication are involved. It is hoped that officers will report freely on their experiences in such practice with a view to bringing to light any deficiencies in our present equipment.
Notes on the Recent Tractor Test at Fort Sill, Oklahoma BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM BRYDEN, FIELD ARTILLERY LAST November the Holt Manufacturing Company of Peoria, Illinois, sent one of its 45-horsepower caterpillar tractors to Fort Sill for test by the Field Artillery Board in the traction of heavy field artillery. For the first few days of the test the tractor attended the ordinary drills and road marches of the heavy batteries in order that the civilian operator might become accustomed to towing the matériel, and that the Board might get an idea of the capabilities of the tractor. The work of these days showed that the caterpillar could handle with ease a complete section with filled chests of either 4.7-inch gun or 6-inch howitzer matériel over ordinary ground both on and off the roads. The later tests were, therefore, undertaken with the idea of determining to what extent a tractor of this type could be used to replace the sixteen horses that make up the two teams of a section of a heavy battery; consequently, the tow in each case consisted of a 4.7-inch gun caisson and limber with filled chests weighing about 8,200 pounds, and a 4.7-inch gun and limber weighing about 8,800 pounds, a total weight of about 17,000 pounds. The accompanying photographs show the nature of some of these tests, and, to persons who may be familiar with the particular points of the Fort Sill Reservation described, they will also give an idea of the efficiency of the machine as a tractor. Photograph No. 1 shows the section at the Cache Creek crossing about one and one-eighth miles north of the Old Post. The rather difficult road up the east bank was easily traversed in spite of its sharp turn and its grade, at one point, of about 30 per cent. The compact business-like appearance of the section 51
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