Y JOURNAL - JANUARY-MARCH 1911 Volume I.
Number 1.
THE
FIELD ARTILLERY
JOURNAL

JANUARY-MARCH, 1911

CAPTAIN WM. J. SNOW
SIXTH FIELD ARTILLERY, UNITED STATES ARMY
EDITOR

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BY
THE UNITED STATES FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION
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1911 The Field Artillery Journal

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ONTENTS

PAGE
THE UNITED STATES FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION.
Editorial. ................................................................................... 7
HOW CAN THE EFFICIENCY OF FIELD BATTERIES OF THE
ORGANIZED MILITIA BE INCREASED?* * * * * ............ 10
FIELD ARTILLERY TELEPHONE MODEL 19101st Lieut.
D
AWSON
O
LMSTEAD
, 5th Field Artillery, U. S. Army ............. 27
THE CARE AND TRAINING OF ARTILLERY REMOUNTS
Capt. W
M
. J. S
NOW
, 6th Field Artillery, U. S. Army ............... 33
THE NECESSITY OF A GENERAL STAFF IN THE STATE
MILITIACapt. J
OHN
F. O'R
YAN
, 1st Battery, Field
Artillery, National Guard of New York ................................... 54
THE CAMP OF INSTRUCTION FOR NATIONAL GUARD
FIELD ARTILLERY OFFICERS AT FORT RILEY,
KANSAS, JUNE, 1910Capt. R
OBERT
F. T
YNDALL
,
Battery A, Field Artillery, National Guard of Indiana ............. 64
INSTRUCTION OF SCOUTS AND AGENTS1st Lieut.
C
ORTLANDT
P
ARKER
, 6th Field Artillery, U. S. Army ............ 68
THE COOPERATION OF THE ARMS IN BATTLE
Translation by Capt. O
LIVER
L. S
PAULDING
, J
R
., 6th Field
Artillery, U. S. Army ................................................................ 80
"MODERN GUNS AND GUNNERY"B
OOK
R
EVIEW
................ 93
"�TUDE SUR LES CARACT�RES G�N�RAUX DE LA
GUERRE D'EXTR�ME-ORIENT"B
OOK
R
EVIEW
............. 96
NOTES ON FRENCH FIELD ARTILLERY LITERATURE ......... 104

Application for entry as second-class matter at the Postoffice at Washington, D. C.,
pending Copyright, 1911, by The U. S. Field Artillery Association The United States Field Artillery Association

ORGANIZED JUNE 7, 1910

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
Brigadier-General M. M. Macomb, U. S. Army.
Captain Oliver L. Spaulding, jr., 5th Field Artillery, U. S. Army.
Captain Fox Conner, General Staff, U. S. Army.
Captain John F. O'Ryan, 1st Battery, National Guard, State of New
York.
Captain Robert H. Tyndall, Battery A, National Guard, State of
Indiana.
OFFICERS
P
RESIDENT
: Brigadier-General M. M. Macomb, U. S. Army.
V
ICE
-P
RESIDENT
: Lieutenant-Colonel E. St. J. Greble. General Staff,
U. S. Army.
S
ECRETARY
-E
DITOR
: Captain Wm. J. Snow, 6th Field Artillery, U.
S. Army.
T
REASURER
: Captain Wm. J. Snow, 6th Field Artillery, U. S. Army.
"
FIELD ARTILLERY TELEPHONE MODEL
1910." (Page 27). The Field Artillery Journal
Vol. 1
JANUARY-MARCH, 1911
No. 1
THE UNITED STATES FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION
Soon after the separation, in 1997, of the field artillery from the
coast artillery, the question of the organization of a field artillery
association and of the publication of a magazine in the interest of that
arm of the service began to receive attention, and during the next three
years there was considerable correspondence on and discussion of the
subject. By the first of June, 1910, the correspondence had shown so
much interest among field artillery men in the formation of an
association and so many had expressed an earnest desire for and their
willingness to support a field artillery journal, that it seemed evident
that an organization could be made a success. A number of officers of
the field artillery of the regular army and the organized militia were
assembled at Fort Riley, Kansas, to participate in a school of
instruction, and on June 7, 1910, a meeting of these officers was held to
take the subject under consideration. At that meeting an organization
was formed and a constitution adopted. The constitution contains the
following provisions:
The Association shall consist of (1) active members and (2) associate members.
The following shall be eligible to active membership:
Commissioned officers on the active lists of the field artillery of the regular army
and of the organized militia of the several states, territories and District of Columbia;
provided, that officers of the regular army when separated from the field artillery, by
promotion or detail in staff departments, shall not thereby lose their status as active
members.
The following shall be eligible to associate membership:
(a) Commissioned officers on the retired lists of the regular army and of the
organized militia of the several states, territories and District of Columbia.
(b) Those, who, as commissioned officers, either regular, militia or volunteer,
have served with batteries or larger units of field artillery in time of war.
(c) Commissioned officers of the regular army and of the organized militia of the
several states, territories and District of Columbia, not now belonging to the field
artillery, who have served at least one year as commissioned officers in field artillery.
(d) General officers of the regular army, except as provided in Section 2 of this
Article, and of the organized militia of the several states, territories and District of
Columbia. 8
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(e) All commissioned officers and former officers of the United States Army,
Navy and Marin e Corps, and of the organized militia in good standing, not included in
the classification hereinabove set forth.
(f)
Those in civil life, whose applications are approved by the Executive Council
hereina fter provided for.
Any person eligible, under the foregoing article, to membership, may become a
member by making written application to the Secretary and paying the first year's dues.
The decision of the Executive Council as to eligibility of an applicant shall be final.
Any member may withdraw from the Association at any time by tendering his
resignation in writing, but such resignation shall not take effect until such member has
paid all indebtedness due the Association at the time of such resignation.
Any member may be dropped for cause by a majority vote of the Executive
Council; but no member shall be so dropped without first previously notifying him, in
writing, at his last known post-office address, of the proposal to so drop him, and
waiting a reasonable time for his reply.
A member dropped under the foregoing section may be reinstated by a majority
vote of the Executive Council, and by paying all sums, if any, due the Association.
Active members only shall be entitled to vote.
The annual dues of the Association shall be fixed by the Executive Council, but
shall not exceed $4 per annum.
The Executive Council shall be composed of five active members, three of whom
shall be officers of the regular army, and two officers of the organized militia, to be
elected biennially for a term of two years by a majority vote, in person or by written
proxy of the active members. The Council shall hold its meetings at the headquarters of
the Association, which shall be in the city of Washington.
The Executive Council shall appoint the following officers of the Association:
1. A President, to be selected from its own members, and who shall be an officer
of the regular army.
2.
A Vice-President, to be selected from among the active members of the Association.
3. A Secretary-Editor, to be selected from its own members, or other active
members of the Association, and who shall be an officer of the regular army.
4. A Treasurer, to be selected from among the active members, and who shall be
an officer stationed or residing in Washington, D. C.
These officers shall hold office at the pleasure of the Executive Council, and shall
perform the duties usually and customarily performed by like officers in civil associations.
At the same meeting the Executive Council was elected, as follows:
Brigadier-General M. M. Macomb, U. S. Army.
Captain Oliver L. Spaulding, Jr., 5th Field Artillery, U. S. Army.
Captain Fox Conner, General Staff, U. S. Army.
Captain John F. O'Ryan, 1st Battery, National Guard, State of New York.
Captain Robert H. Tyndall, Battery A, National Guard, State of Indiana.
At a meeting of the Executive Council, held in Washington, D. C.,
November 3, 1910, the organization of the Association was completed
and the following officers elected:
P
RESIDENT
: Brigadier-General M. M. Macomb, U. S. Army.
V
ICE
-P
RESIDENT
: Lieut enant-Colonel E. St. J. Greble, General Staff, U. S. Army.
S
ECRETARY
-E
DITOR
: Captain Wm. J. Snow, 6th Field Artillery, U. S. Army.
T
REASURER
: Captain Wm. J. Snow, 6th Field Artillery, U. S. Army. U. S. FIELD ARTILLERY ASSOCIATION 9
The Council passed resolutions fixing the subscription price of the
magazine at $4 a year, and life membership and subscription at $100,
and providing that there shall be no annual dues, a paid subscription to
the magazine for at least one year being substituted therefor.
The present management has undertaken the work of publishing T
HE
F
IELD
A
RTILLERY
J
OURNAL
with confidence in the ultimate success of
the enterprise; but not in the belief that success can be accomplished by
the efforts of the management alone, for if any considerable degree of
success is achieved it will only be by the united efforts of practially
everyone directly connected with the field artillery in the United States.
Assurances of support have been received from nearly all of the field
artillery men in th