Germany's fighting machine; her army, her navy, her air-ships, and why she arrayed them against the allied powers of Europe . sable for reconnoitering, for mak-ing raids and for pursuit. Each cavalryman, as hasbeen said, carries a lance, a sword and a carbine. ^luchtime is spent in training the men to the use of the lance,which is of hollow steel. ^Men of straw, for instance, areplaced on the ground and the lancer, riding by, has toinflict a wound in exactly the place designated. Or astraw head is placed on a stake and must be knockedoff in passing. The carbines, which are stuck in the sad-dle
Germany's fighting machine; her army, her navy, her air-ships, and why she arrayed them against the allied powers of Europe . sable for reconnoitering, for mak-ing raids and for pursuit. Each cavalryman, as hasbeen said, carries a lance, a sword and a carbine. ^luchtime is spent in training the men to the use of the lance,which is of hollow steel. ^Men of straw, for instance, areplaced on the ground and the lancer, riding by, has toinflict a wound in exactly the place designated. Or astraw head is placed on a stake and must be knockedoff in passing. The carbines, which are stuck in the sad-dle, are of a perfected modern type and are but littleinferior to the muskets of the infantry. Cavalry regiments, with which speed of progress isthe first consideration, carry their own bridge-wagons,so that they can either repair bridges that have been de-stroyed, or construct entirely new ones. It has beenfound that rafts made of fodder-bags stufl*ed with strawand held together by lances, boards, logs, etc., can carrycomparatively heavy weights. Six such bags as I havedescribed can, at a pinch, carry six men. Barrels and. I *1 fl C3 » ^ 03 t ^f. CO 55C
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