Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . through in regular rhythm and time. Themovements are so well chosen that there is not a mem-ber or muscle of the body that is not exercised, thearms, legs, hips, shoulders and chest being successivelyand specially brought into play by the different move-ments. On the battleship, Maine, Captain Sigsbee, who isan ardent advocate of the adoption of a more ex-tended system of drilling in the navy, is having themen taught the full Development Drill as carried outat the United States Naval Training Station, CoastersHarbor Island. This drill, wh
Scientific American Volume 77 Number 07 (August 1897) . through in regular rhythm and time. Themovements are so well chosen that there is not a mem-ber or muscle of the body that is not exercised, thearms, legs, hips, shoulders and chest being successivelyand specially brought into play by the different move-ments. On the battleship, Maine, Captain Sigsbee, who isan ardent advocate of the adoption of a more ex-tended system of drilling in the navy, is having themen taught the full Development Drill as carried outat the United States Naval Training Station, CoastersHarbor Island. This drill, which began with theSwedish movement, has been tried on various occa-sions, and Admiral Bunce, when some years ago incharge of the training station at Newport, investigatedthe system, and had it standardized for use on ship-board. When Captain Sigsbee was in charge ofthe training ship Portsmouth he had the systemtaught in its entirety, this being the first time that itwas adopted in any ship afloat. The value of this drill when it is thoroughly carried. DRILL ON THE UNITED STATES ARMORED CRUISER BROOELYN-WITH ARMS. a task that gave its crew hard work and plenty of it,besides requiring a considerable amount of technicalknowledge and skill. The coming of the age of steam has practically dis-masted the battleship and has very largely turned thesailor into a mechanic. It has also undoubtedly light-ened the daily labors of the crew, and this to such anextent that it has become necessary to institute specialdrilling exercises with a view to keeping the men ingood physical condition. Not that the daily drill is anew institution, but there is a tendency among navalofficers to give it a more prominent place in the dailyroutine and bestow upon it more thought and carethan was formerly the case. At the same time it must be admitted that the changefrom sail to steam, from wooden hulls to hulls of steel,from cast iron smoothbores to rifled breechloaders, hasbrought on board certain new duties
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