The Coast Artillery Journal. Volume 68, Number 4, April 1928
Abstract
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: "The Military Policy of the Critical Period," by Edgar B. Wesley (this article covers the period between the Revolutionary War and the inauguration of President George Washington); "Much about Little," by Lieutenant Philip Schwartz, O.D. (this article attempts to explain in nonmathematical and nontechnical language the influence of the rotation of the earth upon the projectile in flight); "The Knox Gunnery Trophy"; "The Battle of Chancellorsville," by Majors Brown, Johnson, and Dawson; "Danger Zones -- Italy"; and "Our Coastwise Shipping," by Major G. F. Humbert, C.A.C. The remainder of the issue contains the following features: editorials on promotion and elimination, "Dawn" (a film about Nurse Cavell), the loss of the S-4 submarine, and dress uniform; Professional Notes on Classification of Officers of the C.A.C., German Long Range Heavy Artillery in the World War, New Army Antiaircraft Gun, Aircraft in Submarines, Combat Order for Harbor Defenses, The Influence of Mechanization of Armies on the Duration of Wars, United States Sea Party, A New Safety Fuel, The Field Artillery Role in Mechanization, Wider Highways, and Federal Services Finance Corporation; Coast Artillery Board Notes; and book reviews.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1928
- Accession Number
- ADA502548
Entities
People
- James L. Whelchel
- Robert S. Arthur