The Constitution of the United States gives as one of the reasons for the formation of our Government the providing for the common defense. Provision for the common defense cannot be accomplished in this day and age merely by accepting the doctrine as a good one, and then waiting for some one to attack us before we gather our hosts and the material for defending ourselves. Preparation for war in time of peace is necessary. President Coolidge so aptly advised in a recent important address that...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *COAST GUARD, *CIVIL DEFENSE,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Command, by Brigadier General Edward L. King, U.S. Army; Preparations for the Second Battle of the Marne, by Colonel Conrad H. Lanza, Field Artillery; Last Word on the 5-5-3 Ratio, by J. Bernard Walker; The Past and Future of Defense Against Aircraft, by Captain Benjamin F. Harmon, C.A.C.; and An Outline of Industrial Mobilization, by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War. The issue also contains editorials on...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *BATTLES, *MILITARY COMMANDERS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Adjustment of Fire, by Brigadier General R. E. Callan, U.S. Army; The Progress of the National Guard, by Major General G. C. Rickards, U.S. Army, Chief of Militia Bureau; Pistols and Pistol Shooting, by Major W. D. Frazer, C.A.C.; and Coastal Operations, by Major Meade Wildrick, C.A.C. The remainder of the issue contains editorials on the importance of fire adjustment, the term Fixed Defenses is taboo, and the lack of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *HARBOR DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *ARTILLERY...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Coast Artillery Training, by Colonel J. B. Mitchell, C.A.C.; The Chain of Command in Coast Defense, by Major R. H. Smith, C.A.C.; The Evolution of Field Orders, by Major C. H. Corlett, Infantry; The Development of a Military Policy, reprinted from The Work of the War Department; The Value of Military Training to a Civilian,' by John W. Weeks, Secretary of War; and Coast Artillery Shooting, by Major R. B. Colton, C.A.C....
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *MILITARY HISTORY, *ANTIAIRCRAFT...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The Hawaiian Maneuvers, by Brigadier General Richmond P. Davis, U.S. Army; Outguessing the Instructor, by Major P. D. Bunker, C.A.C.; Problems for the Coast Artilleryman with Suggestions, by Captain H. H. Blackwell, C.A.C.; and The Decision to Defend Kut-el-Amarah, by Major E. W. C. Sandes, D.S.O., M.C.R.E. The remainder of the issue contains the following features: editorials on the U.S.S.S. Saratoga, the Mesopotamia...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *FIRE CONTROL SYSTEMS, *FIRST WORLD...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Battle Training for Coast Artillery, by E. J. Cullen, C.A.C.; Antiaircraft Defense, by Major J. C. Haw, C.A.C.; The Influence of Air Power on Coast Defense, by Major J. T. McNarney, A.S.; and The Battles of Ludendorff On the Russian Front (Part 3), by General Hubert Camon, French Army (translated by E. M. Benitez, C.A.C.). The remainder of the issue contains the following features: editorials on the crash of the...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARTILLERY UNITS, *ARMY TRAINING,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The American Artillery in France, by Brigadier General A. Maitre, French Army; On the Firing Line of the Industrial Sector II, by Jarratt A. Morford (this is the second of three articles on the Veteran's attitude towards the recruit); Land Artillery to the Fore, by Major Sanderford Jarman, C.A.C.; Cotangent Method of Anti-Aircraft Searchlight Control, by Captains Dale D. Hinman and Maurice Morgan, C.A.C.; Duncan Gold...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *MILITARY HISTORY, *HARBOR DEFENSE...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The Strategic Importance of the Hawaiian Islands, by Major General C. P. Summerall, U.S. Army; The Coast Artillery in Hawaii, by Brigadier General J. D. Barrette, U.S. Army; The 41st Coast Artillery, by Major K. B. Lemmon, C.A.C.; The 64th Coast Artillery (Antiaircraft), by Colonel R. E. Wyllie, C.A.C.; Notes on the 155-mm. G. P. F. Gun Against Moving Targets, by Major F. A. Mountford, C.A.C.; Development of Coast...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNNERY, *ARTILLERY...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Military Frontiers, by Colonel S. C. Vestal, C.A.C.; The Austro-Hungarian Artillery in the World War, by Lieutenant Colonel Ludwig Elmannsberger (translated by Colonel George Ruhlen, U.S. Army); and Notes on the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915, by Major Sherman Miles, G.S. The remainder of the issue contains the following features: editorials on defense against air raids, subaqueous sound ranging, artillery pioneers,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARTILLERY, *MILITARY...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Coast Artillery Shooting, by Major R. B. Colton, C.A.C.; Relations of Land and Sea Power, by Colonel S. C. Vestal, C.A.C. (Colonel Vestal considers this subject under two hypotheses: the first, where the superior land power is inferior on the sea; and the second, where the superior land power is superior on the sea. This article deals with the first of these conditions. The second will be published in a later issue of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *MILITARY HISTORY, *ARMY, *SIBERIA,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Present and Prospective Development of Antiaircraft Artillery and Its Probable Effect Upon Airplane Bombing Operations, by Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Barnes, C.A.C.; Normalcy Is Here! by Major Robert R. Welshmer, C.A.C.; Fire Effect On Naval Targets and Coast Artillery Forts, by 1st Lieutenant C. E. Brand, C.A.C.; A Regimental Organization for the Coast Artillery Corps, by Lieutenant Colonel H. C. Barnes, C.A.C.; and Foch...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *NAVAL VESSELS(COMBATANT), *HARBOR...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Mine Defense-Today and Tomorrow; The New Christie Model 1940; Coast Artillery Advanced ROTC at Fort Monroe, VA, 1929; Combined CMTC-Reserved Training; These Grievous Errors or the Sinking of Onagarchus; The Pay Board Report. The remainder of this issued contains an editorial on what should we pay for an Army; Coast Artillery activities reports on foreign service, service schools, Puget Sound joint exercises, joint Coast...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *COASTAL REGIONS, *DEFENSE SYSTEMS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The R.O.T.C., by Colonel John T. Geary, C.A.C.; Some Aspects of Mechanization, by Colonel H. Rowan-Robinson, C.M.G., D.S.O.; Danger Zones -- The Balkans; Scores of Yesterday, by Captain Homer Case, C.A.C.; What Price Machine Guns, by Captain Gerald B. Robinson, 61st C.A. (AA); The British Merchant Marine, by Captain Frank H. Hastings, C.A.C.; Subsidized Merchant Marine, by Captain D. W. Hickey; and Coast Forts of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARTILLERY UNITS, *SHIPPING,...
This issue of The Coastal Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The Dardanelles Expedition, by Lieut. Colonel Walter H. Johnson, Infantry, (D.O.L.); Heavy Tractor Artillery in its Relation to Coast Defense, by Major C. Ralph Meyer, C.A.C.; Observation Grill for Antiaircraft Artillery, by Captain Aaron Bradshaw, Jr., C.A.C.; A Universal Panoramic Sight, by 1st Lieutenant F. W. Gerhard, Jr., C.A.C.; A Pistol Rack for National Guard Armories, by Captain William J. Smith, C.A.C.,...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARMY, *ANTIAIRCRAFT GUNNERY, *FIRST...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: A Five Foot Book Shelf for Coast Artillerymen; The Third Coast Artillery; Limitations of Aircraft in Naval Warfare; and The Battles of Ludendorff on the Russian Front. The remainder of the issue contains the following features: Professional notes, Military notes, Coast Artillery Board notes, and book reviews.
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *FIRST WORLD WAR, *ARTILLERY UNITS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Alaska: Its Relation and Its Value to the United States, by 1st Lieutenant Albert J. Wick, C.A.C.; The Effect of Permanent Fortifications on Military Operations in the World War, by Colonel Karl Schneck (translated by Colonel George Ruhlen, U.S.A., Ret.); The Landing at Gallipoli, by Lieutenant Colonel Ned B. Rehkopf, F.A.; The Military Situation of Holland, by 2nd Lieutenant Carl B. Wahle, C.A.C.; Coast Forts of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ALASKA, *CRUISERS, *MILITARY...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The Landing at Gallipoli, by Lieutenant Colonel Ned B. Rehkopf, F.A.; The Variable Probable Error and the Adjustment Problem, by Captain Homer Case, C.A.C.; Organization and Equipment of the 52nd Coast Artillery (RY), by Major P. H. Ottosen, C.A.C.; Antiaircraft Defense in Mobile Warfare, by Major E. J. Ross, O.B.E., M.C.; The Officers' Reserve Corps as it Affects Our Military Policy, by Major S. T. Stewart, C.A.C.; and...
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This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Signal Service in the Theater of Operations, by Major General G. S. Gibbs; The Tactical Handling of A.A. Units in the Field, by Captain K. M. Loch, M.C., R.A.; Recent Developments in Antiaircraft Artillery, by Lieutenant Colonel W. S. Bowen, C.A.C.; Industrial Preparedness for War, by Major W. P. Cherrington, C.A.C.; The Military Situation of China, by Lieutenant J. H. Featherston, C.A.C.; and Movement of 14-Inch Railway...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEMS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: Combat Methods of the Japanese, by Colonel C. E. Kilbourne, C.A.C.; Relations of Land Power and Sea Power, by Colonel S. C. Vestal, C.A.C. (Colonel Vestal considers the subject under two hypotheses: the first, where the superior land power is inferior on the sea; and the second, where the superior land power is superior on the sea. This article examines the second hypothesis.); The Battles of Ludendorff on the Russian...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEMS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The English Attack on Zeebrugge; Bombardment Aviation and its Relation to AA Defense; Jungle Warfare Part 3; Public Speaking; Crash on Artillery; Promotion Thesis; Promotion is in the Air; Why the Answer is No; The .45 Automatic Pistol; The Corregidor Nail Picker; The Collapse of the Old Russian Army. The remainder of this issue contains Coast Artillery activities, news and comments, reports from the foreign military...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARTILLERY, *COASTAL REGIONS,...
This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the following articles: The First Army Maneuver; Organization of Guns in Antiaircraft Regiment; The Fist in the Dyke; Are your Harbor Defense Coordinates up to Date; An Old Method in a New Guise; Conversion Tables; Spy and Counter-Spy Part 1; Practical Training for Reserve Units; Emergency Methods of Fire Control; Leavenworth or Bust; Target Practice under Gas; Antiaircraft Intelligence Service; New Type Testing for Gunners' Examinations;...
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This issue of The Coast Artillery Journal contains the 1938 prize essay, The Backbone of Sea Power, by Major E. M. Benitez, C.A.C., which examines the inadequacy of U.S. harbor defenses, including the unavailability of antiaircraft artillery. Other articles in this issue include The Navy and the Coast Artillery, by Admiral William D. Leahy, Chief of Naval Operations; Blackout, by Lieutenant Milan G. Weber, C.A.C.; Palestine: Some Aspects of the Military Problem, by Major William Yale, Military...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ANTIAIRCRAFT DEFENSE SYSTEMS, *FIRE...
Topics: DTIC Archive, COAST ARTILLERY TRAINING CENTER FORT MONROE VA, *ARTILLERY, *MILITARY HISTORY,...
