In the days when every musket had to be patiently loaded from the muzzle with help of ramrod, it was all-important in an emergency that men should reserve their fire until the moment when it could take decisive effect; and many a desperate conflict turned in favopr of the men who had the nerve to endure the firing of the foe without response until -he came near enough to be decimated by one well-aimed volley. The same quality will be required in the use of the magazine ( rifle. An ammunitionlesa regiment in face of a small force with full magazines would have to choose between surrender and extermination. The latest scientific arm (remarks the United Service (razette) no more eliminates the human and moral element of success in battle than did the oldest and clumsiest weapon.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 2715, 30 January 1892, Page 3 (Supplement)
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