Rock Island Argus

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d the Hs.ed riv;idl, together

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all that 1b known.

TREE TRUNK CANNON.

Wonderful Wooden Hid Wound Guns

of the Antilles.

The mention of wooden guns sug

gests a company of boy soldiers com

manded by a captain who wears a tin

sword. The revolutionary soldiers of

Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Re

public, however, have from time to

time made cannon from trees and ap

plied tbem to practical purposes. Id

the Antilles there grows a peculiar tree

with a winding grain, so tenacious of

fiber that to split It by ordinary means

la almost an imposstbllty.

When wanted for artillery purposes

the tree is felled, a section some Are

feet In length and one foot In diameter

Is elected and cut, the bark is remov

ed, and uneven places on the surface

are dressed down.

The embryo cannon i then placed

on rude tmeses and a bore burned In

It, a process that serves further etOl t

harden the wood. While the bore Is

being bocned green, oz hides are cut

lAtA long .steifrs s j beginning la. tk

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Rock Island Argus. (1911). Rock Island, Ill., 1911-07-24. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn92053934/1911-07-24/ed-1/?sp=2

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Rock Island Argus, 1911-07-24.