The Journal of the United States Artillery was established at Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe

Fort Monroe was a military installation in Hampton, Virginia—at Old Point Comfort, the southern tip of the Virginia Peninsula...

, Virginia, in 1892, by First Lieutenant (later General) John Wilson Ruckman

John Wilson Ruckman

-Early life:Ruckman was born at Deers, Illinois, a flag-station just southeast of the University of Illinois. Biographies, however, usually list his place of birth as Sidney, Illinois . His parents, Thomas and Mary O'Brien Ruckman, were farmers. His uncles, John W...

, Cornelis DeWitt Willcox

Cornelis DeWitt Willcox

Cornélis DeWitt Willcox was an American army officer and scholar, born at Geneva, Switzerland. He graduated from the University of Georgia in 1880, from the United States Military Academy , and Artillery School , and in 1913 studied at the University of Grenoble.He served in the Santiago campaign...

, and three other officers of the Artillery School

United States Army Field Artillery School

The United States Army Field Artillery School trains Field Artillery Soldiers and Marines in tactics, techniques, and procedures for the employment of fire support systems in support of the maneuver commander...

. Ruckman served as the editor of the journal for four years (July 1892 to January 1896) and published several articles therein afterward. One publication by West Point

United States Military Academy

The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City...

 notes Ruckman's "guidance" and "first-rate quality" work were obvious as the journal "rose to high rank among the service papers of the world." The journal' was renamed the Coast Artillery Journal in 1922 and the Antiaircraft Journal in 1948.

See also

• Field Artillery Branch (United States)
• U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
  U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps
  The U.S. Army Coast Artillery Corps was a Corps level organization responsible for coastal and harbor defense of the United States between 1901 and 1950.-History:...
  
  
• Air Defense Artillery Branch (United States)

External links

• http://www.airdefenseartillery.com/online/2010/CoastArtilleryHome.htm
• http://www.archive.org/details/journalunitedst13vagoog