New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-01-28
implements Of wnr The Mniror, Art.

t,. Cd tir Trt'a- Wa'a'Nat'' , n''' Ban 3D.
The Annual Report from the Ordnance Depart
mcri, dated Washington Nov D. i,4e has nvt Vet
teen pruted Us Congress. It addressed b!
Busadier. Goucrai I,Icort toNr Secretary CnAV.
FORD aud states
Tia, the appropriations ia the year 10 July
ls49 were 81 SOP ass the expenditures : lro.sl3
AIMING the articles purchased or made ave II ron
howi,zcrs 600 percussion pistois. 40 COTS
pistols 2.4i0 sahr,s iv, cayaA, sc 40 toe armoeN
a, Harper Ferry $500 percussion mosk'ts. l."..
percussion rial is have been made 40 thc spuu-
field armory there have been manufactured 1925
percussion muskcts coo cavalry musketooas-
For srmine the militia the Bureau has bad made
tSio Percuss ou 1acs D. goo carbines. 3 % per'os
son pistols tl0 cavalry ssbrSs, 900 swords. a.
Gen. Talcot' enumerstes - permanent ana tenn
porsry Arscuals and depofs onr OF them Delns
Arscnsls v obstruction ~ West Iroy. y.
Pusburc Pa WASHINGTON d I ana Old POINT
CONTEXT, Va at Which thc -rcater part q she ord
uauce supplies. except small arms are fabricated
Al these 2s dep0ts She VALUATION ana Insertions
made IN the last isca year. shc~ the mied states
% De possessed Of property worth slatl@ll2, O..
which S265O 400 Is ga artillery s..%'3@3' in small
arms SillJ2o9 IA ammunition AMI si,'3o2. d
iu lands barracks. machinery, and shops
The report calls tor -four new ordnance Depot,
,Arsena'si 10 be commenced speedily, NJ o"e DO
Texas one IA New Mexico. one an California. AMI
oue in Oregon. Gen. 7 asks sl00 00O 10 be voted
q pay cost oi selecting sites. bUyng lauG sut a.
commence the buildings
The Department sem MAJOR Uszuer 70 Earop,
ast wear u seek Information Connected Will tie
manufacture ~ guns. pistols, rdes A. and tbe
preparation q on htsN supplies Has RlIOs, f'.s
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and elaborate essay on treatise on the fabrication
Of small arms and ether implements oi war lu las
Introduction. he says
The Rcport VIII -lu, how much u'r gene 'H " .h Us l.
re use OF machines and the atvsnsfes We h~yv ss'n,d
ngreby n AccuIac, and ar&tless 81. wofS-sld $50 ue
ssii ard economy fg meaning tui2frs1si nave teNN
Ale introduce m hcr tstrcNVis snd ihe osIvs 's
have made in mSny Instances ln ne scieiNv % 49,,
Fao aIsansacts tlus derived iy them irhw N'1 We" %
tscied sctols ~ practice snt ne e"nssa. 'A.sl,uas,
1es8ts ly tie yati4fts 81 cst'stHts VII prove .he PC
oss!r Of similar efforts upuu para and sspcftfDy N
spreading auoag our oiacers the details ~ We is
'AusAle experiments reported annually 10 ne V'Si'-'''
ia ercr 20 give ,hc io0e,, information upon the rf-ng
1tare of percussion Jtrtc Dad e'fe and VA, ~ s
aFa4 | have mentioned tie details OF these opeIa1lins
pursued IL The establishments OF France Belgium, her
'sad krl England such pecuiar1es - noaccd pa iht
'no5S iheu follows o. tlie description % TIA
ehots ana modes OF nbrcanon have ,ndcNyorca 20 oe
sAeienly explicit 70 make these notes practically useI-
.. The InfsnirV officers sabre IN the fTvDch ST.
sS Vas spoken OF kghly by Tia cSp~ I" no pad usea /"
mug u best purchase one iof HtAE
sosaphe ior ia eNpermensiDs greatly improved pN 4
very asekir
asjT h begins 10y description OF the mole OF
making Capsules or Percussion Caps in France
Belgium, Prussia HoL , cad England, goes into
u'e most minute detHay result OF Information
O~aned and persons, alton. He next de
scubes the processe5 y ..J1sctine small arms N
,,e how they ~''G "W, arms to percussion
ner new pattern 1eS-os tc.; passes down 10
oesium- then 10 p ~ s.lng very minutely the
nature CT the manv ~ Birmingham and En-