Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-04-19

Arms and Munitions of War at the ALE.
ahany tPeBna) ArsenaI-A Formidable
Array.
The following is a list of arms and am
munition now at the Allegheny Arsenal, as
furnished to the Pittsburg POST
ORDNANCE.
"a Forty. two ponndeTs.
AZ 1hii ty-two Founders,
80 Twenty. four Founders
q Ten, inch columBiads.
63 Right inch ColumbiadH.
20 Twenty -four FOUNDER flank defense iron hoyit.
8 Twelve pound brass and field pieces.
Twenty 'iour FOUNDER brass howitzerI.
SHOT AND SHE'LL.
7lO Ten.inch shot
SsG Eight-iRch shot.
u 1859 Thirty two pounder shot.
tSl Twenty-tour FOUNDER shot.
$50 Twelve FOUNDER shot.
2S 6.S Spherical S1e twelve FOUNDER case shot.
4sl3 thirty FOUNDER grape shot.
6425 Twenty four FOUNDER grape shot.
l3,76S Twelve FOUNDER canister shot-loose,
2 394 Six FOUNDER canister shot
@ go lwenty -four goupder howitzer shot.
Avs sl& pCubder solid shot, strapped.
RIFLES MUsKETs, PISTOLS, &c.
I,Oi5 Rifle Muskets, new model
10 965 Percussion Muskots, model OF lsl2.
$50 Flint Lcck Muskets.
l,ls2 Percussion Rifles.
8! e. EiisSt long range, B. model Ofls5'.
40 Pistols, Adams patent.
s,l2s altered from Flint Lock to Percussion.
60 Cavalry SAbers.
60 Horse ARTILLERY sabers
"a Non n-cOmmiss iOped Officers Swords,
Al Musicians Swords,
l270 Pistol Cartridge Boxes.
lJs3 pairs OF Holsters, old pattern.
Full appehdages for all small arms.
AHMUYrTIoN.
80 800 pounds of cannon DO wder.
$1,000 pounds Of mnsket powder.
% 200 pounds Of rifle powder.
oOeGO musket 6s-lOO iLch elongated bullet cart
sss 600 Iife musket s.IOO inch elongated bullets.
80 80 C O0O Iife y; lG0 M q Oh elongated bnllsts
s6,a7 rounds of musket round balls.
1880 rifle elongated bullets.
40 pistol s. 100 inch elongated bullets.
55Ss life musket elongated bullets.
l,2s3,0t0 MAJ nard Primers.
2,49S,JOO Percussion Caps for small arms.
1900 Priming Tubes filed for cannon.
5000 Friction Tubes for cannon.
-Four thousand rihed muskets, oaliber
sixty nine, have been ordered TO be sent
here from Frankfort Arsenal, near Phila.
Ge'phia, and will be here soon; also 500 of
the same description from Harper's Ferry
Arsenal, Virginia.
The following ordnance and ammunition
has been issued from the arsenal since Jam
uary !, to the following points;
$500 sets Of facoouterments to Washington Arsenal
LOCO sets Of aceoutsrments 10 New York.
200 sets of horse equipments to St. Louis.
l20 do. do, TO Michigan.
leo do. do. to Pennsylvania.
IS Eieht inch coiambIads to PhiIadslphia.
80 Eight.inch Columbiads 90 New York.
Six FOUNDERS to Fort MeHsnry, Maryland, and
2TwsiVs-PoGnder brass hOwitzsrs to Philadsl-
phia.
eco Eight-inch shots to Philadelphia.
500 Ten-inch shells TO Philadelphia.
4,4OO Eight inch shells to PhilRdelp
1000 hight inch shells to New York.
$50 Uskets to Illinois.
40 hifles TO Michigan.
500 Musket Cartridges to New York.
Some smaller orders were also filed.
The arsenal is in a state Of activity, the
workshops now employing over 200 men,
capable Of turning out 3, 900 horse sets and
5000 acconteI ments monthly. Sixty mus
kets can be rified daily, and the muskets of
1912 are to be rified forthwith. Orders for
aceouterments are being received and an ad :
ditional force will probably be employed as
soon as possible, being now daily increasing,