, 1861-04-27
The o. - ArMory ut Spr11sf1eld.
iErnru tha Sn1inr1tld Mss ! Rannblica,


Mr. George D%igat, the new Superintend-
ent Of tae u s. Armory, in thiS city, ms es-
sumed charge Of that establishment
Ih:ra are now $50 m3n employed In tho
-armory, and it, production is about 500 riffs
mnskcts each month. With new machinery
enough to extend this q :, 500 a month: aad
by WORKING day and night, employing douhie
sets Of workman, the capacity Of the estab-
ishment may even ne Increased to 1000 or
5000 muskets month. The necessities Of
th- Government, in this crisis, will doubtless
produce immeoiate orders for working the
armory up to the latter prodn2tlon; and then
1t will give employment to from ], GOO to 200
men. Besides this, private armories 10 vari.
ous parts Of the North will q d3uu utlesa receive
uriers from the Government, These estab.
Nshme ents have beeu suddenly "eoereed'' into
supplying the rebe1 States with arms having
been stopped, they genatally hasten to place
their shops and men at the disposal OF tIe
Government! TheGe will be used because
they must be; but The Hessians who manage
them, and have sent cannon and guns to the
Sinh since the var begun, must not think
to deceive either the Government or The
n~c"'A, IS to the character Of the service tary
prodsr.
re have neen numerous small drafts On
the arHlorJ for armlpg the volunteers from
Massachusetts, and these have exhausted All
the r.fle muakete, save 500, altered from the
old smooth bore musAets. On Sunday, some
25 600 nuskess Of the old model, but fne
arEyloeable arms, entirely new, and with Der.
eusston locks, vera dispatched by special train
to New York city and Albany for the arming
Of the New York troops new equipping for
service, Twenty thousand souIh, and five
thousand to Albany They were ordered by
a1nosy, anticipating such heavy drafts, had
had 100000 muskets boxed aud made ready
for Immediate transportation, 50 that the
order wss flied at once. There re-
main still in the establishment ni,attv thou.
sand naors msshets Of the same cha,a:ter "a
those sent to New York, aud these wil be
made ready for transportation at once, and
will doubtless soon be called for. So that the
government 10 not without generous sunnlv
Of arms to s:art its campai Of self mainten-
a1ce and with an Immediate enlargement of
it's powers Of production to the capacity Of
there need be no lack Of msans anticipated IN
this regard The Massachusetts, volunteers.
bling first in tue field, are all or nearly ali
armed with the new ride musk4t., OF this
arm, some IS 900 in all have been manufac,
tured since the work begun, and it ia be}ieyel
not more than half at least Of these have 1all-
en- into the possession Of the secessionists Of
the South.
The AEmory establishment buildings and
grouud5,-is now under Strong and strict
guard, day aud nigh, to prevent any mischitf
which treason might attempt to execute. by
iaeendiarism or other dia5olism, upon the
great interests now centsred there. A force
Of 50 men Is on constant duty, and all in .1e;a
to the grounds, except By persons belonging
to the establishment or On Known bus,aesss
is forbidden. At present this duty Is perform.
ed by meu from the shops, but they will be
relieyed BY body Of men organized and de-
tailed TOR This special service The armorera
will also probably be osganized into compa-
nies, aud armed and drilled, for prompt local
action in any emergency.