New-York tribune., 1870-10-05

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entrance at yards distant and ct the foot Of the
awn In lul, view Of the room had just Quilted nd an
other flags, discharging its load Of newcomers to
add to their number thought once more OF the care
1uly guarded privacy Of which had heard 30 much
and wondered
AMERICAN GUNS IN FOREIGN ARMIES.
THE DEMAND FOR ARMS BY EUROPEAN GOVERN
MENTs-HEAyY ExPoRTATIoNs-THE GUN
| MARKET.
| A prominent officer of one of the London
Commercial Exchanges has lately placed the sum of
g. O0oooo with the promise Of much more as may be
needed, at the disposal Of business associate In this
city, with instructions purchase and ship rapidly
possible all obtanable small arms OF certain kinds
and Of good quality, with quantities Of field artillery
| and various munitions Of war in largo amounts. The
cable dispatches received from this and other private
sources show that there is heavy and increasing de-
mand for good material Of every kind for the sup
| ply Of several European governments. The demand
| for arms is said to be great that our Gov
| ernment. which is known TO have still on
| hand large surplus could dispose Of the whole
| within one week-provided prices were fixed and
proper facilities afforded for the ready transaction OF the
business. Tho red-tape delays consume much time
that buyers unable to make contracts TO
deliver at certain periods, and where weeks or even
months liable to intervene there the constant risk
Department routine is reached At the time strong
political influences have sometimes accomplished results
speedily enough in the OF the recent purchase OF
| many thousand Springfield rifles direct from the
Ordnance Office by the Khedive, who wanted them at
and who obtained the aid OF eminent Congress
| man to secure them.
portion Of the shipped yesterday in the Vile dc
| Paris in which marked having been
shipped direct from the United States arsenals In differ
ent parts Of the country They were part OF the several
| hundred thousand small arms which the Government
has for sale TO any buyers who want them The Dodus
operandi is about follows: The specuatOr opens COM
munication with the Wal Department generally through
the Ordnance officer at the arsenal where he finds the
kind Of arms that he wants the Ordnance Office has
fixed price and consequently proposal forwarded for
the consideration OF the Chief OF Ordnance correspond
ensues the Secretary Of War is consulted terms
agreed upOn securities fled and finally after much
writing copying and delay In the transmission OF papers,
It is settled that the buyer shall have given number Of
| thousands OF arms, to be held for him on storage
| at the arsenal for period named He then
seeks purchaser and when he has found one they are
shipped to any given point In buying arms preference
is apt be given those OF the Government because
is known that they kept In the best possible condi
ton and frequently inspected and will be OF precisely
the quality that they officially represented to be.
The Sultan months ago bought 100000 Springfield
rifles, muzzleloaders; and the Khedive, 100000 France
has also within thesame period, bought large number
of inferior paterns-t may have been with view of
altering them according to her notions. Cuba and
various States OF Mexico have also obtained consider
able number of Uncle Sans weapons which were hung
| on the rack when he done fighting.
At the close OF some 80 gun factories
were dismantled; and the machinery sold and
shipped to Europe secretly possible but Russia is
understood to have received most Of it, Russia is known
to be busiy making arms Of good quality At this time
She is, however buying cartridges moderately Prussia
agents have sometimes taken quantities of arms simply
to prevent the reaching rival government Belgium IS
| not now making arms. Austria is buying none. The
French Government itself does not appear to make exer
tons TO obtain supplies OF from abroad; but the
several prominent municipalities such as Lyons, Bor-
deanx Marseiles, Havre, etc, purchasing large
quantities OF material OF every kind just as was
done by large cities in this country early in the late
The capacity Of the imperial arsenas for rapidly turning
out chassepots appears to have been greatly Svetes- %
which OF entailed great losses OF arms OF all
kinds France @ the ne most R RpG apG 0 m a gd @
ever recently been very energetic and they are obtain
In addition TO the sale of by the Government,
there has been very heavy sale OF weapons OF higher
quality improved patterns by various arms com
| panies in the country The new Remington breech-
loading arm which brought out in 1906, appears TO
Remington Company has furnished nearly 100000 arms to
foreign governments or is now turning out guns
at the rate of about 700 day. TO fill orders which WIN
soon bring the number furnished up TO that amount
Tins Company has furnished the f9Ilo%g PenmaT6. Ho
1900 U. g. Navy, 1900 sweden SooOG spain M M4OCOC
Rome 10000; Egypt, 60,OOG JAPAN 5000 Greece, 5OUS
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until further notice, according to the capacity OF the
works. The Winchester Arms Company are furnishing
considerable quantities; and for the product OF the Colt
maunfactory il is known that there is steady demand.
singular feature of the gun-market is the number OF
at least 100 here and at Washington who are con-
cerned the business OF securing or pretending 10 Sc
cure arms for delivery foreign governments. They
seek interviews with persons likely to wish to buy and
with those who have guns to SELL boast or their political
and other influence in the one case ana IN the otner
| claim to have confidential authority from various
powers for the purchase OF military supplies Inc doubt
| and In
fine field for the adventures OF shrewd and nnprncPled
and onIy within day or two the Govern
ment has disposed Of 10000 Enfelds. at 81 EACH to
pgrGaseFd n M S e ae sne s Was excepcns "a the
Europeans do not coyet our artillery as they do our
small arms
DEPARTURE OF THE VILE DE PARIS.
The steamer Vile de Paris finally sailed yes
terday afternoon conveying a large quantity OF arms
| and munitions OF war to France. On Monday evening
abe had received last Of her but late at night
was found that she was too heavily laden and 400
cases Of rifles were unloaded They stored on the
dock 10 await the sailing OF the st. Laurent steamer OF
the same line, At o'clock yesterday afternoon tne
Vile de Paris was visited by the French Consul and other
prominent Frenchmen. large number OF persons we're
assembod on adjacent docks the gates OF Pier No 80
having been closed throughout the day all except those
having proper passes About clock the yessel
moved out into the river amid some moderate demon,
tya,ions ~ among spectators She passed
the BATTERY about o'clock, heading Tor Inc NarrOWs
The French gunboat lying of the Battery sauted her as
The cargo OF the Vile de Paris is stated the best
authority have included the following arms ana lnu'
nitons: 30 600 IT, g. Springfield rifles 420oo Remington
loading rifles 1000 Remington revovers, 5000 En-
field rifles, 5000 spencer rifles, aud 100000 rounds OF am
The French corvette Touche Treyille sailed soon
after the Vile de Paris win the smd tsn
the departure OF the German steamship Westphala Dy
remaining of Sandy HOOK
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