, 1870-08-11
Ru%siH--Thc Nns5ou0l Armament
t:rCnt Guns nnd Artillery GcncF-
AllJ.

Fpwt the london Gtobe, July ~.
It is no secret now that the whols continent
is armIDg and has been a1ming for tho l.st
four years, night and day. The whole Of the
Russsau Held artillery has been rearmed with
bronze rihed guns, la-poupdets and 24-ponnd-
ers. These weapons are now being furnished
wi'h wrought iron carriages as fast nj they
can ha turned ont OF the workshops. He
should be glad to know whether we are m,k-
ing any wrought-iron gun carriages. The
special committee on fala artillery equip
ment for India reported in favor Of
carriage Of this Find long ago, and
more recently anolher special committee re-
ported ia the aame eense What hiss been
full work. turning out Carriages a. fast a. pos-
x,ble: Nothing Of the kind. We have made
about 4 dozen for further trial-in other
words. We have put on tho evil day little
| longer. Carriages mast be paid for, and Ms.
I4owa'a pockets have two buttons on each nap.
! Tie Russians hayc Just introduced number
Of eseec a.pnunder bronze riaed guns on
wrought iron carriages. and others are being
manufactured day and night. They
have. further, laFSe mn number 10
riages and stores all rea.ty. Where are our
siege mor,ars! They may be Eeen in the ar
senal BY hnndreds-uscless old east~iron,
pmooth-bore lumber. We bare mt q eingle
| ritied mortar in the service. The Russians
| have mounted eight-iuch and niue-incl r1led
guns on al 1uen p1u1clpa! seA cp@St 1eicHecs
and ,lcir uine-lnch gun, is one little inferior
TO ours Of the sauae calibre: Nc SHOULD he
glad 10 know how MANY nine-incl1 guus are
mounted on onr home defences, in tlo forts,
for instance, in tho lrle Of Wight, 1t Hunt
Castle, for The defence ;tra Of the Thanss 1's:,
uatic powder for nse in al tlleiE
heavy G.,ns, ant, the factorr st Data, has
been il full work for the last three years
turning out this powder. Have ne any pow
der /: les, We have. Ons "psbtle" po.der
is better than the 1snssian prsmatic: it gives
: higher velocity. with loss strain. VIC have
an admirable scientific committee working on
| the question, aud theit tnveuslS a!iOns ara
looken forward to with tho greatest Interest
s!l over tho world. Some Elk months ago
powder; but pew powder costs money, aad
| IL We have raid, Mr. Lowes pockets have two
iuttops each, The 'twolf," however, oyei
the way. mas make little stir. Wt
should follow Isussian example in this matter
forthwith give re- az order 70 The Walthan
. to the trade for 10000 more. We belicst
, Metsrs. Curtis and Harvey have t,een yer,
successful With some experimeusal pebbl
powder. and are quite prepared to supply it il
asy quantity, IL there aug clance Of our do
. Not bit of it. The bttting 1t the militsr
I clubs, yesterday afternoon, WAS seven to fou
, against our being III Gt stato for war; fiv
to four On the French winning the first batslt
! and two 10 one against the Present govern
!, m-nt keeping any Of its eugagements. TIL
!, 11uesians have thoroughly Organized al thei
i mate1isl Of reserve, worked out the ditacu1
i question Of supply OF breech-loa.liu
: ammunition in the field sn1 introduce
Z IN efficient pack-a,imsl to acconpan
:, Infantry regiments. We should be glad
:. / know how We stand m this question. II
IS :sniier i. good weapon, the Mass;ni- HaarF
e a Letter one. bu. Eeisber il worth fuAh wl.l
e out cartridges. s;uppo+e ne were to send a
= Amy Of TO- goo OF 12.go0 men anywhere. ho
y are We to supply ths infantry with arnou 3itie
s. in the fleld is there any one system at Aide
shot? Are there not, on the contrary. half
~ doxeu Rystems7 The Russians are as Jet n
+" DECIDED about their n1ittailleurs. They have
number of machine guns ia their posscssio
- but The final pattern il not decided on. y
have no machine gun OF any pattern. II
1t fAct il, put il in any shape We like, the u!a
OF truth fnutt bs admitted thst ne are not pl
-, | pare1 for it.