New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-12-21
The International Expositiop,

/ At the great International exposition tC
be held at Vienna, Austria, commencing
! May /, 1873, it is to be desired there may
be ereditable representation of American
industry and invention.
| The commissioner genesaI to the exposi
| ton from the United States. General
Thomas 3. Van Buren,, of New York city,
is now engaged ia organizing the American
| part of the exposition, and invites the CO.
| operation of all interested.
Articles of p obabIe exhibition have been
arranged in asses, and group sixteen as
signed exclusively to war materials. 70
insure faiH exhibition of these, q cub
committee has been appointed to bring the
| matter before the American manufacturers
and inventors of such materials.
Major Charles W. Howell, United States
army, has been made member of this sub
committee, and Bill forward to the chair-
man the address of parties wishing to be-
come exhibitors in this group, and who give
him notice of their desire, with description
of their inventions and manufactures.
These should be forvarde6 before the first
of January, 1878.
The chairman Of the committee, ON Be~
ceipt of address and particulars, will for
ward circulars with all necessary iRforma-
tor.
The following is list of the principal
articles embraced in this group Nortars
and all heavy ordnance, field ana siege
guns, including the Gatlin, and all xelley,
revolving and repeating guns; metals for
guns, and modes of, and machinery for, gun
construction; projectles and metals, and
apparatus FOR making the same; powders
and their ingredients, and all explosive mix
lures; methods and apparatus for making,
packing, preserving and transporting am
munitiOnj instruments for testing powders;
gun carriages tcOunterpoise, depressing and
other syst6msG metal shields and all de-
vices for protecting guns and gunners; i'm
pement8 and devices for mounting, dis
mounting, moving and serving guns for
taking initial velocities, and for testing
guns and gun metals; fuses for iguitipg
shells, and time, train and submarine fuses;
electrical blasting apparatus, comprising
the friGtiOnal, the fnagnetO-elecSric and the
dynamo machines, and the voltaic and
other batteries for exploding mines and
UoEPeuo9Sj thliiLaFy pyfOCechuyr CeLegraphF,
incendiary compositions and signals; mines,
torpedoes, hand grenades, pctards etc;
pontoon, bateau, trestle and other bridge
trains and theig wagons; facines. gabrons
and materials for the same breach
loading small arms, revolvers and
their ammunition bayonets. swords
and sabres; artillery harness, horse
equipments and infantry and cavalry
accoutrements; tents and camp and garri-
son equipage of all kinds; modes of render
ing fabrics moth and waterproof portable
stoves, ovens, forges, etc; dessicated and
condensed r&tions: hospitals, amb Qlances,
medicine wagons; hand stIetchers and
other modes of transporting the sick and
wounded, etc.
1t is hoped and expected that the Con
gress of the United States will make appro-
Priation to defray expenses Of transpofta-
tion of articles to and from the Austrian
capital.
Address Major c. w Howell. Corps of
Engineers, United States army, lock box
No. $50, New Orleans.
Papers throughout the Gulf States are
requested to copy this for information.