New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-04-05
DE CITING rlLKs ABour MS Guns.

From Washington Cor,spo9dcncs m The Clecand Leader
" In 1861 ! was Ii ing at indianapolis: ne
war had broken ont ana the country was an cNe,II,
often present here when volunteers were departing Tor
the field and also when their dead bodies were az times
shipped back nome IN boNH Ior phiai out Sli
me that the number 81 men Killed ny hlckuesS pm"
tlt One dav remember nineteen cOTp,c+ were landed
~ the depot; thrcc had been killed in battle The
would do the work OF hundred men, and would require
hut few men 10 operate H. that the holrors ol war
would be greatly diminished. and IN end wouid come
n',n I Wvos Vo,1 lac s,vcd rhc tho,g took such
hold ~ that commenced To work on 10 at once Inc
Nv 0Tst apus We're made I'm Cincinnati ana they would
fire from 80 10 go shot, per minute h'd SIX OF them
manufactured 90 1862. when the foundry WAS burned by
guns were destroyed Next had thirteen guns made NJ
whrt il The type foundry in Cincinnati ANA lhcse
natl 10 Washington persuade the Government 10 intro
ducc them lie took them TO Baltimore where ne Ieit
twelve ana went with the other to WASHINGTON. ne
Cicf Ordnance Department ~ the time was an Gd
fogy lie received him coldy. told him he h9d mo Ihllh
I'm his gun aud that he belle, cd int oca lhnSnelI W.,
tho whole the best weapons for warfare In snort ne
would have nothing TO do WIN mo Ny partner ,,rr
LETT Washington and rcutnc1 10 B9lnoIS nJn iu ,
there vi h HI troops lie HAD heaid 81 NC Rlhs,
and he asked them work A. soon a. ne ha9 zone
50 he said lac would buy them on NJ own W
aud did giving his voucher Tor Tl2Ooo ior the ny
great IAN i'm pork aud 50 900 hoge which he had packed
In Chicago with the expectation Of rise h9d 10 he Soo
money went with him So. for the first twenty guns
hadmade At great cost 10 n3scli reccn , ~ ~,
battle OF Petersburg aud fired them himself upon inc
rebels. created great CONSERVATION ana slaughter
aud the news OF them went al over the world NOW
thcv arc used by all the leading governments OF Europe
and so in Asia and Africa They enabled the Prsslans
So cOgguer Austria in $50 though The AustriaDs had the
larger forces and they shortened the war by Germany
and France that II practically lasted but few days
The Gatlng guns made IN Hartford, IN TINS
country and Europe at Newcast e. on the-Iync
sell only governments aud the United states use,
many Of my guns. They now take pnrt in all wars ana
you have seen the reports of the work they nave done III
Egypt" ,,.,
How far Will the Calling gun send halll'
From two To three miles The new improvements
which will enable II 20 be fired into the air are such
that the hall. whcni- II falls to TIE earth
acquires from the force OF gravity such velocity that
when Il reaches the ground 1t will pass through plank
two inches thick. Th, is 1T distance OF 5000 yards
from the place Of iriug."
VIII Il shoot JCeuratelyF
YES We aim the gun at plank nailed In sup
port thousand yards away, and 10y moving the
gun rapidly along while firing can cut line through
the board though II were sawed. Bullets OF different
sizes used In different guns. No two nuct leave the
gun the tnc hut when You consider that Loo
shots be fired in minute YOU will see how rapidly
and regularly 81 works"