Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-11-05

GERMAN smonrLgss POWDER
TCsTCo.
European Magaznr Rifles Not satisfac
American Guns
Wanted.
ny TsioErann TO tho Ssws
eLN. rL,gLEa's rEpoaE
.,nnHcIr-- powder rc.ted .-Oihcr -
periincats nsae.

periincsis Hsae.
MAsiuSGrON, Nov. !. - General
Flagicf, chief VI ordnance, IN his an.
uuai rcp1F, 10 the secretary Of wat,
nays that tiiu labor involved w supply.
ing the Qualifications with tho new
model disappearing carriages tor large
gun.sro, perhaps, grcatcf than that u
supplying the guns Themselves. Uu-
fortunately. this work Is some years
behind the guns. The department In
in great meet o. a wcll.rquippcd sea.
coast carriage factory for this work,
and tue report cgCJmmcnis ma apprD.
priatipn Tor further enlarglng the facil.
tiles Tor the nnruiar'ufc Of carriages
10 tho WatcItowu arsenal.
The department thus far has com.
rictuI but twu eighl- inch aud Dnu tcn-
inch brcuch loading steel rlflpd gun.
tbs
riRsT EfuuriNCu uuy
was tcsici with Gernnn smokeless
powder With - significant result, iiny
pounds Of the compound giving the
prljyc.iie n higher velocity with about
Iho sane pressure IA 10 pDunda Of
blacs powder.
The tune allowed the Pneumatic
- HA"NfAANN' ~ WI NNAAlAN NNA A'AAhNNNNA
ten gums hos hueu extended 70 january
lat next Tor tbs hrst deliveries aud July
ist for the last.
Among tho estimates submitted arc
s320,O11 for the equipment N tho south
wing nf tue army gun foundry and
81 .i22,11l Tor oil tempered aud m.
lralci It d for the 3, 10 and i2-inch
guns, including the parts required for
tho manufacture of type OF ir.inoh
sun.
The recent improvement In the re-
sisting power of ehiFs' atmpr would
seem 20 still further cmphasisp the al.
r"ady Recognized necessity for guni Of
this csllbof, ~ Il would be- foolish 10
conclude thHt tho improvements In the
resiatlng power OF Arm0r had reached
\ hnal limit, and, n much tlmG IL re-.
quifcd TOT completing the type VI gun
" such high power % may nave be-
come an ABSOLUTE necessity for over
coming surh resistance, . tho sooner
work Il commenced the better. Tho
other estimates are: For steel l2-ineh
aoa coast mur,grs, Ss.5, 900; their car
riagcs, Ais,oO0; carriages Tor the now ),
10 ami l2-inch guns. y ,615 900; enlarg-
mnnt OF the gun carriage plant NJ
Watoriown, Mas, sl6l 900; armof-
piercing projec,liea, S21.O0O; deck.
piercing l9.inoh shells, 800, 0OO;aliers-
lion VI the ilitecu and sixtsen.inch
cartilage, 100000.
The report describes At length The
EXilAusrivE EXPERIMENTS
made by the department with maya.
zine email arms, including tho latest
European models. On this subject tho
report says "Rnports from our army
show that AN expert soldier can iito
the present. service Springfield single
loader with the accuracy generally
needed Ia action about twenty times
per minute. AZ far NJ rapility Of
hriuR alone IL concerned these reports
reduce somewhat the almost universAl-
ly stated necessity for Rn immediate
change 10 thu magazine system. IL IL
important N state that, up 10 the pre-
sent time, the investigations made
and the knowledge gginDd by this do.
par,ment have not demonstrated 30
much excellence In the magazine arms
which have been adopted by foreign
nations as was expected and have not
shown such perfection In any one Of
them ~ could warrant IT, adoption for
our ts-rvlce-. II Is hoped that this
country can produce better arm, and
until u can, or certainly until II has
demonstrated that II cannot, II would
10 wise 10 defer y change from the
excellent single.loaier now Ia service
10 the magazine system. No efforts
will b. spared TO arrive ut satisfactory
magazine arm. rhs nav caliber 80
Springfield n said ~ have been very
sucressfui with smokelcss powder"
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