New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-19

the cost Of the third averaged S3,442 and the
cost Of tie f Ten oarrases averaged o o due to
the Introduction Of new ana Eli iRro sber nss ~
For many OF these methods and new appliances as
we'll for Improvements upon older ones, the Navy
+ aS6d 70 sSs 9i s IT Te IN M progress o
this important branch Of tho service, ard several o.
whom have given The Tribune t tSc
officers whose intelligence ingenuity and zeal nave
contributed especially 10 the success OF glnnag az
0Xe who nov has charge t a. e5ieSSt E.
Fletcher. whose mount for the Hotchld9S guns was
adopted and Is Ia use Licutenants Thomas s. Rodgers
and Charles j. Badger, and EnsisIs Ackerman anu
proving ground at Indian Head. II sh9nld be added
That this Is an extremely imporSnt %nyS HI T2
nconvenient account Of It's distance from Wash.
ington, and unsuitable on account Of the dIlcuiSy
to which passing vessels were exposed Mother OF
these be npER to the neT S5py Toy g Fao
high praise Is duo to the naval committees Of 62s
earRestly seconded the efforts Of Captain Sicard,
formerly chief Of the bureau OF Naval Ordnance Inc
E Ss Sa Oy MIN &or p Fer sfor%eFy
Of the building Of the gun factory sod inc manu- Tras
tas tercd the duties Of his oco he hos shown
the greatest interest in the gun factory ana under
the gue 81 s every G Years an IN the "yT
cedng years Thanks to him ard the eSe Sa 9 SeaS
established on firm foundation, and the guns, there
manufactured are not cxcclled il they are equalled,
gun for gun by any IN the world.
The close Of the Civil war found the United States
with an established system OF smooth bore castr0n guns
possessing great merit In 1872 these began to be
supplemented by limited number Of converted Inuzzle
loading rifles These guns consist essentially Of cast
iron breech or essns senheasd . Th o n
over the seat Of the charge. equal to about ohetd
In the matter Ct bultup forged steel guns the Navy
Department the pioneer, and today guns On u
quality equal to anything in tho service OF any nation
4,.. rrrld bain
the gun foundry In the Washington Navy Yard.
gun which used 70 take from two 10 three weeks 10
and secretary Tracy recently remarked that one Of
the means of future defence OF New York HarpOr VIII
ing turned out at the Washington Navy Yard guns wiah
range OF twelve miles, carrying the magnificent steer
Rngn vH %fn e c0 0rent coSnced In Krnpp
lannon's works at Essen the steel Is made in the same
guns Of all cabrcs made at the Washington Navy
Yard are sent from the Bethlehem Steel WorKs' INC
about 10 coo pounds and IS hammered ana reIammereH
until worked into az lngot Of little more than haii
that weight and about ~ t2eS US of the ARM IS
not far behind that OF the Navy IN the matter OF
rDsiyclv Of Amcrcan steel was an s-inch breec
loading rifle, under the authority q the Cmet Of
oIG II5nc uIi hos been completed For,ings for
these two guns were made by the Bethenem Iron
Of south o BSeh tR i hsf NS and icons com
iarne the cutting OF the steel with that Of The Whit
steri waS much softer and cut more easily. The two
guns were made at the Army. Gun Factory Voter
composed of one tube one Jacket, eighteen hoops one
sleeve or base ring, and the various parts Oi ItS
Syoo fe sehe and csR hoops which extend from
the front end OF the Jacket TO the muZzc OF the gu
distance of 1G94 2c hes The process # n Yavy
Gun Foundry, Washingto The Army Gun Foundry -
about complete in every detail Ie tota . le MAJ 81 81
The building is 566 fcot, and about 10 feet VIDE az
the main aisle.