San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-11-10
GREAT BOlRES.
TESTING DYNAMITE GUNS
4 FOR HARBOR DEFENCE. .,.
THE COMPETING ORDNANCE
WILL BE GIVEN A TRIAL. u,i
French, English, Austrian and
4 American Guns--More About FIJI
nanees - Reformasory Investlga-
tion-Methodist Bishops - Where
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the Chicken Got the Axe ,....r
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.-The test of
the pneumatic dynamite guns des-
tined for the defence of New York
Harbor will take place, it is an
nounced, about this date, at Sandy
/ Hook. The test, it is now said, will
be conducted byna board of ord
nance officers detailed by Brigadier
General d. W. Flagler, the chief of
ordnance of the United States
army IT is probable, it is further
said, that the test will extend full
ly four weeks. The result of
the test viii enable the ord
nance experts of the army to de-
termine on the best type of rapid
/ fire gun to be adopted for placing
the sea coast defenceS of the init
ed States. 1t is not yet known, cer-
tainly, whether the 4-7-inch gun
test VIII precede or follow the test
Of the siX-pound guns. In conneG-
tiOn with the test of the latter it is
now expected that Austria and
Spain will each enter for Gompeti1
ton rapid fire-guns, and, there is
some hope Of "a q Norwegian six
Fpounder putting in. an appearance.
II was a Norwegian d ghn-the
KraS- JorgensGn-which, came out
ahead recently IN the United
states Army test Of various small
arms Of the world. .''.' .
1t is learned that i.7-inch guns
will be submitted by Hotchkiss,
Armstrong, Canet, Ilrupp, Maxim.
NOrdenfeldt and Schneider ct Gle.
The ilOtchklss gun is the only
American weapon in the lot, and
the HOtchkiss gun, which is to be
tried, is the manufacture of the
HOtchki5s shops outside of Paris,
The Armstrong gun is Of English
make. The type to be submitted
will be mounted, on an Elswick
naval carriage. Guns of this type
are now in service in Brazilian
waters aboard the Brazilian cruiser
Republica. The Brazilian cruiser
Tiradentes, which was present in
the Columbian naval review fleet
was also provided with the Arm
strong 4.7~inch gun.
The 'Canet gun is of French make
That which is to be submitted
represents the type now in general
use aboard the most modern ships
of the French navy. The Krupp
4 = t,,ob fr,,n yy-iI1 hh Of rtbn 1otnSt
type that is employed in the Ger
man navy. .,.I .t1 .e -nue.n co..
The Observation-Disclosures gun is
of American-English design, Man
i'm being an American and NOrden-
feldt -anr. Englishman. Maxim
NOrdenfeldt guns are fabricated
exclusively at present in England.
The gun to be submitted by
Schneider ct Gle is French, both in
design and in manufacture. The
majority of the gums to he tried
will be tested on naval carriages.
The army test will compromise
rapidity Of fire, velocity, penetra-
ton, ease of manipulation and ac-
curacy. The Sandy Hook authori-
ties Will endeavOr to determine
which gun is capable of imparting
to its proiectile the highest
velocity on the least chamber
pressure and at the same
time admit of great rapidity
of fire with the least possible eX-
ertion in manipulating the piece,
1t will probably be found, it is aid,
that one gun will admit of greater
rapid1ty Of fire than its competi-
tors, while possessing, perhaps, less
range and general efficiency than
some rival piece. ON the'whole;I II
will be deemed remarkable ifithe'
Sandy Hook test proves one gun to
be superior in every respect to all
other rapid-fire pieces. ntiI adt t-ni
, .-u} tn Happ This Dav it-y iN1,y