St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-05

coast defense committee some years
ago, and since he was elected to the
senate he has been devoting himself
largely to matters connected with the
army and navy. He was for many
years connected with the Remington
Manufacturing company and he has
made large fortune in dealing in fire.
arms and munitions Of war. He was
for long time the agent Of the Rem
ington company In Europe, and was
at one time it's president. At the time
of the Franco-Prussian war he sold
more than $14,000,000 worth of small
arms to the French. He tells me that
the French thought they were we'll
prepared for this struggle, but that
after it had begun they found they
could nowhere get enough arms for
their soldiers. Among those which
they bought of Senator Squire were
large number of the rifles and guns
left over from our late civil war The
senator purchased nearly $4,000, 900
worth of such guns from Uncle Sam
and sold them to the French. He has
also furnished guns to others of the
great European nations. He sold over
$S,oOo,OOO worth of guns to the Spanish
with firearms. For years his business
was in connection with the war offices
OF all the great European nations. and
he could today draw mans of tbe
streets of st. Petersburg and Constan-
tlnople from memory. A great part of
the guns now in use in South America.
We're sold by him. This Is the case
with Cuba and to large extent with
Argentina
do not think that the senator has
at present any active connection with
the bennington company. His long
eAperlehce' however, has given him
good opportunity to learn much az to
the inside workings of war matters
IN Europe, and especially as to the
plans of other nations relating to +bis
country.
JOHN BULL NOSING OUT Sc
CRETS.
during a chat with him last night 7
asked Senator Squire whether he SIM
posed that the English had an accur-
ate knowledge of our seaports.
He replied: Certainly they have
The British legation has a man con-
nected with it whose business it is to
look into and report to the British
war office upon such matters. The
English probably have had men travel
Ing through the United States getting
the last and the best information upon
all matters connected with our army
and navy and defenses. You cannot
imagine the amount of money that for
elgn nations spend upon such things
A new gun or a new invention in any
Kind of arms is worth a fortune if
1t is Of real value, and governments
sometimes buy such inventions and
Keep them secret until the time comes
Tor their use. Our war department
probably has much secret informa ton
as to arms and ammunition which
will not be developed until a war oc
ours. We send men abroad to report
upon such matters. The results of
thelr Investigations never get into the
newspapers, and you cannot tell what
new things have been invented for
warfare until war actually occurs. In
the war of 1866, in which Austria was
conquered by Prussia, the Prussians
succeeded largely on account Of the
German needle gum" which up to
that time had been kept secret. 1t was
a poor thing at best, and it allowed
cape in such a way that it had to be
fired from the thigh instead Of the
shoulder. Still it was a great i'm
provement over the old Austrian gun
and over anything Europe then had
1t was first used in that war, and at
the battle of Sadowa 1t gave the Prus-
slams a victory. After this battle all
Europe rushed to get new guns, and
the wonderful small arms which we
have today are the result 1t was the
same during Cur civil war. The fight
of the Monitor and the Merrirlac
changed the naval construction of the
world. Before that wooden ships were
Ased nearly everywhere. After 1t gun