The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-08-19
COST OF WEAPONS

One Of the sources of exna,so
may be described as ''wastaga, - "ar
rial. In the bombardment of s1a &c
dria, between 7 q. m. and an - h
the British fleet in a somevba+ :. H.
Gus fashion deposited BIS. sbarl. SUI
Egyptian soil and about 500 Eo,--, 1YOn
were killed. This was undoub+a,5I-- ans
shooting in view OF the fact y 5000
TOOK the Germans. when basiAe-fr[-NC II
zleres IN 1870, at the rates1f rI~a99 We
ohe-haf shells minute. 1q3 0l0 ana
propectlles TO kill 800 people r1s+ a. e
say 545 shells a head. and ma 20
+. beers, IN the earlier stage of rba me ol-
ent war, dumped 1850 shells iD+. res
dysmlth and only killed eight nd Id
IN the Crlmean war the total Dr,,,t-c-
or cOmbatantS was 400 500 AMI - --.1T
nred 100000 shells. with rha Icy
JhaJ 9l,S49 soldiers were killed IN, f y.-
tie and 66,397 died from their w., 81
therefore, 10 all intents and nr1~9[ ,.'S
1882 bullets found d billet ami ~
SSl, 55S were wasted. o.
IN the Franco-German war. wrara -
weapons used were of a superior or1I
lJy, especially as regards precision 81
VICTORIOUS most OF Germans fired ~
oU,UOU,UOU SmaL-arm cartridges and 2ss
OOO rounds of artillery. with rha -,
that 1900 French troons w. l.Tl..
I outright or died from their 7~7-,,,sN
[ The wastage. therefore. on the C,s- ----l-
/ side amounted to 80. 2S6. 900 shot -
shell, and that on the side of the s.,
/ would amount to quite as much M
I ordinary man Will now have an fn-zIir--
/ where money goes in war time
1t IS fortunate. in view of the e,.-
I that after the battle OF Mode. pl~.-
the trenches in some places were krae-
deep in cartridge cases. that carrri5,..
are not very expensive costing che -
al laboratory, in the case of .elg-fr-.
cOrdite cartridges with bullet for Srna-I
arms, about $50 a thousand 20 mako a
! price somewhat suggestive of s-oek-
! taking sales and alarming sac~fFess
! In this engagement one batraifcr NJ
Z GrenadierS fired 8. 900 cartridges Iss,
$1,000 WORTH, and q battalion of +ba
/ COldstreams 126,0O0; wholesale vaTua
( $500
In 1898 the royal laboratory made
among many other things. SIS $40 Cos ~
/ these cartridges. which. if placed z75
/ to end. would extend from WooIwfcb
half way to the Cape; in addition % I -
| 049, 10 other cOrdite cartridges intended
I for the Webley pistol and costing near
/ ~ So a thousand to manufacture
COrdite. by the way. which comes IN
! handy as an explosive in SO many
+ ways, costs from SO cents a nound-ng-
much, perhaps. by the pound bur th.
J price mounts up when 94jl51 pounds
are manufactured in the year. as If
Waltham Abbey.
GUnpOwder varies in price according
{ to quality in a marvellous mauuer One
/ quality Of which little is manufactured
at Waltham costs nearly s. a hundred
pounds, while picric is quoted at about
/ S95 a hundred pounds; but powder at
/ Il cents a pound is generally used
/ GuncottOn in two and One-half pound
slabs. measuring 61Sx6Ex12l inches.
4 costs 90 cents a pound, and when by It's
aid Long Toms" are disabled It IS
/ cheap a. the price
With regard TO other weapons. -202-
( inch Maxims are quoted at about St2-
without extras. by the Royal Small
f Arms factory at Enfield, while q handy
4 Gardner Calling chamber gun runs m
about 1922 when taking a quantity The
! 69.712 Enfield rifles turned our az
/ the same factory cost 1880 each. S.
( $50 sword -bayOnetS. $1.70 each. Ianr=s
/ cost Sc each. without their flags which
run TO Il cents each. and cavalry
swords entailed an expenditure %.
over 81.
! One interesting item in respect 70 tfz
panopIy of war refers to the cost of rh-
I cuirasS: the backs are priced AT 2lZE
the fronts at S14-z5 each; but in adj
! dstiOn TO these there are rivets for rh-
/ shoulder straps and various studs
| and washers are to be bought ora
/ the lifeguaTdsman receives b.,
! gorgeous steel OVercOat. which De-
! leaves behind him when his "transl1-.
is on the tide