The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-18
HIHB DISPLAYSAI BUFFALO.
Generous Praise fer the Exhibit IF
the War Department

Miniature Forts. Bridges. Guns. aud
other Features Showing the En-
tent Of the Qualifications of the
Country-Fur Lawyers and Judges.
BUFFALO. y. Y. July lS.-NothiuE at
the Fsn-Americau Exposition is attract
ing 50 much general interest OF COM
handing so much patriotic admiration as
the exhibit Of the War Department II IS
in charge of Capt = g Harris, |. ;. A.
who Is a representative on the Govern
met beard The War Department dis
plays from its Bureau Of Engineers maps
and reports of the bureau. models of
bridges. models OF forts river and har-
Dor improvements. submarine torpedoes-
and transparenCies showing the work Of
the bureau in the United States The
model Of the breakwater in Buffalo HaT-
Dor is Of especial interest
There is an exhibit which shows how
the Ievees on each side of the Mississippi
River are built t. renel the encroach-
meEts Of that mighty Father of We
tiers Here rocks and logs of wood are
strapped together and buried in the sand
10 make the levees as strong as possible.
Another feature of this exhibit Is a group
Of dredge boats used for clearing the
channel OF the LErulT stream
IN the Ordnance Department is a histor-
icaI collection Of cannon and small arms.
Among the big guns iu the exhibit is a T.
inch breech-loading rife mounted upon
disappearing carriage Its weight Is I15,-
0Gg pounds. Its total length is 36.SS feet.
The maximum diameter at the bTCcch is
49, inches. 1t throws an armOT-p piercing
shot weighing 1,e"9 pounds. the length of
y HIGH is 81 feet It also throws pro5ec-
tile. an armor-piercjug shell weighing 1oG0
pounds, ? feet long. carrying a bursting
charge Of 80 pounds of gUncotton- The
charge Cf powder Is 2s1 pounds of smoke
less OF $50 pounds Of prisnatic powder
The muzzle velocity OF the PTojeCuleS IN
der the above conditions Is 300 feet per
second. with q maximum pressure per
square inch of 1889 pounds The muzzIe
energy is 1851 foot tons The power Of
penetration in steel at the muzzIe IS seq
inches, at leo yards % inches. The to-
tai weight Of the gun and carriage Is 81
$50 pounds. The carriage is . feet in d.
ametsr at the base. and the gun when in
firing position is Effect above the base OF
the carriage When the shot is fired the
recon causes the mechanism TO lower the
gun ~ feet behind the parapet- The gun
has an accuracy Of aim for about eight
miles ard the extreme range Is about
double that distance Guns Of this type
have never before been exhibited by the
United States Government They are de-
signed for use in secret Notifications BY
the side Of this great Pinch gun Is 10
inch rife on barbette carriage
The 10-iuch breech-loading rife is from
the model Of 1895, and weighs &C, 200
pounds. Its total length IS 1915 feet. and
the diameter Of the breech is thirty-seven
inches. The projeCtile is an aTmCT pierre
ing shot or shell The shell carries n
bursting charge Of pa pounds Of guncot-
ton and weighs $40 pounds, having
length Of four feet The solid shot is
three and one-haf feet long The powder
charge is 40 pounds Of snnokeless powder.
and the muzzie velocity OF the prOjsctiIe
Is 800 feet in q second The maximum
pressure per square inch Is 5000 pounds
The muzzIe energy with the charge Of
smokeIess powder Is 2I.GS5 foot tons The
gun has a penetrating power OF twenty
inches in steel at 2,5j4 yards
AT the right Of the Io-inch gun l2-inch
mortar has been mounted. FaTtheT to
the right Is a 5-inch rapid-fire gun All
are mounted behind sections Of a Darapet.
and the four pieces represent one gun Of
each type used in seacoasJ fortihcauons-
To the left Of the great Pinch disap-
pearing gun is exhibited the old seacosst
ordnance of the United States, arranged