The weekly examiner., 1901-06-29

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 held in the hand; four match-lock guns; one wheel lock gun; 30 flint lock guns; GA percussion cap lock guns; 62 breech-loading guns and A repeaters and magazine rifles; also three boards of "A pistols. Among the magazine arms are the rifles now used in European armies.
 l The exhibit of proiectiles will in l clude one or more for each gun ex- ! hibited and a large number of obso- lete projectiles, including chain shot,
 bar shot, stands of grape shot, canis- | ter, shrapne1, studded and Hanged projectiles, etc. Several of these have portions cut away to show in terior construction. Arranged on four boards are all the principal ob- solete time fuzes, impact (concussion and percussion) fuzes and combina- | tion fuZes. Modern fuzes are shown
 on six sample boards. A very, com plete and valuable collection of car | tridges, showing development of small arms; ammunition from paper cartridges to the ammunition of to- | day is exhibited in cabinet contain ing ii drawers. The collection of l small-arm ammunition, boards of l fuzes and primers and many of the projectiles were loaned from Frank ford arsenal. There are four-pounder cast iron smooth bore gun, the first gun fired in the war of the rebellion; three-inch United States wrought iron rifle, which fired the last shot i previous to the surrender of Lees army at AppomattoX courthouse. Chinese cannon. bronze, caliber two | inches, a short, breech-loading wall piece, manufactured in 1912, showing the earliest arms were breech load ing. ~ This gun was captured from the Coreans June 10, il, 1871, by Unit ed States naval squadron, command ed by Rear Admiral John Rodgers, U. s. N
 The exhibit of the signal corps consists of, two sets of signaling ap- paratus for visual and telegraphic signals, also photographs of battles and operations of the American troops during the Philippine insur- rection, photographed by members of this service. One set of visual appa- ratus will be used for daily demon strative work out of doors; the other set will be exhibited in space set apart for that purpose, and consists of heliographs and flags for day visual signaling and acetyline and oil lanterns for night signaling; vibra- tors, telephonic and telegraphic; reel cart with cable, and breast reels with naked wire for establishing rapid communication and operating sue cessfully lines regardless of escapes, breaks and other faults where a reg ular telegraphic system could not be conveniently used during hostilities. The exhibit of the United States military academy, designed by Col, Charles w Larned, professor af drawing, U. s. M. A, consists of "a textua1 and photographic mural dis play, shown on walls resembling the architecture of the cadet barracks at the academy. Printed tablets, show ing the entire course of study pur- sued at the academy, by depart ments, are arranged upon the walls, with photographs pertaining to each department arranged contiguous to them. Photographic enlargements of buildings, interiors, and incidents of cadet life, are interspersed through out. On tables are shown the text books studied, and specimens of work of the cadets, including examination papers, drawings, etc. One table shows colored photographic en- largement of a map of West Point complete to 1901. On screens on a swing frame are specimens of cadet drawings from 1883 to date, includ- ing works of Gems. Sherman and Meade. The decorative features con sist of trophy, made up of arms and standards of the four arms of the service, engineers, cavalry, artil- lery and infantry, arranged in a group around a pedestal, bearing coat of arms of the academy and sur mounted by a reproduction of the figure of Fame on the Battle Monu- ment at West Point. On the frieze are placed in gilded letters groups of names of graduates who attained high rank during the civil war, en- closed by palm leaves. At intervals between the groups, shields with names of engagements participated in by graduates in the following wars: Indian, 1912, Mexican, Civil, Spanish and Philippine, are hung. Of special interest are the historical tablets Illustrating the progress of the academy during the first century of it's existence, and the photographs of famous graduates taken from the well-known Brady collection of civil war pictures.
 The exhibit of the war department is in charge of and was installed by Capt. Peter c. Harris, U. s. A., who is representative of the department on the United States government board. He is native of Rome, Ga. He was graduated from West Point military academy, 1888, with distinguished honors.
 At the beginning of the war with Spain, his regiment, the Thirteenth