New-York tribune., 1901-02-02

THE PASSING THRONG.

J. NJ. R.. Harrison. of London. England in speak
Ing yesterday at the waldorf-Astoria Of the effect
the Boer had shown on GER
BRITISH tain lines OF public thought IN
ARMY Great Britain. said: "Of course
FOUND We feel over there that our army
WANTING. has been weighed in the balance IN
the South African war. and. 10 a
certain extent found wanting Our papers TEEN
with suggestions to how the army may be i'm
proved. The prominence which the ~Rress now gives
to topics directly reflects the intense interest
OF the public in the matter and how keenly they
feel its Importance The Bisley correspondent OF
The London Times January II had an article
entitled The Rife of the Future which should
have considerable interest to people in the States
Sir Charles Ross has for the last hve years spent
great deal Of time in this country as he has large
classical in the annals Of ride shooting. and he has
writes. is at least good as. and. in my honest
acaGaned man say 15ssd GShsr with which am
inventor of but twenty-eight years OF age The
bination OF merits. the Ross rife is distinctly the
best that has come under my notice. Those merits
front % ocRng aPparatu gStness RS eoPs5s5 eSss5 f s3fs
strength nGlsesssness and simplicity In this las.
the American Army may challenge comparison,
eiecting. loading and Cooking in two actions
In most straight pull actions. however. the locking
rifle is wonderfully ingenious. simple and strong
II has been indeed designed In the belief thar.
likely TO become greater in the Immediate fut-
m9zzie velocity and wh thst atte sTsaTSr
which is one Of the advantages OF the Manlicher
clude upon the subject Of actions it may be said
Msnher gOGd and Ross bsi SdS
Krag-Jorgensen and Ross are admirably simple
, and that Ross is far and away the best straight
The part of the Bisley correspondents letter
that has peculiar interest TO Americans" con-
0ued Mr.
SIR CHARLES says Sir Charles Ross now has
ROSSS NEW works in America. for the sad rea-
RIFLE. son that he finds better workman
ship there than he found in Eng
land in the places where he looked for 1T a
most extraordinary statement TO be found in the
columns Of The Times When I last saw Sir
Charles he frankly told the same thing saying
that he found the American workmen were Of
greater intelligence and took keener personal in
terest in their work than did their English pro-
totypes. When the South African war broke out
Sir Charles was in China, where tn news reached
him He went direct to South Africa and put in
war Sir Charles subjected his rife TO searching
arm greatly He even Went SO far az 10 throw
sand and grit into the mechanism. which was so
ment he still able to FIRE it, Iris method OF
treatment is not however. recommended Although
over this rife for the last twelve yearsever since
its rst public exhibition last year S at the Paris
worlds fair. where II obtained special award.
holder in Great Britain The Duke OF Westminster
IS the largest landhodsr there, and then comes Sir
Charles Ross
The other night at the waldorf-Astoria a guest
descending in Of the elevators attracted
by the sound Of music. What -
HARD ON it?' he asked OF the elevator boy.
PALESTINE lis there a bail here tonight
COM Yes" replied the boy. they're
MANDERY. having OF them Hammerstein
balls here lone Of those what?
was the astonished question. ''Hammerstein balls.
I think they said" answered the boy. doubtfully.
The guest however was not convinced. but his
curiosity was aroused. and he made inquiry at
the desk as TO the ball. and was informed that II
was being gwen by Palestine Commandery.