The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-06
.ofi copper from whiol, to manufacture

cd ;,1d tbosumies#rcnd ered useless urS
lJless other. sources Of supply could be
obtained. No reliance could be placed OF,
1.-the supply from abroad, though, large
orders were forwn rtled,4 so stringent was
/ hc bloclSaae.AD f8course, tho kn owledgc
Of this scarcity o & copper was not made
! public. In this emergency 1t Twas con-
cluded to render available, II possible.
come of the copper turpentine and apple
brandy siills.whlch still existed In North
Carolina In large numbers. n
n Ill TIER 4ARsENALs.
AS tile wnl%contnued efforts were made
to build permanent and well appointed
arsenals as ut Macon aud Anguish, On.
.1he large arsenal at Augusta, underline
| management OF Colonel Rains, was cs-
pecnlly devoted to the manufacture Of
| powder Toward the close Of the war it
/ was making ;,nsabundant supplyiNof very
superior character, equal, and IN some
respects es,perorsto that imported from
forei en- countries. x III Il
| Under tho demands OF necessity 4 IN
many instances, cotton converted into
rubber-cloth was used In the mnnufac-j
turo of infantry occoi,tren,en s.pand was
found especially useful in d making belts
Flor machinery.
Models OF inventions sSwcrc frequently
sent to the Aarsenal, Of which large num-
gbers wero valueless, nd@those good In
ji,lleory. could not be tried for want VI
4 skilled machinists. and ordnance supplies.
Y a During &3thcii siege around Petersburg u
twas discovered that the shells uscdsttor
1.-The large PARROT guns were verS5d DO
tIfectiye--t1a tfis, had but very short range:
Tho shells would start off and flysswell
land straight, revolving on tho FlonsersnSts
Eiuring the frs hal n he h tra5ecto.y
i ana thensssud gSwhirl on the shorter
8axla&and drop saln1os liver lcally! S1le can
stcll by the cur theAtnstant the axis tor
hrevolution changes, II one gun Is fired.
The action 9of the shell being observed.
i the cause was&obNious, and a remedy SUE
gcsted itself, SThe3center Of the resistance
i of the air at the summit of the Trajectory
was in advance of the center of intertia,
] and produced a couple nat CAUSED tho
I rotation on the shorter axis. The obvious
I, remedy was to make the front OF the
4, shellsshemispherical. instead of conoidal,
1 and diminish it's length. and thus put the
/ ce1ltersof gravity forward Of the center OF
resistance With this change made the
4 ,naxmun q range was attained and Nthe
/, connplaints OF sthnanrtlllerist ceased.
1 t4ENEiRAI5fGO HGAS.
/ Whe n We considerable nbsence Of 5manu-
factories and machinery and \ Of skilled
III Q
rsof tho war, its successfully III furnishing
/ ordnance supplies for@6o Flarge IAN "a my
& durlng the four erentful years afis Il a
4 striking evidence EOf5 the energy Aand&re
F sources and ability Of It's people Il
i THE success Of the ordnance department
Twas due to It's able chief, General j.
4 EtGorgas. and. iii q measure, ter the intel
5tlisence and devotion OF Its officers select
led by the sitting process Of special en-
! amlnatIons.
\ | must add this, that never was an or
der received from General Lees army Tor
ammunition that II was not Immediately
supplied, even TO the last order to ssend
a train load Of ammunition to Peters
+ Hburs after5.the order Sswas received for
the vacuationi Of Richmond.
As&continuous work was necessarYS5 ito
.keep "a supply of ammunition ut times
i serious difficulties threatened sthe arsenal
mot only from scarcity of supplies of51na.
. teriul but MISC from tons ofSoni
currency. Il
Food supplies were very scarce in Rich
mond and became enormously high III
Confederate scurrency. and ,sdurins ths
very, severe last winters OF the tyWaranl
b the .fenlale operatives who ~ lied scar
tridges swithfpowdcrtle lief 1.-THE arsenalFant
! struck for .higher 9nwag es. These 4wert
4 i nmm,ini tionfwas too great afford TIM
! to train others, even fGthey9 could hav'
J lbcei secured. (! An Increase Il In mone!
sswnges would lnot8relieyegth difficulty
~ l5f,cmember soncc being, early In tn
,simornipg, OH tho }islandSin james River
< Iwithathehice and frost every where, sur
L rounded by i a number OF thinly clad
: shlvering FWomen.annd,4 amounting aisflou
T barrel, Il attempted 4 to persuade then
by appeals to their loyaltytand pm ttiotisr
: to continue at their work >iintil hette
\ arrangements could X DO made. but ilpa
. triotic appeals had effect on shtyeril'l
), starving women. y
I Very fortunately, fat this juncture.e
o vessel with a cargo for the ordnance dc
M partment ran the blockade at Timing
y ton, n. c., laden not with Efflcs ann
s JpowderA but with bacon and syrup, AN
PARTICLES or food and clothing Sthescabein
J. ,.ofs extreme value. An ordinances store wa
G immediately established and food an
h lclpthing was sold TO the emp loyesso Of tn
= ;irscnal fntsonc-fnurGli tho ma rketR prlc
~ This fortunate cargo made all happy, y al,
relieved the impending diicpltSS
y submit herewith "a statement Of IL
u principal issues from the arsenal mad
Z Isup 10 January !, 1865. This. can3bei relic
on as accurate, having been copied fro
Il
l. senal, consolidating all issues. Theslepo
" was prepared by my order, furnished It
. Richmond Enquirer, and published y
= day OF the evacuation OF Richmond.
. copy was published in tho ewsIcclect
Q; Magazine, April 1869, from, whlchkthisio;
~ tract is taken,
10 STATEMENT; Z Of aPI9INCIPALsIssIJE
:, IRON TIE "a RSlN.AL
is .Statement OF principal issues from ~
Richmond arsenal from July l,AaS6l, "
January /. 1868:
st ARTILLERY Equipments. etc.--Golumbia
ID and siege guns, 3l; field pieces of {
no descriptions, 1906; field gun carriage
-, 1875; caissons. sI5; FORCES, tl52: sets Of a
at tillury harness t6.s5s; rounds aof fiel
~, a!ege, and seileeast Anmunlt' ,892l A
OH friction primers, l,45s,l9oi fuses. 1,ll0,9t
~ portfires l7.a23; rockets, 1885.
~ Infantry and Canary Arms, yAceoute
ne menls e,e-HlnlnntrNarms, 1923 ,aasl val
ap arms. Sil5l pistols, Goa; swords a
suueIs. si,s77i sets 81 infanry Al
FPS cavalry Announcements, 37a5l0; k,iupsncl
m, lSslal; lluyeraacks ilSi9S: canteens n