The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-12-24

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Washington. &c ,24-Were anyone
else except the president OF the Unit.
ed States piling up such masses of
war material at tais time, there might
be room for the suspicion that an
othes Central American outbreak was
brewing.
Thousands OF cartridges and stands
of arms and hunting knives aSe be-
ing stocked up in anticipation VI the
jungle war. Il Is now possible to
summarize with fair accuracy the
equipment for tliis sally into the dark
continent.
The hunting knife, for instance, Is
a trusty blade measuring, from tip
to quart. seven inches. When Roose-
welt shoots with small irons instead
OF large it viii be the voice of the
revere1 asbiter of our own border
land--the Colts 45-that speaks.
Mr. Roosevelt will take into Africa
four American made rifles, two
American made shotguns, a brace Of
long barrelei Colts sixshooters and
couple ofAmerican hunting knives.
Several thousand rounds Of cartridges
weighing some hundreds of pounds,
VIZ NgiAiNAtAH vic al cGhdis
Some Of the Big Game kllers.
The most destructive gun to be
carried by the president has been
made to his order at Springfield,
Mass, a Winchester repeating rife,
model 1895. 405 caliber, weighing
eight and one-haR pounds. This rife
has a forty-four inch rouna barrel
and carries four cartridges in the
magazine, plus one in the breach. II
shoots a 3O0,grain steel jacket bullet
or Slug, more properly speaking
whose velocity In discharge Is 2150
feet second. and which penetrates
forty-eight seven.eighths inch pine
boards. The repeating capacity oI
the rife is two or three shots a sec.
ond, from the shoulder with aim. o.
twenty-five shots a minute single load.
ing Incidentally. nothing except
smokeless powder goes" On this
trip.
The second rife ordered by the
PRESIDENT is known as the No 30 gov.
ernment rimless cartridge type, us
Ing a 220-grain bullet, It Is said Ia
he OF much higher power taan the
1885 model and cs lower range. being
adaptei TO the slaughter Of very biz
game at 500 to LOCO yards.
Some Of the Other Supplies.
An extra light rife, of the 1886
model. using a 45-7O government car
tri5ge and peculiarly effective at from
80 TO rs yards. is the description OF
the third gun ordered by Mr.. Roose.
yelt. The caliber is tne favCrite .4O5
and the gun is similar to that which
the president used in his days oi
western hunting. The fourth rife
turned out to the presidents order
ls moiei 1894 caliDer 40. effective
up TO 300 yards, specially iesigped
for the killing OF moderate sizel
game. A l70-grain bullet Is used. Mr.
Roosevelt did & lot OF shooting with
a rifle Of this sort in his Colorado
hunts.
All The ammunition to be taken
into Africa by the president mas been
made especially for him at New Ia.
ven. Conn, where his guns have been
tested by experts, A plentiful supply
OF Dreseryatves for the curing OF
skins and hides viii be an important
item OF the Roosevelt equipment
Edmund Heller, the youthful assist.
ant curator Of the museum Of verte.
hrate zoology of the University OF
California, will have charge OF the
itineranf bureau Of pel;s, and will be
responsible for It's arrival in Wash.
ington intact