The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-03

Army Of $1,000 Work.
ers, Protected bv
Armed Guards, Soon
to Be at Work in Long
Buildings

When the sights are fixed in nos,.
ton the barrel Is then placed in a
| sight testing machine. This is IN
ascertain whether the ~gradations nm
the back sight give the correct elcv..
tons to the barrel when used for
firing at various ranges.
The wooden stocks OF the rife ar.
usually made Of walnut. The wood
is supplied by contractors, roughly cu,
to the form of the finished prodnc,
After being examined and passed
these stocks should be kept for abon,
three years to season before bcinv
used. All the visible supply OF sea.
soned walnut having been ALREADY
used up. the Remington people hay.
been forced TO resort to other hard
woods.
When all the parts-and there ara
over n hundred of them--of IN.
rife are finally assembled the com.
pleted weapon has to undergo very
severe tests before being passed for
service. Firing tests are carried Oh,
in a mechanical rest. which serves TO
hold the rifle firmly in any desired
position.
At a range Of 100 feet Ave rounds
of service ammunition are fired from
every rifle. Four of these rounds must
strike on a vertical target within A
%rectangle measuring | inch wide and
1ia inch high. Should the rifle no,
he capable of doing this it is rejected.
Out of every completed batch of rifles
IN VAt. Tnnf nrn nlNn GrAI "a. IA
yards range. Nine rounds out of ten
must strike within a circle Of two
feet diameter at that range.
Other tests to which the rife ia
subjected are designed to make sure
that the weapon will he capable Of
undergoing the rough usage which is
inseparable from active service, The
rust test is carried out as follows:
BY cleaning with soda water all grease
or oily matter Is removed from the
rifle. The barrel is then filled with
Il saturated solution of sal ammoniac
and allowed to stand in a humid at.
mospherc for about fifty hours. Tie
amount of rust which has accrued by
that time must not he sufficient 10
have any serious effect upon the efi-
cicnt working of the rifle.
The dust test is perhaps oven more
drastic. With the breech block closed
and the magazine empty. the rife IS
exposed to II blast of fine sand for
two minutes. After the removal Of An!
sand which has found a lodgmcnt.
by means Of tapping on the ground
blowing with the mouth. or wipin,
with the hands. tho mechanism must
operate properly or il is Ici.c'"d
This test is repeated with the m.sa.
zine filled with cartridges.
Will all this big war busin'sf %.
permanent? Bridgeport thinks that
much of IL undoubtedly Will last 4
Bridgeport banker said;
Belgium has in the past supplied
the greater part of Europe's need, IN
small arms. Her plants are nov crap.
pied and her organizations iiopcleSsly
disbanded. Germany has supplied a
tremendous account of ammunitlon %
France, england, Italy and Belgium
In the past. This country VIII he
called upon to ship millions in rifle,
pistols. shrapncl and explosive shells
ana ollltT ammunition lol N'dlN dtfi
the conclusion OF the war to rcStocs
the arscnals abroad.
"By the time this var is over W
shall have the largest capacity OF ans
country on earth for war munitions
We shall nave an organization thar
will surprise wen ourselves. We shall
Ice able to compete in Europe, and
will receive orders from the other SIDE
for an indefinite period"