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 Eterest is taken in the ex- I&M> R1achine guns. There are ling Nand Lewis types, both for mtrv aMd aerial use. Parts of &0th these Gypes of guns are being nanufactureN in New Britain and there is consequently greater interest l in seeing howl those parts are applied. The magazineS for the Browning guns are produced ht the rate of tens of l thousands dailA and New Britain pro- 1 ducers were the first manufacturers in the country < to turn them out in quantities by machinery. The gun section includes types of the old Springfield and fhe more modern Krag and Lee Enfield rifles. A Ger
 
 against the Huns, is shown. It was made in Berlin in 1903. It was cap tured by one of the marines. These arms also include the bayonets. A mountain howitzer attracts a great deal of attention. These weap- ons are user by mountain batteries and are carried on mules, Four mules are required to carry the burden The i soldiers in the field can unpack and 1 assemble their weapons so as to be ready for action in 59 seconds. They throw projectiles weighing 12 pounds. The effective raange is 4,5O0 yards. The projectiles are of shrapnel type. Each shell contains 234 multiba1ls. There is Frankfort arsenal time percussion point on each shell and the gunner can time the explosion of the shells so that they will explode
 
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 IS Inch Torpedo. An IS inch torpedo attracts con- siderable attention. This is one of the largest type now being used against the enemy. Thus far the United States has not used many tor pedoes. It is the Huns that have been shooting them as may be re 1 I,7y~ Ior and other big crafts.
 Depth bombs of the type which have sent the undersea pirates of the German navy to their watery graves are shown and explained. There are numerous kinds of pro- jectiles. Three, five and six inch and \ four and six pounders are exhibited eight inch gun projectiles. There are also the six, seven and Aerial torpedoes are shown including the larger type which deal death and destruction over very wide area and smaller ones hurled into advanc- & ing bodies of troops
 \ Uncle Sam has a fine layout o1 equipment to demonstrate how he is caring for those who become casual ties. There is a complete line o1 splints and bandages, belts, carriers and the like. Gas masks are also shown. Since parts of these are made x in New Britain the assembled equip q ment is studied carefully. a The equipment of the United State: 5 engineers is inspected with interest Attention centerS on the folding saw s bolos, road map sketching tools anc \ other things.
 k Dressed figures show the differen 8 kinds of uniforms worn by soldiers a One represents an aviator, ready tt make a flight; one shows a soldie 8 with his tin hat, ready to go into tn N trenches and another the doughbo, s& in summer C~ltfit. Complete uniform M of marines and sailors in the sub M marine service arc also laid out. SN The types of United States arm N tentage are shown. The variet # ranges from pup tents to field hospita # tents.
 M Trench tools of wide variety ar H there. There are digging in tools M periscopes. helmets, shoes and tn M like.
 m The models of fighting crafts ar M greatly admired. One shows the IT. E $. North Dakota, a uperdreadnough M and the U. s. $. Chattanooga, a cru E ser. The North Dakota model is nir7 w feet in length and the other is abol N five feet in length.
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