Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-10-10
HODGES SEES TESTS OF
NEW POSTWAR GUN
Aid 10 Governor Vividly De-
scribcs Mancuvcrs at Abcr-
deem Proving Ground.
Gun ms ao.ooo-c,np RANGE
Explosion Throws Dirt Cnlumn Sew
crnl Hundred Feet In Air and Leaves
Crater Large Enough in Which 10
Hurry Ordinary Dwelling.


Major LEROY hodges. ordnance Of
ficcr OF the Virginia National Guard
and aide TO Governor Davis, returned
TO Richmond yesterday from the gov
ernncnt proyinC Ground at Aberdeen,
Md, where. on rriday. he witnessed
the tests OF the new American post
war weapons conducted by the United
State Army. Major Hodges, wAon
seen 10y q representative OF The
Times Dispatch at the Governors Of
flee yesterday. stated that more than
1000 officers Of the army ana navy.
the National Guard and the Reserve
Corps witnessed the iirings and de-
monStratloHs at Aberdeen including
tho Assistant Secretary OF War.
Major General c. G. Williams. chief OF
ordnance ana tho chief OF line serv-
fees The results Of the tests re-
vealcd the tremendous strides which
have been made since the world war
in the dcvclopmnt OF mechanical de-
vices Of destruction.
The tests and demonstrations he
gan, Major Hodges stated. with
proof firing Of ;hc giant new lG-inch
5o-caliber gun developed Ivy the ord
nance Department. which. with it's
range Of $4,000 yards can outshoot
any gun now mounted or coutcm-
plated To BE mounted on any battle
snip OF any navy IN the world. TWO
OF these Guns We're fred. one from
an electrically controlled disappear
ing carriage and the other from "a
harhcttc carriage
Experiences Feeling of Awe.
as the giant gun silently rose
above It's pararct into battery. feel
inr OF awe ran through me- Major
Hodges said. 1T was as though come
fantastic monster out OF drcamland
had suddenly reared Itself with a
long. finely shaped snout thrust out
as II 20 sniff at some enemy who had
called IL forth from its lair Tens"
and silent II stood outlined against
the early morning sky--a grim. dead
ly thing.
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flrlnSS were next witnessed.
MAJOR hodges sad. from !i-inch and
l2-inch guns ana mprtors on railway
mounts. These gums represent the
heaviest types OF mobile artillery pro-
duccd III this country. No American
could witness the operation and ,r
ing OF these large pieces OF American
keen thrill of national pride.
Obtain Extreme Accuracy.
among the most significant tests
that were succcessfully conducted"
Major Hodges said. was that OF the
recently dovElopcd .50-calll,r Brown
a bullc, ,wic. as heavy. twice ms far
as the Brownina. machine guns us.d
in tho world war. Tho I.un was u,.d
in the Aberdeen tosts on Friday
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