Military commission to Europe in 1855 and 1856.
Subtitle: Report of Major Alfred Mordecai, of the Ordnance department.
Contributors: Mordecai, Alfred, 1804-1887.; Schön, Julius.; Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883.; U. S. 36th Cong., 2d sess. 1860-1861.
Series: 36th Cong., 2d sess., House. Ex. doc.
Publisher: G. W. Bowman, printer
Published: 1861
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Military art and science; Artillery; Firearms
Other titles: Rifled infantry arms.
Notes: "Rifled infantry arms.  A brief description of the modern system of small arms, as adopted in the various European armies.  By J. Schön, captain in the Royal Saxon infantry ... 2d ed., revised and augmented, with explanatory plates. Dresden: 1855.  Translated from the German by J. Gorgas, captain of ordnance, United State army": p. [177]-232.