Show A NEW CAVALRY WEAPON A it rn ith ti the iiorio will lie A 1 I capt W 1 ret of the british army has invented an and teti tet tt i 1 a conf anaf iines i inca for addia t uw the i I 1 i I 1 vr N ti ill strength ngul th oi 01 t ci cu ca air tho inai ton says the I 1 alt d 4 cite consist COI SiStI of in n lor ba inks i or other fin firms acu w ohp ahr him of cavalry in such a maun i that they mav M 17 while so 0 o attached bu be fired at thu the wilt of the rider fitted 11 tile under nip nf tho the girth or belly canil it 11 I 1 lit ii I 1 othar h nt oble able appliance for su u f hirthe n the fi arin in a central ansilion loir ion i tudin aliv r under tinder the body of if the bora tile the mu azle end of ali alio firearm protrude in aup forward in the direction of n and preferably beyond tile the chest 0 of the animal tho the in bana 1 ing tn liti n li i suitable lit als arc ilso also titell fiu d to the harnsb harn cb to support and adjust tile firearm fir canu the rho rider is provided with means for discharging charging lis tho the firearm while the latter remains in the position above disc ibel these means may consist of mechanical electrical pneumatic or other appliances ances in wor working Icing by means of electricity ft a battery accumulator or rh namo may inny be fitted to the saddle and el cl afro ro nini ning nets or other appl iauco rany mn v lie he fitted so as to operate tho the trigger of the firearm the connection being effected by wire so arran ar ranTed zed that by touching a button the electric force cantos the piece to fire the operation bein being repe repeated abed as required until the firearm has discharged its ammunition A bearid bearing rein or other attachment to the bit or bridle is arranged ranged in to the animals animal s head bead being lowered when the gun is being fired 61 ed experiments with capt peels at were ivere mado made recently at the th curragh and at Pir kirbright pirbright bright and proved that hat tho the rifle could be fired with the attachment without startling the horse and with a fair degree of accuracy at short ranges it has been objected that capt reels invention could not be used with the present cavalry drill but it may very fairly bo be argued that drill should depend on weapons and not weapons on drill that if cavalry would be advantaged vant aged by the addition of this new mode of offense the drill must be modified I 1 so far as may be necessary to admit of its introduction |