Salt Lake Telegram | 1919-07-30 | Page 2 | Army to Relegate Lewis Automatic Rifle, Reports Say

Army to o Relegate Lewis Automatic c Rifle Reports Say According to to advices received this morning at the local army recruiting office from the chief of ordnance Washington D. D C. C use of the Lewis automatic rifle has been ordered abandoned As quickly as they can be gathered gathered gathered gath gath- ered at one particular arsenal these arms will be sold It is expected that there will be more than whole guns in good working order The Lewis automatic rifle which has been commonly miscalled miscalled miscalled mis mis- called a machine gun has proven not to be as valuable a gun as the Browning according to the local army officers The only real value the Lewis gun ever had said Lieutenant Colonel Alva Lee of the recruiting office was as an airplane weapon used by one pilot or observer against another Colonel Lee stated that the rifle has a cooling system which was especially ef effective effective effective ef- ef and could be kept working with the gun tipped in any tion It Is a much heavier gun and more awkward to carry than the Browning automatic rifle