Show TEST OF FIELD GUNS HAS BEEN COMPLETED Board to Meet Tuesday Tuc to Make Report Report Re- Re port on Weapons WASHINGTON Aug 22 The Thc The test of the seven ge field guns subjected to trial at Sand Sandy Hook N. N J. J and at Fort Riley I Kan Kari with a view few to the selection of or a anew anew I new weapon of ot this type for tor or use In the the United States army are arc practically complete The board of ot ordnance and fortification under tinder whose auspices the I tests were conducted will meet next Tuc Tuesday ay and begin the preparation of oC Its Us report and recommendations It Is the general of arm army officers officers of or- who have ha witnessed sed the working of the guns that the choice lies between the three long recoil weapons the thc ordnance ordnance ordnance ord ord- nance gun qun un the Bethlehem m piece ploce otherwise other other- wl wise e known as ax the Lewis gun u and the lie Ehrhardt gun gnu Th The complaint against the short recoil r weapons was that lint they jolted themselves out of range time Um and time again thus titus demonstrating ing lug their Inferiority Interiority to long recoil guns uns which kept firmly Irm In place and allowed tile the gunner perched on each trail a a. comfortable comfortable com corn and steady scat eat |