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Show 24-INCH, 40-MILE CANfjONISCOfilG i Artillery of Future Will ! Be Gigantic, U. S. j Expert Says. I By Associated Press. ! WASHINGTON, I ec. 1 - - inlnanee i development durins; the war ha.t tiroUKht cannon makers to the point i where th twenty-four-itu h rifle m ieai-.lv practical'. Ma 'or General K. . i i ', chief tf oaat artillery, wild today tn his annual rep-irt. The nominal ' rangf of a run of this mze would be : forty miles, the report says, hut "lonc-I "lonc-I er ransres for special tpes are possible ; if ilesir-d " J The limit ban not yet been ap- I proach"d in l'ie srze lif thet tr.i.-,.r I drawn artiiiery, dt-clares Genei.tl 'oe. mt mit nic that a successor to tin tier-I tier-I man "IUk Itertha" Is to he expected. "In I he case of harbor defences. the report declares, "the exiMmic armament lacks power when Judued by latest n'andards. In order to provide 'for the unhampered movements of our ; ow n f e'ts in leaving itiipTtant bar- ; ' Ixitt, 11 will undoubtedly be nt-eesstlrv I I in many canes To supplement the ejt j 'istinn d-f'iisea w ith the biuheNt power. ' lament i-aTber runs, placed as far to i the front as posnihle. Hecourse will conseiuent l be had to fm empir e- ; inents." I |