| Show NI W OU JUNS S Several None Sone or of Washington Sept IThe board of fortifications today tollay con the reports report on the tho fIeld which Imo have been IC tested le with C a stew Ie of selecting a 11 gun for tor the field hl lery of time he anti The Iho lioa board did not hot Accept nn any type us as nil all submitted tie de certain which It Was decided the desIgners should have mt to 10 correct Four Fout will La be allowed for tor tub rime de designers will have hac the reports of defects made b by the experts who tested time Iho various guns It was found the tue system ot of the thc lI M gun un wn sias practicable that fixed am ammunitIon for tor guns uns was WIS superior tO te Time The board found toun three thre guns present lag Ing meritorious features namely the I Erhardt German gun un the Ihl gun which hns Ima been l b by the ordnance bureau Ind him Iho No Ito 2 ot of the tho French gun plan All of these guns uns vero ero ut of the long re me coil coli pattern but the detects reported In lime opinIon ot of the tho board were rere sat Ruf to 10 determine that further effort at 11 should b made any one aile ot of them was ns chosen as II a type for the tho United States Slates army tl It will not be n to have these guns In time field 0 or for Cor rapid firing OrinI ns its the Iho tests already made malic nr arc to their merits merit In particulars |
