Deseret Evening News | 1901-12-07 | Page 3 | Report on Gathmann Gun

ON GUY Not for O Adoption by bytho bytho byth tho th e United States Washington Dec ee report re ort of ot the mixed army and nud navy board head headed ed cd by ly MaJ Wright corps cor s of or engineers appointed under the time terms term of an ni act of Congress to test the tIme gun has has been laid before Congress by Secy Sc ScHoot Hoot Tho The report Is ls accompanied by u a number of ot photographs showing the ef effects effect effects of ot the time shots tired fired fl nt at targets dur dot during durIng ing lug time the trial at nt bandy Sand Hook on Oi Novem November November ber her 25 23 The Tho report describes In detail time the effect of each ench of ot the shots fired llred Irell and amid from the time from the gun gull army service rifle rile The board Irmy finds that In one ole of the tha thC Impacts from would have en endangered tho time gun lao CI n a modern mo er battleship that the time Gathmann system Is 18 not effective as ns A means lOCans of attacking armored vessels ves elB that any I one of the shots R from tho the army ormy service rule rile would have havo wrought serious Injury to a n mol mod modern molem ern em battleship ns cc Oi regards Its I buoyancy the tho Interior mechanism and the arma armament ment and tho time personnel The tive effect of the tue army service orect anything hitherto ob obtained rule surpasses rile so 0 far as the from any on gun lS tle the hoard board has hail any an knowledge or as ns tle records show There Is 18 nothing In iii 1 the board says say sayto S Sto system recommend Its Ito adoption In the pun to to United Hates tates or Mo service of or O the time warrant 10 further experiments No o Conclusion In 11 Case Caso Yet pt New Now York Dee Der Det World this Saturday morning publishes a 1 dis dia dispatch that saying patch from Washington has haw denied the time state statements Admiral Dewey Dewe m 1111 that time the yesterday ments published yc court of ot Inquiry hail had reached a a cout decision In the case casC and that Admiral five hind had been found guilty gity on counts