Show AN IMMENSE GUN Appropriation Asked to be Expended I In n Making Monster Weapons Weapon Washington Jan 21 Serious consideration consideration con ia Is being given by the ordnance ordnance ordnance ord ord- nance department of the army to a request request request re re- quest for an allotment of to b be e expended in the construction of of an 18 inch gun submitted by the promoters promoters pro V of the system o of f firing high explosives If the request is granted the inch 18 gun will vill be the largest modern weapon ever manufactured in this country I It t will accommodate the huge shell which will contain about four fou r hundred pounds of high explosive The gun is to be calibers in length a a. single tube and jacketed |