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Show Every Infantryman to Have Automatic Rifle i M-j " lAV" f5b"Ptr' i ;i : i M. rk . Wv- Ml tfe ..-;. Tli mo now types of rllles, doNlgned to take the place of tlio reliable old Springfield rifles now In use, were given final tests nt Camp Monde, Md., nnilcr the watchful eyes of high army ollicers. The new I'edersen, Thompson and Caraud wml-aulomatli', Belf-loadiiiK rllles, much faster than the Springfield, are held by, left to rljht: MaJ. Gen. II. 1!. Crosby, chief of cavalry; MaJ. Gen. Clarence C. Williams, . chief of ordnance, and Maj. Gen. Robert 11. Allen, chief of Infantry; while Col. II. L. Cooper, extreme right, holds an old rifle. |