Show SILENCE MACHINE GUNS A report comes from india of the invention vent loil by an indian official af an apparatus which as he claims will practically v silence the sharp reports of machine g gun un fire rendering the discovery of the whereabouts of the weapons much more difficult than it is nt at pr present oset tho the inventor is mr alfred thompson who Is serving orr on the indian establishment as chief caiet examiner of machine guns his coutris contrivance has been known to the british military authorities for some time but although lie has been worl working ting at it for years lie he has only recently brought it to a state of perfection warranting extensive trials the silencer ix iff an apparatus which Is attachable to any gun but is especially adaptable to the ahlm enose sharp crack is ia rea reduced so fo the story goes to a slight detonation which is indistinguishable ui be beyond ond a range of yards at present the he reports can be heard thousands of yards off and quickly reveal the neighborhood of the gun the advantages to be obtained from the employment of a gun at once noiseless nol seless and invisible are obvious mr air thompson asserts that his device weight only sixteen pounds Is s less than a toot in length and can be fitted to a machine gun in less than two minutes |