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Show ARMY TO USE NEW AUTOMATIC RIFLE Washington, Jan. FJ The auto-matic auto-matic revolver, after many years trial being finally found tavor In the army and having been adopted as the Standard arm. the ordinance bureau now has taken steps to embody the same principle In the array rifle. Circulars are to be sent inviting the attention of American inventors to this buI t and indicating the needl "i the bureau in the points of simplicity, sim-plicity, strength, durability and easi I assembly of a semi-automatic shoul- I der rifle. The calibre is to be about 30, and the magazine capacity eight cartridges, though the department j would welcome designs for trans-forming trans-forming the present service rifle Into a semi-automatic weapon, even though its capacity is limited to five |