Show soma some atly Ordna ordnance uce gani guns ITOm april 0 the ordnance officers at the kar war department bag bite been earnestly at work lor for weeks past pre preparing to give effect to some ol 01 the tile more important provisions ef at the fortification tion act which will RO go into operation after julie to avoid loss less of tima time moat most of the tile advertisements tor for proposals apoe SIB to supply material mater lAl havo have er been en prep prepared 0 red an and will be issued in advance of the beginning of 0 the now I 1 I 1 e 0 I 1 I 1 t 4 V A I 1 fiscal year those ready for tor issue arc are as follows for 25 23 sets of fori for or steel field pins guns of 32 inch calibre 16 sets for steel field mortars 30 inch calibre and IG 18 steel carriages for or same staci forgings forg ings for large 8 1 10 and 12 inch ri rifled ng coas chaet t defence guns auns 8 10 and 12 inch arm armor or pierc ir rg j projectiles for the large coast defence de ence guna guns above referred to congress appropriated for the procurement of 0 the necessary tor for kidd and the material will ba as rambled at the watervliet Water vliet factory and the finished guna guns tamed turned out the tile 30 31 inch mortars mark A new now depasture depa dep iture altare in military field operations opera tiona they are intended to replace the small coheres which are used in trenches for shelling an edemy behind earth earthworms earthworks w arks or like defenses defences de fences and nd out of the direct di fire of field gans guns their ranga range la id nearly three times as great a as the cohorn smooth bore mortars the projectile ia in more than twice aa as heavy and preat great accuracy ot of fire is obtainable the weight ot of tho piece li gibout pounds po unile eo so it cm can be easily transported in a wagon or moved about by the men in the trenches the armor piercing projectiles project ilea are to be manufactured by by a domestic concern but bat upon tho the specification that will secure the use of some someone one of the modern european processes for their procurement cu core neut an appropriation ot of will be available |