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fore it could bo produced in quantity.
In seeking a stop gap weapon until
the lb owning could be ready, the Ord
nance department, by “one of those
surprising and almost accidental suc
cesses” sometimes encountered . found
that a modified Marlin gun which
could be quickly produced met all re
quirements. General Pershing cabled
in November PUN. “Mailin guns no \
tank a> high as any with pilots, ami
are entirely satisfactory.**
“The first twelve American divis
ions to teach I**ranee." the report con
tinues. "weie a»med with Hotchkiss
heuv) machine guns and Phauchat au
tomatic lifles by the French govern
tm-nt. More than 1.000 Vickers heavy
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guns produced in the United States
were traded to the French as they
were equipped with the standard Am
erican weapons the light and heavy
Brownings."
The work of the light Brownings is
deolaied to have been so spectacular
a* compared with any existing weap
on* of this character that when they
were demonstrated in France the of
ficer* of the American Expeditionary
Force promptly decided to increase
the equipment of infantry troonr by
50 per cent adding enormously to the
production burden at home. The heir v
Brownings functioned so well that an
official report is quoted telling of the
work of IT guns which were tested
immediately after they had been en
gaged with the enemy in a severe ac
tion and while they still were encrust
od with rust and mud and bearing tie*
shrapnel scars. Without being cleaned
in any way each gun fired a belt -»f
250 cartridges without a malfunction.
The demand for light Browning*
was so heavy that when the armistice
was signed the deportment was driv
ng forward production to the end the!
British. Ulgian and French troop
might be equipped with this weapon,
these three nations having asked for
supplies of this latest American add
ition to the fighting equipment.
t’p to November 11 the production
of Browning rifles was 52,21$, a ma
jority of which were in France. In ;td
lition 29.000 Chauchat guns had been
purchased, so that enough light au
tomatic rifles were on hand to supply
!00 divisions or an army of 1,500,000
men. In the same time 41,$04 hcav\
Brownings and enough Vickers guns
had been produced to make with the
Hotchkiss weapons purchased from
the French a total of 54,627 of this
type, or enough to equip 200 division*
or an army of 7 000,000.
“At the peak of our production."
the it port says, “a total of 1,794 nn
chine gun* and automatic rifles of al
types were produced within a period
oi* 24 hours," and the total production
of machine guns in the United States
between April 6. 1917, and November
11. 191$ was 1 $5X019 as against 229,
2“.$ produced by the Fionch and 1$1 -
404 by the British in the same period.
Only the loyal cooperation of the
manufacturers with whom “compet
itive commercial advantages weighed
not al all against the national need,"
made possible this achievement, the
report states.
Other production struggles describ
ed in today’s chapters include item
varying in size from trench knives to
the 45-ton Mark Vill tanks of British
design of which 1,500 were being con
structed in cooperation with the Brit
ish and 1,450 additional wholly by
American enterprise. Only one of
these had been delivered up to Janu
ary 1. 1919. but it is noted that th'
work on each program on component
parts was 50 percent complete when
the armistice was signed. Orders for
all but 100 of these tanks have been
cancelled.
On November 11th. H4 tanks of the
French six-ton type had been deliver
ed and by January III of this year 291.
Of these six were shipped abroad. Or
ders for 1.">.015 three-ton tanks, fifteen
of whi ‘h had been completed on Nov
ember 11.
The history of the rifle production,
including all of the consideration
which led to the adoption of the stand
ardized British Enfield weapon for
American use. also is fully outlined.
This was another element of the ord
nance program that was severaly crit
icized. but the department states that
it sees no reason now to change its
view that the wisest course was that
which was followed. Army experts
still hold that the Springfield rifle is
the best military weapon made, but
it is declared the rifle program would
have been “hopelessly delayed”, if it
had been attempted to equip the forc
es with those weapons. It is reiterated
also that the Enfield rifle as it was *n
pioduction in American plants when
the United States entered the war was
an utterly inadequate wealth whi’e
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| as it was modified, it became second
only to the Springfield. Despite the
delay due to modimication and stand
ardization. all American troops were
equipped with modem efficient, Am
erican made rifles before they loft the
United States.
“The decision to modify the Kn
field’N says the report, “was one of
the greatest decisions of the exocutiv •
prosecution of the war -- all honor n*
General John T. Thompson and the
othe»; rifle experts who made it.'
The total rifle production in th»
United States from the beginning o*‘
the war up to November P.th 101!) wo
2,f>06.;U)7 of which a little more than
.".00000 were Springfield rifles.
Considerable attention is devoted to
the production of automatic piste's
and revolvers for he troops. In th *
"Colt .45,” the standard army ante ,
matic developed as a result of Phili
ppine experience by the army an ’
which also was an invention by Drown
-mg, the United States forces had *t
weapon which all Flu rope could not
match for efficiency, in action and
which brought terror to th«* German*
when American troops reached th-*
front.
European countries failed to appre
ciate the value of a large calibre, hard
hitting weapon of this type and the
chief use of pistols and revolvers in
European armies had been as orna
ments for officers’ uniforms it is said
rather than for active fighting.
“The result of Europe's neglect.”
the report says, “was that the small
calibre revolvers of lie Germans and
even of the French and English wcr»»
toys in eomparision to the big Colt •;
that slapped the thighs of American
doughboys.”
With this weapon, it is stated, “any
average soldier with average training
can hit what he shoots at. In almost
the first skirmish it proved its super
ior usefulness in trench fighting. Such
incidents as that of the single Ameri
can soldier who dispersed or killed a
whole squade of German bayoneted .
which had surrounded him struck the
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enemy with fear of Yankee prove.-,
with the pistol.”
This resulted in the addition of pi -
tols to the fighting equipment of th«
American troops at a rate that ove?
whelmed the supply. Kvery effort i
increase production was made, hut tie* !
army was forced to resort to 45-cali
hre revolvers to supplement the sup
ply. The actual rate of production
reached just before the armistice wa
1 !>!».*: pistols and 1 revolvers a d n
and the total number of the weapon
built during the war was 745,605.
The standard American army rifl.
ammunition proved its superiority in
action, adding materially to the ac
curacy of American small arms fire.
Fxtraordinary measures to produce
cartridges in sufficient numbers are
recounted in the report and in the fad
of 191S the United States achieved an
average monthly output of 284,852,75.5 i
rounds against a British average of
259,709 and a French average of 159.
S45 000. During the 19 months th'
United State s was in the war it pro
duced 2,864,954,000 rounds, approxi
mately equalling the French produc
tion and comparing with 5,486,127.00')
produced by (Jreat Britain.
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TRAPPERS ATTENTION TRADER*'
SHIP TO
GEORGE R. GOSHAW, INC.,
Dealers in Raw Furs.
Scatllr. New I01'*4'
Alaska Buildini;. 127 W. 27th Street.
We do business direct with you and solicit all Raw Purs. All shipments arc
handled by expert graders and New York Market Prices are paid on corret:
grading the day received. It desired, your shipments will he kept separate in
order that our prices may he approved by you. Providing our valuation docs
not prove satisfactory. I he furs will he returned to you. Transportation ,
charges prepaid. Ship by Parcel Post or Express. Ship in a Dry Condition
Special instructions if any, must accompany the shipment. Always enclose
itemized list of contents with name and postoffice address. Place duplicate
list of contents on outside of bale or package. All payments made by check on !
the Seattle National Hank, or in any other manner desired.
SHIP NOW
CHAS. GOLDSTEIN & COMPANY
of Juneau, Alaska.
OH HR TO THE TRAPPERS AND DEALERS OF THE NORTH THE
FOLLOWING PRICES FOR NO. 1 PRIME FURS:
Lynx, exlra large No.l ---$30.00 to $32.j»
Lymx, large No. 1___ 25.00 to 30.00
Lynx. waM _---.—---- *5.00 to 20.00
Mink* dark coast skins .......—.—.—---—.. 5.00 to 7.00
Mikk. dirk coast skins, small........ 3.00 to 5.00
Miak* fresh water .....~.... 5.00 to 10.00
Laid Otter ...- — 12.00 to 15.00
Red‘Fox. No. 1 large-..-.. — ---- 30.00 to 35.00
Oroas Fox, according to beauty __:- 50.00 to 100.00
Muskrats _—.......-.--- .75 to 1.50
SRver and Black Foxes, as to color
Wolverine --------- 5.00 to 12.00
Wolves __......_—........ 5.00 to 20.00
akip us your Furs! As soon as received \vc will grade same and wire our best
Offer. If our prices are not satisfactory we will return the furs and pay trans
partition charges en same both ways.
References: Any bank in Alaska, Dextor Horton National Bank, Seattle;
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We operate the largeat Fur Manufactory north of San Francisco.
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