MITCHAM, LIEUT. O. B.:

Page.

report of principal operations at the Cheyenne ordnance depot during the
fiscal year 1886

-(Appendix 32)

489

MORSE CARTRIDGE:

to be issued to troops for trial............

5

MORTARS:

progress report on the 12-inch M. L. rifled, cast-iron, hooped with steel
(Appendix 11)

MOUNTAIN GUN:

packing outfit for the Hotchkiss.

report on a packing outfit; by Lt. Col. D. W. Flagler........(Appendix 31)
OBTURATING PRIMERS:

a satisfactory primer for cannon has been obtained (friction and electric)
description of friction and electric, made at Frankford Arsenal (Appen-
dix 28)..

ORDNANCE BOARD:

progress report on the Powlett pneumatic gun-carriage
report on -inch banded projectiles

report of design for 7-inch siege howitzer (steel)
experiments with blasting gelatine
steel and wooden ammunition chests..

ORDNANCE. (See Construction reports.)
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT:

its relation to the Army, the militia, Marine Corps,
ments, and colleges in providing arms..

stations and duties of its officers on October 1, 1886.

PACKING OUTFIT:

for the Hotchkiss mountain gun.

report on a packing outfit for the Hotchkiss mountain gun (Appendix 31)
PARKER, MAJ. F. H.:

471

report on the fabrication of 3.2-inch steel B. L. field guns ....(Appendix 30)
PNEUMATIC GUN-CARRIAGE. (See Powlett pneumatic gun-carriage.)

report on 8-inch experimental

-(Appendix 13)

195

construction report of 12-inch, for B. L. rifle, cast iron...... (Appendix 21)
PROOF-CARRIAGE:

301

report on the construction of, for 10 and 8 inch B. L. steel rifles (Appendix
20
REPORTS:

284

Board for testing rifled cannon, &c. (See Board, &c)... (Appendices 9, 10, 11)
Ordnance Board (See Ordnance Board)

facilities for, are greater and more perfect than those enjoyed by any other
army

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RUSSELL'S HYDRAULIC BUFFERS.

RUSSELL, CAPT. A. H.:

24

invention of the valved piston-head for hydraulic buffers shown to be his
by priority claim at the Patent Office.....

(Appendix 33)

491

SEA-COAST CARRIAGES:

alterations of, for the year confined to the pattern for the 8-inch gun......

SEA-COAST GUNS:

the report of the 8-inch B. L. steel rifle....

construction report of the 8-inch B. L. steel rifle No. 1..

armor plate experiments at, with the 100-ton Italian gun........

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SOUTH BOSTON IRON WORKS:

SPEZIA:

STATIONS AND DUTIES:

STEEL FIELD GUNS.

report on fabrication of, at the Watertown Arsenal...

STEEL SIEGE GUNS:

progress of work on the 5-inch B. L.....

STEEL SEA-COAST GUNS. (See Sea-coast guns.)

STEEL AND WOODEN AMMUNITION CHESTS:

report on comparative trials...........

STEEL GUN-HOOPS:

tests

SUPPLIES:

(Appendix 16) 221

..(Appendices 26, 27) 402, 405

the procuring of, by the present method of advertising and competitive
bidding is expensive and works loss by consequent delays, especially in
the case of small supplies needed for current wants

list of stores distributed to, under joint resolutions.......

TESTS:

forged, oil-tempered, and annealed Midvale steel trunnion-hoop, applied
under shrinkage to a cast-iron body..

report on the Lee, the Chaffee-Reece, and the Hotchkiss.... (Appendix 35)

report on trials of the carbine cartridge, recommending the dispensing of.
(Appendix 34).

patentee of winding machine used in the construction of a 10-inch B. L.

report on, by the Board for testing rifled cannon, &c........(Appendix 9)
construction report...