Just a little history, pre-Krag Jorgensen acceptance, in a U.S. Naval Intelligence document from July 1891. A very factful review of international small arms acceptance at the time. It does not appear to have any dialog on what the U.S. was considering at the time. Just what other nations were doing as the U.S. was further realizing it needed to join the party of magazine rifles for military use. See the link below.
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Ge ... frontcover