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1909 Appropriations Committee
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 2:23 am
by Knute1
Re: 1909 Appropriations Committee
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 8:10 pm
by boomer
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
Re: 1909 Appropriations Committee
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 9:41 pm
by butlersrangers
It is interesting.
A photo of Maj.-Gen. Crozier:
Re: 1909 Appropriations Committee
Posted: Fri Oct 19, 2018 11:52 pm
by Knute1
Did you notice that General Crozier referred to our rifle as the "Krag Jorgensen rifle" and by no other name? Perhaps due to the questioner using that term first and he continued to use it. Perhaps he wasn't as sensitive as those before that called it "the U.S. Rifle" or "the Magazine Rifle" and combinations there of. The U.S.A. once again had a "Springfield" rifle, a term used for the rifles before the Krag Jorgensen. There were no more excuses necessary to defend a foreign rifle design, although the Model 1903 Magazine Rifle was influenced by foreign design. The Krag Jorgensen was a purchased design and the 1903 Springfield was a copied design. But both were U.S.A. rifles to be proud of.
And as suggested in other posts, we are free to call them whatever we want to. Those from that era seemed to.
Manual of Arms
Posted: Tue Oct 23, 2018 12:00 am
by Knute1
Here is a link to "Infantry Drill Regulations. The Manual of Arms, Adapted to the Magazine Rifle, Caliber .30." printed in 1897. Another one to download as a PDF and put in your personal electronic library.
https://books.google.com/books?id=WWoDAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=editions:BU9u2HY4_BUC&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiM-6OxoJveAhVFiqwKHT-mBVkQ6AEIJzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false