1893 overview of ammunition development
Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2021 7:06 am
In 1901 a report was published at the government printing office for the U.S. Congress:
"Report of the Committee On Awards of the World's Columbian Commission - Special Reports Upon Special Subjects or Groups".
It was published in two volumes and ran over 1,500 pages.
Why it was published, eight years after the event & why it contains the odd combination of display subjects and reports? - I do not know.
The reports, contained in the two volumes, appear to have been written back in 1893.
Fortunately, about 68 pages of the second volume are an extensive report by Captain Andrew H. Russell, U.S. Army (Ordnance Department).
Captain Russell's report was titled: "Government Exhibit of Guns and Ammunition".
The Captain had played an important role in assembling the War Department display, housed in the U.S. Government Building, at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition.
Attached are some pages, from his report, related to the Small Arms Ammunition display:
"Report of the Committee On Awards of the World's Columbian Commission - Special Reports Upon Special Subjects or Groups".
It was published in two volumes and ran over 1,500 pages.
Why it was published, eight years after the event & why it contains the odd combination of display subjects and reports? - I do not know.
The reports, contained in the two volumes, appear to have been written back in 1893.
Fortunately, about 68 pages of the second volume are an extensive report by Captain Andrew H. Russell, U.S. Army (Ordnance Department).
Captain Russell's report was titled: "Government Exhibit of Guns and Ammunition".
The Captain had played an important role in assembling the War Department display, housed in the U.S. Government Building, at Chicago's 1893 Columbian Exposition.
Attached are some pages, from his report, related to the Small Arms Ammunition display: