. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . On GunrJ at the Armory. Springfield Present and Prospective II3 that the arms made at this armory since the adoption of the percus-sion lock are not equaled by any other establishment in the new model was used in the Mexican war. A model usually bore the name of the year in which it was adopt-ed. The 1855, or Maynard primer model, was used effectively bythe regular army in frontier engagements with the Indians. Of thismodel, when the great war of the North and South began, only about40,000 had been made, many of which had bee
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . On GunrJ at the Armory. Springfield Present and Prospective II3 that the arms made at this armory since the adoption of the percus-sion lock are not equaled by any other establishment in the new model was used in the Mexican war. A model usually bore the name of the year in which it was adopt-ed. The 1855, or Maynard primer model, was used effectively bythe regular army in frontier engagements with the Indians. Of thismodel, when the great war of the North and South began, only about40,000 had been made, many of which had been already distributedto the army, so that until the 1862 model could be made and put inthe field, the Union volunteers had to take what guns could be got—Enfields, Austrians, Belgians, flint-locks, rifles, fowling pieces; any-thing, indeed, in the shape of a gun. A large increase in the Armory force and the addition of newbuildings followed the outbreak of the war. In 1864 there were3,400 men employed and 1,000 guns a day turned out. At the timeFort Sumter was fired on, 1,000
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