. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . te of fire of this gun is barely 500shots a minute, buf this rate can be kept upcontinuously, and 10,000 rounds have beenfired without intermission or mishap. Thegun has been fired successfully and practicallyadopted in Italy, Denmark, Mexico, the Uni-ted States, and England. In the war of the lat-ter with Burmah a four-gunGardner battery did greatservice, as will be seen by thefollowing extracts taken fromthe report of Captain Lloyd,R. A., commanding a batteryof four Gardner guns in thatcampaign: . . Having thus satisfied our-selves that we
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . te of fire of this gun is barely 500shots a minute, buf this rate can be kept upcontinuously, and 10,000 rounds have beenfired without intermission or mishap. Thegun has been fired successfully and practicallyadopted in Italy, Denmark, Mexico, the Uni-ted States, and England. In the war of the lat-ter with Burmah a four-gunGardner battery did greatservice, as will be seen by thefollowing extracts taken fromthe report of Captain Lloyd,R. A., commanding a batteryof four Gardner guns in thatcampaign: . . Having thus satisfied our-selves that we had a good weaponin our hands, we set to work toequip a battery of four guns. . .The favorite tactics of the dakoitsis to lay in ambush in dense jungle,where they are at home and com-paratively safe; they then fire avolley into our unsuspecting troopsand depart. When the dakoits op-pose our advance by clinging tothe jungle in front, their position,never extensive, would be quicklysearched out by our machine , their value would be ap-. GARDNEK GUN IN TKAN-STUKT. AMERICAN MACHINE CANNON AND DYNAMITE GUNS. 889 he ordered two (iardner guns of special designto be made. On the breech (jf the barrel-chamber of one of the guns is the engravedinscription : TO HIS EXCKLLEXCY VICEROY LI IIUNO CHANG, FKOM U. S. GRAN r. The other gun is similarly inscribed to theMikado of Japan. A\hilethe regular models werefollowed, yet special atten-tion was given to nicety offinish of every part. Thecarriages and mounts ofthe guns are made en-tirely of bronze arid wheels are finished inAvood, the felloes of oak,and the spokes of limber-chests, eachwith a capacity of 7200rounds, are of oak andhighly polished. It is under-stood that these guns oc-cupy positions of honor andornament in the palaces oftheir respective owners. But great as is our ad-miration for the Gardnerand Gatling guns, it mustgive way before the aston-ishment and wonder excit-ed by another American in-vent
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