Report of the Board of officers appointed in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for the purpose of selecting a breech-system for the muskets and carbines of the military service, together with their report upon the subject of trowel-bayonets; . This did not completely conceal them lying down at a distance of 10yards. The same men working in a similar place, but free from roots, in 2minutes 45 seconds threw up an embankment :. 20 The bayonet fixed on a gun-barrel was then tried as a digging-tool,but was shown to be far less manageable than when detached as inordinary use. O
Report of the Board of officers appointed in pursuance of the act of Congress approved June 6, 1872, for the purpose of selecting a breech-system for the muskets and carbines of the military service, together with their report upon the subject of trowel-bayonets; . This did not completely conceal them lying down at a distance of 10yards. The same men working in a similar place, but free from roots, in 2minutes 45 seconds threw up an embankment :. 20 The bayonet fixed on a gun-barrel was then tried as a digging-tool,but was shown to be far less manageable than when detached as inordinary use. Office of the Board on Breech-Loading Small-Arms, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 21, : Colonel Hagner, Colonel Clitz, Major Eeno, Captain Liv-ingston, and the : General Terry. The question of voting on the trowel-bayonet was then discussed, andit was decided to postpone a final decision until after the arrival of Gen-eral Terry. Office of the Board on Breech-Loading Small-Arms, Springfield, Massachusetts, October 25, : Colonel Hagner, Colonel Clitz, Major Eeno, Captain Liv-ingston, and the : General Terry. The board examined the Chillingworth bayonet-handle, designed toprevent loss of parts. Office of the Board on Breech-Loading- Small-Arms, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 20, : All the members and the Board— Resolved, That the Chillingworth bayonet-
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