Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . at theend of the ?jirth under the belly of a horse, and attin oilier end totliemusral: lo keep him from rearing. MARTINI HENRY This rille. adopted asthe new small-arm of lie linlish service,has a lireech-loacling aijparatus on the iMartini system united to abarrel ritied on the system of Henry, a guu-maker ofScotland. Martini, a derived liis system ofbreech-loading from the Peabody system of thiscountry, liy dispensing with ilie independent out-side lock and substituting therefor a spiral-spring
Farrow's military encyclopedia : a dictionary of military knowledge . at theend of the ?jirth under the belly of a horse, and attin oilier end totliemusral: lo keep him from rearing. MARTINI HENRY This rille. adopted asthe new small-arm of lie linlish service,has a lireech-loacling aijparatus on the iMartini system united to abarrel ritied on the system of Henry, a guu-maker ofScotland. Martini, a derived liis system ofbreech-loading from the Peabody system of thiscountry, liy dispensing with ilie independent out-side lock and substituting therefor a spiral-springtiring-bolt or striker, inclosed in the breech-loading ajiparalus, the formof the the cartri<lge,are shown in detail in the ac-companying section taken through the axis of thebarrel, with the breech closed. The receiver is asolid frame of iron, uniting the barrel and the frontand rear portions of the stock. The barrel is shownat L, the tiii-stock at V S, and the butt-stock at K,The point of the butt-stock is shaped to tit into the. urgent necessity only; their property and businessare not exempted. Aiiv deliniiueiicv they commitagainst the established military rule may be punish-ed as in the case of any other inhabitant, and suchpunishment furnishes no reasonable ground for in-ternational complaint. The functions of Ambassa-dors. Ministers, or other diplomatic agents, accredit-ed by neutral powers lo the hostile government,, so far as regards the displaced government;but the conquering or occupying power usually rec-ognizes them as temporarily iiccreditcd to itself.!Martial Law affects chiefly the police and collectionof public revenue ami taxes, whether imposed by theexpelled government or by tlie invader, and refers rear end of the receiver, which is cupped to receiveit; it is fastened to the re<-eiver by the longitudinalscrew-bolt, K tS,iu the manner shown in several parts of the breech system may be divid-ed into two
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