Volunteer Intelligence.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1658, 15 March 1886, Page 2

Volunteer Intelligence.

The n[ew{ repeating nfle with which th» Aa3|ro ; Hungarran infantry is 'to be armed has 1 been tested during) the; past th'reelnonths by five battalions and tound to be excellenf?m .every way, and altogetheriHiperi^to^ thg French repeatins: rifle^r^Kßi3|dffig f o the correspondent of the;^ta§uiard, the chief point seem^t^ be the'wond^rfolly pimple manner m* which, by meanß of 'spiral springs, the cartridges are pushes-forward and the empty cases thrown^ut. -One pressure on the crank pla€B?Bvf -cartridges ready for firiisg,-*and tt*n s ejects five 1 empty cartridge cases', five fresh..cartrid£res being simul> taiSeously^ placed m the magazine. So faffitris^re'ECr^ha^ the problem has been solved, and we have a serviceable weapon by which thftiinen can fire with marvellous rapidity. Experienced officers, howevex, still have their doubts about the ad- - vantages of the ; new : arm, reftiembering thfe paradox of the famous (jteririan military writer, Von der Goitz, that m the next warvt^e jarmyj that will be beaten will beHh'a't" which can fire the quickest. The new rifle may prove all that is expected m the bands of the Au»tro-Ger-man mountaineers, who. know how to handle firearms,' but it will' greutly increase .the tendency of all members of . vivacious nations to squander their ammunition, as the French infantry/ did m 1870, and as the Servians did m the Jat* War ' „' __> '■ ' r^\ " Esprit tie corp^' writes inquiring re I^a^ter.pqcampment at Wanganui. In 4ej)^itd his [queries , we may state|that 'the cosrot rations will -be is 3d perlday» and if the men are four days m camp they will eacjh; receive o.os, half of which would be available for transport.

A NEW REPEATING BIFLE.