Transfer of ammunition___ Title to building sites in Philippine Islands__. Translators, service schools_ Transportation, payment of, to land-grant railroads_. Travel by air, expenses allowed for____ Traveling expenses of officers on journeys of instruction__ Typewriting machines, purchase of United States service schools. See Service schools. War supplies, sale of.. Vicksburg Memorial Arch Commission, memorial archway-- Warrant officers, increase of pay for certain service--- WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1919 BULLETIN No. 24 WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, July 24, 1919. Report on test of ammunition for the national matches.-The following proceedings of a board of officers convened at Sea Girt, N. J., July 1, 1919, for the purpose of testing ammunition for the national matches, is published for the information and guidance of all concerned: PROCEEDINGS OF A BOARD OF OFFICERS CONVENED AT SEA GIRT, N. J., JULY 1, 1919, FOR THE PURPOSE OF TESTING AMMUNITION FOR THE NATIONAL MATCHES. (Findings on pp. 16 to 19.) Proceedings of a board of officers convened at Sea Girt, N. J., pursuant to the following orders: SPECIAL ORDERS,] No. 64-0. WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, March 18, 1919. [Extract.] PAR. 11. In accordance with recommendation of the National Board for the Promotion of Rifle Practice, approved by the Secretary of War, February 24, 1919, a board will meet at Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa., at the call of the senior member thereof for the purpose of testing and selecting ammunition for the national matches, 1919. Detail for the board: Lieut. Col. Townsend Whelen, General Staff. Lieut. Col. Julian S. Hatcher, Ordnance Department. Lieut. Col. William Libbey, Infantry. Capt. Edward C. Crossman, U. S. Army. Kellogg K. V. Casey (with his consent). Upon completion of this duty the members of the board will return to their proper station. The travel directed is necessary in the military service. (471.4.) 2 SPECIAL ORDERS,] [Extract.] WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, June 24, 1919. PAR. 176. Paragraph 11, Special Orders, No. 64-0, March 18, 1919, War Department, is amended so as to direct the board appointed in that paragraph to meet at Sea Girt, N. J., instead of Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pa. (474.4.) The board met, pursuant to the foregoing orders, at Sea Girt, N. J., at 3 o'clock p. m., July 1, 1919, and again on July 2 and 3, 1919. Present: All the members. The commanding officer Frankford Arsenal provided the necessary detail for the firing, and for the operation of the machine rests and targets, and for the measuring of the targets. The following material for the tests was also provided: Twenty United States rifles, model 1903, manufactured at Springfield Armory specially for the national matches, selected promiscuously from a lot of 2,000. Twenty United States rifles, model 1903, manufactured at Rock Island Arsenal specially for the national matches, selected promiscuously from a lot of 2,000. Lots of .30 caliber, model 1906, ammunition, selected promiscuously from the lot of 2,000,000 rounds manufactured specially for the national matches. Four special .45-caliber pistols, manufactured for use in machine rest and designed to test pistol ammunition. Lots of .45-caliber pistol ammunition, selected specially for use in the national matches. After a preliminary discussion, the board decided that four measurements should be taken of each target fired, as follows: 1. Mean radius. 2. Mean vertical deviation. 3. Extreme vertical deviation. 4. Group measurement. |