ORDNANCE ESTABLISHMENTS. The United States maintains two Government gun fac tories. one at Watervliet, N. Y., for the army, and one at the Navy Yard, Washington, D.
for the naval guns. Carriages for naval guns are made at Washington Navy Yard. and those for the army at the Watertown Arsenal. Watertown. and Rock Island (Ill.) Arsenal. Small arms for the army and navy are made at the Army Armory at Springfield, Mass., and ammuni tion therefor at Frankford Arsenal. near Phila delphia. Pa. The last mentioned arsenal makes also all fuzes, primers, sights. etc. Rock Island Arsenal, above mentioned. makes. in addition to mobile gun carriages. harness and other equip ments used in the army. Material of war is fired and tested at the proving grounds at Sandy Hook. N. (Army) and Indian Head, Md. (Navy). There are various ordnance reposi tories, arsenals, armories, etc. (See ARSENAL.) Heavy gun carriages have been made for the States by the Bethlehem and Midvale Steel companies, which firms also supply all the steel forgings for cannon. Bethlehem has also made 8-inch. 10 -inch. and 12-inch modern built-up can non. Other American firms also have made heavy
gun carriages, 12-inch mortars, and smaller guns, projectiles, etc. Explosives are furnished prin cipally by the DuPont, the Lallin-Rand, and the California Powder companies. Revolvers, ma chine guns, etc., are furnished principally by Colt, and Smith & Wesson. In Europe the prin cipal oovernment ordnance factories are at oolwich Arsenal (England), !Images and Puteaux (France), Turin and Naples (Italy), Alexandrovsk and Aboukholf ( Russia ), Seville and Trubia (Spain). European nations depend principally for ordnance on private manufactur ers, of which the most prominent are: Friedrich Krupp, at Essen, Oermany: Sir W. O. .-krinstrong, Whitworth & Co.. Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England, and Italy; Vickers Sons & Maxim Co., Ltd., England: Schneider et Cie, Le Creusot and Saint Chamond, France: Hotchkiss et Cie. Saint Denis, France; and the Skodawerke, Pilsen. Aus tria. Proving grounds are located at Havre and Harfleur. France; Spezia, Italy; and Essen, Ger many.