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GROUP XVI. 87. The Engineer Department of the Ministry of War, Russia.—The Main Department of Engineers. Report.—Commended for a large and fine collection of drawings illustrative of barrack structures and permanent fortifications; for the model of a gun-shield as used in the for tress of Cronstadt; and for intrenching tools. 88. The Chief Intendency of War, Russia. Report.—A fine exhibit of military uniforms, knapsacks, and equipments generally, and of military wagons. 89. E. J. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, Del., U. S. GUNPOWDER. Report.—Commended for a handsome exhibit of samples representing various granula tions of gunpowder, and for fine specimens of refined saltpetre. 90. Whitney Arms Co., Whitneyville, Conn., U. S. SPORTING RIFLES ON WHITNEY SYSTEM. Report.—A strong, safe rifle, of good workmanship and materials. 91. United States War Department, The Ordnance Bureau, Washington, D. C., U. S. Report.—Commended for an exceedingly interesting exhibit, covering heavy and light artillery and machine guns, now in service and under experiment, as well as many samples of historical types; for an extensive collection of projectiles for rifled and smooth bore cannon, and of fuses for the same; for a large and instructive collection of military small arms, new and old; for excellent samples of military equipments generally, and especially for machinery actually at work, showing the method of making metallic ammunition and the more important parts of the adopted Springfield rifle; also for a fine exhibit of instru ments used in testing ordnance and gunpowder; also for the excellent character and quality of the articles manufactured by the Ordnance Department. 92. United States Navy Department, Bureau of Ordnance, Washington, D. C., U. S. Report.—Commended for an extensive and interesting exhibit of the ordnance, projec tiles, and small arms, and especially for the offensive torpedoes used in the naval service of the United States. 93. United States War Department, Engineers’ Bureau, Washington, D. C., U. S. Report.—Commended for a handsome exhibit, covering the defensive torpedo system, the bridge equipage, the field photographic outfit, and siege and mining tools adopted by the United States; also for a beautifully finished model showing every detail of the bridge equipage and of its transportation; also for some interesting models of depressing gun carriages, notably one invented by Brigadier-General De Russy in 1835, involving the fundamental principle of the Moncrieff system, and one devised by Major King for guns of large calibre; also for a highly interesting model showing the details of the block houses successfully used during the late war to enable a few men to defend important railway bridges against cavalry raiding parties.
