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tlu- memory of these heroes, and the faithful and painstaking histo- rian. .natlu-ring up th" scraps of history found among the scattered -rds of a generation, will hand down to the next a true account of the deeds of their fathers. Thus, otlu-r nations will learn more of tlu-ir exploits, and delight to do reverence to their heroism. From the- fro/en shores of the Baltic to the Isles of Greece, all Europe shall honor their chivalric souls and learn to measure their manhood by that of her own heroic slain. Scotland shall name them with those who fell at Bannockburn; England recognize them in the spirits of Balaklava, and France count them worthy to descend to posterity with those of her own Imperial Guard.

THE RED ARTILLERY.

Confederate Ordnance During the War.

THE DIFFICULTY OF OBTAINING IT.

Plan Proposed to Increase Accuracy and Range of Smooth-Bore

Muskets by Firing an Elongated Projectile Made of Lead

and Hard Wood.

William Le Roy Broun, President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, formerly lieutenant-colonel of ordnance of the Confederate army, commanding the Richmond Arsenal, contributes the follow- ing article to the Journal of the United States Artillery of April, 1898:

In complying with your request to write an article for your Jour- nal, giving experiences and difficulties in obtaining ordnance during the war, I will endeavor, relying on my memory and some available memoranda preserved, to give you a statement of the collection and manufacture of ordnance stores for the use of the Confederate armies, so far as such manufacture was under my observation and control. After a year's service in the field as an artillery officer, I was ordered to Richmond and made Superintendent of Armories, with the rank of major in the regular army, a new office in the Con- federate States Army, and sent to various points in North Carolina and Georgia to inspect and report on the facilities possessed by dif- ferent manufactories for making arms, swords, sulphuric acid, etc.