Word: krag
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Arrangements have been completed whereby the Reserve Officers' Training Corps will have for use in a very short time a thousand Springfield rifles in place of the Krag-Jorgensens in use at present. The Corps is very fortunate to be able to secure these new guns at the present time, for there is a heavy demand for them from military organizations throughout the country, and in addition every available weapon will be needed for the new army which the Government will raise. It is expected that the rifles will be delivered by the time the R. O. T. C. goes...
This type of rifle is known officially as the United States magazine rifle, Model 1903. It differs in many features from the Krag-Jorgensens, the model of 1898, which were supplied by the Government for the use of the Regiment last year, and which the Corps is now using. The barrel is considerably shorter, a fact which changes to a certain extent the balance of the piece. The same bolt action is used in both types, but instead of the side feeding magazine of the Krag-Jorgensen, the clip used in the Springfield are shoved in from...
...orders, dividing the Regiment into two battalions of four companies each, and appointing the temporary non-commissioned officers. From that time on the work of the organization continued with drills for each company once a week in addition to the regular weekly lectures. Uniforms were secured and one thousand Krag-Jorgensen rifles were stacked in the Armory in the basement of Smith Hall, in charge of Private Streeter, U. S. A., the Regimental armorer. Captain Cordier had as his assistants Lieutenant Edwards, U. S. A., Corporal Walsh, U. S. A., the Regimental sergeant-major, Sergeant Gavigan...
...Krag-Jorgensen magazine rifles ordered for the Regiment have arrived in Cambridge, and have been stored in the basement of Smith Halls. In addition to the 1050 rifles, model 1898, 1050 model 1902 front sights and muzzle covers, 1050 small arm oilers, 1050 cleaning rods, sections one, two, and three, 210 screw-drivers, and 105 arm chests have also been received...
...type of rifle ordered is known officially as U. S. magazine rifle, model 1898. More commonly it is termed the Krag-Jorgensen. The model in use in the regular army at present is the Springfield rifle, officially U. S. magazine rifle model...