A resolution of the House of the 14th instant, respecting small-arms manufactured at the Springfield armory, and purchased elsewhere. JANUARY 23, 1867.-Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 23, 1867. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a report by the Chief of Ordnance of January 22, 1867, containing the information respecting small-arms fabricated at the Springfield armory and purchased elsewhere, called for by a resolution of the House of Representatives, dated January 14, 1867. Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant, Hon. S. COLFAX, EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. Speaker of the House of Representatives. ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, SIR: In compliance with the resolution of the House of Representatives of 14th instant, calling for information as to the number of small-arms manufactured at Springfield and by contractors, and the price thereof, and also the number of arms purchased of foreign manufacture, I have the honor to transmit a statement which gives the information asked for. As no time is mentioned in the resolution, I have assumed that the information was not wanted anterior to the war, and have taken the period embraced between the 1st of January, 1861, and 30th of June, 1866, as this period embraces the great bulk of our manufacture and purchase of small-arms. The cost price given is the average cost of each class during the period, some having cost less, and others more. In addition to the cost price stated, for arms of American manufacture, the price of one dollar may be added to each as the cost of inspecting them, which cost was in almost every case defrayed by the United States. The resolution of the House of Representatives is herewith returned. Hon. E. M. STANTON, A. B. DYER, Brevet Maj. Gen'l, Chief of Ordnance. Secretary of War. Statement of the number of small-arms procured by fabrication and purchase by the Ordnance department from January 1, 1861, to December 31, 1866. Fabricated: 801, 997 rifle muskets, calibre .58, made at Springfield armory. Purchased, American manufacture: 393, 961 breech-loading carbines... 670, 617 rifle muskets, calibre .58, Springfield model.. 54, 117 muskets and rifles, breech-loading, and others. 359, 449 revolving pistols... 548 pistols of various kinds.. Purchased, foreign manufacture: A. B. DYER, ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR Department, Brevet Maj. Gen'l, Chief of Ordnance. January 22, 1867. |