p. 56 | Guns for the Turks

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 15, 1877

Guns for the Turks.

THE New York Herald of June 10 says:—

“On the 28th of December last the British steamship King Arthur sailed from New Haven, having cleared for Constantinople direct, with munitions of war for the Turkish government, as follows: 10,000,000 cartridges, 10,000,000 bullets, 10,000,600 Martini-Henry shells, 40,000 scabbards, 50,000,000 gun-wads and 43 packages of miscellaneous merchandise. The total value of this cargo was $1,334,000, and was said to have been the most valuable ever cleared from the port of New Haven.”

“The steamship Lotus, now lying at pier No. 53, North River, has been for some time past loading with Martini-Henry rifles, which have been made for the Turkish government. The weapons are the manufacture of the Providence Tool Company, of Providence, R. I., while the ammunition which will accompany the guns is made by the Winchester Company, of New Haven.”

“The cargo of the Lotus will consist probably of 76,000 rifles, with scabbards and bayonets; about 20,000,000 metallic cartridges and an appropriate number of wads. The contract for these munitions of war was made between the Turkish government and the American manufacturing companies alluded to about two years ago.”