HC Deb 23 June 1902 vol 109 cc1367-8
SIR HOWARD VINCENT

To ask the Secretary of State for War if he can inform the House when a clip cartridge will be adopted for the Lee-Metford magazine rifle; and whether he has any information with regard to the relative value of the Mauser clip and single loading magazine in the late war.

(Answer.) Trials with chargers are-being carried out, and, until reports on these trials have been received, it is impossible to say whether they will be adopted. Reports on the different points in connection with small arms have been received from South Africa.—(War Office.)