Dec. 81. 1885.] 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



447 



hilt thp c!i«Jrings, in said park, and who shall have iurisdiction to 

 uuu uuL. all complaints made of any and all violations of 



a vital spiid regulations made by the Secretary of the Interior for 

 poj^o tr> ument of the park and the protection of the game and ob- 

 jects of interest therein. He shall have the power to issue process, 

 in the name of the United States, for the an'est of any person 

 charged with the commission of any misdemeanor within the park, 

 and to summarily try the person so charged, and, if found guilty, to 

 fix the punishment as in the next section provided. The said com- 

 missioner shall also have power to issue process, as hereinbefore pro- 

 vid'3d, for the arrest of auv person chartjed with the commission of 

 an\. felony within the park, and to summarily hear the evidence ad- 

 du?ed; and if he shall determine that ijrobable cause is shown for 

 holding the person so charged for trial, he shall cause such person 

 to be safely conveyed to a secure place of conflneraent within the 

 jurisdiction of the United States District Court nearest and most 

 accessible to the park, and shall certify the record of his proceedings 

 in v,he case to said district court, which court shall have Jurisdiction 

 of the case and proceed therein as provided in chapter eigliteeu, title 

 thirteen, and chapter three, title seventy, of the Revised Statutes of 

 the United States, the punishment inflicted to be the same as pre- 

 scribed in the last-named chapter for like felonies. All process is- 

 sued by the commissioner shaU be directed to the superintendent of 

 the park, who, with his deputies or assistant superintendents, shall 

 have the same power to execute the same as is vested iu the marshals 

 and deputy marshals of the district courts ot the United States for 

 the execution of writs from said courts. The forms and proceedings 

 had before said commissioner shall conform, as near as may be, to 

 the forms and proceed! igs iu criminal cases before commissioners 

 appointed hv the courts of the United States as now provided by law; 

 and the said" commissioner shall receive the annual salary of one 

 thousand two hundred dollars, to be paid quarterly, as in the cases 

 of judges of territorial courts for the respective Territories. 



Sec. 7. That all costs and expenses arising hi cases under tins act 

 and properly chargeable to the Quited States sballbe certified by the 

 commissioner of the Department of .Justice, and, if approved by the 

 proper officers of that Department. sbaU be paid as other such costs 

 in the Uuited States courts. TUe violation of any regulation made and 

 published by the Secretary of the Interior in regard to the control and 

 management of the Park, and the protection of the game and prop- 

 erty therein, is hereby declared to be a misdemeanor, and the party 

 convicted shall be punished for each offense hy a fine of not less than 

 twenty nor more tban one hundred dollars, and he committed until 

 such fine is paid, or by imprisonment for not more than three months, 

 or by both such fine and imprisonment. 



Sec, 8. That the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be erected 

 in the Park a suitable building to be used as a jail, and also an office 

 for the use of the commissioner, the cost of such building to be paid 

 out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, upon 

 the certiflcate of the Secretary as a voucher thereof. 



Sec. 9. That the Secretary of the Interior shall appoint a superin- 

 tendent of tbe Park, wno shall be paid an annual salary of two 

 thousand dollars, and fifteen assistants, who shall each he paid 

 nine hundred dollars; and it shall be the duty of said superintendent 

 and his assistants to reside continuously in the Park, aud to protect 

 the game and public property, to preseiwe the peace, and prevent 

 crime; and for this purpose tbey shall have power to arrest all per- 

 sons committing any crime or misdemeanor within the park, and 

 shall also have all toe powers and duties conferred by law upon the 

 marshals and deputy marshals of the aistrict courcs of the Uixited 

 States: Provided, that the power hereby conferred shall be exercised 

 only within the Umits of said park, and in conveying persons arrested 

 for' felony to the United States district court nearest and most acces- 

 sible to the park: And2:irovided also, That nothing herein contained 

 shall be construed as preventing United States marshals or officers of 

 State or Territorial courts from serving within the territory of the 

 park any writ or process issued by lawful authority: And provided 

 also, That no timber in said park shall be cut, either for building 

 puriwses or for fire-wood, except by the permission, in writing, of the 

 superintendent of said Park, specifying the place at which said tim- 

 ber may be cut, and the quantity thereof. 



Sec. 10. That the Secretary of War shall detail an officer 

 from the Corps of Engineers whose duty it shall be to sur- 

 vey and lav out suitaole roads in said park and select the 

 proper location for bridges therein; and tlie Secretary of War 

 shall, upon the report of said officer, make annual estimates for the 

 cost of such improvements, and communicate the same to Congress, 

 with such other recommendations in regard to the Park as ne may 

 deem proper; and all sums received by the Secretary of the Interior 

 from rents in the Park, or arising from flues or forfeitures for viola- 

 tions of the laws and regulations made for the government of said 

 Park and pi-otection of the game and public property therein, shall 

 be applied to the improvements hereinbefore mentioned; and the 

 officer or officers collecting said fines and forfeitures shall pay the 

 same to the Superintendent of the Park to be accounted for by him to 

 the Secretary of the Interior. 



Sec. 11. That all leases, contracts, rules and regulations made or 

 issued by the Secretary of the Interior, as herein provided for, shall 

 be subject to the approval of the President. 



SLEEPING BAGS. 



Editor Forest and Stream: 



I have noticed several alluaioas, at different times, in tlie 

 FosEST AND Stream:, to sleeping ba^s for extremely cold 

 camping, and would like to get some idea as to their dimen- 

 sions, form, material, and as to what I will find the most 

 comfortable and convenient thing to take along for sleeping 

 in on a midwinter hunt. The intention is for five of us, who 

 have hunted together every fall for a number of years, to 

 start from this place at some time in January, driving back 

 as far as practicable, and then snowshoe it over into the 

 Cold River region, or wherever we can find any panther, 

 and if we can find any, give them a twist. If any signs are 

 found in that region, and it is about as promising as any we 

 have heard of, we shall probably build a camp and hunt 

 from that as headquarters. I know that a good many hard- 

 ships, in the way of cold weather, etc., will have to be 

 undergone, and anything that can bs done to lessen them 

 and render the trip more comfortable I. want to do. 



W. 0. W. 



PoBT Hen BY, N. Y. 



[The sleeping bags in question are very simple and easily 

 made. They are usually oval and oblong and the ordinary 

 size is six and seven feet in length by three or four wide. 

 The bag should be double, the inner one l)eing of the skin 

 selected, and the outer of canvas, duck or drilling. The two 

 should be sewed together around the top and at the corners 

 at the feet. A stout string — tape or cotton cord— should nm 

 around the opening of the bag so that if he desires to do so, 

 the occupant can tie the bag tight about his throat. A sleep- 

 ing bag is an enormous addition to one's comfort in cold 

 weather, and the only objections we have ever heard urged 

 against them is that when the weather is not very cold they 

 are too warm for comfort. Obviously the reply to this is 

 that one need not sleep in his bag in warm weather, but can 

 spread it under him and cover himself with as few or as 

 many blankets as may suit him. The choice of a skin for 

 the inner bag may present some difiiculties. Blanket is some- 

 times used, but it is not nearly so comfortable nor so warm as 

 fur. The skin should be light and dressed very soft, and 

 should at the same time be well furred. Buffalo is too 

 heavy, caribou skin is highly recommended and would be 

 admirable we imagine in very bitter weather. Lynx is light 

 and well furred. One of the best of the bags that we have 

 seen was made from a number of small skins, apparently of 

 dog. We think that woodchuck skins in good fur would 

 make a capital bag. It would be well in making a bag for 

 use in an open camp where one may have to sleep close to 

 the fire, to have the canvas or duck which ferms the outer 

 envelope, dressed with some preparation which would make 

 it fireproof. Most of those who have camped in this way 

 will remember how often they have had their blankets 

 burned by sparks which snap from the tire during the night, 

 and as canvag might catch from a spark and smoulder a 

 Jong time, the bag might easily be ruined— the outer coyer- 

 iog being tiumed aad the skins scorcJied.] 



"Forest and Stream" Trajectory Test. 



{Continued from page ^ZO.) 

 Stevens .32 R. F. 



This weapon is a sample of the old-time Stevens rifle, 

 using a rim-fire cartridge with small charge of powder. It 

 was, in fact, the same cartridge used in tlie Remington .32 

 R. F. weapon, and the same weighing up of charges and 

 bullets hold as in that arm, the powder running 11.9, 12.4 



and 13.3 grains, while the buUets were 88.6, 88.9 and 88.7 

 grains. The powder was in fine condition, and the bullets 

 had three grooves. The ammunition was of U. M. C. Co. 

 make. The weapon weighed, complete , 8 pounds 9.^ ounces, 

 while the barrel alone weighed 4 pounds 3 ounces. The 

 weapon was numbered 14,302, and had a 30-inch octagonal 

 barrel. Tiiere were six grooves of uniform twist, having 

 one turn in 20 inches. 



The trial at 300 yards was made on Oct. 1 at 11 o'clock 

 in the morning, with the wind coming from the 7 o'clock 

 quarter at ten miles per hour. The barometer recorded 

 30.130 inches, the dry thermometer 78" and the wet-bulb 

 thermometer 65.4°, showing a dew point of 56.2 and|the at- 

 mospheric humidity at 47 per cent. The trajectory heights 

 stood : 



Round. SO Yards. 100 Yards. 150 Yards. 



3 13, 718 in. 18.019 in. 13.876 in. 



3 13.853 in. 18.079 in. 14.193 in. 



4 13. 439 in. 17.098 in. 13..583 in. 



5 13.313 in. 18.563 in. 14.341 in. 



7 13.633 in. 17.735 in. 13.645 in. 



Average.. .Ig.-ySS in. 18.018 in. 13.927 in. 



At 100 yards the test came on Oct. 10, about 9 :15 in the 

 morning, with the barometer standing at 30.330, the dry 

 thermometer 58' and the wet-bulb thermometer at 53°, indi- 

 cating a dew point of 46 and a humidity of 65 per cent. 

 The wind at the time was blowing at 7 miles per hour from 

 the 10 o'clock quarter. The short range trajectory figures 

 stand : 



Round. 25 Yards. 50 Yards. 75 Yards. 



1 3.773 in. 3.7.35 in. 3.993 in. 



3 3.056 in. 3 814 in. 3.175 in. 



4 2.945 in. 3.653 iu. 3.036 in. 



5 3.985 in. 3.7.36 in. 3.137 in. 



6 3.900 in. 3.794 in. 3.198 in. 



Average . . 2.932 in- 3.746 in- 3. 108 m. 



BuUard .32. 



This weapon closed the Bullard list and behaved very well 

 in the rest. Its full weight was 8 pounds 8 ounces, and in 

 the barrel alone were 3 pounds 5 ounces of metal. It had a 

 36-inch octagon barrel, and was numbered 1528. The rifling 

 was uniform, the six grooves having each a uniform twist of 

 one turn in 16 inches. The grooves were .004 inch deep 

 and .080 inch wide. The loading was with U. M. C. Co. 

 cartridges marked .33 40-150, and three when opened turned 



out the powder in good condition. The bullets, having a 

 composition of 1 tin to 16 lead, had three grooves each and 

 weighed 150 1, 150.3 and 150.3 grains, while the correspond- 

 ing powder weights were 38.8, 39.4 and 38.3 grains. The 

 300-yard shooting was performed on Sept. 30 at 11:50 A. M., 

 with the wind at nine miles an hour from the 7 o'clock quar- 

 ter. The barometer stood 30.05 inches, the dry thermome- 

 ter 78.5*, the wet thermometer 68.5", showing a dew point of 

 63. 5 and a humidity of 58 per cent. The trajectory heights 

 stood : 



Round. SO Yards. 100 Yards. 150 Yards. 



3 7,986 in. 11.373 in. 8.748 in. 



5 7.906 in. 11.438 m. 8.657 in. 



7 7.743 in. 11.044 in. 8.439 in. 



8 7.773 in. 11.083 in. 8,509 in. 



9 8.359 m. 11.786 in. 9.013 in. 



Aversge 7.933 in. 1 1,342 m. 8.673 in. 



The 100-yard shooting of this arm was done on Oct. 10, 

 with the wind coming eighteen miles per hour from the 1 

 o'clock quarter. It was 8:50 o'clock and the barometer 

 stood 30.310 inches, the dry thermometer 51.5° and the wet- 

 bulb thermometer 48.5°. This would show a dew point of 

 45.5 and a humidity of 80 per cent. While the arm was on 

 the rest and shooting very steady it was thought a good time 

 to test one question which had been suggested during the 

 tests. This was the determination of just how much and to 

 what degree tlie tests were affected, if at all, by the inter- 

 vening screens, "Oh, you will find that the screens, even if 

 of gossamer, vs^ill have some effect in deflecting the biilJet 



from a true, fair curve," said one well-known rifleman. 

 "All right, then, we will determine that question very 

 quickly," we said, "and find out what the retardation is and 

 how the trajectory curve is affected." We know that a 

 fluttering leaf may very sensibly change the course of a fly- 

 ing bullet, and that with screens set at an angle to the line 

 of fire a certain carrom or ricochet effect might be produced. 

 For this reason great care had been taken in having the 

 screens set square across the fire line. 



When five shots had been fired the 35-yard screen, nearest 

 the rifle, was taken down, and without disturbing the others 

 three more shots were fired, making a record on the remain- 

 ing targets, and then to have the record complete the 50- 

 yard or central screen had its ink line record taken and was 

 then removed, leaving the bullet with an uninterrupted pasa- 

 sage to the t arget except through the 75-yard screen. The 

 record is given in full and it will be found that there is no 

 material difference whether the* record is made at once 

 through three screens or whether only one is used. To try 

 the various distances through one screen at a time, would 

 have consumed much time and besides would have pre 

 vented entirely the detection of that gyratory, corkscrew 

 flight of the bullet so clearly shown in the case of sev€«al of 

 the large caliber rifles. The full record Stands: 



Round. 



25 Yards. 



60 Yards. 



75 Yards. 



1 



... 1.9.58 in. 



3.339 in. 



3.001 in. 



3 



1.938 in. 



3.378 in. 



1.984 in. 





... 3.063 in. 



3.470 ui. 



3.064 in. 



4 



3.104 in. 



3.541 in. 



3.175 in. 



7 



... 3.175 m. 



3.591 in. 



3.311 in. 



Average . . . 



. 2.047 in. 



2.443 in. 



3.554 in. 

 3.353 in. 

 3.611 in. 



2.087 in. 



3.144 in. 

 3.003 in. 

 3.313 in. 

 3.114 in. 

 3.030 in. 



3.145 in. 



Winchester, Long .22 R, F. 



The list of rifles closes with two of .33-caliber. The first 

 of this pair is the Winchester, using the long .33 rim-flxe 

 cartridge. The arm is of the 1873 model, with a 34-inch 

 octagonal barrel, and was shop-marked 191, 651 B. It 

 weighed complete 9 pounds 3 ounces, and had a barrel of 3 

 pounds 9 ounces weight. There were six grooves, each hav- 



ing a uniform twist of one turn in 30 inches, and a depth of 

 .003 inch and width of .070 inch. The loading was from a 

 box of U. M. 0. Co. ammunition. The cartridge was nom- 

 inally .32-5 40. When opened, the powder in three car- 

 tridges was found in fine condition and weighed 4 4, 4.4 and 

 4. 6 grains. The bullets had three small grooves each, and 

 were molded of pure lead. They weighed 40.2, 40.3 and 

 40.1 grains. At 300 yards the rifle was tested on Oct. 19, at 

 9:50 A. M., with the wind at four miles per hour from the 

 8 o'clock quarter. The barometer reading was 30. 335 inches, 

 with the dry thermometer at 63° and the wet bulb thermom- 

 eter at 58.5°, showing a dew point of 56 and the degree of 

 humidity in the atmosphere at 81 per cent. The arm under 

 these conditions gave the following result : 



Round. 50 Yards. 100 Yards. 150 Yards. 



1 13. 506 in. 18.808 in. 14.455 in. 



3 13.033 in. 18.347 in. 14.085 in. 



3 13.610 in. 19.066 in. 14.633 in. 



4 13. 730 in. 19.339 in. 14.9.53 in. 



5 13.594 in. 19.873 in. 14,850 in. 



Average ..13.490iu- 18.922 in. 14.614 in. 



For the 100-yard trial the little piece was put on the fixed 

 rest Oct. 10, with the barometer at 80.340 inches, the dry 

 thermometer at 63° and the wet-bulb thermometer at 54", 

 showing that the dew point was 46 and the humidity 56 per 

 cent, of saturation. It was 4:45 P. M. when the test shots 

 were fired, the wind coming from the 9 o'clock quarter at 

 four miles per hour. The trajectory heights show : 



Round. 35 Yards. 50 Yards. ?5 Yards. 



1 3.383 in. , 4.319 in. 3.467 in'. 



3 3.238 iu. 4.168 in. 3.382 in, 



3 3.158 in. 4.133 in, 3.489 in. 



4 3.394 in. 4,359 in, 3.503 in, 



5 3.806 m. 4 368 in. 3.597 in. 



Average..., 3.256 in. 4.209 in. 3.478 in. 



Stevens .22, R.F. 



The rifle, the last one of our list of sporting and hunting 

 arms, weighed entire 8 pounds 7 ounces and in the barrel 

 alone there were 5 pounds of metal. The barrel was 26 

 inches long and round. Its shop mark was 15,924. The 

 weapon was cut with uniform rifling, ojie turn in 30 inches 

 and six grooves. The loading was from the same box of 

 U. M. C. Co, ammunition used in trying the Winchester .23 

 and the remarks there as to the charactey and condition of 



the charge of course apply here. 1\ hen tried at 200 yards 

 at 9 o'clock ou the morning of Oct. J9 the wind came at 3 

 miles per hour from the 7 o'clock quarter, while the other 

 observations stand racorded as; Barometer 30.350 inches; 

 dry theriaometer 93.3°. wet-bulb tlieriaomfter 61% iiidieat» 



