After re-reading this report, I have a couple takeaways that may be old news to some.

From page 111, eighth paragraph, when discussing the improved Mauser "being employed to facilitate rapid charging of the magazine, though not essential thereto." Here the board recognized that the Mauser could be loaded faster, but it wasn't a big deal to them. They seemed equally concerned about single loading as they were about loading the magazine or maybe even more so.

On page 112 it is indicated that the Krag Jorgensen could handle both "flanged" or "rimless" shells. A gun of each type
went through trials and they both "appear to be of equal merit". They went with the "flanged head". This was "on account of the difficulties that might possibly attend the use of the" rimless head.

Of course the Springfield Model of 1903 could be rapidly loaded with a stripper clip and used rimless ammunition. Hindsight is 20/20.