So I was wrong in my opening post. The "large order" wasn't cancelled. It just wasn't as large as I was thinking (only 10,000) and only few of the Winchesters were available at the beginning of the SAW. The last of them were finished after the SAW and used in the Philippines. Thanks for clarifying.

There had to be quite a bit of friction between Flagler and Miles. Miles would have been the Commanding General of the Army that went around Flagler (Ordnance Department) to get the $207,000 for the 10,000 Winchester rifles.