1901 US Military Test Trial Lugers ?

[sheepherder]

I was browsing the November 1999 issue of The Gun Report, specifically Kenyon's Luger article. He mentions that DWM was inviting testing of the Luger and the US military ordered 1,000 for testing [pic/excerpt attached] in mid-1901.

I've never read of a 1901 test by the US. Was this a misprint/typo by Kenyon or the magazine? Were these 1,000 ever tracked?

I'm curious as to whether later researchers have lumped these 1,000 into the general category of the 1907 test trial Lugers.

I'm assuming they would have been in 7.65mm caliber...