768 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 283. 1898. B£¤lg°'S•¤P°"*¤*°¤°f For the following, to be eépended under the direct supervision of Vol.-25, p. m. the Board of Ordnance and ortification, created by the fortiiication appropriation act, approved September twenty-second, eighteen ~ hundred and eighty-eight, and in the manner prescribed by said act, name y: Mgggwv of f<>¤i· Amuxmnnr or FORTIFICATIONS: For the manufacture (finishing suis seacosstguns. and assembling) of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve—inch steel seacoast guns from forgings procured under fortification act of September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight, seventy thou- Sahd doualsfi ld f h d h V h al b sminem-guns. or stee e - uns o t ree an two-tent s-inc c i er twenty- five thousand dollars. , y C°"“'¤°“- dogagilismetallic carriages for field-gunbatteries, sixty-one thousand For carriages for field-mortars of three and six-tenths-inch caliber, five thousan seven hundred and sixty dollars. d Eor carriages for siege-rifles of nve-inch caliber, thirty thousand o ars. For carriages for siege-howitzers of seven-inch caliber, thirty-five thousand dollars. menu;. For alteration of existing carriages for ten-inch and fifteen-inch zlmooth-gogelguns to adapt them to present service conditions, fifty ousan dollars. Hgchdings. 2mg3e For machines, and for improvement of existing plant at the Waterg'§°,,'T,,’A,¤,;,:;_m,,_" town Arsenal, Massachusetts, for the manufacture of seacoast gun-
, including those of new design, twenty-seven thousand
o ars. — dogg; sights and implements for guns and for fuses, six thousand s. hmmm mm; For machinery and tools for the manufacture of fuses at Frankford mamq, m. Arlsenal, Penpsylvanica, eighit thousand Hvg hgundped dpllarls. or inspec ing ms rumen s, au es an mp ets, or the manufacture of cannon, five thousand dcdlars. rewuamsuawme For powders for issues to the service, namely: For siege guns; for '°"i°°‘ scéeacpast mortapf of twelllve-inch gagfberg for seacoast high-power s ee guns; in a , orty thousand dollars. mPr<>5¤¤¤1¤ isms w For protjectiles for issues to the service, namely, for steel shell or "' I"` shrapniel or field guns; fo5r1 cas;-iron projtectiles for iipld and siege guns- or cas -1ron projec ies or seacoas mortars 0 twe ve-in h caliber; for cast-iron projectiles for seacoast high power steel gurls; in $11, fiftyi-tliriyfafthousaiid dgllars. f h or stee s e or siege an seacoast cannon, fi teen thousand dollars. ’¤¤•¤.etc.. ¤f sm For purchase and erection of steel lates for re resentative exper- °°°‘ iments upon armored decks, twelve thousand dollars. thFor stgetl 1{mor-piercing projectiles for seacoast guns, one hundred ousan dollars. _ For puriliase Enid greptiontplf armcérgmhate for testing armor-piercmgprogec 1 es, wen y- our thousand dollars. or testing one seacoast breech-loading rifled mortar, steel f mm twelve—incl1 caliber, fifteen thousand dollars. ’ O ¤.m,H§°,f§f’_}{"°· For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving- ¤¤v•*¤·•¤¤=- ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including general repairs, alteratioéis, accexories, and ineéludinlg a crgne, ingdentpl to (testing an roving o nance, including ire o assis ts or or nan board; skilled mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and othef supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and gr mg ranges, and exten ing iron tramway, thirty-eight thousand
,:' °¤*· four hundre dollars; for the necessary expenses of ordnance officers
glhile temporarily employed at the proving-ground and absent from Mmmm or e1r proper stations, at the 1-ate o two ol ars_ and fifty cents per dnughnmen, dxem wh e so employed, and for the compensation of draughtsmen
