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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 231. 1898. 37] GUNNERY EXERCISES: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exer- G¤¤¤¤ry ¢¤¤r¤i¤¤¤- cises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, six thousand dollars. OCEAN AND LAKE SURVEYS: For ocean and lake surveys; the pub- v§j°'” ml ‘”**° °“’· lication and care of the results thereof; the purchase of nautical books, ` charts, and sailing directions, and freight and express charges on same; preparing and engraving on copper plates the surveys of the Mexican coasts, and the publication of a series of charts of the coasts oi? Central and South America, fourteen thousand dollars. . - _ l · — Oorrrrs ron NAVAL APPRENTICESZ For bounties for outiitsof-seven m{n>v¤¤¤¤¤= *¤>¤¤- hundred and fifty' naval apprentices, at forty-five dollarseach, thirty- 1>b.¢,p.ss2. ‘ three thousand seven hundred and iihry dollars. · · . . NAvAL STATION, Nnwrowr, Bnonn ISLAND: For maintenance of Pjjtj*;*;¤**°*~ Newoffice of commandant; fuel, stationery, books, furniture, freight, and" other contingent expenses, one thousand dollars. _ N AvAL Tiummc SrAr1oN, CoAs:rEns Hmnon Isnmn, Bnonn t,_§:*¤* *¤‘·*¤i¤¤ ¤*=·· ISLAND (FOR APPBENTICESM For dredging channels, repairs to main ..o¤&.m. nuim causeway, roads, and grounds, extending sea wall, and the employment I"‘“°·R‘I‘ of such' labor as may be necessary for the proper care and preservation _ of the same; for repairs to wharf and sea wall; for repairs and improvements to buildings, heating, lighting, and furniture for same;.books and stationery, freight and other contingent expenses; purchase of food and maintenance of live stock, and mail wagon, andattendance on same; and purchase of fresh water, thirty thousand dollars. — ‘ NAvAL TBA11mm STATION, YERBA BUENA ISLAND, CALu··onN1A g,{°"’°B°°'*°‘°‘“'* (Fon. APPBENTIOES): Toward the erection of buildings for the naval training station and for the construction of a wharf — and bulkhead for approach to the same on Yorba Buena Island (Goat Island), California, fifty thousand dollars, said improvements to cost complete not more than one hundred thousand dollars. - N AVLL WAR COLLEGE AND Tonrnno SCHOOL, COASTERS HAnnon anijgfggpzfhyéfpjliv ISLAND, Bnonn ISLAND: For maintenance of the Naval War College and Torpedo School on Coasters Harbor Island, and care of grounds for same, including one draftsman, at one thousand two hundred dollars per year, nine thousand two hundred dollars. To continue stren gthenin g of walls already begun and to build parti· -~1»¤ir¤- _' tion walls through building, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That prior ]_E~¤i··»i i f to the expenditure of any part of this appropriation for the repairs h.;}},'},'; “" °" ° stated, the Secretary of the Navy shall cause a thorough examination of the present condition of the War College building by competent professional experts in architecture and building, who shall report to him their opinion of the adequacy of the original designs and of the iuliillment of the terms of the contract, and their recommendations asto the work necessary to insure the safety and usefulness of the building; and the necessary expense of such examination shall be paid out of this appropriation ; ln all, Naval War College and Torpedo School, nineteen thousand two hundred dollars. BUREAU or ORDNANCE. B'"°‘*“°* °"’“‘“‘°°· Onniuuon AND onnxANoE sronnsa For procuring, producing, pre- mg¤,‘g·;=gg;gs¤¤*' °¤*· serving, and handling ordnance material; for the armament of ships; ` tor fuel, material, and labor to be used in the general work of the Ordnance Department; for watchmen at magazines; for furniture at magazines, at the ordnance dock, New York, and at the naval proving ground; for the maintenance of the proving ground, and for target practice, three hundred thousand dollars. For repairing and improving the telephone line connecting the Navy I,;Q‘§$,"§‘Q §_ "‘° °° Department and \Vashington Navy-Yard with the naval proving ground at Indian Head, to be immediately available, ten thousand dollars.