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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 248. 1898. 401. For purchase or manufacture of carriages for coast-defense guns of C·¤¤‘i·s¤¤- eight, ten, and twelve inch calibers, seven hundred and sixty-seven thousand five hundred dollars. For purchase or manufacture of steel breech-loading mortars of m§;’;{Sb*¤¤°¤·l¤¤¢i¤z twelve-inch caliber, one million one hundred and eighty-seven thousand ` six hundred and eighty dollars. For purchase or manufacture of carriages for steel breech-loading —°¤¤i¤z·>¤· coast-defense mortars of twelve-inch caliber, five hundred and fifty- one thousand two hundred dollars. For powders and projectiles for a reserve supply for armament of i_0§3;:=;c° ¤¤m>1y gutiiications, nine hundred and fifty thousand six hundred and eighteen ’ ‘ ol ars. . For rapidiire guns, including their mounts, five hundred and forty- Rapid-¤r¤ guns. five thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars. s · For coastdefense guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, manu- gonuwt gum. factured by contract under the provisions of the fortifications acts °"°·”‘°"· "°· approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, two hundred and twenty-four thousand six hundred and fifty-six dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of coast-defense guns of Ammunition for eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, forty thousand dollars. "°°f °f“°"°‘ For powder and projectiles for the proof of twelve·inoh breech-loading ~m¤m¤. mortars, twenty-six thousand dollars. For armor plates and deck plates for the test of armor-piercing and A¤¤¤¤·vi¤r¤i¤gt¤¤¤¤. deck-piercing projectiles, twenty-four thousand dollars. For armament chests, including tools for coast-defense guns and r.»1¤.m. mortars, twenty-six thousand dollars. For metallic carriages for machine guns, calibers thirty and forty- cmap., machine five, model eighteen hundred and ninety, with limbers and protective g"" shields complete, one hundred and thirty-one thousand nine hundred and eighty dollars. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. Mi¤€<>11¤¤<¢<>¤¤· For steel field guns, ninety thousand dollars. smineni gum. ` For carriages for steel field guns, seventy-seven thousand three hun- -¤maw. dred dollars. For breech-loading rifles, siege, of five-inch caliber, eleven thousand slzgech-lwmgunu, dollars. ' For breech-loading rfiled howitzers, siege, of seven·inch caliber, eleven -—howltzers. thousand two hundred dollars. ` For carriages for breech-loading riiles, siege, of five—inch caliber, —¤¤rri¤g¤¤- including implements and equipments, twenty thousand dollars. For carriages for breech-loading howitzers, siege, of seven-inch caliber, including implements and equipments, twenty thousand dollars. d For breech-loading mortars, siege, of seven-inch caliber, ten thousand h':r¤g;g¤•>¤·1i¤z ¤¤¤r- ollars. ° °` For carriages and platforms for seven—inch breech-loading mortars, —¤¤¤‘¤‘1¤g¤¤,€¤¤· siege, including implements and equipments, eleven thousand dollars. For sights for cannon, three thousand dollars. sigma, rms, ma d hor fuses and primers for cannon, three thousand five hundred l""“°“· o lars. For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets for the manufacture 1¤¤p¤¤¤¤e i¤¤¤·¤- of cannon and projectiles, three thousand dollars. "‘°“°”’°*°‘ For powder for issue to the service, nfty-three thousand seven hun- Powderdred and thirty-five dollars. ’ For projectiles, including shrapnel, for issue to the service, forty-onn P¤>J¤¤t¤·>¤- thousand dollars. ` For the services of a chemist in investigating properties of smokeless ,I¤*¤S¤gl·;§°;¤tjm°k* powders and high explosives, with a view to improving same for adop- °°° PW ’ ` tion in service, one thousand five hundred dollars. vox. xxx-26