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SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 202. 1908. 395 For the alteration and maintenance of the mobile artillery, including .,*}l*°’i¤€ m°b“€ *¤’· the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials them necessary for the work and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, fifty thousand dollars. ` For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber ,,,§,§}§§,“‘““°“ f" tubes, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery ` practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, and ammunition of older model than current may be issued I““°*°i"“""“"°“*‘· for the instruction and target practice of students at the institutions to which the issue of artillery is authorized, ninety thousand dollars. For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, includ- e,Q‘“°*‘*”°'>’· *°°*5· ing the purchase and manufacture of machiner , tools, materials ` necessary for the work, and expenses of the civilian mechanics and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, four hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. For the alteration of three and two-tenths inch material to rapid-fire m:,;f1{j{*=‘{,, wmPid·°*° field material, including sights, implements, equipments, and the ’ ' materials and machinery necessary for alteration and manufacture at the arsenals, sixty thousand dollars. nd · ' raovme caouun, SANDY Hook, NEW Jsasnr. ¤·3“g»¤’im]$'iT’°“ "’°' For current expenses and maintenance of the ordnance proving E"°““°“·°°°‘ ground, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, including expenses incident to the transportation of men and material therefor, general repairs and alterations and accessories incidental to testing and provin ordnance, including hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, skilid mechanical labor, purchase of instruments and other supplies, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, fifty thousand two hun red dollars. R _ . . . . . epair of railroad For repairs of railroad tracks connecting the roving ground with mm. the Central Railroad of New Jersey, six thousand dollars. 1 For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed m£§{‘°°°"y mp °y` on ordnance duties at the proving ground and absent from their P°’ ‘“°’“· proper station, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem whi e so emplo ed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army (Irdnance Bureau on ordnance construction, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. SUBMARINE Mums. *’“°"‘°"“°""“°* For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to *’“’°*‘“·"°’·°*°· operate them for closing the channels leading to our principa seaports, and continuing torpedo experiments; for the purchase of the neces- ¥g§‘,,f{’(§'§§,,,f{j Y· sary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the to do depot at Fort Totten, ew York, and for extra—duty pay to soldiers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days on work in connection with the issue, receipt, and care of submarine mining material at the torpedo depot, three hundred and ten thousand dollars. For the rocurement of one torpedo planter, for use on the Pacific $§§;,'Qf;§‘;,’}§‘,,,,_ coast, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars. FORTIFICATIONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. 1¤¤¤1¤rp¤¤¤¢¤¤i¤¤¤· ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. m§,{‘§*“°°’ D“P'“" For construction of seacoast batteries, as follows: S°“°°’f§* "°"°"i°“- In the Hawaiian Islands, four hundred thousand dollars; H¤v¤¤§¤ 1S1¤¤d¤- In the Philippine Islands, nine hundred and fifty-four thousand *’*“1‘PP“’° I*’““d“· dollars; In all, one million three hundred and fifty-four thousand dollars. ·