New batteries for ships.
New Batteries for ships of the Navy: For liners for eroded
guns, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nine-
teen, $100,000; for one twelve-inch, forty-five-caliber gun, to be avail-
able until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, $60,000;
Anti-aircraft,machine, and boat guns. for anti-aircraft guns and mounts complete, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, $629,000; for ma- chine guns and equipment, $1,250,000; for one-pounder boat guns and mounts complete, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, $162,000; in all, $2,201,000.
Batteries for merchant auxiliaries.
Batteries for Merchant Auxillaries: For batteries for merchant auxiliaries (to cost not exceeding $6,381,174), to be immediately available and to continue available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, $4,731,174.
Ammunition.
AMMUNITION FOR MERCHANT AUXILIARIES: For ammunition for merchant auxiliaries, to be immediately available and to continue available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, $7,731,941.
Anti-aircraft guns for stations. NAVAL STATIONS: To provide anti-aircraft guns and ammunition at naval stations, $3,800,000.
Ammunition for ships.
AMMUNITION FOR SHIPS OF THE NAVY: For procuring, producing,
preserving, and handling ammunition for issue to ships, $3,500,000,
to be available until expended.
Coast Guard cutters, armament, etc. ARMAMENT AND AMMUNITION FOR COAST GUARD CUTTERS: Toward the armament and ammunition for two Coast Guard cutters, to be available until expended, $159,590.
Torpedoes and appliances TORPEDOES AND APPLIANCES: For the purchase and manufacture of torpedoes and appliances, to be available until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twenty, $1,049,280.
Reserve ordnance supplies. RESERVE ORDNANCE SUPPLIES: For a reserve of ordnance supplies to be avaiiable until June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and nineteen, $4,657,460.
Torpedo Station, Newport, R. I.
General expenses.
TORPEDO STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND: For labor and
material; general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, and
wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, experiments, and
general torpedo outfits, $100,000.
Machinery. For new and improved machinery and tools for torpedo factory, $100,000.
Sabmarine base, New London, Conn.
Establishing
For the further development of the submarine base at New Lorndon,
Connecticut, including the erection and equipment of repair shops,
the provision of additional berthing space, and the erection of
quarters and barracks for officers and men, $1,250,000.
Experimental work. EXPERIMENTS, BUREAU OF ORDNANCE: For experimental work in the development of armor-piercing and torpedo shell and other pro- jectiles, fuses, powders, and high explosives, in connection with problems of the attack of armor with direct and inclined fire at various ranges, including the purchase of armor, powder, projectiles, and fuses for the above purposes and of all necessary material and labor in connection therewith; and for other experimental work under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ordnance in connection with the development of ordnance material for the Navy, $100,000.
Contingent building fund.
CONTINGENT BUILDING FUND: For minor extensions and improve-
ments of public works under the cognizance of the Bureau of Ordnance,
$10,000.
Repairs. REPAIRS, BUREAU OF ORDNANCE: For necessary repairs to ordnance buildings, magazines, wharves, machinery, and other items of like character, $30,000.
Contingent.
Contingent, Bureau of Ordance: For miscellaneous items, namely, cartage, expenses of light and water at magazines and sta- tions, tolls, ferriage, technical books, and incidental expenses attend- ing inspection of ordnance material, $9,500.
