FIFTY—FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 428. 1899. 125] ARMAMENT OF FORTIFIGATIONS. A¤¤=¤¤¤¤¢- For finishing and assembling coast-defense guns of eight-inch, ten- C¢>¤¤*=-d¤f<>¤¤° gminch, and twelve-inch caliber, and one type sixteen-inch gun, at the Army Amy G`"` F“°t°°7 Gun Factory, two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. For oil-tempered and annealed steel for high-power coast-defense sim. guns of eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch caliber, five hundred and thirty-five thousand dollars: Provided, That no contract foroil-tempered P·‘¤~§#¤¤- , and annealed steel for high—power coast·defense guns and mortars shall pcliiiiimum P¤°° p" be made at a price exceeding twenty-two cents per pound: Provided, That in the discretion of the Secretary of War a portion of this money S“’°l·“'i'° °°*°°°¤* may be used for the purchase of material for steel-wire seacoast guns. guns' For construction of one eighteen-inch Gathmann gun, sixty-five thou- G*¤*l=¤=¤¤¤ gmk sand dollars. For powder and projectiles for test of eighteen—inch Gathmann gun, ion thousand dollars. For purchase or manufacture of carriages for coast-defense guns of C¤¤’i¤g°¤· eight, ten, and twelve inch calibers, one hundred and ninety-nine thou- — sand fivehundred dollars. For purchaseor manufacture of steel breech-loading mortars of twelve- smibrmii-1w11n; inch caliber, three hundred and sixty-eight thousand dollars. '“°"°“"’ For purchase or manufacture of carriages for steel breech—loading €¤¤‘i¤z¤¤-_ coast-defense mortars of twelve-inch caliber, one hundred and seventy- one thousand two hundred dollars. · For powders and projectiles for a, reserve supply for armament of R¤¤¤¤·v¤ ¤¤1>1>1y. fortifications, seven hundred and ten thousand dollars. p°wd"‘ °°°' For rapid-fire guns, including their mounts and ammunition, one hun- izapiams gum. dred and sixty-three thousand dollars. . For coast-defense guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, manu- C<>¤¤¤¤=¤z¤¤¤- factured by contract under the provisions of the fortifications Acts Vol- 26. Dr·319,770. approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, three hundred and twentyseven thousand one hundred and two dollars. For necessary expenses, other than for powder for projectiles, incident to the test and inspection of the twenty-five eight—inch, fifty teninch, and twenty-five twelve-inch guns provided under the fortifications Acts of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and as provided for by said Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety- one, five thousand dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of coast-defense guns of \$)r;¤¤;e¤¤i¤i¤¤ for eightinch, ten-inch, and twelve·i11ch caliber, tWenty—0ne thousand P _° gu"' dollars. For powder and projectiles for the proof of twelve·inch breechloading mortars, twenty-tive thousand two hundred dollars. For purchase and erection of RFIDOI' plates fol‘ t08bit1g' 8I‘m0r-piercing Armor-piercing shot, twenty-tive thousand dollars. ‘°°“" For armament chests for siege and seacoast cannon, ten thousand T<¤>l¤»¤w- dollars. . For machine guns of caliber thirty, Army model, including metallic thG¤¤¤t¤f caliber carriages, with limbers and protective shields complete for same, one "°’* ° °‘ hundred thousand dollars. For amount required to complete the payment for ten Sims-Dudley samsnuaiey drwdynamite guns ordered by the Chief of Ordnance under instructions ‘“"°g““°· irom the Secretary of War, dated June twenty-seventh, eighteen` hun- · dred and ninety-eight, five thousand five hundred dollars. For range finders for coast defense, twenty-six thousand dollars. Range mmm. For implements and equipments for service, and for care and preser- cm. sm. vation of seacoast armament mounted or in process of being mounted in seacoast batteries, sixty thousand dollars. For carriages for steel field guns, one hundred and seventy-eight `£;¤·i¤g¤¤ for Md thousand dollars. g _ " For sights for cannon, twenty-six thousand dollars, pg{€’;*;· i¤=**· Wi For fuses and primers for cannon, thirtydive thousand dollars.
