7 O4 1·*1r*rr.1¤1rcru com-mnss. srt8s_. 11. cn. 571. 1898. Sr¤i¤s:¤¤l¤ A*¤°¤’i· For machines, fixtures, tools, and so forth, and installing the same, at Springfield Armory, the same to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, forty thousand dollars. samenuuiey am To pay for six two and one-half inch Sims-Dudley dynamite guns "“"° "““· purchased by order of the Secretary of War, ten thousand two hund.red dollars. For purchase of ten Sims-Dudley dynamite guns of two and onehalf inch caliber, for the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, seventeen thousand dollars. .pmjeeu1¤.. For one thousand projectiles and charges for same, twenty-eight ` thousand four hundred dollars. cag;:¤;¤¤¤*¤ff¤¤i¤- AEMAMENT or 1··o1zrr1=·1c.u·10Ns. Com-<1¤f¤¤¤¤z¤¤¤· For coast-defense guns of eight, ten, and twelve inch caliber, manuv,,1_26,,,,_·m_q·m_ factured by contract under the provisions of the fortification Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and Febmary twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, one hundred and thirty-seven thousand and ninety-eight dollars. Ammunition, For providing and procuring field and siege artillery ammunition ot all kinds, five hundred and fifty-five thousand dollars. 'M¤¤¤¤1>i¤ Mzhw For telescopic sights for cannon, twenty- five thousand dollars. Powe.-r,¤¤¤. For powder and explosives for cannon, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. 1¤¤p¤¤¤•¤.•¤¤· For inspecting instruments for cannon, projectiles, and carriages, five thousand dollars. rmjeeunu. For steel seaeoast projectiles for eight, ten, and twelve inch guns and twelve-inch mortar, including expenses of test of the projectiles and explosives for hllingthe same, two hundred and eighteen thousand dollars. mgutgimu Depnr.- ENGINEER DEPARTMENT. T•>¤1¤.·¤=- For pontoon trains, intrenching tools, instruments, drawing materials, for the six months beginning July nrst, eighteen hundred and ninety- eight, one hundred thousand dollars. Employees. For services of surveyors, draftsmen, photographers, clerks to engi- P°“* *" ms' neer officers on the staff of division and corps commanders, for the six months beginning July first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, sixty thousand dollars. }¤u··¤>¤¤¤ My:-to, Imrnovnmnnr or Emzxnnrn Rrvnxz The Secretary of War be, ..;..Z‘..£f°“"" and he is hereby, authorized and directed to proceed immediately to cause the channel of Elizabeth River, from Hampton Roads to the United States Navy-Yard near Norfolk, Virginia, to be improved, widened, and deepened to a width of not less than four hundred and fifty feet and to a depth of twenty-eight feet, opening first a channel one hundred and fifty feet wide so as to admit to the Norfolk Navy- Yard the largest vessels in the Navy, and thereafter, as soon as possible, completing the said channel to the full width of four hundred and fifty feet as aforesaid. The said work may be let under contract after a ten days’ advertisement for bids, or, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, without any advertisement. And for the purposes aforesaid the sum of three hundred and sixty thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated, to continue _ available during the fiscal year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine. NES: ¤¤¤¤¤<>¤=·*l>=·*·· GUN AND MORTAR BATTERIES. For construction of gun and mortar batteries, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended, two million five hundred and sixty two thousand dollars. D>li_·¤¤¤m= bmsry. For pneumatic dynamite battery at San Francisco Harbor, Califor- S““ "‘”°"’°°‘ nia, to be available until expended, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
