SIXTY-FIF TH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 29. 1917. 201 and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, $5,100,000: Provided, That the Chief of Ordnance, United States Prcviw. h _ Army, is authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise incur obli- C°mm°°s°ut °"”°d` gations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $2,550,000 in addition to the a propriations herein and heretofore made. For alteration and mamtenance of the seacoast artillery, including eef.2$t¤?t°" m` the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of the civilian mechanics, and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, $7 00,000. Submarine mum For purchase of submarine mines and nets and necessary appliances ¤gs t<> ¤1<>¤¤ cha-¤¤¤1sZ to operate them for closing the channels leading to seaports in the ° ` insu ar possessions, $23,000. For maintenance of the submarine—m.ine matériel in the insular mQ,‘;,,*§;$“°°° °‘“‘*“° possessions, $50,000. " 1>¤.¤¢,p.i:w1. All material purchased under the a propriations in this Act for the _,§‘;§,‘}§§n gfanblffagf Ordnance Department of the United States Army shall be of American sm. manufacture, except in cases when, in the `ud ment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty. A PANAMA GANAL ron·r11=·1oA*r10Ns. Pmm °“““· For fortifications and armament thereof for the Panama Canal, "°'““‘*“°"’·°“· namely: hmm For the construction of seacoast batteries on the Canal Zone, $5,000 · S°°°m° °°‘ For land defenses, Panama Canal, including the procurement and L"‘dd°‘°°’°”‘ installation of searchlights, purchase of armored cars and locomotives, construction of roads and surveys incidental thereto, $29,500 ; For the purchase and installation of electric light and power plants E'°‘*"° P"“‘“· for the seacoast fortifications on the Canal Zone, $55,000 ; S Img For the purchase and installation of searchlights for the Seacoast ' fortifications on the Canal Zone, $78,774 ; For the purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for B°°°°“°°““"°"‘ coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equi ments, and the machinery necessary for eir manufacture at tliie arsenals, $1,775,000; For the (purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoast “""“'“°°"‘ and land- efense cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, $1,415,000; For alteration, maintenance, and installation of the seacoast arti]- ,,,‘°f}°§,';'“}',‘,.,;,,*‘}’,.°"Q,,'},i",.§{ lery, including the purchase and manufacture of machingiiz, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of ci “an mechanics, and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, $665,000; For urchase of submarine mines and nets and the necessa S¤*>¤¤¤*¥¤¤]¤¤i¤•,¤» applianlies to operate them for closing the channels leading to tlliye ::3 t° °|°S° ’ Panama Canal, $250,000; For alteration, maintenance, and repair of submarine mine f,'f‘{§,,’§;" materiel, $47,500; ,, Ordnance depot, Panama Canal: For an additional amount for a °‘°”‘“°°d°p°*‘ building for storing lumber, targets, and so forth, $200• In al , specifical y for fortifications and armament thereof for the Panama Canal, $4,320,974. STATE, WAR, AND NAVY DEPARTMENT BUILDINGS. §§§;g,;${§.1$ For thirty-two additional watchmen at the rate of $720 each per m#.€§l${$Z'.l$lrBl§f°b annum, from May first, nineteen hundred and seventeen, to June thirtieth. mneteen hundred and eighteen, inclusive, $26,880.
