730 SIXTIETH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 251. 1909. I’·*“°*°*"“““**°“‘· Hereafter ammunition of older model than current may be issued for the instruction in tanget practice of tudents at the mstrtutrons ` to which the issue of arf ery is authorized to the value of not more _ than five thousand dollars of original cost in any one year._ _ §,g§§§g{{'[,’§,eS°°8,;?P*“‘ For the alteration_of three and two—tenths mch batteries to rapid- ’ fire field batteries, mcluding sights, 1m lements, urpments, and the materials and machinery necessarypfor alterattion and manu facture at the arsenals, two hundred thousand dollars. mj;{°{,"ggcr‘;'f·· ’°*- For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the work, and e enses of the civilian mechanics and XP extra-dugy pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, four hundred and seventy- ve thousand dollars. .,,;",;2,*,;.,‘;{?°" P’°"· rnovmo oaourm, SANDY noon, New messy. E"’°""”’ °t°‘ For current expenses of the ordnance roground, Sand Hook . . . P E? Y » New Jersey, comprrsing the mamtenance ofand water transportation, relpaus, alterations, accessories, and service of em loyees incidenta to testmggind proving ordnance material, hire ol) assistants for the Ordnance ard, purchase of instruments and articles required for and experimental work, building and repairing butts and tlwets, earing and grading ranges, fifty-six_ thousand two hundred ars. .,,g`§€‘°f’"” °“‘P]°" For the necessary expenses of officers while temporar·ily emplo ed
- ’°’°*°m· on ordnance duties at the proving ground and absent from their
prlpper station, at the rate of two dollars and lift cents per diem w e so employed, and the comlpensation of drafismen while emploged in the Army Ordnance ureau on ordnance construction, org teen thousand seven hundred doHars. S°°¤·*'¤°m‘¤*· SUBMARINE Mums. P“’°h““°“·°‘°· For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leadinglto our rincipal seaports, myfpag-gx_ and continuing torpedo experiments; for the purchase of the necespeacaeper.sag rnachrneryi? tools',` and nmplememtslfor thie gepair shop of the tor. pe o epot at ort otten, ew or , an or xtr - t t soldiers necessarily employed for periods not lessethah tiinydiiiig oii work in connection with the issue, receipt, and care of submarine nuning material at the torpedo depot, three hundred and ten thousand o ars. _ "‘”"'“""’”°“”’°“’· FORTIFICATIONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. ,,,§§‘,€*"°"" °°’“"‘ muorrmmrz nmranmmrqr. “°""°*‘T‘ "“‘°""*°"· For construction of seacoast batteries, as follows; H"“'““*“ "‘““““· In the Hawaiian Islands, three hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred dollars; vmnrgprue meads. In the Philippine Islands, one million dollars: Provided, That con- ,;,,,,,,,,,;,8 .uu,0,._ tracts may be entered int0, under the direction of the Secretary of ¤••¤- War, for- materials and work for construction of seacoast batteries in the fhilippme Islands, to be paid for as appropriations may from time Lo tgnei th madedléyllaw, for an additional sum not to exceed six un re thousand dollars; In all, one million three hundred and thirty-seven thousand two hundred dollars.
