SIXTY-FQURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I1. oa. 54. 1917. 911 For purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coast S°°°°°¤*°'m°¤· defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equi ments, and the machmery necessary for their manufacture at tliie arsenals, p,,,,,,,,.,_ $9,231,000: Prmgzded, That the Chief of Ordnance, United States "°¤‘¤°*·‘*°°“*°'*¤°d· Army, is authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $2,200,000 in addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore made, Amman For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoast cannon, and for modernizing projectiles on hand, including the necessary exper1ments in connection therewith, and the machinery neces- Prom. sary for its manufacture at the arsenals $10,940,000; Promkled, That °°°"‘°”°““¤¤'**°°· the Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, is authorized to enter mto contracts or otherwise incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed $2,000,000, in addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore made. · ' For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber I A¤¤m¤;g¤¤¤¤¤. dv-. guns, and other accessories for seacoast artillery practice, including mp °°' gheézrgoachinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, 5 , 0. For alteration and maintenance of the mobile artillery including ,,,;},’F"_,{,",,g;y°*°-» ¤° the purchase and manufacture of machinery tools, materials ` necessary for the work and the expensw of the mechanics engaged thereon, $1 000,000. For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliber ,0g{],¤g*,*;¤·"u,g¤- guns, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery pmuaf ’ °” practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, $1,000,000. For alteration and maintenance of seacoast artillery, including the aww ·°¤¤°•¤* ¤· urchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary ' iiir the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, $700,000. rnovme onoUm>, sannr HOOK, Naw Jnnsm. grsggynupmvrag For current expenses of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook, E*P°¤·*°*·°*°- New Jersey, coiplprising the maintenance of rail and water transportation, repairs, terations, accessories, and service of employees incidental to testing and roving ordnance matériel, hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board? purchase of instruments and articles required for tesf and experimental work, building and repairing butts and tar ets,]-Idiiaring and gradiiag ranges, $90,000. Ig or necessary expenses o officers not occutplying public qgliarters at mg_`$g*P°'°'Y °¤-‘P‘°!* the proving groun , while elrplployed on or ance duty t creat, at ` the rate of $2.50 r diem w e so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen whilleeemployed in the Army Ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, $35,000. surmanmn mums. For urchase, manufactme, and test of submarine-mine materiel, §",,,g,‘Y%,,'$,.f,”}‘,,‘}.‘°,§;.,,,, and other accessories for submarine-mine practice, meluding the ma- ¤¤¤· chinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, $26,000. _ For maintenance of submarine-mine matériel wrthm the hmits of ,,,§§,{“,;},‘,‘§f’“"°° °' ““`*" continental United States, purchase of necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the torpedo depot at Fort ,,,*,,§[‘ T°““" ‘°"*‘°"° Totten, New York, extra-duty pay to soldiers necessar` y employed for nods not less than ten days in connection with the issue, receipt, andpdare of submarine-mining materiel at the torpedo depot, and or torpedo—depot administration, $68,000.
