The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-07-13
ARMY APPROPRIATIONS.
The Senate was in a Generous Mood
When 1t Passed the Bill.
THE COST TO THE GOVERNMENT
FOR THE CHICAGO STRIKE

Will Foot Up $1,000, ,OoO-The Damage to
the Cruiser Chicago Which was Injured
in Collision at Antwerp will Amount to
$4.50O-Little Business was Transacted
in the House Yesterday
Washington, July 12.-In the Senate
today Mr.. Hale, Republican, of Maine,
offered a resolution and preamble
reciting the facts of the passage of the
tariff bill and the appointment of con-
ferees on the part of the two Houses;
declaring the legitimate object of such
action as the immediate, full and free
conference of all other managers of the
conferences and directing the chairman
of the Senate conferees to inform the
Senate whether full and free con-
ference was being held, and if so, at
what time such conference was called.
He said he did not ask action on the
resolution at present, but would ask
that it lie over, under the rule till to-
morrow, and it was SO ordered. The
District of Columbia appropriation bill
was reported and placed on the calendar.
The army appropriation bill was take n
up and the committee amendments
acted upon as the bill was read. The
first was one striking out of the House
bill Sl52. .00c for general service clerks
and messengers" and repeals the law
OF 1856 au thorizing their employmenr.
Agreed to. Next was one including
AdJutant Generals and Inspector Gener-
ais departments, among those were va
cancies to be filled from the next lowest
grade in the line of the army. Mr..
Mills, Democrat, of Texas, moved Ito
strike out the paragraph referring to the
pay department., on the ground the ap-
pointments should be made from civil
life and after discussion Mr.. Mills's
amendment striking out the pay depart
ment wassagreed to and appointments now
open TO civilians. The next amendment
was paragraph as to the signal service.
1t was to strike out the words: The
chief signal officer of the army, shall
have the rank, pay and allowances of a
colonel only. The office of chief signal
officer of the army shall be filled by Sc
lection" and to insert in lieu the words
"The signal corps shall consist of one
colonel, who shall be chief signal officer
of the army. selected from the corps, and
one lieutenant-colonel, one major, and
| four captains (mo unted), to be appoint
| ed from the corps according to seniori-
| ty, and three first lieutenants (mount-
| ed), to be appointed as now provided by
! law, who shall receive pay and allow
| ances of like grades in the army
Mr.. Bates, Democrat, of Tennessee,
moved to add to the committee amend
| ment: "OfficersA0f the signal corps are
to retain their present commissions un-
til regularly promoted, in compliance
with the law, for grades below colonel.
| The reorganization herein provided for
may be made upon the passage of this
| act"
| After discussion. Mr.. Bates's amend
ment was rejected and the committee
amendment agreed to. The amendment
messengers at headquarters and'so forth.
in place of the paragraph in the bill
| struck out, was agreed to. The COM
mittee amendment reducing the appro-
| priation for machine guns from $50, 900
to $40, 900, was modified by making the
amendment SIS, 1000; agreed to The ap-
preparation for the recruiting service
was reduced from $12o, 1000 to 800. 1000 and
for the signal service increased from
$11, 500 to SIT, 900. The bill was passed.
A conference was ordered on the pen
sion appropriation bill and Senators
Brice, Democrat, of Ohio, German, Dem
ocrat, of Maryland, Cullom, Republican,
OF Illinois, were appointed conferees OH
the part of the Senate. The river and
harbor appropriation bill was reported
and placed on the calendar. The forti-
fication appropriation bill was taken up.
The amount it appropriated as passed
by the House was 81, 225.0 900; additions
recommended by the Senate committee
on appropriations $554,000, making a
| were agreed to- They first increased it
for gun and mortar platforms 100000
to $4,000 That for the protection
and repair of fortificaton was increased
| $40, 600 to S45, 900; for armament of the
| Notifications $125, 900 to $l75, 900; for
sights for cannon $1,000 to $8,250; for
steel. plates for the test of deck piercing
or testing armor-piercing shot, $4,000
to SIG, 600; appropriation for machine
| tools and fixtures to complete the equip
| ment of the South Wings Army Gun
| factory at Watervliet arsenal at Troy,
| N. increased from $500, 600 to $426, 900.
The appropriation for oil-tempered and
anneaIed steel for coast defence guns
| increased from 1926, 900 to $500,000; an
| item OF S75, 600 for carriages for breech
loading rifles and mortars struck out
for carriages for mounting steel breech
| loading sea coast cannon of eight, ten,
| twelve inch cali bre, increased from $75,-
900 to 100000. New items of $3.50 for a
| brick shed for Watertown arsenal, Mass.
81, 500; for sea wall on northern shore
| VI i'e'AoJ llOOhs IN. WCEO lhoOi oCN" "A Ii
/ appropriation of SIS, 200 to enable the
board of ordinance to make needful and
proper purchases and experiments was
Increased to $125,OOO. An appropriation
of $4,000 was inserted for testing the
pneumatic disappearing gun carriage
Manufactured by the Pneumatic Gun
Carriage and Powder Co. of Washington,
DC. The bill was passed.
Mr.. Manderson, Republican Of Nebras-
| ka, presented an amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill and had it
referred to the committee on appropria-
tions
He said it proposed the appropriation of
| S1OO. 900 for the widows and heirs of the
twenty men killed at Ford's theatre
disaster. Conferences were ordered on
the military academy bill, conferees
on the first being Senators Brice, Demo-
crat of Ohio, Call, Democrat Of Florida,
and Teller, Republican of Colorado
On the second Senators Blackburn of
Democrat, of Kentucky, Brice, Demo
crat of Ohio, Hale, Republican of
The river and harbor bill was taken
up by the committee amendments acted
on as the bill was read. The commit
tee amendment appropriating $50, 600 to
nav C.P. Goodyear for improving the
harbor at Brunswick, Ga. was adopted