The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-10-19

""N''' az ~. ""''"' eNP''N'S io' Sal
aries anu contingencies III that othce OF
see, gi2 syom the estimates of four years
AFRO
~
lhe o'her estimates IN de'an are as iol-
lows:
paw of tho o.,,,,. ~, 40, ,,. ,,,. e., zoo co,
Subsistence Of Tie army, - - p" .;51 "a
~, ,,,, ", ~ 49, liz .''.'''''' a'n N,s
nsII6ni sulPnos' - , g},
R,rrncks ADD ,,uo,.,crs ,"",cii,S1in,, V'V''''
| hosnitnl nsirnrtinr' ''' '""''N sqe o,o
! Sbnnfin,' ,,,,,,,e -''''''''' Nv non
,,, ~ n.tu.iuIS noEseS''.'" iSVpr9
CIntSi inc ''''''' '''''''''''''' i'V01,.W
>t-t'iS '''''-''''''''.' i',,,ufn1,
1,t, ~ 49, ~, '''''''''''''' &, 49,, o1
,u n N'''"' '''''''''''''' u ueo
SrStn4ts ..t...'.' 1922; .'.'..'.. lNi"p
Miit,alF pHSIs Natlulai 'efh'- ,o,
NJ ~" N al'v''n ~ NH''''''' ,'',s'M ~,
-,,1tH"ii S' nViii's 80, ''if'''it
Nr,n,o''' H''"S io' S"''iers 81 'he ,-,oo,
p,WN33 o., l'l''"'
VIZ t-uu.iu,ilsS anu E'ouhuS III zoo o,,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. items '.''.'.'.. .s'oS5
Rivers aud har5ors ................ 5.Si9.on0
~" nicoi piNihont oi EXISTING 'onlraC'N
.,'' "ut.t, u. II, AZ ,n,S lui,' NM uil"r,"
!" sAN Wnil sum VIII pc ftFht'I ny iu-
W. N''"'"''9 i"l "i'''H 'UHo'lN cN"
4'11r,
'n' 'h,lm1t' 10Y torillratlpns anu sea
/ mpASi N'i'ish mas 'rch increase TO No.
/ - W an amount, Scrf,iarN Lamont says
Whi," VIII nc lolun'1 10 c"n'lnu' ihlN
M, H.. ,., ''"STr a ,niT g." ntoE''sS'
,',r i, -" E' 'YIu,at'"" ""lV" ueealn'
/ aNdllAh!' on July l2Sl
in conn ret ON WIN his estimate the Sec
/ ,,rl'IN ha7 ma ~ rupnr sihtomc1i OF
IN" '"h"lilol OF ihiF work. tho ldvli ce
I lnlt ms neon m id" ara ih r"'l lis 'lut
IAN hr cucrt. by ~" increased npuro-
4 I.i'lon WhlGN h' "sN~ on inN lN'
,Nl one n,ol'ii pln ma loon placed in
w., u'G r., ''n IVY u lN'. h1 I"I'l m1n'
4 NHAll nave 'oinpirt'l dottlr' s. with 1rmd-
menis vs follows.
! ihlro'n l@-inrh thiriN-- ven ln-i1ch.
J 'ihht nCh. a1i tong rtpid-irc guns aul
4 eighty l2-inrh mort rs.
The remainder Of The socrotary's lcttcr
+ rnnsmltuns tn, - innate rs of a hisior.
/ In >oi coan' defense lie saws that for
+ the nttccn year. preceding $500 NO ammo.
pri9tio1, had boon made for ourinocrlnt,
work on our permanont cotst defoneo OK
sum unnnalN aliow"l FOR 0i,' rn',.fion
/ prcscrvatlcn nna ror, lr' Of - slim.
works, but small amounts had boon grant
/ cd tor construction of fuiui.r .s,s,Tr,tfs
I and for me purcli tea of ns,t.rlat fnr Xxx
/ marine G.fcnscs Rhla tn tNNN ana 1854
| to,aI OF about s.. Or0 Ooo hal hont anna
[ r,f ttod for. tn,I.u-n .,t,,f man, ,' a.,
CARRIAGES
/ Ina i>4g v,f,s n,-1r tho u..t a,,,r.,,,i.,
ion ii POI o6 Io,. ,nonrn IN, "inI'n,r-
49, ~ t.''Vtn ~" ~ lu"i
4 H.. ,eoi I '"i'"N'. ~, ~. ut f'',s.'
'i1,is ,', r,,u 'n "N"tn,, 81 s"tnV' IN ~
r,.,,. " ~, W. nnIu, ,'W ul we i'',,
t ~" '",iia,' ''' "l VIZ a. ~ i",l9
points HcniinE iotal OF four l2-inrn'
6ro ,,,n ,,i, n.y. N,'i." "nl 'W" rNil,r
/ ~, t"l '.lU''' Nih,N'N "Il ,NN-l"HI
l?-nrh moi'ar omplncomcnis. None Of
mem, hpW"N'r roH.d ne inlie ready to
RECEIVE MS arm hncut unDi alter NJ lrsl
i'lhl' "ilI"irlWl IN l'l" IN w ahl
/ the NV" succeeding ycara practically II
hfs drNulNci upon the war department
tnoe 1873 10 mako provisions for the eo'u-
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