The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-19
REDUCTION or SALARIES AND Of
FICE EXPENSES SHOWN IN
THE; REPORT.
PROTECTION OF. THE COAST.
Much Progress Made I'm Fertilization
During C1eNeIand's Adminis-
tratiOn.

mate for the running expenses Of the
war office In Washington is 81, 1854, 236,
showing, the secretary says, a reduc-
ton in the annual expenses for salaries
and contingencies in that office of $621,-
942 from the estimates Of four years
ago. The other estimates, in detail, are
as follows:
Pay Of the army, as fixed by law,
$13, 522, $50; subsistence of the army,
$1659, 837 quartermaster's supplies,
$4,000, 900; incidental expenses of the
army, $500, 900; barracks and quarters,
including hospital construction, $685.
900; shooting ranges, $4,000; cavalry
and artillery horses. $4,000; army
transportation, $2,50O,OO0; clothing,
81, 1000 medical supplies, $40, 200; ord
nance department, 81, 131 900; military
academy, $521, 812; arsenals, $139, 1876;
military posts, national cemeteries and
national parks, $1,558,3S0 national sol
diers' homes, SO, 449, 214; artificial limbs
for soldiers of the late war, $191, 900;
public buildings and grounds in Wash
ington, $139,992; miscellaneous items,
$402, 900; rivers and harbors, $5,349, 900
to meet payments ION existing con-
tracts, the department at this time
being unable to say fwhat sum will be
required by future contracts, for which
authority exists. The estimate for for
tifications and sea coast defenses has
been increased to $15,S24, 298, an amount,
Secretary Lamont says, which will be
required to continue this work at it's
present rate of progress, which has
been appreciably advanced under the
large appropriation which became
available on the 1st gof July last. In
connection with his estimate, the Sec
rotary has made public a statement
of the condition of this work, the adj
vance that has, been made, and the
results that can be effected by the in
creased appropriation which he asks.
On the LIST of July 1893, but one mod
ern gun had been placed in position. On
the 1st Of July, 1897, the department
will have completed defenses, with
armament, as follows: Thirteen 12
inch, thirty-seven 10-inch, eight 8-inch
and four rapid-fire guns, and eighty r.
inch mortars.
The remainder of Secretary La
mont'S letter transmitting the esti-
mates is of a historical nature, review
ing the progress made in sea coast
defense. He. says that for the fifteen
years preceding 1890 no appropriations
had been made for engineering work
on our permanent coast defense, ex-
eept the small and steadily decreasing
sum annually allowed for the 'tpro-
lection preservation and repair of
existing works, but small amounts had
been granted for the construction Of
mining classmates and purchase of ma
terial for submarine mining defenses,
while in 1888 and 1889 a total of about
600 had appropriated for modern
guns, mortars and carriages. In 1890
was made the first appropriation,
81, 221, 600 for modern gun and mortar
arteries, followed by one of $4,000 in
1891 and by another of $500,000 in 1892.
This money was allotted by the de-
partment for construction work at
arious ports, including a total Of four
twelve-inch, twenty ten-inch, five
eight-inch and two rapid-fire gun en-
placements, and esixtyfour twelve
inch mortar emplacements. None of
them, however, could be made ready
to receive its armament until after the
first small appropriations made in 1898
and the two succeeding years. Prac-
tIcally, therefore, it has, the secretary
says, devolved upon the war depart
ment since 1893 to make provision for
the completion Of nearly al of the
emplacements ut appears the sec
rotary says, that seventeen out of
twenty-one twelve-inch emplac ements,
ffty-fve out of .sixty-six ten-inch en-
placements, twenty out Of twenty-five
esght-inch emplacemtnts, fourteen out
of sixteen rapid fire gun emplacements
and ninety-two out Sof 1856 twelve-inch
mortar emplacenents have. been en-
tirely provided for during the last four
years, and that during the same time a
large part of those previously provided
for have been prepared to receive their
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For this favorablet showing much is
due to the HberaHty of Congress at
its recent session. The number OF
emplacements provided by the act
of June 6, 1896, is just fifty in excess Of
the total provided by all preceding
appropriations
The progress in armament has been
equally satisfactory. Figures are CIV
en- to show that prior to the act of
June 6, 1896, there had been completed
sixty-one eight-inch, f1fty-six ten-inch
and twenty twelve-inch guns, and
eighty twelve-inch mortars completed,
while there were twenty-seven eight
iEch, thirty-five ten-inch AMI twenty
nine twelye-inch guns in process of
construction.
The appropriation Of June 6, 1895,
while leaving the above completed to-
tails unchanged, raised the total in
process Of construction to twenty -sev-
en- eigEt-inch, fffty-six ten-1nch, fifty
twenty-inch ten six-pounder rapid
FIRE guns, and sixty-six twelve-inch
all-steel mortars.
By the tise new appropriation
can become available, says the letter,
all the details of the type OF carriage
will have been fully determined. With
sufficient money, therefore, the limit
to future rapidfty of progress in coast
defense is the combined annual ca
pacity of public andfprivate plants to
supply ordnance material. Upon this
fact are based the department esti-
mates for the ensuing year. These
estimates will provide the following:
Guns-One 16-incfu gun finishing and as
sembing, forgings. already provided), TWEEN
ty-one sets 12-inch, gun forgtngs, twenty-one
sets 10-inch gun fqrgings 144 all steel r.
inch mortars complete, .55 6-pounder rapid
fire guns with mounts and 200 rounds per gun
mounts and 100 rounds per gun.
Carriages-Twentytone 1ainch disappear
ing carriages, twenty H0-inch disappearing
carriages. eight S1ineh disappearing car
For Engineering W6rk-Twenty pinch
empiacements, disappearing; nineteen 10-inch
emplacements, disappearing; twelve 8-inch
emplacements, disappearing; liz rapid-1re
placements. Thus, III 1.-THE present estimates
or the war department for permanent de-
tense should receive the favorable consdera-
ton of congress. we shall have by June 80.
tenn of defense: Empfacements-Th Thirty nine
Pinch. eighty-five 10-inch, thirty-seven g.
inch, 129 rapid firing and 2s4 Pinch mortars.
Guns-One. 16-inch, sixty 2-inch, ninety
i've l0-inch. reventy-fve S-inch Tor more If
the Bethlehem company exceeds minimum
delivery) 129 rapid fire guns with mounts
and ammunition and 290 12-inch mortzrs.
Carriages eight Finch, ninety -four
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