New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-12
MILLIONS FOR DEFICIENCIES.
A BILL TO BE REPORTED TO THE SENATE
TODAY.
1T PROVIDES THAT $50 900 coo MAJ re EXPENDED
IN TEN YEARs-A COMPREHENSIVE S'HhM"
OF FoRrIFIcATIoNs AT THE COIN
TpV,S PRINCIPAL. PORTS.
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TRY'S PRINCIPAL PORTS
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WASHINGTON Feb 1.-The senate Committee on
Coast Defrnces has finished lis inquiry into '"s
needs of the country's seacoast fortihcaton' anu
tomorrow will make a formal report 10 inc '''-
ate recommending what should be proVi'e' III "''
way of improvements. The committee vi" "N'
that there be appropriated for use between no"
and June 30 next sL5O0oo and between ihai da'e
and the same day in the following June %'"'''"'
or total OF 900 on to be expended in s'acoast
defences within the next seventeen months. Inc
committee has made an exhaustive inquiry '''o
the needs Of coast Qualifications. II mas ma "
fore it Major-Genera. Miles. commanding tie
army; Rear Admiral Walker, Of the Navy ''"-
eral Craighll Chief OF Engineers Of the Army
and General Flaglcr. head Of The military Bureau
OF Ordnance These distinguished ofi'er' nav
given testimony showing the progress up to GATE
on the work OF putting the counirys shoI' a.
fences on a modern footing. and explained ""''
further steps are necessary to make ne forilhcs-
tons efficient to resist attacks 10y hoSil- H''''
They have pointed ont to the committee with
cearness and emphasis that appropriations j" "e
las, few years have been insu;licien, to carry on
the important Undertakings In hand ana th't
more liberal appropriations should he forthcoming
If IT intended TO complete work on the deiehc'S
within reasonable period
The sum which the committee VIII rccommo'' u
teen months ii less by nearly S2oc'c" than mat
which Secretary Lamont has informed III" COM
nittes could he aGvantpgeousiy used by ia" war
Department between the present time and JAY
lsg. Secretary Lamont has sa,A that N'--"D
should he mace available during the present i-S'iI
year $500 t. be expended IN finishing ana a.
sembllnE guns now under way AMI the remainder
FOR fortAcatone. sites and submarine l'frn''s i'"-
tween June next and the following June S-0'>'S'
would have been expended. under the suggestions
OF the Secretary q War. ~ this sum about {hvf.-
was BE- spent guas. moriar-. carriage
powder and projccti.es. sle"r.6D on fortih'ai"ns.
5000 Tor sites. and ti.G,lrr for submarine Lee
fences. The Senate Committee VIII. as siii'l ir'-
ommeri the expenditure o. t1.or.c" IN the oo1fs"
OF the period referred TO by Secretary Lamont TBS
distribution Of this sum Wl be on the lines = ne
provisions % Senator Sluire's BIZ 10 pr9vd" ~
Notifications and seacOast dcfcrc"-. NJ squire
BIZ follon.cd the recommendations % the fofiih-
cato.s Board appointed by the President under ihe
PROVISIONS OK the at u COHSrcss aiif"f'l Mar
2 lss5 Il mentions as the ports a. which fo.th-
ca,5rl are inost urgently n~-leI. New-York. san
Francisco. Boston. the lake potts. Hampton Roads
Sew Orleans. Philadelphia Washington. Baltimore.
rarsnt. i,ar X. VT M,5c. Ncw-lonlon. "a
vannah. Galveston. Portland. ore f'"sac9,H
Wilmington. \. g. San Diego. Portsmouth. y. - ,
the defence OF Cumberland Sound at Fort Clinrh.
me defences o: TIE ports %, The kcnneber River at
b bG on ihe eSbS,: Kyc- For Kaox ami Nen
Haven the defonces o. Puget Sound. and x sur1
neer 81 the ARM anil the secretary Of War may
require permanent Jri'nc"7 IN
NE total sum 70 be- made available for fortinca-
lions IS SS.DDOD0 and the Senate committee VIII
recommend that the who'" or any part oi hst aI-
preparation be male immediately available. II -
ordered BY the PresM nj. tnless otherwise a.
rected by the Presicnt the appropriation ~ To- he
available as follow. For the fiscal year ending
June 20 1896 $1,000. FOR the year ending June -.
l6G SjHrO,j ana for each nrcal year thereafter,
Precipitation ia 10 be- available until expended that -
TO saw Il II not b. covered into the Treasury In
case certain portions 81 me sum provided Tor any
one year are not actually used within the year.
The sums mentioned above To b" expended on the
coast defcnccs are be- disbIrsed under the dir"c
ton 81 the Secretary u War. in accordance win
dcfcncrs for tn" ports named. ana N" armament
for the defences ana the purchase %! sites j. I" De
tons Of the Fertilization BOARD Il VIII also be
recommended that surh notifications In the plans
! already prepared be made AZ are approved RON
time to tim ly the Secretary OF War, unless Con
gress shalt otherwise provide The apportlon ment
to the several ports 10 be- improved IL To be In he
corGance with n. consolidated estimate OF the cost
sibe the work Is begin at the same time AT each
Of the ports. ana : To- proceed rapidly "a the
annua. approximations VIII allow.
An exception viii be suggested with respect 20 inc
lake ports where fOrtlicatonS are not 10 be begun
until. In the judgment Of the President. work there
Is both necessary and cxpedient In no instance ls
any part Of the money appropriated To De eNpchde
for Notifications at port until tho Secretary OF
War has caused IN" Surveys necessary TO select a
proper site To be made and detailed project 10 be
prepared to the style OF defences and the armd-
ncnt The proportion OF the sums 10 he expended
I'm each year by tn. chief Of Engineers on fOrtfcn
lions and sites and the sums to be expended
fOrtincatiOns t. to he determined by the Secretary
Of War at the beginning Of each fiscal year. Mem
that the Senate Will pass the bill which 1t will re-
port tomorrow.