Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-25
HOT WELCOME ASSURED
VIA, Joraihan Expects 10 Do In he Near
Future.
Are TO be spent In Coast Dcteoses -ruen.
ty.two Hundred Uuns to be
Mounted.

been made TO the secretary " war IN
consequence 81 the war with spain that
portion VI the report relating 10 for
tincatlons IL most interesting. Upon
this point Ucn. Wilson says.
During the fiscal year projects ~
permanent ruaooast dcfcnacn were pre-
pared and approved By the secretary Of
war for Port Royal. g. G.. st. Johns
river. lila. Tampa. Fla, and Sabine
Pass. Texas. making thirty localities
in the unted States Tor which projects
" permanent dcfonHoH have thus Tar
been approved under the general
scheme a. aid IN iU6 by tho EndlcOtt
board AZ the close of the fiscal year
the construction OF permanent modern
defensive works was in PROCESS at go
localities In consequence vt the war
with spain and the possibilities VI hos
tlc nttnDkH upon our coasts urgent
ana pressing demands wore made BY
senators, representatives. ana local
business men Tor the immediate cree
ton ~ rrncunHt batteries. nc numcr-
Gus points not contemplated In tho gem
ctai scheme II national defense.
TEMPORARY BATTERIES
I'm the absence or any available mod
ofn armament the secretary nf war a..
rcctcd the immediate construction OF
temporary batteries mounting pid.atylo
armament aud rlDEc EunH f0r the dee
Tense ~ a number ~ exposed localities.
including some which are embraced ln
the national scheme uf defense. The
localities nt which temporary batter.
lDH were ordered are liar tinrb0r.
Mhino3 stoninHton. bridgeport and
Now Haven. Comm Port loyal aud
Georgetown. HrunHwlUk and uurlpu.
Ga. mouth ~ 81. Johns river. ~. Au.
ruHtIun. Miami. ana Tampa, Fla. aud
Sabine Pass. Texas.
in addition Co the foregoing tempo
rury batteries, Preparations were made
against possible hostile attacks by
uNorhHulIng. cleaning and putuuE In
HorviCehhlu condition the existing ar.
mhmunt and by temporarily mounting
with them additional guns at the fol-
hwiuE old type wurkri
Fort KNOX. Fort pcphun, Hlri Trum-
bull FVri Monroe. Fort Macon. Fort
Pulaski, Fort Clluch. Fort Morgan.
Fort jackson end forts in San frau'lH-
90 bay.
while no hostile attacks were matte
utpn our .aacraHta during the war
with spain, the operations N tho
American nyct on tho coasts u cuba
and Porto Rico have amply dUmlu-
straied the value % coast dafeuseH. IN
cludlug shore batteries and submarine
mnch, ln resisting naval attacks. n
may hn c1nndCutially asserted that
the completion Of the projects upon
which operations ar TOW in progress
viii practically insure the aafcty.of our
principal hufhufH and HtacuuHt clIIef
from attacks. Another Important de-
dhfiluu may also be- drawn from the
results o. ~. war namely, The great
value nrd efficiency Of The rapli nrr
gun. u r. qualifying q report thit Ult
only has "a considerable number .
these rlpii nrr guns been mounted
during The year, hut that provision has
been made Tor manu1cturr and ems
placing N hrEe additional uumbpr.
FIVE HUNDRED GUNS.
Existing projects Tor ueaooaat de-
fcnseu contemplate The rmplac. mort
Of about 600 heavy guns uf a. 10. n and
10 Inches. NJ about 200 rapid nfo guns
~ various olrherH and uf about 1000
mortar These hrurIa ARE subject o.
slight chnnEH ls miner rrvial6ns re-
mlurd and additional lrttlra In.
cluici. The estimated HqprINmlfn
cnHl ~ tho ers.rrsnf' work Included
with the Installation ~ this work Dr.
tai.001.00o. Detailed estimates Tor nsst
yrnra river and haI1or work include
The following
illayuu PLAGUE mine. Grand river
and flanquon Bayou, Ia. 500 Oll.
mouth ana passes Of CalciHou rlyrrI.l.,
100000 Sabine Pass hlrhor. Trxaa.
100000. Galveston hlfbor. ToxaH. 500.
600, Rcd river, Ia. and AfkauHiH. ti6O.-
900 ouchlta ana Black rivers, Ark. aud
Louisiana, $4,000, mouth 81 the Yazul
river ana harhor at NickshurF. $50. 900:
Arkanrls river, Ark, fi2s 900. Mlssls-
slppl river, between ohio ana Missouri
tween Missouri and st. Paul tSsGCs6.
Missouri between So Paul and Mime
hppllh, fNNiil. reservoirs at hpadwt-
terH " the Mississippi. $4,000. Mis-
souri, river above Sioux city Iowa,
100000. upper Missouri, snaFFing oprr-
huunH, 10000; Cumberland river Tenn,
kentucky, below Nashville. 100000.
Cumberland river. above Nashville.
100000; Tenneaarr river ahuvr chat
tauougu, $4,000. Tennessee river below
Chattanooga. 100000, fails ~ ohio
river, Louisville, tauOloi Green river.
Ky 80 600; Kentucky river. Ky. tlO1.-
900. ohio river from PltishurE 90 me
mouth, 10000. Muytlr dams Nos. g. p.
4 . and 9, Ohio river fiYi 300. Mun0n.
Fahela river, West Va, $3.50. 300. Agate
Hay harhlr Mimi 10000. hlrhar at
Duluth. MIMI. aud Superior. Wis, $500
900, Ashland hirhur Wis, $4,000, wa
tnfWay across krWtontW Point Mich.
$4,000. Marquette Eatbur, Mich. 90 900.
Harhur ~ Refuge, Marquette. Mich,
SO 900. liirb1r on Refuge. Grand Mars.
MIchY $4,000, Sturgeon Hay ana Lake
Michigan canal, Wis, $4,000. iiorh1r VI
refuge. MIlwuuknf, WIS. SO 900.
Fox River. wis. $4,000. Chlclg1 Hhr.
Dor. si3i. 900. Calumet Harblr. M. $50
OO. calumet River, H.. and Indiana.
100000 Illinois River, 800. 600. Illinois
ana Mississippi canal ii.lg1.5i0. MIchi.
gan iiMh1r, Ind, $4,000, ~ Joseph
llnrblr Mich $4,000; Khlamnzsl
River. Mich. 10000. Grand p'ver.
Mich. 100000, saginaw River. ~th.
SO 900. HnrhIr of Refuge san Beach.
MID. 10000. Detroit River Mich.
100000, Toledo ilarllr Ohio $50 900.
Saudusky Harhlr, Ohio 500 900. Cleve.
land Hirblr Ohli, 500 900; Fai.1rt.
uarbdr Ohio $50 900. AHtuhula liar.
h1r, Ohio. 100000 CpnnatH IinrbAf.
Sas 900 buffalo Harblr, n, w. $3.50. i9S:
TuuuWauda ilarh0r and Niagara River.
n. T.. 500 900. OAWebu Harblr. a. Y.
$50 900. San phgo Harb1r, cal. $50. 900.
Drep water ilarhlr san pedrl Ray.
CIL. 500 900 san Luis OnHpl IIar-
bon Cal. 10000. Oakland Hirblr. Cal.
ytI1 OUI. Sacramento and Feather Rive
prs. cal. 5000. Humboldt Harb1r.
GAL. uiggtb: Coqullle River, ore. ft0.-
OOl, C'1ls Bay and lilrhlr orc, $780,
900. LiDalrN River, orr, $4,000. Ya-
quIua Hiy. ore, 10000 Tlllam11k nay.
ore. ta5.O00' Canal the CASCADES Cos
lumb.a River, ON, 100000. Columbia
and lower Willamette lNyer below
Portland, Ore, $780, Columbia