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The scheme Of national defense upon
which work was Iii progress between ISIS
ead 1905 was based primarily upon a re-
port submitted 60 abe President by the
so-calfed Endicott board In 1886. This
board investigated the entire continental
coass line Of the United States and rec
commended the construction of fortihca-
>tions which were estimated TO cost about
$126, o0o.00o. Along the lines mapped
out By this board Congress has appropri-
ated approximately SJ5.eoo.00o.
In 1905 the President again appointed
q board to revise the work done under
the Endicott board and this time Secre-
tary Taft was its president. After an
exhaustive investigation the new national
coast defense board recommended an adj
ditional expenditure of $a1 100000 Il
provide Notifications for new places and
to modernize the defenses already built
on the Recommendation Of the Endicott
board.
As result of the work of both boards
the following twenty-six ports may be
said to be provided with ample sea-coast
defenses Kennebec river, Me-; Portland,
Me-; Portsmouth. n. H.; Boston, Mass.
New Bedford, Mass; Narragansett Bay,
r. l.; eastern entrance to Long Island
sound; New York, n. Y; Delaware river;
Baltimore, Nd; Washington, ID. c.;
Hampton Roads, Va; Cape Fear river,
n. c.; Charleston, S. c.; Port Royal, s
c.; Savannah. Ga; Key West, Fla.
Tampa bay, Fla; Pensacola, Fla; Mo
bile bay, Ala; New Orleans, La; Gal
weston, Texas: San Diego, CAL; San
Francisco, CAL: Columbia river, Oregon
and Washington: Puget sound, Wash.
A glance at the list shows twenty
two of the twenty-six sea-coast defenses
on the Atlantic coast, mounting approy,
mateiy nine-tenths of the sea-coast guns
of the United States,
Outside of continental United States
under the recommendations of the Iatt
board, sea-eoast defenses and naval sta
tons are being constructed at Guanta'
namo, Cuba; Honolulu and Pearl Harboi
In the Hawaiian Islands; San Juan, Por.
to Rico: Sabig bay, Philippine Islands
Kiska In the Aleutian Islands and Guam
The manning of the sea-coast dtenses
Is ait present in charge of the artillery
branch of the United States army. In
the estimate provided by the national
defense board it was shown that when
all the sea-eoast defenses were completed
It would require 57,3s7 men to properly
them in time Of war.
Yet, according to the last report from
the War Department, there were only
1924 men In the whole artillery branch
of the army, of whom 4.912 were in thu
field artillery The last Congress, how
ever, authorized the formation OF thir'
teen full regiments Of coast artillery,
which, when fully recruited, viii add ap.
proximately 1900 men to that branch oil
the service.