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 258 FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. Sess. I. Ch. 338. 1896. ¤¤¤1•¤¤¤- For steel deck—piercing and other shells for twelve—inch breech-loading mortars, one hundred and nine thousand two hundred dollars, sm] ¤**°*· For steel armor-piercing shot for seacoast breech-loadin g guns, sixty— tive thousand eighthundred dollars; in all, two million and seventy-tive thousand dollars. AS¤¤<é<>¤¥ H¤¤¤ •* For finishing and assembling eight-inch, ten-inch, and twelve-inch my °° Mw"' seacoast guns at the Army Gun Factory, three hundred and forty-three thousand one hundred and sixt y-eight dollars. comm gum For eight, ten, and twelve inch guns manufactured by contract under v°"°°‘"31°’”°' the provisions of the fortifications Acts approved August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, six hundred and fifty thousand dollars. mpmsuurmu. For necessary expenses, other than for powder and projectiles, incident to the test and inspection of the twenty-five eight-inch, fifty teninch, and twenty-five twelve-in ch guns provided under the fortifications Acts of August eighteenth, eighteen hundred and ninety, and February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and as provided for by . said Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, five thousand dollars. ¤¤1M—¤r¤s¤¤¤· For rapid-iire gun, including their mounts and ammunition, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. umm gum. For machine guns of American manufacture, including dfteen thousand dollars for purchase of machine guns of a proved musket caliber, of American manufacture, thirty-five. thousand], dollars. — sm1f¤·l¤s¤¤¤- Fordsteel Held guns of three and two-tenths inch caliber, ilfty thousand ollars. °•¤*•¢••- thFor cgiriélages for nsmgcu batteries, one hundred and twenty-two ousan dollars. Fiwi ¤¤<>r¤•¤· For steel field mortars of three and srxtenths inch caliber, fifteen thousand and forty dollars. cmnmm For carriages and platforms for steel ileld mortars of three and sixtenfhs incl'; caliber, including implements and equipments, six thousand an sixty dollars. Siem ri¤¤¤- For steel breech-loading rifles, siege, of live-inch caliber, thirty thousand.two hundred and forty dollars. SW6 *=°"***°’¤· For steel breech-loading rifled howitzers, siege, of seven-inch caliber, thirty thousand three hundred and seventy dollars. h C=s;ri¤s•¤.r1¤¤¤.•¤¤ For carriages, limbers, implements, and equipments for steel breech- "` ""‘ loading rides, siege, of live-inch caliber, and for steel breeclrloading rified howitzers of seven—iuch caliber, one hundred and fourteen thousand one hundred and forty dollars. . Si¤¤¤ m¤r¤¤¤- For siege breech-loading mortars, steel, of seven·inch caliber, forty thousand six hundred dollars. (******11** For carriages and platforms for siege breech-loading mortars, steel, including implements and equipments, thirty-one thousand eight hundred and eighty dollars. Siam wd f¤¤¤¤· For sights for cannon, ten thousand dollars. d Sor fuses and primers for cannon, three thousand five hundred o ars. m_§:;g·j_•;f¤: *¤·*¤·- For inspecting instruments, gauges, and templets for the manufac- "' ture of cannon and projectiles, one thousand dollars. m;f"”d°' "“"P“’J°°" For powder for issue to service, including metallic cartridge cases for cannon, thirty-nine thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars. hFor psogeciiles, including shrapnel, for issue to the service, fifty thousand dollars. For powders and projectiles for the proof of eightinch, ten·inch, and twelveinch guns, thirty-tive thousand five hundred dollars. _ shot, twelve thousand seven hundred dollars. ,_§Q,",§’j§¥';,‘j,?f.{,f‘§Q‘,jf‘°"‘* For the services of a chemist in investigating properties of smokeless powders and high explosives, with a view to improving same for adopm_(:;*1fSl£’°a:£:Y€l::°P· tion in service, one thousand five hundred dollars. And the ordnance v.,;_2-»__,_52_ '“ ‘ storekeeper now on duty in Washington as disbursing officer and
 * ’*¤*°¤ M W"- For purchase and erection of armor plates for testing armor-piercing