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 FIFTY-NINTH coneanss. sm. 11. on. 2507. 1907. _ 1061 For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employed E"P°””°°‘°m°°'*‘~ on ordnance duties at the proving ground and absent from their roper station, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents er diem while so employed, and the compensation of draftsmen whille employed in the Army Ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. For repairs of railroad tracks connecting the roving ground with '*"“"”·'°P°“`¤- the Central Railroad of New Jersey, six thousand, dollars. _ SUBMARLNE ·MINES. For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to §‘,§§°hj_“g§°e‘,‘§““· operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports, l l and continuing torpedo experiments; for the purchase of the necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the torpedo depot at Fort Totten, New York, and for extra-duty pay to sol iers necessarily employed for periods not less than ten days on work in connection with the issue, receipt, and care of submarine mining material at the torpedo depot, two hundred and fifty thousand dollars. For the procurement of one torpedo planter, for use on the Pacific P,£Qgg§£,P*¤¤*°'- coast, one hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars, or so much ` thereof as may be necessary. FORHFIOAHONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. Insular possesions. h Fgr elonptructigndofl scacoast batteries in the Hawaiian Islands, two un re thousand dollars. For construction of seacoast batteries in the Philippine Islands, five *’m“PP*“° m“"'· hundred thousand dollars. - For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, including ,,g°,,},,"j,,$°“"°l “*‘ purchase of lands an`d rights of way, and for the purchase, installation, l ` operation, and maintenance of necessary lines and means of electrical communication, including telephones, dial and other telegraphs, wiring and all special instruments, apparatus, and materials, coast signal apparatus, and salaries of electrica experts, engineers, and other necessary employees, connected with the use of coast artillery; for the purchase, R¤¤z¤ ¤¤<¤¤r¤.·¤¤=. manufacture, and test of range finders and other instruments for (ire control at the fortifications, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred thousand dollars. For purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of S·‘¤*¤h“S****· most important harbors, thirty_tl1ousand dollars. _ For the construction of mining casemates, cable galleries, torpedo Submarine mines. , stcrehouses, cable tanks, and other structures necessary for the oper- C"“”"“°"°"·°“" ation, preservation, and care of submarine mines and their accessories, two hundred thousand dollars, to be expended by the Engineer De artment. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for S°“°°“’ °“'”‘°”· coast defense, including their carriages, sights, implements, equip ments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, four hundred thousand dollars: Prov/zded, That the Secretary  for much of War is authorized to mount one twelve—inch rifle to be procured out sue. of appropriations made or to be made hereunder for the insular_ possessions, said gun being on hand rn excess of the number of carriages provided for emplacements in the United States, _ l V _ For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seaccast A¤¤m¤¤*¤°¤- cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, fifty thousand dollars. For purchase, manufacture, Stud test of lnspectingiinstruments for m23i2f5g? msu'"` the manufacture of cannon, carriages, and ammunition, and for the