63D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. ( DOCUMENT 3d Session. No. 1529. ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS ARMAMENT OF LETTER FROM THE ACTING SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, TRANSMITTING COPY OF A COMMUNICATION OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR SUBMITTING SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE SERVICE OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1916. JANUARY 29, 1915.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 27, 1915. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the consideration of Congress, copy of a communication of the Secretary of War, of the 26th instant, submitting supplemental estimates of appropriations required by the War Department for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, for the following objects: Armament of fortifications.. Fortifications in insular possessions.. $200,000 130, 000 The Secretary of War, in his communication, states that these sums are additional to the estimates submitted in the Annual Estimates for 1916, and gives reasons for the submission of the same at this time. Respectfully, BYRON R. NEWTON, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 26, 1915. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith for transmission to Congress supplemental estimates of appropriations required by the War Department for the service of the fiscal year 1916, under the following headings: Armament of fortifications..... Fortifications in insular possessions.. $200,000 130,000 The item of $200,000 (which is for the alteration and maintenance of seacoast matériel, and is in addition to the $300,000 requested for the same object in the regular estimates for 1916) is imperatively necessary in order to meet conditions as to range of the major-caliber guns in our seacoast fortifications laid down by a board of officers recently appointed, whose conclusions were not available at the time the regular estimates were submitted. Of the second item ($130,000), $110,000 is necessary for seacoast guns, etc., for emplacement in a battery now under construction, while the remaining $20,000 is required for the alteration and maintenance of seacoast matériel in our insular possessions, in accordance with the conclusions of the board of officers above referred to, and is in addition to the $46,000 requested for this purpose in the regular estimates for 1916. The same reason assigned for the submission, at this time, of the item of $200,000 and the reasons for its omission from the regular estimates for 1916 apply to this item for $20,000. Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. HENRY BRECKINRIDGE, Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, by the Ordnance Department, United States Army. For the alteration and maintenance of seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics and extraduty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon (June 27, 1914, vol. 38, p. 390, sec. 1).............. NOTE. The above amount is in addition to that heretofore submitted under this heading; see page 512, Book of Estimates for 1916. The estimated expenditures under the amount herein submitted are as follows: $200,000 Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, by the Ordnance Department, United States Army-Continued Detailed objects of expenditures and explanations. Estimated amount which will be required for each detailed object of expenditure. Total amount to be appropriated under each head of appropriation. WAR DEPARTMENT-Continued. Fortifications in insular possessions: NOTE.-No estimate under this heading was submitted in the original estimates of this department for the fiscal year 1916. The estimated expenditures under the amount herein submitted are as follows: Brigadier General, Chief of Ordnance, United States Army. ORDNANCE OFFICE, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., January 19, 1915. For the alteration and maintenance of the seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of the civilian mechanics and extraduty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon (June 27, 1914, vol. 38, p. 391, sec. 1).. NOTE. This amount is in addition to that heretofore submitted under this heading. (See page 522, Book of Estimates for 1916.) The estimated expenditures under the amount herein submitted are as follows: $110,000.00 The item of $200,000 (which is for the alteration and maintenance of seacoast matériel, and is in addition to the $300,000 requested for the same object in the regular estimates for 1916) is imperatively necessary in order to meet conditions as to range of the major-caliber guns in our seacoast fortifications laid down by a board of officers recently appointed, whose conclusions were not available at the time the regular estimates were submitted. Of the second item ($130,000), $110,000 is necessary for seacoast guns, etc., for emplacement in a battery now under construction, while the remaining $20,000 is required for the alteration and maintenance of seacoast matériel in our insular possessions, in accordance with the conclusions of the board of officers above referred to, and is in addition to the $46,000 requested for this purpose in the regular estimates for 1916. The same reason assigned for the submission, at this time, of the item of $200,000 and the reasons for its omission from the regular estimates for 1916 apply to this item for $20,000. Very respectfully, The SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. HENRY BRECKINRIDGE, Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1916, by the Ordnance Department, United States Army. Detailed objects of expenditures and explanations. Estimated amount which will be required for each detailed object of expenditure. Total amount to be appropriated under each head of appropriation. WAR DEPARTMENT. FORTIFICATIONS-ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT. Armament of fortifications For the alteration and maintenance of seacoast artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics and extraduty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon (June 27, 1914, vol. 38, p. 390, sec. 1).. NOTE. The above amount is in addition to that heretofore submitted under this heading; see page 512, Book of Estimates for 1916. The estimated expenditures under the amount herein submitted are as follows: $200,000 |