Chapter 157. Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 157.— An Act Making appropriations for fortifications and other works of defense, for the armament thereof, for the procurement of heavy ordnance for trial and service, and for other purposes.June 6, 1912. [[H. R. 20111](/us/bill/62/hr/20111).] [[Public, No. 183](/us/pl/62/183).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Fortifications appropriations. That the sums of money herein provided for be, and the same are hereby, appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available and to continue available until expended, namely:
FORTIFICATIONS AND OTHER WORKS OF DEFENSE.Engineer Department. under the engineer department. For construction of fire-control stations and accessories, includingFire-control stations. purchase of lands and rights of way, and for the purchase and installation 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 electrical experts, engineers, and other necessary employees connected with the use of coast artillery; for the purchase, manufacture,Range finders, etc. and test of range finders and other instruments for fire 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 ourSearchlights.Use of unexpended balances. most important harbors, the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars is 126hereby reappropriated and made available out of the aggregate unexpended balance of the appropriations for construction of wall for the protection of Fort Moultrie, Sullivans Island, South Carolina, Vol. 35, p. 393.made in the fortification appropriation Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight; for the completion of the repair and restoration of batteries and other structures appurtenant to the defenses of Pensacola and retaining walls to protect the batteries Vol. 35, p. 393.from floods, made in the fortification appropriation Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight; for building sea walls for the protection of sites of fortifications and post buildings at Forts Pickens and McRee, Pensacola Harbor, Florida, made in the Vol. 35, p. 729.fortification appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine; for repair and restoration of batteries and other structures appurtenant to the defenses of Mobile, Alabama, and rebuilding sea walls and groins for protection of sites of fortifications Vol. 35, p. 393.and garrison posts made in the fortification appropriation Act approved May twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred and eight; for construction of sea wall, embankment, and fill along the front of Fort Vol. 33, p. 497.Crockett Reservation, Galveston, Texas, made in the sundry civil appropriation Acts approved April twenty-eighth, nineteen hundred Vol. 34, p. 742.and four, and June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and six; and for construction of sea wall and fill for protection of the military reservation at Fort Travis, Galveston, Texas, made in the fortification Vol. 35, p. 729.appropriation Act approved March third, nineteen hundred and nine.
Preservation, etc.For the protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications for which there may be no special appropriation available, one hundred and Use of balances.seventy-five thousand dollars, together with the further sum of one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars, which is hereby reappropriated and made available for these purposes out of the aggregate unexpended balances of the appropriations named and described under the foregoing paragraph. Plans.For preparation of plans for fortifications, five thousand dollars.
Electric plants.For tools, electrical and other supplies and appliances to be furnished by the Engineer Department for the use of the troops for maintaining and operating searchlights and electric light and power plants at seacoast fortifications, forty-five thousand dollars. Sea walls.For construction of sea walls and embankments, the sum of Use of balances.twenty-five thousand dollars is hereby reappropriated and made available for these purposes out of the aggregate unexpended balances of the appropriations named and described herein in the paragraph providing for searchlights for the defenses of our most important harbors.
Key West, Fla.Repair of defenses.Use of balances.Defenses of Key West, Florida.—For repair and restoration of structures appurtenant to the defenses of Key West, Florida, the sum of thirty-six thousand dollars is hereby reappropriated and made available for this purpose out of the aggregate unexpended balances of the appropriations named and described herein in the paragraph providing for searchlights for the defenses of our most important harbors. Torpedo structures.For preservation and repair of structures erected for the torpedo defense of the United States, and for maintaining channels for access to torpedo wharves, twenty thousand dollars.
Signal service.under the chief signal officer. Fire-control installations.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at seacoast defenses, one hundred and eighty thousand dollars. Armament.armament of fortifications. Mountain, field, and siege cannon.For the purchase, manufacture, and test of mountain, field, and siege cannon, including their carriages, sights, implements, equip- 127ments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, three hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That no part of this*Provisos*.Eight-hour work-day requirement. appropriation shall be expended for the purchase of any mountain, field, or siege cannon, including their carriages, from any person, firm, or corporation which has not at the time of commencement of said work established an eight-hour workday for all employees, laborers, and mechanics engaged or to be engaged in the work of construction of the cannon named herein: *Provided*, That the Chief of Ordnance,Additional contract authorized.
United States Army, is hereby authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise incur obligations for the purposes above mentioned not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars, in addition to the appropriations herein and heretofore made. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for mountain,Ammunition. field, and siege cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, six hundred thousand dollars: *Provided*, That,*Proviso*.Eight-hour work-day requirement. except in time of war or when in the judgment of the President war is imminent, no part of this or of any other sum in this Act for ammunition shall be expended for the purchase of any ammunition from any person, firm, or corporation which has not at the time of commencement of said work established an eight-hour workday for all employees, laborers, and mechanics engaged or to be engaged in the work of manufacturing the ammunition named herein.
For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for sea-coastAmmunition for seacoast cannon. cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and forty thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliberAmmunition for seacoast artillery practice. guns, and other accessories for seacoast artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
For the alteration and maintenance of the mobile artillery, includingAltering mobile artillery, etc. the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work and the expenses of the mechanics engaged thereon, forty-five thousand dollars. For the purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition, subcaliberAmmunition for field, etc., artillery practice. guns, and other accessories for mountain, field, and siege artillery practice, including the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.
For the alteration of three and two-tenths inch batteries to rapid-fireAltering to rapid-fire batteries, etc. field batteries, including sights, implements, equipments, and the materials and machinery necessary for alteration and manufacture at the arsenals, seventy-five thousand dollars. For the alteration and maintenance of Seacoast Artillery, includingAltering, etc., sea-coast artillery. the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, materials necessary for the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, three hundred thousand dollars. proving ground, sandy hook, new jersey.Sandy Hook proving ground.
For current expenses of the ordnance proving ground, Sandy Hook,Expenses, etc. New Jersey, comprising the maintenance of rail and water transportation, repairs, alterations, accessories, and service of employees incidental to testing and proving ordnance material, hire of assistants for the Ordnance Board, purchase of instruments and articles required for testing and experimental work, building and repairing butts and targets, clearing and grading ranges, fifty-six thousand two hundred dollars.
For the necessary expenses of officers while temporarily employedTemporary employment. on ordnance duties at the proving ground and absent from their proper station, at the rate of two dollars and fifty cents per diem while soPer diem, etc. 128employed, and the compensation of draftsmen while employed in the Army Ordnance Bureau on ordnance construction, eighteen thousand seven hundred dollars. Submarine mines.submarine mines. Purchase, etc.For the purchase of submarine mines and necessary appliances to operate them for closing the channels leading to our principal seaports, and continuing torpedo experiments; for the purchase of the necessary machinery, tools, and implements for the repair shop of the torpedo Fort Totten, N.
Y.Torpedo depot.depot at Fort Totten, New York, and for extra-duty pay to soldiers 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, fifty-eight thousand dollars. Insular possessions.FORTIFICATIONS IN INSULAR POSSESSIONS. Engineer department.engineer department. Seacoast batteries.For construction of seacoast batteries, as follows: Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, one hundred and seventy thousand dollars;
Philippine Islands.In the Philippine Islands, eight hundred thousand dollars; In all, nine hundred and seventy thousand dollars. Preservation, etc.For protection, preservation, and repair of fortifications at the following localities: Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, five hundred dollars; Philippine Islands.In the Philippine Islands, eight thousand dollars; In all, eight thousand five hundred dollars. Torpedo structures.For preservation and repair of structures erected for torpedo defense, and for maintaining channels for access to torpedo wharves at the following localities:
Philippine Islands.In the Philippine Islands, five hundred dollars. Electric plants.For tools, electrical and other supplies and appliances, to be furnished by the Engineer Department for the use of the troops for maintaining and operating searchlights and electric light and power plants at seacoast fortifications— Hawaiian Islands.In the Hawaiian Islands, seven hundred fifty dollars; Philippine Islands.In the Philippine Islands, two thousand five hundred dollars; In all, three thousand two hundred and fifty dollars.
Signal service.under the chief signal officer. Fire-control installations.For operation and maintenance of fire-control installations at sea-coast defenses, twenty thousand dollars. Armament.ordnance department. Seacoast cannon.Additional contracts authorized.The Chief of Ordnance, United States Army, is, in addition to appropriations heretofore made, hereby authorized to enter into contracts or otherwise incur obligations not to exceed seventy-one thousand four hundred dollars for the purchase, manufacture, and test of seacoast cannon for coast defenses, including their carriages, sights, implements, equipments, and the machinery necessary for their manufacture at the arsenals.
Ammunition for seacoast cannon.For purchase, manufacture, and test of ammunition for seacoast cannon, including the necessary experiments in connection therewith, and the machinery necessary for its manufacture at the arsenals, three hundred thousand dollars. Altering, etc., seacoast artillery.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 mechan129 ics, and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, thirty-three thousand five hundred and eighty-five dollars.
For the mechanical supervision of the installation of seacoastInstalling seacoast artillery. artillery, including the purchase and manufacture of machinery, tools, and materials necessary for the work, and expenses of civilian mechanics, and extra-duty pay of enlisted men engaged thereon, two thousand five hundred dollars. That all material purchased under the provisions of this act shallMaterial to be of American manufacture. be of American manufacture, except in cases when, in the judgment of the Secretary of War, it is to the manifest interest of the United States to make purchases in limited quantities abroad, which material shall be admitted free of duty.
BOARD OF ORDNANCE AND FORTIFICATION.Board of Ordnance and Fortification. To enable the board to make all needful and proper purchases,Purchases, tests, etc. experiments, and tests to ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates, and other implements and engines of war, and to purchase or cause to be manufactured, under authority of the Secretary of War, such guns, carriages, armor plates, and other war material as may, in the judgment of the board, be necessary in the proper discharge of the duty devolved upon it by the Act approved September twenty-second, eighteenVol. 25, p. 489. hundred and eighty-eight; to pay the salary of the civilian memberCivilian member.Vol. 28, p. 769. of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification provided by the Act of February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one. and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for the payment of the necessaryPer diem, etc. expenses of the board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon, when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars and fifty cents a day; and for theTests, etc. test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, twenty-five thousand dollars, the expenditure of which shall be made by the several bureaus of the War Department heretofore having jurisdiction of the same, or by the board itself, as the Secretary of War may direct: *Provided*, That before any money shall*Proviso*.Right to use inventions. be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said board, the board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the same to the Government.
Approved, June 6, 1912.