CONGRESS. (TE PUHM9T** 





Vms, no active operations have been required of 



uigt* in ni.-th.-N of administration, the aban- 



varioaa officers charred with the 



In addition" tCu^ara in 



E 



II * 





artillery to have been 



.4 to mii.iMium 



;*l year the work of uuiutru 



mi rat airy post* has bevn COO* 



r repeats hi* recommendation U.at 

 arracks MM| quarters should 

 the needs of the service as 



(tie dr|arlmrnl rather than rrto!. 



i, a 



now be allotted to the 



i, ------ .IM quart rs f 01 tin jarri M M 



i -roperly care for and operate modern 

 It i* essential. too, tbat early provision be 

 i he nupissanr force of art 



.:||MM| Wit! 



uagaxine arms, and wise policy deiuandft that 

 all availal.l.- I 



ployed as to pmvidr within a reasonable time 



E "blent number to supply the state militia with 

 modern weapons and provide an ample reserve 



twre 112.879 men. 

 by the several 



N . uito $3^00,000 annually, and $400,- 



ln- 



at ion shows these troops to be usually well 

 iniirti in. '.-rest, 



tanccs they are so dafleianl in prop- 

 na and tqaipmenl that a sudden call ton 

 1 flml th.-iii inmlr<|imtrly pr. 



recommend thnt prompt 



^Hferrs be UK Mtion and 



.rngrmrnt IN-J;, deserving 



(aid and voluntary citizen soldiers upon 



assistance we must largely rely in time of 



;>ast year rapid progress has been 

 .r.l tht- ci.mpli-tion of the - 

 ic erection and armament <>f f,.rti!i. . 

 oar seaooent. while equal progress ha 



itrriul f..r Hubmarine de- 

 in connection with these works. 

 -' pei-uliarly graiifviiij; nt this time to note the 

 dvaiMi that has been made in thi im|*ortant 

 - the date of my annual 

 ngrcss at th. 



mortars. In * 



tprgun. 1 



H -.:,.'. f. .' -,:' .- . ' ; 



mortar* ; in all, 418 gons and mortar*. 



message referred to the first modern gun oarriaca 



.....:.:. mfJSJ : 



but one were 



as to 



traction. All but one wrre of UM BOD. 



necessary oorer for toe artillery 

 n*r aoainst tne mtrnM fire of modern mat 



'. ..:,;-'. 



n,.- h^WllfifHMI >-t OMMM) M : - . i 

 pert* has been taxed in designing carriages that 



A .;.,.... ' . ^ . , ,. 



".. i. . -.- rofgm< .if? m - ' Md . . - . . 

 ing has bsen raisad to . 



are on toe disappearing principle, and the number 

 of mortar carriages to fit while the tt 



This 





utiitifactui 



>. and 80 40-i 



' -lal 



cant when oooiparvd witli the 



hen 



>f American design an. I Araer- 



.on-itrat.il our nl-i! 

 i resources guns of unexcelled 

 hat data, however, there 

 no carriages upon which to mount 

 and only 81 emplacements for guns and 

 rs. all these emplaceroenta 



ir armament. Only out 

 was at that time in position for the 



t Mm,> th.- number of gnnaaetnallT com* 

 been increased to a total <-f -ji u inch. 



a 



ridad br priori 

 to built and build 

 Unproved situation it largely doe to the recent gen- 



.r- .--.;. f ( .''. r. . :.. 



of th. War Depaitmaai. Thus we shall soon have 

 complete about one fifth of the comprehensive eft- 

 he first step in which was no 

 tarn to th< 



Whan it is understood that a mi 

 nient not only furnishes a platform for 'the 

 modern high-power gun. but also in every p 

 r serves the purpose and takes the place 

 the fort of former days, the importance of the 



inplished is better comprehended. 

 In the hope that the work will be prosecuted with 

 no less vigor in the future, the S War 



has submitted an estimate by which, if allowed. 



i..| of the next fiscal year such additional 

 guns, mortars, gun carriages and emplacements, as 

 will rvpn '.ir from one third of the total 



work to be done under the plan adopted for oar 

 coast defenses, thus affording a prospect that the 



k will be substantially completed 

 ar*. In Itat time than that, h hall 



have attained a marked degree of security. The 

 and results of the past year demonstrate 

 that with a continuation of present careful meth- 

 ods the cost of the remaining work will be rooch 

 lees than the original estimate. 



We should always keep in mind that of all forma 



of military preparation, coast defense alone is et- 



illv |riflc in it- nature. While it gives the 



MM . f an nritj ABJ : ifjsjaaaj SJMSJ Patm ith, 



i: bfjeJaVi .;.-;-..-'- . - 

 manent fortification to involve us in foreign com- 

 plications but rather to guarantee us against them, 

 are not t.n ; secnritv 



agautl it. Tliii- they are thoroughlv in accord 

 with all the traditions of our national diplon. 



rney-General presanto a detailed an<l in- 

 taraating statement of the work done under hit su- 



>u.n during the last fiscal year. The 



)iip and managament by the Govern roe i 



triitiariea for the confinement of those convtcteil in 



i States court* for violations of Federal law *. 



whirh for many yean has been a subject of execa- 



^ororoenaation. has at last to a slight extent 



ration of the abandoned 



military prison at Fort Learenworth as a I'nited 

 Btm^psaKairj, 



' is certainly a movement in the right direc- 

 he at once mipplemented by 



the rvbmMinff or . \ tensive enlarp-mrnt of this im- 

 pft> vised prison, and the construction of at least one 



