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VOL 62 61 NOVE MB El DETROIT TEN Grinnell Bros VASES Offers Alusic House '0 JTT 0 Wright Kay Co REGULAR ARMY Importer Jeweler An stationer and end of the present year we Smith Sturgeon Co MASONIC TEMPLE AUDITORIUM AT THE IGHT LAST ESTIVITIES THECHAMPION? MUCH BEAUTY BY ROCMl or Thanksgiving TEIIIXG LCXIHSS HEraUlCRCCR OLLOWING WITH TEA STORE JlUlOOX THEIR SEVEN THE OR JTs 31 AG Ml CI INCI? Alilburn Co each TO ATTACK HAVANA TO are Central now Indoor ootball the Best That IROUSLE IH CHILI Th strength on October a the the canopy I 'li the was puns and 78 for at the the light with then it became genius lighted 1O the line posts Ann Small and Dainty Vases Larre and Magnificent Vases Moderate Priced Vases Iorcelain Vases Onyx Vases Enamelled Vases Decorated Glass Vases Cut Glass Vasessterling silver Vases Electro Plate Vases The encomiums dally showered on us by our customers Is the best evidence of the superiority of our corn fritters and candies We are orirtnal in everything we ma tee sugar Bowl 255 Woodward are buiid Bryan 15 CuO the field went He Arbor In Cell New Crop Ceylon oi rnne Ooleag er fine Japnn Teas will pet xke crowning uraeh to the feast Ortar by mail cc telephone I rem pc Jy fieltv A lAKGtlll ORCE OP ARTILLERISTS I NEEDED of elex'ex fl'mied hen NINGEIl OVER THE LINE EKBERTS TRIE KICK GAVE Till) ANN ARBORS SIX NICUT THE GAY TIIRi DANCED AXVAY THE TIME Winter Term Hegins November 23 Send for for mortars of for mortars were last session of mittee Worked the Affair the Sucre GOMEZ AND MACEO hlRCHlNG ON I HE DISCIPLINE Till) TROOPS NEVER BETTER THIS PAPER IS PRINTED WITH The Standard Ptg tn Co In CINCINNATI Watches Jewelry Silverware Ring and Brooch Settings ere spcclattles Our exceptional facili ties and stilled workmen unite to make ocr charges very moderate Owing to the Magnitude of business done soch fin Instruments as the Celebrated equally effective Jacksonville la November 2S Private calxexrams to Cuban leaders here front Ha vana to night state that Gomez is moving Havanaward and it is rumored that he and will soon make a concerted attack on Havana This increases the general Washington November 2S In his annual report which was made public to day Sec retary Lamont renews his previous recom mendation that the infantry be reorgan ized on the general idea of three light and mobile battalions of tear companies each to the regiment instead of the cumbersome ten company formation adopted a century ago and abandoned by other nations since the development of modern magazine rilles and he quotes Gena Sherman Sheridan and Lleu Gen Schocfitid in support of the ne cessity of this reorganization of the infan try Tne completion already of some coast defenses and the approaching completion of other modern batteries render necessary a larger force of artilleries but no other in crease of the army is asked for The plan of 4 coast defense involves Ivj distinct batteries in over twenty harbors Th! number of line officers serving with their commands is larger than at any time since the war and the secretary expresses the belief that still further changes ean be made to advantage in this direction The report shows that according to the statements of department commanders the discipline of tne troops was never better than now The number of trials by gen eral court martial was about 15 per cent less during the past year than the year be fore In no previous year of the his to: ct the army has the health of the troops been so satisfactory Under the new system established by sec retary Lamont the army has for the first time been paid monthly Over J14OCOi was disbursed The saving to the govern ment by the system is about annual ly and it appears to encourage economy among the men as soldiers deposits this year are over more than last year plucky little fellow seldom make the required distance however forced to retire In halt Repair Yes the game Hi purgfn features and his goal kicked from the forty cleanly between the easily outclassed Hors The secretary says the Mississippi river commission has decided to discontinue the plan to improve the river by bank protec tion and to adopt the plan of dredging channels in shoal pieces and maintaining with state and local co operation an effec tive levee system With this change of policy the minority believe the function of the co mm Ur ion is ended and the work should be turned over to the secretary of The new lock at the falls of the St Mary's river though not fully completed was thrown open to commerce August 1SSC The secretary speaks of the magnitude of this work and ays it total cost will bo but about per cent of the value of the com merce passing through the Detroit river during the season of 1XKL The traffic through the St alls canal in the year was the largest in its history The total amount of freight carried to and from Lake Superior in 1L35 exceeds that of 1S34 by 14 per cent The commerce passing through the Detroit riv er during the year amounted to about tons with estimated value of $75 Odeo an increase of 7 per cent over th commerce of the preceding year The secretary also says that but little change has occurred in the water levels of the great lakes during the past year from corresponding levels of 1KM and he adds that as no wat hrs yet been drawn for use in the Chicago drainage canal no fur ther facts can be given as to the probable effect of abstracting lOOid cubic fet of water per second from Lake Michigan The importance of inaugurating a series of ob servations and gaugines which will provjd reliable data concerning the lake lv and the probable effect of the Chicago drainage canal and the deepening of connecting channels is again urged upon congress shows that whereas on 1533 of our modern defense power gun was mounted by Ete ete etc are ammg the many arti cle have provided aaiiaUe ter wedding R6GRESSIVE DRUGGISTS 81 Woodward Avenue north of Gratiot Avenue some on adjoining streets Special prices for ten days Some remaining on Cadillac and Woodward avenues ifty acres on Michi gan avenue near new Electric Line Eigh ty acres near Wyandotte Salt Lands Will exchange part or all for Lumber JESSOP and cheek rooms for an hour guests were coming in The elevators ran as swiftly as they could one carrying peo pie up and the other only stopping for those going down but in spite of their hurry there waa more or lea waiting a short lak for the gentlemen to jerk off coats and hats and get a check that insured their return when wanted But with the ladles it waa differ nt There weie the frizzes to rearrange and the laces to straighten out and the last lingering glance into the mirror to assure them that everything was just as it should be Nat urally it took more time than lor the pen tiemen and therefore it was no wonder married Imju There was not a single clement lacking to make the Masonic ball of last night a complete success It is true the weather was a trifle unpropitious but no one deigned to notice that The Masons were too intent upon getting all the pleasure dut of the first grand ball within the new tem ple to allow anything whatever to have the slightest effect on the affair Therewere two worlds in Detroit while the big bMl lasted one was inside the Masonic temple the other was outside Nothing that pertained to the exterior world had any effect upon the little world of gayety and beauty within The one was left be hind as the carriage doors swung to and the occupants hurried into the beautiful new temple that is just for Masons and for no one else It was built by Masonic mon ey that meant some sacrifice for every member of the old order and Its disciples are' now beginning to enjoy their beautiful home Last function may in one sense be called the dedication of the tem ple While it was not in any sense a dedi cation of the magnificent building to the purposes and alms of the mystic order it was a dedication of it to the distinctively social pleasures that Masons and their wives and daughters are to enjoy in the new structure Therefore it was meet and fitting that "the most should be made of the function And the Masons lost no op portunity to make the affair magnificent imposing and in the extreme enjoyable Their efforts were not lost it was every minute a beautiful grand enjoyable ball When darkness fell last evening there was toe sound of preparation within the Lafayette avenue temple and the electric lights were turned on in an their bright ness not to be turned off tin the light of the sun this morning began to stream through the few windows that look into the temple Not a detail in the way of preparation was lacking ami when even ing came it remained only for the guests to do the rest The committees had done their part preparatory to the event and the people had to com pie te toe affair They did it to perfection Eight found the first carriages on their way to the temple and from that tune the canopy that stretched from the horse block to the big wide doors ot the building contained a steady stream of Masonic souls and their friends scurrying rapidly into the brilliant ly ligh ted baddiug Around the canopy stood scores of curious people watching the guests as they alighted and made their way inside The sight of a lady in full evening dress with all her finery on and with lust the frizzes and laces necessary to enhance her beauty to the limit is always attractive and doubly so to that part of the world that is seldom allowed to look upon the finery and richness of such bril liant social events Sprely no one bermdr them the glimpse of gayety they got from the brief glance over each other's shoulders as the carriages emptied their loads into the ball room last nrht ull dr gentlemen added conventionality to tiro scene and the about the doors part of the ball was not at all the leas: Interest ing feature of the great society affair I was a Quick trip far the ladle to their eesing room on it second floor and for the gentlemen to the check rooms near by There were busy scenes around the cloak his place being taken by erbert was equally effective Hut few HOGG WAS ORCED TO SAETY TOIC11DOWV PRICE: THREE DHROiJINSTIIlift OMC and 10 Adams Avr West Miss Kate Jacobs Director or almost an hour after the most of the people arrived there was a reception in the bell room the while the orchestras played the selections appointed for the Then the programmes were filled and there was a general bustle of conversation and rub dued excitement rom the galleries there was audible simply a great big murmur of voices that never seemed to be willing to die out At exactly 3 o'clock according to nro gramm the "University" march rs'b rnn by Schremser's orchestra Ttu was followed by in overture selection and ga votte During all this time the rau war arriving and checking their wraps in rooms below for which admirable arrang mentr had been made by the committee Not twenty steps from the check room elevator were aw altinr the guest and in them they were whirled to th top floor The four preliminaries ended inney's orchestra of fifteen at ruck up a waltz and soon 33 coupler for the majori ty of tb guests had arrived bv tais timeere engaged in the mazy whirl or si iff ng Chicago November fS In the big ing in which five months ago XV was nominated for the presidency cheering football enthusiasts saw eleven of the University of Chicago de feat th strong eleven from tne Univers ity of Michigan in one of the most des perately contested games ever played irr Chicago The result was a to everybody for although the Chicago elev en professed the utmost confidence of winning this feeling was not shared by their supporters who at best looked for them to hold their opponents down to a small score To Herschbereer Chicago's full back belong te honor of winning Mu ui tne irom yard goal the full back and time and again his long kicks saved his team Chicago could do but little with Michigan's line most of her gains being on end plays in which she displayed splendid interference or by the kicking cf Herschberger Hamill and irth the Chicago ends both distinguish ed themselves by some very pretty taek On the Michigan stae ingree first half was the "whole thing" the to Dallas Texas November Si is evi dent now that Texas at the election of November 3 cast more than iSdvo votes and that the plurality of Bryan and Tr ail ovr and Hobart is at lean the rn od W4ln vop Bryan beats McKinley more than case Texas gives Bryan Purahty of any state carried by nink DImp P' Cow from th nr and utbn ertnp tMn nt trrh cikvj by Heed' Sarsaparilla ANY ORMATION' SHOCLD III) 4 ED Under the new recruiting system 843S men were enlisted last year of whom near ly one half were secured at garrisoned posts without expense Desertion in the army is decreasing De serters in 1SS3 numbered 378 tn 1S33 only and last year The post exchange the general co oper ative store maintained without expense to the government at nearly all military sta tiskrtv rw in niisiea mfH in wmen kept for sale mot of the commodities that a in af mann at xniiimrv uwis ge neral Iv approved The receipts last year from all sources were more than one and one half million dollars with net profits of about JPOAC The thirty five army officers assigned to duty with the National Guard of the states report steady improvement in the militia Investigation this year has shown serious deficiencies in the arms and equipment of this branch of the service XVhen the state furnish the armories an 1 defray all expenses incidental to keeping their forces in training Secretary Lamont suggests that the United states snouia provide tnem witn the implements which they will need in active service arms and field equipment as the supply on hand is totally inadequate for serious and prolonged field operations The secretary recommends that the springfield rifle caliber forty five be issued to state troops that the state be allowed to return to the war department obsolete arms and equipments to be sold end the proceeds credited to the states and that the states be allowed to pnrchae from the de partment supplies at regulation prices ifteen regiments of regulars are on duty east of the Missouri and the meridian of Kansas City twenty are located in plains and mountains between the Missouri and the eastern boundary of the Pacific states and fife are on the Pacific coast There are seventy seven military poets rne amy runsiMfi vmvri xdvji ar 2S4 below the leal maximum riAkfl 3 palace is besieged with throngs after Information of which very little is voueh the Dublie Contents himself with nrai ttfitOVPae a a a 07 4 cj win aur Lnnri i A rumor prevails at Havana that forces have met a por VyeyJeffs army at Maryland that Io is heavy It cannot be i vyu raced Sounds of sharp firing or dyna were heard eastward of the cityappoeedly caused by guerrilla warfare Chicago November 2 special) The maroon waves triumphant and the yellow and blue lies torn and trampled In the duet But it was stupendous football Never on any Western gridiron has such a game been played Never have two teams fought such a battle before a west ern audience Never was a game in which both elevens so distinguished themselves and played clear through to the end in such splendid form Never was a game so full ot thrilling surprises of dramatic sit uations of magnificent team work and of brilliant individual effort Never was a game the results of which were so remaxk able upon the standing of the contesting elevens The proud champions ot the year victors upon every field scored upon but once in the whole season fell before an eleven with arbsurdly inferior record Chicago owes her victory to one man to him and to a fluke by Michigan at a critical juncture which gave Chicago two points Herschberger is a whole team in himself It was his wonder ful goal from field made from the 43 yard line that rave Chicago the only score ot her own earning On fluke and goal from field Chicago's victory rests But more than that Hersch berger by the most tremendous senes ot punts ever sen on a football field drove Michigan ever backward from Chicago's ko I and time and again saved Chicago from most imminent danger Again and again Michigan would force th ball to Chicago's ten yard or five yard or three yard line The immense audience of 13Cvj people would stand on tiptoe with excitement and then at the last moment Chicago would nold Michigan for downs or someone would be offside or someone would fumble Chicago would get the ball and Herschberger would scrape the raft ers with a thirty five forty or even tiftv yard punt swift ends would sprint down the field tn hot pursuit and the ball would again zo to Michigan in the center of the yriiiron with the whole weary distance to gain again It was a battle of giants Chicago could do noth ing with Michigan's line She could never get through One charge after another arainst center against tackle or against end would go up with a crash and top as dead as though it were a wall of stone and not wven men of fleh and blood standing there Only onee did Chicago advance the ball by bucking Michigan's line and the cost in effort was so great that the pohey ouojuuhcu uttciij luereaner until within the last two minuter of play Nor i rtiti vs a tore ner jnterrerenee to tatters and downed the runner time and again for a lost But after a futile effort or two in way Herschberger would be given the ball and tfie sphere would fly through a stupendous arc and though the ball would be Mich yat forty yards or more would be adder! to th distance the XVolverines must cms to score When Michigan had the ball it was not easy for them to gain Chics co had solv ed Michlcan's interference It Is not In vain that 7oach Jerrems who stayed with Purdue for a week and saw Michtran there who watched Michigan tear up the big Ssedes of his own cam at Minne sota earne to Chicago a week ago to coach the Maroon It was not In vain that Chicago men have watched Michigan on every field from Le high down But though Chicago has solved th problem of the combination she couldn't always stop the gains around the end and when Michigan charged hr line It had to bend and shatter before the tre mendous hammering Although Chicago won her game was almost entirelv defen sive Only once was goal in danger After Herschberger goal from field Chi cago never got near enough to coal line for him to try it again All the rest of the game was played between Mich 45 yard line and Chicago's goal line Although Michigan got behind Chicago's goal but once he kept it constantly men aced The Maroons were always escaping by the narrowest marcini Victory was snatched from Michigan when it was al most within her grasp In the most tantaliz ing way and it was Herschberger who did it Herschberger and his stupendous punt Both teams came out of the game in good form Toward the last the wearers ot the maroon were rather frequently laid up Michigan needed scarcely any such re 1 spite Chicago also held many consulta tions In field which wore away time in inactivity to the great distress of the Michigan rooters But if the game was so phenomenal what of the arena? Th field was excellent the floor of the Coliseum had been removed and a bed of clay and soil been put in and rolled down A sloping bank of sand kept the players from charging into the railing Back of the rail rose tier on tier of seats filled all the way around with spectators Even the galleries were largely filled so that the building looked crowded to the roof in all direction And the whole vat audience was gay with streaming ribbons and wav ing banners One large section showed the Cornell banner and colors The boxes wer full of society people Horns rattle whis tles and a hundred other appliances for making a noise were there A cornet on the Michigan side played the air of college songs and thousands of voices sang them auu ucnigan yetis other across the gridiron Outside it was raining and in grew dim eventually and so dark that some brilliant a match Another caught the idea and in a moment a thousand matches burned a pretty constellation all about the arena It was picturesque scene beautiful in the extreme A burst of applause came spontaneously The two trams were idle for the moment while the referee looked up the rules A few moments later the electric lights blazed up and the remainder of the game proceeded under an artificial illumination Th immense crowd was vet pouring steadily In at 1:33 when the Chicago play ers trotted into the field They were greet ed with a thunderburst of applause Thly went rapidly through a little signal practice and Herschberger and Gardner practiced punting a little This practice work a roused tremendous enthusiasm on the Chicago side and carried dismay to the heart" of Mich igan rooters when Herschberger began to send the ball sailing into the rafters end wound up by kicking goal frog field from the yard lin At 1:30 th Michigan play ers jumped over the barrier and followed Capt Villa to the center of the gridiron another great ovaticn was given by the en thusiastic spectators Michigan also went snappUy through a few signals and Hogg sent a few purts down the field distressing ly short of the superb performance just wit nessed from Herschberger The cornet struck up the and Blue" and everybody sang it Then the teams tinea up in tne neut and i discovered that Chicago had the kick off The whistle blw and the geatest game cf the year had begun A ashlrrtoa November Si Indefinite3Bor reached here to day of a revol in Chill but are discredited at the ChUean legation whose minister Gana received a cablegram from the under min foreign affairs giving the names a formed by President Er Th cable makes no reference to ojserder and this with the announce the cabinet 1 taken as eon ewldence that the unfounded The new cabinet minister and tainistar of the in Antunez foreign relation Moris justice and public innrue cn Puv Borne finance fMtomayor ernandez Albano Industries rancisco rT aides Cuevas President Erraxu osmed a cabinet shortly after assum on Septmber It but there wasPp4ktuoo p) bjr parliament and a result ew cabinet is named cream white bunting loose pleats formed the ing and with smooth side walls of the tent like halt There were 35 panels formed by featoons of laurel run ning lengthwise and crosswise of the ceil ing and walls The frtze line extending around ti: entire interior was also adorned with ropes of laurel which were broken In the center of each panel with wreaths NVhlt pedestals wan nd picturquelv with laurel and surmount'd by palms broke the wall into equal sections Se vi nty ftve elec tric' lights ot 32 power studded th whit eeiiirur at the intersections of the laurel strings running lengthwise and croa wise Each of these Iigh'3 vas encircle! by a laurel wreath There were also) ordi nary electric lights extending around tb border of the gaileri In addition to these there were four calcium lights placed in the four corners of the hall which at in tervals flashed variegated colored lights upon the moving panorama of dancers At either end of the hall was a gaerv each seating about 3l3 spectators rom these points cf vantage the dancer ap peared like mi mature arm i formtrg in lines squares groups couples and quar tets ami wth military precision perform ing the evolutions of the waltz the quad rille the polka or th? promenade and keeping time to the music of the orches that the men especially th ones displayed just a little tit tee if a laay Mid not ipjear on the ucaie within say fifteen minutes after the arrival at the cloak rooms But it was all over soon and the elevators hustledthe anxious couples without a stop to tho ball room at the top of the structure It was the beauty spot cf the entire temple Many were the and that wre given expression as the fair ones and their escorts stepped from the elevators to th big reception room There wa an almost immediate promenade around tn large hall lb)xl feet in size first just for the sako of sizing It vp Stationed in the north gal lery was Schremser's band which furnished the promenade music and in the south gal lery was inney's orchestra which played the regular dance 3 Rsids there wro scores of pc cple in each gallery who camo just to look cn and see the dancing and beauty of face dress and form Soon th great floor was a moving mass of coup! engaged slmplj In social Intercourse an 1 in getting accustomed to the people and meeting friends The ballroom is worth a detailed descrip tion tn itself XVhen the guests entered and surveyed the interior it presented the ap pearance of a vast tent with walls and ceil ings of creamy whiteness intensifled by th blending glow of a hundred lights and relieved by the artistic arrange ment of laurel festoons and wrea'hs V'ith the new canvas covering' the entire floor and with weam white bunting arching the celling and ropes of laurel crie cros1 from frieze line to frieze Ha the tent hall formed an appropriate rendezvous for the chivalrous sir knights who danced through the mazes ot Hi waltz and qua drille with thir beautifully gowned part ner It was an entrancing spectacle amid fitting urroundings The decorations were simple yet beau tiful Conspicuously placed tn the middle of the south gallery facing wa a large Masonic emblem with forty four electric lights forming a compass and square and surrounding a large letter represented in ro1 Hghta The lights in the square were frosted while those in the compass were dear white the entire flee pre rent ing three contrasting colors This was the CBly Masonic decoration in the hall and it attracted general attention There were no flags or other paraphernalia on the walls cr ceiling as might hav ben ex pected by those who have att nded the Masonic balls held in the Light Infantry armory in recent years Th two colors used in decorating were green and whits Th iron girders were completely conceal ed from view by XzjO yards of wnicn arehed surface SOHMER PIANO MALLET DAVIS and WEGMAN at lower prices than othrs inerMr makes Ours is the largest Music House in Michigan and not nuit don ble that of any other in Detroit thus sriv varied selection (either in style make or price) than Is to be found established rep utation for honorable dealing easy terms LOTVEST PRICES all make our house the most popular tn the' city and tn aeaung with us purchasers are assure of complete atisfaction Satisfying at whatever cost as much to do with our great success yotl buy or not eo me in and look through our warerooms and see our magnifleent display of oliday styles E7No trouble to show goods at Grinnell Music House venue The latest Sheet Music hits and be display of small Instruments very low The 310 Apache prisoners of band the secretary says lead a quiet pas toral life at ort 111 and have reached a self supporting condition He recommends that In time title to 38000 acres they occupy be acqured by the government and that they thn bs placed under control of the Indian bureau Concerning the statuary of Washington the report favors the appointment by th president of a permanent commisinn of men best qualified pas on questions of art to whom shall be intrusted the selec tion of designs and sites for the future monuments of the capital The report shows total expenditure for the war department for lk 6 aggregating Among them is an ltm of II 475 for salaries and contingencies in the war oitice at Washington This the secre tary says shows a saving of from the expenditure under the sam head for the year IsSC The aggregate of appropriations for the dpartmnt unexpected and tamed into the reneral fund of th treasury at the end of ust fiscal year was Sl97aOii or th vear I'DS it was n7SL7 and for 1S34 It was an aggregate for thr years of more than five million dollars In dosing ths his last report the acc retary says: have the satisfaction In placing on record my high appreciation of th rha irlr aKIIliv ficers of our armv and th general nirit I could Chicago tnak laraltv and nafHwih hceir ca tAm 4nfrfipAnMi pervade its ranks To the officers and" men and to the heads of departments in the war oSce all ot whom have given i faithful support to the administration bf this department I make the aknowied ment which is their due" nowied Ttee governor general i th general hints and I ed as wen 3 to provide a more efficient defense for he Important places and also to utilize to the best advantage the guns for which carriages could be most speedily furnished The total num ber of emplacements provided for to date is i tor guns ana wnicn sc for appropriated congress Before the shall have eleven twelve inch forty two ten inch eight eight inch rapid fire guns and H2 mortar emplacements By July next there should be completed fourteen twelve inch forty six ten inch ten eight inch and twelve rapid firing guns and 112 mortar emplacements and hr the close of the coming year this will be increased to twenty one twelve inch slxty six ten inch twenty fiva eight inch and sixteen rapid Are guns and 158 mortar emplace ments A very large proportion of em placements are intended to receive guns mounted on disappearing carriages Secretary Lamont dwells upon the se curing of a satisfactory carriage as the solution of a difficult problem but he says that a still more difficult problem was the designing of a disappearing all around fire camace for th twelve inch breech load ing rifle Th difficulties in this case have also it 1 believed been satisfactorily solved One twelve inch all around trav erse disappearing carriage is now under construction and ten inch carriages of similar design are about to be commenced The number of carriages completed and building all of which will be finished with in the next fiscal year is twnty one twlv inch sixty nine inch eighteen eight inch for guns and 153 for mortars By July 197 there should be fifty gun carriages ani 123 mortar carriages The total num ber of guns completed to date since the first appropriation are sixty one eight inch fifty six ten inch twenty on twelve inch and eighty mortars With the money al ready provided there be completed by July 30 1837 seveniy two eight inch guns eighty seven ten inch gun fortv seven twelv inch guns eighty eight twelve inch mortars The of the department for the next fiscal year aggregate llu4X2KS With this appropriated provision will have been made fort One hundred and sixty three high power gun emplacements 12? rapid fire gun emplacements twelve inch mortar emplacements 35S high power steel guns IT rapid fire suns twelve inch mortars l0 ten and twelve inch gtfn carriages 230 twelve inch mortar carriages Th armament of troops with the new magazine arms was completed tn Mar and the armory ts turning out 125 rifles dr car bines per day under th appropriation mad last year AH the ammunition for small arms now made ts supplied with smokeless powler of American manufac ture and of satisfactory quality CMou np 1 DIS CREJtHED AT XV t' The report first of July but one high the first of July next we will have tn posi tion seventy high power breech loading guns and J5 brch lO3ding mortar of modern design and by the following July on completion of work already junder way proviueu tor guns ana mortars A battery of two or three guns takes the place of th former pretentions fort and is vastly more effective The defenses now under consideration are distributed among the ports of Portland Me Ports mouth Boeton Narragansett Bay eastern entrance to New York Philadel phia nltimor Washington Hampion Roods Wilmington Charleston Savannah Key West IVneacoia Mobil New Or Jevns Columbia river and Puget Sound All of the emplacements have been locat ed with a view to carry out the project of th Endicott bcvirj on fortificationa or ganized under the aet of congress of March 31 Pwk a revised by the perman ent board ot engineer The seeretary asy that the department In making these allotments sas guided a desire to pro tect a mt of the seaports as practic able against marauding attacks ot Isolat ew dry and not cl earer a laly win find our sp ad to jtt ttiC purse Roehm 'pftroit ret 1 ir a 111 1 a 7 Il 1 I i 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