ming, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, thirty-five thousand dollars.

For the construction of permanent buildings at Fort Meade, South Dakota, and for other necessary improvements, thirtyfive thousand dollars.

For continuing the work of constructing the necessary buildings, quarters, barracks, and stables for the military post of Fort MacKenzie, in the vicinity of Sheridan, Wyoming, thirtyfive thousand dollars.

For continuing the work of constructing the necessary buildings, quarters, barracks, and stables for the military post of Fort Lincoln, at Bismarck, North Dakota, thirty-five thousand dollars.

Toward the enlargement of Governor's Island, two hundred thousand dollars; and for the erection of storehouses and other necessary buildings, in accordance with the plan reported by a board composed of Major-General John R. Brooke, Colonel George L. Gillespie, and Colonel Amos S. Kimball, dated July twenty-first. nineteen hundred, sixty thousand dollars; in all, two hundred and sixty thousand dollars.

FORT MONROE, VIRGINIA: For repair and maintenance of wharf, including all necessary labor and material therefor, painting freight house, cleaning, painting and repairs to ironwork of wharf, and fuel, oil, and supplies for waiting rooms, and water for flushing closets, seven thousand six hundred and twenty-five dollars; wharfinger, nine hundred dollars; laborer, four hundred and twenty dollars; in all, eight thousand nine hundred and forty five dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, four thousand four hundred and seventy-two dollars and fifty cents.

Repairs and operation of roads, pavements, streets, lights, and general police: For rakes, shovels, and brooms; stone and labor for macadamizing streets, brick, cement, terra cotta drainpipe, and catch basins; electric lights for streets; repairs to roads, pavements, walks, and street crossings, three thousand and forty five dollars; driver for police cart, four hundred and eighty dollars; in all, three thousand five hundred and twenty-five dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, one thousand seven hundred and sixtytwo dollars and fifty cents.

Maintenance of sewer system: For coal and wood, waste.

oil, and pump repairs, sewer pipe, cement, brick, and supplies, one thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; two engineers, at nine hundred dollars each; two firemen, at six hundred dollars each; two laborers, at five hundred dollars each; in all, five thousand four hundred and fifty dollars; for one-half of said sum to be supplied by the United States, two thousand seven hundred and twenty-five dollars.

IMPROVEMENT OF THE YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK: For the improvement of the Yellowstone National Park, and for the maintenance and repair of existing improvements, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of War, one hundred and thirteen thousand dollars, to be immediately available: Provided, That of this amount twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, may be, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, expended in the Yellowstone and Teton forest reserves east and south of the park.

For the administration and protection of the Yellowstone National Park, to be expended by and under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, five thousand dollars.

CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL PARK: For compensation and expenses of two civilian commissioners and the assistant in historical work; maps, surveys, clerical and other assistance, messenger, office expenses, and all other necessary expenses; foundations for State monuments; mowing; historical tablets, iron and bronze; iron gun carriages; for roads and their maintenance, and for the purchase of land already authorized by law; in all, fifty-eight thousand six hundred dollars.

SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: For continuing the work of establishing a national military park on the battlefield of Shiloh, Tennessee; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners and the secretary, clerical and other services, labor, land, iron gun carriages and historical tablets, maps and surveys, roads, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials, office and other necessary expenses, fifty thousand dollars.

GETTYSBURG NATIONAL PARK: For continuing the work of establishing the national park at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; for the acquisition of lands, surveys, and maps; constructing, improving, and maintaining avenues, roads, and bridges

thereon; making fences and gates; marking the lines of battle with tablets and guns, each tablet bearing a brief legend giving historic facts, and compiled without censure and without praise; preserving the features of the battlefield and the monuments thereon; providing for a suitable office for the com. missioners in Gettysburg; compensation of three civilian commissioners, clerical and other services; expenses, and labor; the purchase and preparation of tablets and gun carriages and placing them in position, and all other expenses incidental to the foregoing, eighty thousand dollars.

VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK: For continuing the work of establishing the Vicksburg National Military Park; for the compensation of three civilian commissioners, the secretary and historian; for clerical and other services, labor, iron gun carriages, the mounting of siege guns, monuments, markers, and tablets giving historical facts, compiled without praise and without censure; maps and surveys; roads, bridges, restoration of earthworks, purchase and transportation of supplies and materials; office and other necessary expenses, one hundred thousand dollars, of which amount the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary, in the discretion of the Secretary of War, in addition to the amounts heretofore appropriated for that purpose, may be used in the purchase of lands as a part of the site for said park.

ENGINEER DEPARTMENT.

Toward the construction of works on harbors and rivers, under contract or otherwise, and within the limits authorized by law, namely:

For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-six, as follows:

Locks and dams in Allegheny River, Pennsylvania: For continuing construction of locks and dams at Herr Island, above the head of Six-m le Island, and at Springdale, one hundred and twenty-six thousand dollars.

Improving Bayou Plaquemine, Louisiana: For completing improvement, two hundred and ten thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Buffalo, New York: For continuing improvement, four hundred thousand dollars.

Improving Cumberland Sound, Georgia and Florida: For continuing improvement, two hundred thousand dollars.

Harbor of refuge, Delaware Bay, Delaware: For continuing construction, two hundred and thirteen thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Duluth, Minnesota, and Superior, Wisconsin: For continuing improvement, three hundred and twenty thousand dollars.

Improving Grays Harbor, Washington: For continuing improvement of harbor and bar entrance, one hundred and thirtyeight thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars.

Illinois and Mississippi Canal: For continuing construction, nine hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars.

Improving Kentucky River, Kentucky: For continuing improvement, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars.

Improving waterway from Keweenaw Bay to Lake Superior, Michigan: For continuing improvement of water communication across Keweenaw Point, one hundred and forty-five thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Portland, Maine: For continuing improvement, twenty-one thousand dollars.

Improving Providence River and Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island: For continuing improvement, fifty-nine thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at San Pedro, California: For continuing construction of breakwater, one hundred and forty-six thousand dollars.

Improving Winyaw Bay, South Carolina: For continuing improvement of harbor at Winyaw Bay, five hundred thousand dollars.

Improving Yazoo River, Mississippi: For completing improvement of mouth of Yazoo River and harbor of Vicksburg, five hundred and ten thousand dollars.

For works authorized by the river and harbor Act of eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, as follows:

Improving harbor at Ashtabula, Ohio: For continuing improvement, two thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Boston, Massachusetts: For completing improvement under project for thirty-foot depth through Broad Sound Channel, one hundred and thirty-three thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at Bridgeport, Connecticut: For continuing improvement, fifty thousand dollars.

Improving channel in Gowanus Bay, New York: For con

Improving Carmet Harbor Dire provement two Enndred and dy-tre to and dollars.

Improving Congane River Sinth Carolina Frontinuing improvement from Gemale street bridge. Cilamba: Granby 1ity thousar a dollare,

Improving Delaware River. Pennsylvania and New Jersey: For continuing improvement srty-the thousand five hundred dollars.

Improving Detroit River Michigan: For onzing im provement, three hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars. Improving harbor at Everett, Washington: For continuing improvement, ninety thousand dollars.

Improving Hudson River. New York: For continuing improvement, one hundred thousand dollars.

Improving Mississippi River from the mouth of the Ohio to Minneapolis, Minnesota: For continuing improvement between Saint Paul and Minneapolis, one hundred and fifty-seven thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at New York, New York: For continuing improvement of Ambrose Channel (formerly known as East Channel) across Sandy Hook Bar, one hundred and thirty thousand dollars.

Improving harbor at New Haven, Connecticut: For continu ing improvements, fifty thousand dollars.

Improving waterway from Norfolk, Virginia, to sounds of North Carolina: For continuing improvement of Deep Creek, Virginia, Turners Cut, Croatan Sound, and Pasquotank River, North Carolina, twenty-nine thousand eight hundred and seventy dollars.

Improving Ohio River below Pittsburg, Pennsylvania: For ontinuing construction of Dams Numbered Thirteen and Eighteen, forty thousand dollars.