Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, Issue 22; Issue 27; Issue 30U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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... carried on at night the board made an allotment on May 1 , 1913 , of $ 350 for the installation of a searchlight at the com- pany's laboratory . As the result of certain demonstrations before officers of the Coast Artillery Corps , John ...
... carried on at night the board made an allotment on May 1 , 1913 , of $ 350 for the installation of a searchlight at the com- pany's laboratory . As the result of certain demonstrations before officers of the Coast Artillery Corps , John ...
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... carried no appropriation for the Board . Section 5 of the fortification ap- propriation act approved March 3 , 1919 , provided that appropria- tions hitherto made in fortification appropriation acts shall not be available for obligation ...
... carried no appropriation for the Board . Section 5 of the fortification ap- propriation act approved March 3 , 1919 , provided that appropria- tions hitherto made in fortification appropriation acts shall not be available for obligation ...
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... carry on its work for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1914. It is recommended that the ap- propriation be made in a single amount as heretofore . This estimate is sufficient to provide only for the running expenses of the Board for the ...
... carry on its work for the fiscal year ending June 30 , 1914. It is recommended that the ap- propriation be made in a single amount as heretofore . This estimate is sufficient to provide only for the running expenses of the Board for the ...
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... carried in the sundry civil bill to pay salary of the civilian member . 150,000 100,000 $ 130,000 of amounts appropriated in prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing - gun carriage . 1896 . 1897 ...
... carried in the sundry civil bill to pay salary of the civilian member . 150,000 100,000 $ 130,000 of amounts appropriated in prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing - gun carriage . 1896 . 1897 ...
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... carried in the sundry civil bill to pay salary of the civilian member . 150,000 100.000 $ 130,000 of amounts appropriated in prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing gun carriage . $ 50,000 for ...
... carried in the sundry civil bill to pay salary of the civilian member . 150,000 100.000 $ 130,000 of amounts appropriated in prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing gun carriage . $ 50,000 for ...
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act of Aug act of Mar act of Sept Airship Allotment of Feb Allotment of Nov ALLOTMENTS AND EXPENDITURES annual report azimuth transmitter Balance on hand Barr & Stroud Board of Ordnance Capt captive balloons cart for Field Chief of Coast Chief of Engineers Chief of Ordnance chilled cast-iron armor civilian member Coast Artillery Corps construction and test Corps of Engineers Deport field gun disappearing gun Emery carriage Emery loading apparatus Emil Masson expenses of board February 24 field artillery range Fort Monroe fortification appropriation act Hook proving ground inventions John Hays Hammond June 30 machine guns movable submarine torpedoes OFFICE Ordnance and Fortification preventing erosion projectiles purchase and test purchases abroad radio control railroad range and azimuth range finder Returned to Treasury Revocation of allotment Sandy Hook proving Secretary Secretary of War shown by letter small arms Stroud field artillery Stroud range submitted transmission to Congress WILLIAM CROZIER
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Page 1 - Board of Ordnance and Fortification : To enable the board to make all needful and proper purchases, 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 materials and articlesas may, in...
Page 1 - ... payment of the necessary 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 the test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification...
Page 1 - Brig. Gen. William P. Duvall, General Staff, was detailed to act as a member during the absence only of General Bell. The Board now consists of the following-named officers: Maj. Gen. J. Franklin Bell, Chief of Staff, president; Brig. Gen. William Crozier, Chief of Ordnance ; Brig. Gen. A. Mackenzie, Chief of Engineers; Brig. Gen. Arthur Murray, Chief of Artillery; Lieut. Col. George FE Harrison, Coast Artillery Corps; Lieut. Col. Erasmus M. Weaver, Coast Artillery Corps; and Gen. Thos. J. Henderson,...
Page 1 - September twenty-second, eighteen hundred and eighty-eight ; to pay the salary of the civilian member 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 necessary expenses...
Page 3 - In accordance with the provisions of the act referred to, all work on the 12-inch carriage was suspended, and on June 13, 1904, a contract was entered into by the Chief of Ordnance with Mr. Emery for one 10-inch carriage of his design. Payments under this contract are made by the Chief of Ordnance, and the Board is not informed of the progress of the work...
Page 5 - Portable searchlight for field artillery. — October 4, 1906, the Board made an allotment of $6,500 for the development of a portable searchlight for use with the field artillery. On October 3, 1907, the allotment was further increased $4,500 for the same purpose and to cover the expenses of test, including such alterations as the test might show to be desirable. The development of...