Report of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, Issue 22; Issue 27; Issue 30U.S. Government Printing Office, 1920 |
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... prior to the formation of the Inventions Section , with the purpose of completing its work on such proposals as rapidly as possible . The work of the board required the clerical assistance of but one individual , who was occupied with ...
... prior to the formation of the Inventions Section , with the purpose of completing its work on such proposals as rapidly as possible . The work of the board required the clerical assistance of but one individual , who was occupied with ...
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... prior appropriations will be sufficient to cover such expendi- tures as may be necessary for the experimental work with the con- duct of which the Board is charged . No extensive experiments are in contemplation , and until the ...
... prior appropriations will be sufficient to cover such expendi- tures as may be necessary for the experimental work with the con- duct of which the Board is charged . No extensive experiments are in contemplation , and until the ...
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... prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing - gun carriage . 1896 . 1897 . 1898 . 100,000 1899 100,000 1900 . 1901 100,000 250,000 $ 50,000 for Howell carriage ; $ 10,000 for Emery loading ...
... prior years set aside for Emery gun carriage . $ 50,000 for pneumatic disappearing - gun carriage . 1896 . 1897 . 1898 . 100,000 1899 100,000 1900 . 1901 100,000 250,000 $ 50,000 for Howell carriage ; $ 10,000 for Emery loading ...
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... prior years as shown by letter of Secretary of War of May 4 , 1912_ To cover expenditures for stationery and miscellaneous supplies for past year --- To cover expenses of board from July 1 , 1911 , to June 30 , 1912 , including expendi ...
... prior years as shown by letter of Secretary of War of May 4 , 1912_ To cover expenditures for stationery and miscellaneous supplies for past year --- To cover expenses of board from July 1 , 1911 , to June 30 , 1912 , including expendi ...
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... prior allotments $ 2,564.14 , making a total of $ 454,668.08 available . The allotments during the year amounted to $ 176,820.53 , so that a balance of $ 277,847.55 remained at the close of the fiscal year covered by this report ...
... prior allotments $ 2,564.14 , making a total of $ 454,668.08 available . The allotments during the year amounted to $ 176,820.53 , so that a balance of $ 277,847.55 remained at the close of the fiscal year covered by this report ...
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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...