p/p-J b**ft A Brief General History of the- Construction IN • STORAG; of the Endicott oyster* of Seacostst Ttefensgs | ■ in the Continental United Sta/teSj 1P.8$- June 30,1912 ^ " Prepared bjr Charles W. Snell DENVER SERVICE CE?]?ER HETCEIC PRESirVATION TEAM NATIONAL SftRK SERVICE UNITED STATES DEPART!?: NT OF THE INTER ICE DENVER, CO ORADO NoveTriber 1975 QN MICROFILM B&W Scans PLEASE RETURN TO: TECHNICAL INFORMATION CENTER DENVER SERVICE CENTER NATIONAL PARK SERVICE £ ATTENTION: Portions of this filmed document art illegible due to the poor quality of the source document. TAPIS OF ^OMTEirrS Page 1# General Program of thn Lndicott Seacoast Defense Syrte-n, ir„!'?UTQi7 1 2 . Submarine itines or Torpedo Defenses of. the "Continent II United ^tat es tlcbb5L910 . . . 9 3 • Gun and fortar Batteries and delated Structures and Plants , l^u:-lpl?_. . . Hi a* Construction of Gun and Mortar IJrplacenents U; b. Coast Artillery Organization, 1901-1907 2£ O Construction of Range and Position Finding Stations at the Batteries ,l8jfe919 ?6 d. Searchlight Plants at the batteries ,1900-12 31 e» Ifodernizingthe Older Lndicott batteries IqqIi-12 3l± h, Biblogranhy* -ag Appendix I- Appropriations For Seaseoast Fortifications in the Continental dnited Spates at 31 harbors during the Endicott Period, 'Septerber 22,1888 to June 30,191? Ul Appendix II- Appropriations by Fiscal Tear fcr Seacoast Fortifications, Corps of Army Engineers, Appendix: III- Record of Funding, Construction, Completion, and Arming of Gun and ifortar Emplacements in the Seacoast batteries in the Continental United States fron «hily 1,1888 to June 30, 1910, by Fiscal Year £7 Appendix IV- Data on the Annual ^ate of Construction of Range and Position Finding Stations at the Coastal Gun and Ibrtar Batteries in the Continental United States, 1898-1903 70 Appendix V. Data on Number and Rate of Construction of Submarine i'*Lne or Torpedo Defense Structures, 1899- 1900.. 72 Appendix VI- list of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, from July 6,1888 to June 30,1912 7k Appendix VTI-Notcs on Strength of U.S. Army and Navy, Spanish American \Iaa[, 1898-99 75 Hl&l - ii - iii Table Contents (Continued) Pat/e Appendix Tmi- Appropriations for Tr.ft Pci'iod Scacocijt Defenses in Cub?., tho llr.wiian Island and the Philippine Island, lJJ0U-19ir: t<* & . - iii - Cb-wW-fox/ 9J^C A Brief History of tho Endicott Period Syr. tor, of Sea-Coast Defences /y?K»the Contlr.cr.tal United States, ■ 1KP$ - Juno 30, 1912. 1. Generel ?rov?znslQtt.-l?12 i - The development of giant«r^iia3#/ rifled, breechloading ,Lteel cannon, improved gunpowder and projectiles for use in 'jfi&Ui- these ti ■ numerous weapons «/£5?W'/ifa-ffi rendered the maganif icent brick and masonry sea-ccast fortresses of the so called "Third System", built by the United States Government to protect its harbors from 1816 to i860, obsolete after I86p« D hw3f»cls.d warships armed with iiM\r the new steel rifles could destroy the nost powerful of the masonry fortresses, vrhile at the same tine remaining beyond I Sri ee tk h c/w-e-- it% &*/ the range of the forts armament. /* ir^ f Brigadier-General Thomas Lincoln Casey, Chief of Engineers, United. States Army, explained America's need for a completely i new {S^£& comprehensive system of coastal fortifications i&L ti/@g&j&&9&0&& to Secretary of War P.. Procter in the following terms r~fe£*r° : ■ The permanent (^ea-coastT && defenses of the country remain in the same inefficient condition that has obtained since the close of the>£ivil.4fer. No appropriation for new construction has been made since that February 10, l?7r>...« n Our country, great in population, wealth, and natural resources,... is absolutely helpless against the attack of any third rate power possessing iron-clad vessels armed with heavy /\ rifled cannon.. • • - 1- "The Board on Fortifications (jttxe Endicott UoarT), organized under the act of iferch 3, 1685, and the permanent Board of Engineers ("U.S. An© nave :nade a careful study of the whole problem, and an efficient system of defense has been prepared and is awaiting construction. It only remains for Congress to give life to the project by making the necessary appropriations • "The main features of this proj2ct,Sj(w/ General Casey continued, "are: (1$ Armaments of the heaviest rifled guns mounted on disappearing carriages, which, while widely dispersed, can concentrate their fire on the enemy's vessels, and whifch, in range and penetration of projectiles, will, equal if not exceed the heaviest fire that can be brought against them by the most powerful *jffidj6 flest, thus keeping the latter at a safe distance or destroying it while attesting to pass the mined area. "(2). A well developed system of submarine mines planted in the channels #*( roadways for the purpose of holding the vessels of the enemy under the fire of our guns and preventing their running the batteries and reaching the harbors and cities. "(3) The protection of these mined areas from counter-idling and removal „by batteries of rapid-firing guns of small caliber and wide field of fire. - 2 - Explaining the new defensive problem?, General Casey wrote: "The great increase in effective range of the present heavy rifles over those of former years has greatly changed the ecctent and character of the defense, Where formerly 1,000 3'ards was deemed a safe allowance for the position of fortifications in advance of the city or depot to be defended, l!i,000 to 17000( 8 to 10 miles) is now considered not too far for the exterior line of defense,... "detailed projects for the defense of our principal sea -board cities and roadsteads have been or are being prepared. Those relating to the gun defense provide for five classes of work mounting the heaviest rifle cL ordnance : (1) Hortar batteries, with and without scarp walls and flank defenses. (2) Earbetteif batteries armed with guns mounted on disappearing carriages. (3). barbette batteries armed with gouns mounted on vertical lift carriages » (li) Iron-clad casemated batteries. (5) Iron or steel turrets. "The efficiency and economy incident to the first three classes are sc well determined that I am prepared to recomend their immediate cons timet ion at 3oston, Mew York, Hampton Roads (Va 7), San Francisco, and Washington,!) .3. as the commencement of a comprehensive system of defense, which should be 1 extended to other localities from year to year..." 1. Annual Report of tha chief of Engineers, U.S. Ariry, for the Fiscal Yeat EndArig June 30,1M9 (Washington, fVJ.,lb'h?USerial 271fc),pp. h-6. His Annual Reports hereafter refered to as ARCE . Also Emanuel Raymond Lewis, American Sea.coast/tfi0&f&iim&&or^ An Introductory History (Washington, D.C.,1970}, pp.7S-77« -3 - "The Board on 'Fortifications," just mentioned by General Casey, had been appointed by President Grover l&Ssi^- Cleveland in 188^. Headed by Secretary of War William. C0 Endicott and composed of officers of the facrp and^avy, as well as civilians, their function *v«t$ to make a complete review of the coastal defenses of the country and to submit recommendations for a new program. Not since 1816, when the four-nan board**" headed by Evt. brigadier General Simon Bernard from France had made a study which-**- the Third System coastal forts, had the subject of fortifications, types of armament, etc, been subjected to such an intensive study. The SSB^ Lndicott Board 2 made its report on January 16,l86p. The Board recommended that new fortifications be constructed £2j*27 harbors or ports and thet thes e batteries should be supplemented A by submarine mine fields, floating batteries, and small torpedo boats. The total cost of this program, including the cost of £77 heavy guns A ( 8 to lo-inches) and 72li-10-?nd 12-inch mcrtars, toother with their 3 carriages, the Board estimated would come to $ 126,377,800.03. Their consolidated estimate of ccsts *se as follows 1. /Construction of masonry and eatfivTork batteries $ 31,863,000 at 0 27 ports. ^ 2. Armor for the batteries • 20,300,000 3 . Structural metal for the batteries 3 ,320,000 Subtotal for construction of gun emplacements jVSQrl, 3 01 5>5,aC3*OQO h6*«!j guns and mortars : v<*t 2. Report of the Board on Fortifications or ^her Defenses Appointed by the President of the United States Under the irov:-.sions of the Act of Ifarch 3,1085( House Executive Document U9» k9th Congress, 1st Session) ferial Ilumbers 239$ and J76), hereafter referred to as the Endicott Board Report. (Washington.D.C. ,1886). 3. Endflcott Report > Part l(Serial 2395), p. 28 U. For manafacture of 577 heavy steel rifle and 72U steel mortars J(2H,55U,000 5. For manufacture of 1,301 gun and mortar carriages, « 18,675,000 __ " Subtotal for guns and carriages,' $ U7,U29,OO0 # k?,U29,000 6. For submarine Mines anH Adjutants! HincsLn store 1,U21 i,"0l 0 Mines to be purchased lt,7U0 ***> $ 1,609,000 *Jb-7**W 6,161 mines $ 1,659,000 3 Operating rooms or mining casemates to be built/ 50 rooms- avfc $ 635,000 Electric lights j, ■ etc. for mines 200 olants «wrtP 1,200,000 - Subgiptal, IjEriillg structures : $1,835,000 ' * <• « * Subtotal, items 1 to 6: $ 107,21*6,000 7. For Floating Batteries (£4. built) . * h, 33U,000 8. For Torpedo Boats ( gffi built> ' g ",720,000 Grand total estimated cost: $ 126,377,800.00 Cn March 29,1887* the Board of Engineers was directed by Secretary of "7ar Endicott to begin preparing plans for the defense of the Nation^^s more important harbors in accordance with the recorjnen'.!at5.o: of the Enfcdicott Board, Operating under these ^j^* guidelines, the Engineer Board ■ undertook a thorough revision of plans for the defense of our 'o • chief ports by submarine mines and study of the precise locations of the ^ new armaments rendered necessary by modern modes of attack," % o c 2w Endicott Board Report, Part 1( 2395), p. 25, 28. WM/,U (i< (Witi1 ()*\C .C. (Potonac River, Ma.-Va.) ; Hampton Roads, Va.; Entrance to Chesapeake Bay at Cape Henry, Va.; Wilmington, IT.C.(Cape Fear River); Charleston, S.C.; Port Royal, S.O.; Savanr.ah,Ga.; and St. Johns River, Fla.( Jackson- ville). Ch the Gulf of Mexico Coast: Kay «est,Fla., Tampa Bay, Fla., Pensacola, Fla,; Mobile, Ala.;- New Orleans, Tja.; Sabine Pass, Texas; and Galveston, Texas. On the ^B?" Pacific Coast: San Biet*o, Calif.; San Francsico, Calif.; /Ibuth of the Columbia River, Oregon and "Washington, and PugetV Sound, Washington. .-Finally, Lake Champlain, N.Y.- Vt. The first act of Congress based on the Lndicott ftt^BcTd "teport was approved September 22,1888. It crcatrd the Board of Ordnance and Fortification and made appropriations for the beginning the manufacture >ast qrdnanoa.uO^jg $ 200,000 for th of modern seacoa,st ordnance taeiffj % 200,000 for the cor.imen cement of the submarine or torpedo idfiHJ^ defense program. The first appropriatic».| 6. ARCE, for Fiscal Yeecd 1901 (Serial )ilili)i)',p. 6, 7. ARCE, for Fiscal Year^BSg^lgP9,p. 5, 7 -6- »- $ 1,221,000, providing for the construction of the Ilndicott period coastal gun and mortar W. V rirs was made- in the Act of August 18, 8 1890. By June 10,1° 10, vrhen the construction en the 2-ndioott Datteries had largely cone to a halt, the t^tf^^^^K^st^i^ii Yu V, / 'Af. Jongress had approprirted a grand total of !* 32,673, htid. 7? fcr the purpose of building and maintaining the seacoact def/snaes ?t 31 ports in 9 the^cntinental United States. from July 1,1888 to June 30,1910. Of this ™, $ 5, 196,957.36 waejfor subrr.rir.e rrfne T?fi7r~Jwi( ief^r and $ h.7»U7o,aol.OU j>or ^^g construction, maintenance, and plp.nt operation of the coastal gun and mortar batteries. Of the m# ;es figure, $ li2,^?7,?62 was for the construction of the gun enplncenente and their supporting strocturoS'ind plants, and ■'• -v., 532,^00 ?or routine ^ the forts 10 * " mainterrnce/after completion, . In 190? the Chief of Liiiginoers estimated that additional appropriations of $ 10,^31*336 vrould be built required to/ f&&twtfak/the A'JiMif gun /.(t'rm'tdmtf emplacements proposed as necessary to complete }) , . i"i Ji>» ^ the cpfensive sy. 11 United States. ystens at j -? : ports in the Continental 8 . ARCS, for Fiscal Year l5?l,pp .U-5 . 9. See Appendix No, 1^ f* ^-^3, *'** W--V L AlWA^dT^-ft. 10. Ibid. 11. ARCS, *'or Fiscal Year 1909 ,p. 11. 7 8 For these \ \\\\ '"im n f' r [_run and mortar emplacements, 108C-l?lO, Permanent Permanent L:.;;,lacem« I *"4- emplacements *.ias completed by on the construction of.rn^ieottj&atteries in the continental United States came to halt* Oumjj.. u^-tio'i 0,1 c.:'. J.biuiic.1 June 30,1912, "— J; 5-ir.chX-uns, 37 1l7- inch and h-inch guns, and 25u 3-inch guns. In addition mm* not included in" this total, there were 70 2,24-inch (or six pounder) rapicjfgulis on moveable mounts that^didjiot require permanent emplacements , .making a grand total p£ 1,2.C7 guns. a. Includes 36 temporary emplacements built . ' f lf. T1'1"..' 1 T._'ir.i'.i".fif|fi "..V.J." as special defense measures during the Spanish American War* /S"9*"-y?, b. Ls&lusive of 35 heavy runs thelxa^were temporarily mounted in temporary emplacment 3 /*>•». /S"?**'T'- c. Exclusive of one rapid fire gun that was mounted temporarily 0im 12. See Appendix III , «• S?-6yf<>r fro ^ Hcro.rdjt e»i pU*t*e+r 0>«&-*«T^ 13* ARCE, for fiscal Year 1910, p.13, H, SubmarJr.e Mines or Torpedo Pe-fenses of tho Continental United Statns, INW-IS'10. As has been noted, the Act of September 22,1888 appropriated for $ 200,000 " Sorpedoes for harbor defenses," thus narking the A a ^ beginning of the program to protect imnortart . hafctoors with submarine mines* With the initial funds construction was commenced on three mining casemates, one A^- each located at Forts SchrQyer and Vfadsocrth, New York^and Fort "arren,Iioston, ifess. Th<; second appropriation of i-faxch 2,1899 provided f\inds for five more casemates, one each i^-,vr" the Port at V'illets Point and Fort Lafayette, Hex: York, the # Fort at Sandy Hook, N.J., and at Alcatraz Island and Point San Jose, the latter two posts in San FrancistSo Harbor, Cal. By June 30,1891 nine mining casemates and their cable galleries had been completed: 2 at Boston, five at New York, and two at San 'vanciscc. tTCa* centres f0r s±gzt ports Three more were under construction* a total of IffTharf been funded by appropriations and the Chief A& cf Engineers estimated that a granfl total S\*-/» nt*jj*fr 1$ ...... of 30 casemates wcwld be needed, ffif79%%SgBSf 55SSS$£ ''i-^-pA&J A Um4$£L r— " f * TV W&gmSt T7 7irfiri' ""'"■' M ■ i ' f "1 1 1 'Vn' I ' f 1 ///te&j^^r r fi/.iar; ' '. aaJSgSSig^^gJry From July 1,18130 to June 30, 1897. * grand total of $ 7>2, 081.08 w^ appropriated for torpedo structures 1 (mining casemates, cable galleries, -a*** pahle storage tanks l,-a«s*"si»*t; 0 ruVinji *•<»• 37 casemates |f and of this total, 31* ? W ! *w j... located at 22 ports *e*»e complete*/ Ui. ARCS, for Fiscal Year 16G9,p. 7. Ig> ARCE, for Fiscal Ycar 1691s p. 6. •16«ARCE» for Fiscal Xearjieplg V&M 11. Also see Appendix V. 10 The^r with Spain, April 2£,lG98- ApriUj 11,1099, provided a tost of the new submarine nine defnsive sj^jyteri of the United States* fir^'Jtir fy*rJt*+i 0c^»v. r%V~. ko*J j yj >(he "hicf of Engineers reported: "At the outbreak of hostilities there a. were on hand considerable number^ of nine casec and a limited wfaLjg&X/ quantity of operating apparatus, but no cable, explosives, search lights, or any of the multitude of miscellaneous minor articles needed to pl-..\t. and operate the nines. Steps were inmediatcly taken to procure as rapidly as possible all needed riaterial and for placing in position at every important Anrelininary line of rineri. The total allotmer^s from the appropriation for "National Defense". made by the President for the torpedo ;3££^2a=^ defenses of the country aggregated $ 1, ^ij.0,000. In addition, the deficiency act of May U,ll,08 appropriated $ $0,000 for the purchase of material and $ 330*000 for planting aid aaint&ining the • mine f ields .", i jfrv more important iteiws of torpedo material purchased with these funds, the Chief of Engineers continued: " comprise about U00 miles of single and multiple cable, 1,^00 tons of explosives, 1,65>0 new torpedo cases, )\k electric search lights, 3*?00 compound plugs for mines, li,£00 circuit closers and regulators, and 1? sets cf caseT^-.te operating * All of the above material, excepting the esplosives, with a vast anount of minor articles, w<£tf> purchased and distributed through the fjJ.S J Engineer Depot at Willets Point, N.Y. At the close of the fiscal year(7une 30,189]T) submarine mines to the number of over 1,^00 had been planted in 28 different harbors, witli all their cables, anchors, junction boxes, and the necessary operating apparatus installed. For the preservation and maintenance of the mine fields it was necessary to enforce spoaia ferules approved by the ""ecretary of War for the navigation of friendly vessels, involving the employment of * a large number of tugs and boats, with 10 11 ■ nunerous personnel, at an approximate average daily cost of nearly $ 3,000» In this connection," the ^hief of Engineers reported," some assistance was kindly furnished by boats belonging to the Light-House Establishment and to the Revenue-Marine Service, whose cooperation 17 proved of material value." QlWw-J ^-'«'SJ^ 9-£j*-4,r— H On June 30,1899, Bse-Cw&ef of Bngfawerg reported: At the clc-e of the preceeding (^fiscal} year submarine nines had been planted and and were being mainteined in 28 harbors of the ^nited ^tatec. Funds for the purchase of material and for operation and ^S&i maintenance of the mine fields were derived the 0 deficiency acts of -fey h and July 7>18°8, and from Presidential allotments from the appreciation for " National Gutter P»13. 12 Dj'irfuii 'J. J, IPO? , the Chief of Engineers requested A jo additional appropriations under a new heading: "? reservation and ^ *w3padr of Jorpe do structures , expl? ining : J1 A lartje number of these new torpeo o-*Jft!0,000 is therefore submitted for the preservation and repair of these buildings, to be applied to miscellaneous repairs to the more recent timber structures as the necessity therefor may arise, and. to the prevention of dampness, etc. in the older concrete and brick structures which are still kept in service. The appropriations made to date for building torpedo structures aggregate $ l,77d,000, and it is believed that the above estimate for maintenance is reasonable when considered in connection with the original cost of the buildings andj$the character of those recently erected. Peginaing with the Act of June 2£,1?05 , Congress began making appropriations ranging from $> 10,000 to $ 20,000 a year for the " Preservation and Repair of Torpedo structures • The 22 total thus appropriated from 1906 to June 30,1912 came to $ 115,000. 21. AP.CE, for Fiscal Year l°0$,p. 12. 22. See Appendix Ij ft 5*1, 313 * Ik By June 30,1906 the total amount of noney appropriated for the construction of torpedo structures came to $ 1,9^3*00 and by June 30, .23 1912 this figure amounted to $ 2,1^3,000. The first jeneration of jf^S^torr^odo structures, lt!fiC-190|, generally speaking, were constructed concrete ««rbrickj^ and the second generation, ft the request of. the -Artillery Corps who now Tanned these works ,— 5**f^^SPj ww* usually built of wood. 3. GUN AID HCT'.y?. BATIg^S /.MP 7EIATLD STKwCTTXS fJff ?IA ;*£:., 1^-19 12 a* Const taction of Gun and Mortar Empla cements, If ; 36 -1912. The first act of Congress appropriating aonegrJ"$ 1,221,000, for the construction of the Endicott period gun and mortar battaries was approved, as has been mentioned, on August 18,lfJ°3« This5e">i was etiicMy followed by a second appropriation of t- 750,030 on Februar;- 23>1^91. These funds were utilized to begin the construction of coastal batteries at fire ports : Boston, New York City, Washington^ C .- , 2U J Hampton Poads, Va., and San Francisco. By June 30,1892. construction was underway on 69 emplacements at the five ports. Twentyone- of emplacements were for heavy ( 6, 13, and l?i::ch ) guns and US vsrc for 12 -inch mortars. Vir. 1395 work was in progress en U2 emplacmcnts - " at 22 ports eni a j at 22 ports at 11 ports and ^1696 112 emplacemenfcAhad been funded by appropriat ".on" - - ^•*i rQ T$ npletioi to be w ■ n.u'i more difficult task xluring the first years. By June 30, Completion and arming of the emplacements, however, proved JZL / \ 189U, only two 12-inch ri£les were mounted, or nearly mounted, in their 23 » ARCE, for Fiscal Year Ip06,p.l0 and Appendix No. l/^^/> 2U. ARCS, for Fiscal Year lfj91, S. 2$. See Appendix Ul/tfor the record of fundingw^onstructine, completing, and Orming of the Gun* and ,'lbrtar ^attcries,loj58-l912. m it IS emplacements. Chief of (Engineers Thomas L. Casey described thp situation as follows : "I One 12-ir.ch rifle is new mounted and j.t is ejected that this fall. a second will be in a completed battery for tht&etM. defense of Mew York Harbor. bach of these guns is mounted on lift/, by which the gun m?y be completely levered for loading cut /v n j of sight of an enemy in 26 seconds.^ and the loaded gun raised-^ por firing in 21 seconds? and the ammunition may be raised by another lift in 17 seconds* The weight of gun and carriage thus lowered and V raised is about 108 tons....& Cut ho noted: " The completion of / ' o emplacements for 17 lOninch sand c-inch guns, to be mounted on disappearing carriages, /is delayed by want of carriages on which to nount the guns, and that of soyen emplacements for 12 -inch r.nd 10-inch. guns is likely to /be delayed fcr the same reason this f is oil year. T / \ *t is hoped and urged that appropriations nay be made for the manufacture of the disappearing carriage which nes been invented by the Qrdnan^: Department a4id has proved itself* frofc the very first, eaual to all / \ 26 the requirements which such a carriage\ must fulfill..." / By June 30, l696v28U emplacements had been funded , construction was underway on 16£ at 22 ports, 92 emplaomer.ts had been completed, and 72 of these armed with thrir weapons. The Chief of Engineers also reported: J' During the past year a system of fire control for the fortifications of the various ports has been elsfyvri.teCL aiid has 3$£443&{ received the approval of the Secretary of V/ar. This system calls for the erection of observation stations in connection with the 26. AF.CE for fiscal year 189lt,p. $• tf 16 "batteries. This work forms a part of tho engineering vrork of fortifications, Preparations are nowi^iwbeing made for the erection 27 of three. such stations," The act of June 6,lf!°6 also provided, in addition to appropriations, •That contracts may be entered into, under the direction of the Secretary of War, for materials and work for construction of fortifications, to be r>?.id for as approbations nay from tirie to tiiic be rc.de by law, to aii additional sum in the aggregate not to exceed to exceed $ 2,5^0,000," By June 3O91B97,^4J!0M raider this authority contract! had been entered into for constructing 70 onplacments • But the Chief i&f- cf Engineers noted: " The contract system in its application to fortifications is open to grave onj action,*, chief amongst which is the undue publicity necessarily' given to the plans to enable intending bidders to submit proposals intelligently. The character of the work is such that perfect freedom to introduce changes during &siu3t&¥¥ construction is extremely desirable, a freedom that iaseriously hampered by the existence cf a contract, A comparison of the results »€£252laccomplJshed during the past fiscal year between the contract I r.d hire-labor svstens shows that the latter is in every way superior, being more rapid, satis factor}', and enuslly economical, A continuance of the contract svpstcr. in connection with the 26 construction of f crtificationo can not be recommended." . uiwctt, , . i i^1 commenting on the completion rate and arming of emplacements for J ^-M^n *du+U Qrtfa a the ^hief if Engineers » remarked: " The relatively greater progress made in 27. ARCS for Fiscal Year 1896, 10,11. 28. AP.CK for Fiscal Year lfi97,p, &f y» •••■■•- u. v . •Ca.'Vt' * «* **"* " ^e to **** 6 or ^ ^^ ..eedoJ^' .^fitan?--* J&0***" *'* -****""* n^.W9»W » -B^-5-'17 «e =** * . » «> o£ **e ^^ „ j*****" _ £or «**" „., .«• c09" ^ ana <»-**** tei o£ »*• C°r' . ^ lees «*» * . „*»»• > ^ tj- — ^6;lor.e or. - ^ ^ -*i£sr&"- ?fpcw(l> ,r_incu >-> .^-*^e^— ^z*** ****** C first est*-* 16 J&. Thr; war with Spain hart a fi?0Sft decided effect on fortification program- Chief of Engineers John H. Wilson ritt&te'JrW* * *** «'*'** ' . " -Qi conequence or the war with Spain and the possibilities of hostile attacks upon our coasts, urgent and pressing deuands were made by Senators, "spresentatives, and local business interests for the immediate erection of seacoast batteries at miner ous points not contenplated in the general scheme of national defense. When it is considered that the aggregate length of the^Ccast of the liiitcri States, exclusive of Alaska, is 5*715 miles, and that more than 700 towns and villages en this extensive line can be attacked by ships drawing 10 feet or more of water, the practical impossibility of immediately and adequately defending every vulnerable point become readily apparent. Such an extensive development of works is not contemplated or necessary in a national system of defense wfcion takes cognizance only of points important by reason of thpjr wealth and population or of their strategical situation. In the j^S^bsence of any available modern armament, the Secretary of 'Jar directed the immediate construction of temporary batteries, mounting old-style armament and siege guns, for the defense of a nuriber of exposed localities, including seme which are AteJdA* embraced in the qc^iheme of national defense. The loealiti at which temporary batteries were ordered arc Bar Harbor, Ife., Stonington, Bridgeport, and New Haven, ^-Conn.j ^ort Royal and Georgetown, S.C.j "runswicl: and JS3F Barien, Ga.; ncuth of St. JojpiS River, St. Augustine, »&ami, and Tanipa, Fla., and Sabine Pass, Tex. In addition to the foregoing tempcrary batterfces, preparations were made against possible hostile attacks, by overhauling, cleaning, and putting in serviceable condition the existing armament, and by temporarily mounting within them additional guns, at the follwing old-type works : Fort Knox, Fort Popham, Fort Trumbull, Fort i'frnroe, 18 19 " Fort I&con, Fort Pulaski, Fort Clinch, Tort .brgan, Fort Jackson, and 31 forts ir. San Francieco r.ay...." Turning to the effects on the construction of tip permanent seacoast fortifications, brigadier General l/ilson reported: "V/hen the diplomatic relation;; v;ith Spain began to assume a threatening character, orders were given to push work with all possible energy, and to mount every available gun as fast as delievered. Operations were carried on with double, and in some cases, three, shifts, of workmen, and were pushed, regardless of weather and' climate. The extraordinary efforts made have resulted in a most gratifying progress, especially in the number of guns mounted and available f c ■■: service as 32 compared with the previous year.,.." The number of guns permanently mounted in permanent eri^nlnsruBnt increased frcm 106 June 30,1897 to .290 by June 30, 1B?8 and to 390 by the end of the 1899 fiscal year. Hinety-two £fctt additional guns were also mounted temporarily in temporary emplacements to make the grand total of all guns available for coastal defense 38? in 1898 and 1*82 in 18??. ( See Chart lit *$.) Wilson also J*>i>gd that a considerable mriber of rapid-fire ;;uns had been mounted L<4ft8?Bl fiscal year^.ViJL (n E-« 0 • iH l—» O H • H p • • •< , P •1 U « o- c> Cs c:: c. C-. n CO CJ •H i~! ^ •» c; U & J"* ci >H c; rH H d rH H 0 cd en S fj •H to a Ln •H ■H Cm >H O fc *.; <•-! O O «H *h •< w « M 0 O 0 s X Ci «*,! ■a; •q cirs since completion ci' the contracts, and in nearly every case have extensions of t.iri0 been 1/ /b-V* *~$ T^m^ P+uioL'y. Off- eiJCro- t,~.j 'faciei r*ortant ports is entirely inadequate for the proper care of the batteries. liy reason of the existing conditions, considerable work, especially that of mounting ordnance, which should ordinarily be performed by the troops, has necessarily devolved upon the Engineer Depart! tent, and this state of affairs will probably continue until the artillery persoiinel is increased to the extent necessary for the new order of things ,"36 In, June 1?00 General Wilson informed the Secretary of V/ar: M Stimulated by the larger appropriations of more recent years and. the war with Spain, the seaccast defenses cf the United States are to-day, 0- ten years after theMatS?/ actual comnemcompnt of worka, about 50 per cent completed. Twenty-five of the principal harbors of the 36. ARBO for Fiscal Year 1699, p. 12. cUMrfC** ii+JCJ*£ti.*4'*J^ &*>M GmiJU* +\*& '*** CriSe^'#*"*' 23 "United States have now a sufficient number of heavy ^uns and mortar3 mounted to permit of an effective defense against naval attack, itaring the past fiscal year considerable pro-press has also tr.en nade toward the installation of an adequate rapid-fire 37 armament, which is now a matter of the first importance. . ." in reviewing the history i since IfiO?. General Wilson commented: " Of the existing projects for the United States... • many ha^e from time to time been revised to keep pace with the changes in ordnance and in ships ' armament an'1 construction. Nearly 15 yeari have elapsed since the adopted scheme of coast j^& '"e'ense was formulated by the Sndieott lioard. At that tir.se the rapid-fire gun was in its infancy and ships were characterized by their \ extremely heavy ^rmnment and great thickness of armor, *«/ith the rapid \ development of the rapid-fire gun and the increase in the resisting powers of "armor by nsr.ns of the Herwey and Krupp processes, there h:-s followed a material chan*e in ship construction, necessitating corresponding changes in the details of coast defenses* Jh accordance with the recoMmc-ndc't.j.otis of th^ llndicott I3oardj the earlier detciiec*. projects ccnteiiplaied mounting a considerable number of the heaviest guns CjLli and l£r guns; at the more important harbors in armored works, The tendency toward a reduction ir calibers of heavy guns, coupled with the adoption of a successful disappearing carriage for the 12-inch gun, has rendered arnored defenses unnecessary up to the present time, and the '-rnitcd States has thus far 37.«ARCE for Fiscal Year 1900^.7. Congress had appropriated a total $ 22,1U2,212 to June 30,1900 for the construction of gun and mortar emplacmentc, P 23 22* " not emarked unon the construction of armored casemates and turrets, to which many iiuropoan governments stand committed for their land defenses. Although^$S(^apicl-fire guns were proposed in the earlier projects, no rlefXinite numbers or calibers were assigned until 1!'?6, since which time nnvjrly all of the earlier projocts h: r;; Leon su!joctec: to one or more revisions, resulting in the incorporation of .-. definite programme as to the rapid-fire^ armament, a reduction in the r^riber ^6^ and caliber of the heavy guns, a reduction in the number of mortar:., and the general elimination of armored defenses* Th.es e revisions have resulted in marked economies without any sacrifice to the defensive requir6ments , and they will he continued as changes in ordnance anr! ships or ether causes nay render desirable. ... "Existing approved projects," General Wilson concluded," for se? coast defenses contemplate the mounting of rbont U80 heavy guns of 8, 10, 12, and 16 inch caliber, of about &y,M»"',ii(i QpO rapid-fire guns from 6~pcunder(2j.2li inch; to 6-inch caliber, and of about 900 work mortars, at an approximate total cost for the engineeringT^excluding A — 38 the cost of the guns and carriages"; now estimated at $ ?0, 000,0.):")." Ten years later, S^ June 30,1910, Congress had appropriated a grand total of $ 28,998 J^B. 02 for the ./Const ruction of. gun una mortar b«i*jL''Ji-.au and Chief of Engineers VI. H. ^ixcy estimated that ?n additional sum of $ 10,;)31,336( not including electrical j^fcetf light or power or land for sites) would be reouirec to complete the approved number of emplacments • By 1910 permanently mounted in permanent A emplacments were 300 heavy guns, 376 mortars, and U79 rapid-fire guns, 38. AP.CE for Fi5cal Yeur I900,p. 7. 2U r » ^5ra grand total of l,l£p gunal.at 31 party ±11 tha£ciitinental 39 /V TJhited Stater, Yet to be built \tcre er.placnents for >? heavy /uns» 8fl 1? -inch nortars, and h$ rapid-fire gunn, or a grand total of 192 'additional enpla cedents • 3nc last l:-.rge appropriation for construction had been made on Vciy 27,1908 end by Juried 30,1910 construction on all funded enplacaBC&ts in the continental 7nited States, f>0 unarmed emplacements, ha J been completed* smn\ fjKjC building of gun and mortar batteries in the continental United States was not %#*resuKS(A«ntil Vforld war I had Tyr.t R Coast Artmerv, 1901-1950 n u IV^jTJjiyi-h i — J" .U~' SaJwaa ■" ir (aCreor^aniaation of the Amy in 1901 created 30 batteries of field ^tillery ar-- 126 companies of fcoact /^tillery. Dach of the Coast Artillery companies was roughly of a size appropriate to the canning of cither a ma^or caliber j^un or mortar battery, two or more rapid fire batteries, or a mine battery. 3h 1907 the number of seacoast units vras increased to 170, and the two artillery components were formally established as distinct branches of the Army. These were to remain separate throughout both world wars and until IP^O- when the Field Artillery and the Coast Artillrrv Corps, by that tine composed exclusively- of antiaircr--ift units, ;;ere '\ ko reunited into a single Artillery branch* £| 39 ATCS for Fiscal *ear 1910, 13 UO. Enanuel P.. Lewis, Seacoast Fortifications of the Jnited Statcs,p 9£, Als o 31 Stat. 7U8(Eebruary 2,1901); 3h Stat. bo-l( January 25,1907) • 2$ 26 lC9C, appropri: **- $ l£ 0,000 for installing range and position finders, and this sum was practically eschaurted in nrovidir.g instrument stations for depression position finders on high sites, and in the cons truct ion of one e xperizner.tal tower on a low site t;nd an experimental sister.: of underground conduits at one artillery post." "' Much difficulty, (ier.eral John Wilson continued,'1 has been 4 eroerienoe, 1*1 ascertaining the views of the artillery am of the • h services respecting the desired features of the proposed fire control system. The question of the type of range finder best adrptsd for use on low sites does not yet appear to be definitely settled. The use of towers for depression inotruXr/--its on low sites presents in many cases structural difficulties al-iost insurmountable^ as vrell as grave tactical ejections, •fader^fcground conduits also can not be provided in every locality, owing to the nature of the ground and the elevation of its surfac^f. An apjr o;:ir;ate estimate of the cost of the engineering work connected with the installation of . the fire-control system proposed by artillery officers for seacoapt forts is well over $ 1,000,000. It has been the policy of the Department to limit expenditures for the range-finding system to those features which have been well established and concerning which there 26 - 27 "arc no objections, leaving other natterYs until the artillery shall have fornalated-idSJ definitely and conclusively its views and wishes, A considerable number of range-finding stations for high r.ites still remains to be constructed. ?cr these and for underground conduite. where :irabT^| hi such are feasible and. 10-11. -27 28 "the space required in the observe tion rooms, the height and degree of protection against projectiles, and the relative order in which the various forts and batteries should bo equipped are subjects for the Artillery ^orps to determine; that the province of the Engineer "epartrcerit is to construct the shelters, towers, electr-.c ducts, etc.; and that the Signal Corps is tc install the telephones, telautographs, and other means of electrical ccrrtuni cation, the power and lighting current used in connection with the telautographs being supplied fron the engineer plants installed in the battcriesY. The ^hief of Ordnance, by lav:, applies the range- finding instruments ther.s elves. Where the stations are located on naturally high ground there has been no delay in the completion of the engineer work, but where high steel towers are called for, the condition of the steel market -has been such as to prevent rapid work* In most cases the towers have to be erected at inaccessible localities, and the total cost of e ach ia so small that large firms will not bid for their construction, while smaller firrx can not secure the rolled steel shapes from the mills without long delays. "At the present time 9 fire comrtanclers ' and Ji5 battery corimandr-r:-: ' stations have been completed ana turned over to the (artillerv) trocpu for use and j 12 fire commanders^ • and $Q batterv co-rr.-^anuers ! stations are under construction." These 96 fire control syr.tems had been funded with a total of $ lr50,000 that had been appropriated from July 7,16?8 to Harch 1,1901. U3.ARCE for fiscal year 1902 ,p. 11-1?. $W A*PtJ*Ji\ JT P V *~ 28 29 By June 30,1903 11 f ire- commanders ' and 5£ battery commanders ' stations had teen completed and turned oyer to the troops for use and care; ?.n additional 22 fire commanders ' and %$ J5&- >.--ttory conmanders ' station were under construction, raking a grand total 1U3 such stations of the. projected total of 175. under construction lih A or completed. In June l90li the Chief of Engineers reported^ "The horizontal-base syrtem of position finding has recently br.cn adopted by the Artillery, and Beards consisting of two traveling artillery members asso^Ofeated with the local artillery commanders district engineer officers at each fortified harbor on the Atlantic and Gulf *&&& coasts have prepared the necessary schemes of base- end stations* V/hen finally approved by the whief of Artillery, the installations of the stations, instruments and cables will be conjointly prosecuted by the ^hief of Lir.gineere, the '-'hief Signal Officer, and the Chief of finance. "Based en the plans of these Boards, it is estimated that the engineer work of installing fire-control stations and supplying the necessary,7, electric light and power plants to operate them in batteries, which are now complete in all other respects, will require ?n appropric.tic US of $ £00,000." In torch 1?0$ Congress appropriated & 1,000,000 for fire control at the seaccast fortifications and give the Secretary of War the author ity to dis tribute this money anong the linginoer and Prgl'i^e*; Tepartments and the Signal Corps at his discretion. hk. A-.CE for Tiscal W 19C>3,P. 1?. $& H^^^U/^^ fi. 70. US* AFCE for Fiscal Year l90U,p. 8 . During the 1902-1903 an extensive experimental system of position finding using long horizontal bases had been tested at Pensacola 29 30 The Secretary assigned $ 590,000 of this appropriation to the Engineer department to begin the task of installing pe rmaneafc f ir^- controlM jyctrms at six jftSff selected harbors. The Chief of Liigtr.fcers then remarked: "Tentative fire-control schemes for existing batteries have been adopted by the chief of Artillery for aXuost all of the harbors now defended and corresponding detailed plan.-; Cvverin;j the . engineer part of the work have been prepared. A few of these schemes have received the approval of the ^ecrrvtary of -War* The estimates for the work yet required of the Engineer department to put into execution these schemes of the Artillery'' and Signal Corns, as they now stand, aggregate $ 'i.,2£3,36LJ.!7. While the general nrincipl-s of trie fire-control system have b?en satisfactorily determined and adopted, the actual details on which costs largely depend ere still* in a condition of experimental development by the Artillery, and it i:-. anticipated that the cost of actual construction will probably largely is complete*" U7 Work began at New York, I'.oston, and Portland,. Line, i^ing the 1907 fiscal yoar the Secretary of War allots «t*» a-tional $ 6$0JO6.lB to the Engineer Corps to carry on their part of ^e , f task. During the 1?09 fiscal ycax$ the Zngiroers recftive w=S5=s^ allotment* ^ $ ^Sgj^9 *° carry 0R the *nro^rr,u U8. AT.CE for Fiscal Year 1907,?. S. L9. AT.CS for Fiscal Year l?09,p. 13. AT-GE for Fiscal leg lglPjP.lS. U6. ARCE^for Fiscal Year 19Q5jP. 9. hi. AP.CE for Fiscal Year l906,p. 7. 30 ;o 31 The grand total of Congressional appropriations j'or the construction and installation of range and vosition finding stations at the gun and mortar bptteries in the continental United States from July 7, 18$>c' to June 30,1?1? vras & U,7UO,8ll.OG. Work vras still in nrogress on this program ir. Ifl?. D. Searchlights and Hectrical Plants, IPO Vl"l? : ";• Jure 1?C3 the Chit.-? of 2ngin*ers reported: H The construction of the national seaocast defenses has now reached a point where nost of the heavy guns are in position, a considerable portion of the light rapid-fire emplacements and some of the rapid- fire guns ars completed, and it is becoming importrr.t to inaugurate the systematic ^installation of searchlrigh apparatus *or night d-sf fines: Experience in llev Xcrk I-Iartor and elswhere has shewn that econo-y in installation and the keeping of the electric plants in good ordsr in time of peace are promoted by habitually us in;.: the fortificationir p?A*ts for pest iHuninatior. also. Efficiency and ccciicr^r dercand that the mains and conduits for both defensive and pcf.t lightir g should be planned and supplied It the same department* ~*or this reason, and x-ith the concurrence of the Quartermaster-General, an estimated for the post giains cind conduits in included, in the estimate of the uhief of Lngineers^J The Quartermaster's department will submit estimates for the wiring inside of the post buildir;r, for house fixtures and lamps, and for the outdoor lamps. As the $0. See Appendix I. fi - number of 36-inch portable searchlight outfits are under construction for distribution to as nany forts as the funds _ Will P&-1i*i (ff 200,00£)^ Successive joint maneuvers of the Arny and Navy £_ Against the Dofenso? of T.fashington,r.C- Fcrt ^ahir.g+ovirrd Fort "unt, during the sunnier of 1905} have ewphaslaed the need at all defended harbors of an adequate supplft of powerful searchlights. The Ghief of Engineers and the Chief of Artillery arc entirely in accord in the view that systematic installation of such apparatus 52 for night defense should continue." £*■• AP.CE for Tiscal Year lf>01,p. 13. The act of March 1,1?31 appropriated $ 150,000 for the purchase and installation of searchlights for the defenses of New York Harbor 52. AECE for Fiscal Year 1905>P« 10. 32 33 In June Chief r.n<;inecr, ^rig-idier General ABnt/ dcor-r- I.. Gillespie, remarked: " With the appropriation of 0 12£,000 ccrtainod in the fortification act approved June 2£,10O6, it iu proposed to procure by contract a number of 60-infsh searchlight outfits for distribution to as many forts as the funds will porr&tflStf. The cpacifvxvtjc: Tfif for these outfits are now in course of preparation.*... " The National Coast Pefense Board Q>r the ?aft EoU&)j con: tit".t-3:', by Executive order of Jarsasry 33.jl903', estimated the cert of sv.ff iciont searchlights for the coast of the United States as $ 2,907,700, without „ S3 any prevision for reserves..." The National Coast Eofense Board also estimated that $ 5,?l£,0?l would be require! to &5Sf£ furnish the necessary electrical equipment for the defenses of the Jnited States in addition to the reouired for searchlights, or a great total of $ 8>20<,731 for the two programs. The fortification act cf Ifey 27,1?08 i\' ajgfcfc* prodded $ 3U8,eG8 for electrical installations, in addition to the searchlight program* The Chief of Engineers also reported in June l°08j" a number of generatin:; sets have been contracted for and deliveries have commerced. I-irrt A projectors of a nevr type tievelopedTStjfiSSS^ abroad and two of p new type of domestic manufacture have- been purchased and issued to the trccps for the test of actual use, and q£ two others, also of domestic mnke, have been obtained from the Navy department for remodeling. All these projector are being subjected to trials under actual service conditions, in comparison with the lights heretofore purchased, with an idea to developing $3* AP.CS for Fiscal Year I906,p. 8. 5U. ARCE for Fiscal Year 1907, 8-9. 33 3U " the very best forms of searohlijjht for the use of the troops..," In June 1910 the Chief of Engineers reported: "After much experimental work and the practical tost of use under regular service conditions, a satisfactory type °f searchlight has been developed au»2 a number, with 56 . generating sets therfor, have been delievered during the fiscal year." The total of money pppropriated for the Aearchli^ht program fror-i. Ifcrch 1,1901 to June 30,1512 was t 1,680,000 and that for Electric;! 57 Installations, ifey 2?,1?06 to June 30,1912, $ !-?&, 866.^ E. -bderniz ing the Older Endicott Batteries, l°0lt-l91? In 190U Chief of Engineers George 1. Gillespie introduced ?. new problem in the following manner : "At the present time emplacements have been provided at most of wr harbors for enough high-power armament of 8-inch, 10-ir.oh, on& l?-ir.ch caliber to *ef ford an effective defense, nnd it is not contemplated to construct/^ many more of these emplacements until .an adequate rapid-fire armament to supplement the heavier gunjhas been installed, The construct: of *#* high- power batteries was commenced in 18-90, nnd has been in progress ever s:nce. All of these emplacements permit reasonably effect!' service of their guns, but when the earlier batteries were built there was very little known as to the speed at which modern high-power ;^u:a could be safely fired, and less as to the actual artillery m< thods of handling them. V/ith experience improved methods of construction were developed, and target practice with smokeless powder, invented after many 55. ARCS for Fiscal Year I908,p.l3. 56. AP.CE for Fiscal Year lplO, p. 15. 57. See Appendix I; P- ijT, 3U "of the batteries were completed, h£s shown the desirability of certain additions and modifications,- *z rapidly as the needs -.-rem recognizee1 they were met by changes which wers incorporated in the plans for all sub^e^uont/^SSSiBMfiHOf emplacements* The latest batteries leave little to be desired; the buUc of the emplacements require only moderate additions to bring then up to full efficiency; a few of the very earliest require extensive changes and additions. The prfr.cipal improvements proposed consist in widening the loading pi ritf arias to avoid accidents to the gunners aiid confusion in ammunition service, as well as to furnish additional storage rooms for projectiles where they are less exposed to condensation and dampness; in providing latrines in the vicinity of the emplacements; in providing adequate water supply at each emplacement, and in providing additional means of lighting gun platforms, carriages, and sights for night practice* For these improvements , divider' among ^^ 1*29? emplaceioents, an estimate of $ 9U?,500 iz submitted. The average cost per emplacement is seen to he only about $ 72 sV1 The fortification Act of Mar :h 3,l?0p rv.de the first appropriation, — $ li5>0,000, for this new program. The uhief of Engineer in 1905 further elaborated onTthe moderizing program as f ollo,'s : " It is believed to be wise, as a rule, to restrict changes to such as are evidently and decidely necessary for proper service — that is, to let well enough alone. Where a battery is capable of doing effective service it should be utilized in its existing condition to as great $8. AP.CE for Fiscal Year 190U.P. 6. , 35 36 "an extant as practicable; where changed conditions have made e battery obsolete it should be abar.concd. It hardly ever pays to remodel an emplacement to receive a more powerful jun than th?t for which itlxi: ori^jjinlSy built, for such changes in batteries cost as nuch as, if not nore than, the construction of entirely new For these reasons the works for such new guns. Yi^r***^ ' * {tit£ ■ k ' 1 ' i '.'. (> : "reposed remodeling is linited- in character and amount^ ?f&*& ' '4 ' I ■' J''Sf J. ^.'/S.y+'MJ ->-w /-/■■• >■■•• ffwvw ?>■ * / - v- •• j • • • • /*' Qjg Tex-**} ~n^ y % June a^l°07jgHgJL^ief g£ gngneegg/ j.uU;..' that a total of $700,000 had been appropriated by Congres since 4iarch 3,1905.ft**V then reported :" In the annual cstinataS submitted to the ^ecretciry of War for transmission to Congress-, authority has also been asko<^ to apply the sun of $ 165,261,36, formerly appropriated Cj *T 25,l?CO) for the construction of pneumatic dynamite batteries ( now remaining unspent, c!ue to the abandonment of that form of ordnance), to the 0. intiatior. of nrXjhar.icnl powder service, the need for which has developed since the estimate of $ S'U?,500 was prepared, ,hc act of tfcy ?7,lfo0, authority was panted to apply the sum_of $ 165, 261.16 to the initiation of mechanical powder service. as**-??-*"* ai„ The Chief of Engineers reported: " The experimental development of apparatus for this purpose has been practically completed, and 59. ATISE for Fiscal Year 1905,?. 9 c?uw» ft f&e vn t.T,c 60, ARSE for Fiscal Ycarl907,p. 8. These^jbat^.ries were located at ^an Francisco Harbor, **^-^»andy Hook, H.J., Fisher Island, U.Y,f&*P'C('* **- one was proposed at Port Royal.S.C., but never started. 36 * 37 " arrangements for the manufacture and installation of theLl^W«i^/ S H f§ 6U. aee AP.CC for Fiscal Year, 1910 ,p. lh-15. 37 37a £ The Taf t F oar d y K o S" 0 lc j On January 31»1?0^, President Theo#dore Roosevelt organized u board, trith Secretary of War William Howard T.ift as procv.'er-tj to renew the seacoast defense projects fnr the -'pi-ted. States and for the insular possessions, to indicate the* localities where 9 A jSEm- defenses were most urgently needed, and to determine the character and general extent of the defenses, with their estimated cost. This I oard then known as the National • Coast Defense Board and now referred to as the Taft Board, submitted its final report February 1,1906, ,i . , * ^ 0tf June 30,1936'. the approved list of 31 harbors i i the /Lcntinental United States had been reduced from 31 to 26, Permanent seacoast defenses had been installed and retained at the following localities in -the United States*. Hi. Charleston, 5.0. 1. Kennebec River,-'iaine, 2. Portland, i-fe. 3. Portsmouth,!!. II. km roston,i£iss. £, New Bedford, I-fe.es, 6. Narragansett Bay, R.I. 7, Eastern entrance to Long Island Sound, 8. H.I, City, N.Y. 9, Delaware River (Philadephia) . 10. Baltimore, Md. 11. Washington, D.C, 12. Hanpton Roads, Va, 13. Cape Fear River (Wilmington) ,H.C. 27 a l£. Port Royal, S.C. 16 • Savannah, 'jz • 17. Key v/er.t,!'la. j-i. • _a/»pci. -'«.<..;. , » — a. 19. Pensacola, I'l*. 20. Mobile, Ala, 21. New Orleans, la, 22. Galveston, Te::, 23. San Diego, Cal. 2lu San Francisco, Cal, Or* 2$. Columbia Liver, Oregon $ Wash, 26, Puget Sounrf, Wash, 37b. The Taft Board also recoamended that additional defences should be constructed at sorae of these points and *&&> at a 27th site, the entrance fio Chesapeake Lay at ^.ipe ifenry,T/a., as soon as funds are provided by Confess. e„ „ . ,. 3/ „ .... 4*Stir' ** ** V$ri°01, ^e*j(lf Penobscot River, Maine, 2. St, Johns River ,i'lc, 3, Sabine Pass, Tex., and )». Lake Chanpl?in, II.Y.-Vt. On reconnendation of the the Taft Board, seacost f^f W. defenses were begun at five ports in cur " insular possessions'' during the period 1?0U-1912- na&eHy at GuantananoBay, Cuba, Honolulu and Pearl liarbcr, Hawaii, and .fe.nila and Subic Bar in the Philippine 66 Islands. Proa April 21,1901; to June 30,1912, Congress appropriated a grand 1&ggS& total of $ 10, 771,30b. 00 to construct these fortifications. ^ Wd& S3aovin'k $ 2,U23,000 was for all three possession, $ 2,186,519 earmarked for the Hawaiian Islands and $ $ 6,161,785 for defenses in the Philippine Island*. 65. ARCS for Fiscal Year 1?QQ. plO. 66. ARCK for Piscal Year 1908 .p. 16. 67. Appendijc VHI,p. 37 fi BIBLOCRAFHY 38 HtltfvRI SOURCES Published Documents 1. Annual Rer^rt nr_VjT r-ZTr »f Snr'ncrr", 'Vi.Arry_, ->:r f-e. 27i^y. 2. Annual ftenort of the f.hiftf of ?togi2i&*v*9. TI»3. Arm^', j?or +,lis Serial 2632 3# Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Arr<0fy> for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,l89l( Washington Jj.C.,1691 (Serial go. 2922) U» Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,1892 (Washington, B.C. 1892) (Serial No. 3078). £• Annual Report of the Chieyof Engineers, U,S. 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Appendix No. UH1, pp. 667-678« ■ 38 -1- 39 2 12. Annual ^eport of the Chief of gSsSfe- Engineers, U.S.Ariry, for the Fiscal I ear Uncling June 30»lti99(V'ashington, L>.C.,lb99), Appendix UH, b22-t>3U. (Serial No. 3905). 13. Annual Report of the ^hiefcf Engineers, ILS. Armory, for the FIScal Year Ending June ^OjISPPC-ashingtcnjD.C.^OQj^erial No. U0b"9 JAppendix/^- 3 1, B ? 6-lbb". lit. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers ^ U.S. Arryjfor the Fiscal Year ending June 30,1901 Washington D.C.19Q1) Cerial No. 1+279) Appendix 31, #.791-«01. 15. Annual Report of the ffhief of Engineers, U.S. Amy, for the Fiscal Year Ending J^ne 30,1902 Washington, D.C .1902 ) (aerial No. hhhu)a~ Appendix/Fj^TfTni'jW 2 I, p . 70l*-710 16. Ann ial Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Arry, for the Fiscal YEar Ending June 30,1903 (V/ashington,B.C. ,1903) (Serial NO. 4636). 17* Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers? U.S.Arny, for the Fiscal . Year Ending June 30A90U (Washington,!). C.» 1904) (Serial No. U7b5). 18. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Arry for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30,1905(Washington.E.C.,1905 H aerial No. U9U6). 19. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Ar;:y, for the Fiscal Year Endirc June 30, 1906(V/ashington,E.C. l(/JcJ(Seri^i VZ-y \'\" Coast Defenses of the United Statgs r.nd the ^sul^r Possessions. 20,(Taft loard Report,) j^,, co. FeSru^y //',1;\V3, Senate Iiociuaent 'dU6, 59th Corgress, 1st Session. ( Serial T,To. U913 ) 21. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. A^.y, for the , Fiscal ?car Ending June 30,i??7(""ashington,£.U., 1907) (Serial No. $263 22. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Arry, for the Fiscal Year ending June 30,l?0^(V-f-';snin^ton,I>.C. i?0o ) (Serial 5U3D 23 • Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Arry, for the Fiscal Year Ending Jung 30,1V',>?( Washington^. C, lyJ9 J (Serial 5726), 2lu Annual Report of the Cpjp-r of E^jicocge ,'Tr^i-Avry ggr ths F-iacaJ Year Erring June 30,lo10(Washingt.on,D.C.>1910)(Serxai< Report of the Board on Fortifications or okw Defenses Anoointpd 39 UO^ 26. Index to Awnvil For.ortn. Chief of Lnriruors, U.2. Ar^/, V'V>- Jwr 30,, 1^( ? Vols., vKshxr^cn,^. ^ly^^^WTSCri ^ bole), vol. I^f"l809-lClS. Sea-Coast Defense Gun? >7. I2th Report of the Board of C^dnancc and ratifications, Hnusae: Docursf-at 2, 5?th Confess, 2 no o^.^erial^OuTr";. C^hir-jtrt:,;-. #c . j 3o Pruff , lawrenr.** L«, A T;::t I:c>ok cf Ordinance an j 21E22PJ5- ^-"er>: r--d fgg '^ c^ Cadets of the U.:: . imitaty A cad"ary (!'&-; York,lr°6). ««_ v +u0 t <*>i->aeacoast Fortification s of the United Sfeates t An Introductory- History (Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, I). C, 19 70). h Uo *> 1*1 AP^IDEC I APff.oir.i^TiaE F(i:M^Vj!iji'i,i.xfJJlU-M!.'^fs^c;t¥.sT rcRTPTc;.?ic!s i! i tiil ::j;:ti;lftal u;rr:j;, .c-:t;.tls AT 31 I-iAP.l:lP.S UIP.ING TiSJ LlfJUOTT 5Lf:IOi> SSFTK-jDiTc 22, 18H8 to JU!IL 30»1?12 Fron Index to Rerort^o.f the Chief of iinninscrsj U.S. Arry 1866-1912. (V.cshincton D.C. 1915) (Serial No. 6617),^gFlTo9 • 3B2K and "»* Annual Reports of the Chief of Bn(;ir.eerp5 U.S. Arry, 1666- 3PI2; ^ ia h2 SUMMARY STATE.fa3?T CF APSUJIKIATTaE ICP SEACOAST DEFi:)gr^t F:r, 31 ports u; t;;l mi? coital u'.Ta'e:; status LTlRfllG THE ^DICOTT Pir.ICD3 Septeribur ?2,VM;U to Juno 30, Appropriations for- Amount 1. Construction of Gun and ffcrtar Batteries $ 2?,OO8,66Iw0o, additional (^stinated^iiiount,JiuiQ 30,1°12, required to complete construction «.«•* « of all proposed batteries : $ 10,^31,336 .00 ) 2. Modernizing Cider Endieott Batteries $ 965,261,36. 3»?.ange and Position Finder Stations for the Batteries $ U,7LiQ, 811.00 h . Electrical Plants at ba tteries # 2 , 213 , 668 .00 Plant, Electric Power $ 2^,000.00 Plant, Electrical Installation i-96,888.00 Plant, S ear chlights and Electrical Connections., ,v 1*680,000.00 Plant, Reserve lights..... 13,000.00 $ 2,213,Mc.OO. f>. Supplies for Sea Coast Defenses ( ?cc?>£; BBtcr5.al.Sfer operating elr-otr^c porer arid light plants at the batteries! $ U7U,?O0.00 6# Construction of Seawalls and Enibanknents.... $ 883,a5>0.00 7. Preparing Plane for Fort jJi cations r <<, 000.00 8. Purchase of lands for sites at Sea Coast Defenses $ t,lfo£,SUB.CO • 9. Batteries, Pnev^tic $ 031,738.6© * 10. Preservation and F.epair of Fortifications. (Routine .maintenance of completed batteries ).. $ U,Op8,COO.0C 11. Contingencies for Fortifications $ 78,0H?.2i; 12. Equipment of Coast Artillery, armories, Organized Militia, lpll # 33(1,170.00 Subtotal for Gun and I4brtar Emplacements : * Ji7 ) 76 J 81 n) * The ammount of money actually expended in fortifying the pneumatic dynamite batteries, the balance of the original appropriation of $ 330,000 was used to moderniz«^-the old^SS^Endicott batteries. -1*2 - * 2 sir mary s?atk;h:?it or a ppp pit.. if.Tio?E rcr. si&scy.sT . DSFai-KKS, l{jiii)-Jur.p. 30,1912l*C",;tin'u-d) T Carried Forward: I» Subtotal for Gun and 'tartar Enple.ccnents or Batteries, 1688-1912 *. $ U?^76,l- Ol.Oh TZm Appropriations for 5ubre.rin« Mines or Torpedo defenses ir. the Continental ifaitud States: § 5,196,S'157«3£ 1* For subraariiie nines, apparatus, and materials $ 2,628,9.57.36. 2. For construction of torpedo structures .$ 2 ,U53 , 000. 00 . 3« For preservation and repair of j_ completed torpedo structures... . jp 115,030*00 Subtotal, lfJfO-1912 $ 5,19o,?57.36 GRAEB TOTAL FIT. SEA OCAST D3BEIE23,lBA8-1912 : * c*p 573 ].fJR 7? Jh The Continental United States, "^ ' f;s>^,' U3 During the period April 21,190h to Jv.M 30,1912, Congress appropriated an additional $ 10,7*71, 3-0li ,03 for construction the Taft Board '4BL Boaooaet Defenses in our" Insular Possessions') the Kawe-iian and Philippine Islands. Of the total, $ 2,lC6,319 was for the Hawaiian Islands, % 6,161,785 for the Philippine Islands, and $ 2«li23,000 for ^encral(both possessions). -2 - 13 Appropriations for the construction of Gun and Mortar Batteries at 31 l-'orts in the Oontinental Unite;'. jJbaterT, June- 30, i'-^ to June 10,1' -12 . Under Act of Total 1. An mist 18,1090 $ V9-\$ 000.00 2 . February 23 ,1*91 700,000 . 00 3. July 23, 1892 £00,000.00 h . February 18, 1893 50,000.00 ^ £. Auynist ljf;9li £00,0)0.00 6. torch 2,189£ £00,000.00 7. June 6,169&. 2,1-00,000.00 8. :*irch 3,1697 3,81*1*333.00 9. Appropriation for "ifetional Defense, Act of i'ferch % .-- — 1898- Spanish American Iter 3,827,8U2.80 ^ _3, 817,676. 02j 10. ifcy 7,1698 . 3,000,000.00 21. July 7,10?8 2, £62, 000.00 12. Ifcrch 3,1899 1,000,000.00 • Subtotal: " ~ """' S $ 20,l£2,l?£.80 Znr&P^fi9^*'1 13. Map 25*1900 2,000,000.00 lit . March 1, 1901 l,6l£, 000.00 1£. June 6,1902 2,000,000.00 16. March 3,1903 2,236,1;2£.00 17. April 21,1901; 700,000.00 18. May 27,1908 300,000.00 19. ^rch 3,1909 £,06U.OO 20. To June 30.1912^ . 0 CRAM) TOTAL: ' $ 29,006,661;. 80 & $ 28,998,U98.02] hh Appropriations rnadg for the ibd<-;rniziiic of older jm and ifortar 5 attories at 31 Ports in thg Oontinftntrl J.-dted states, Act of -" * 1. .:ferch 3,190$ •$ h$0, 000. 00 2. June ?5,1?06... 150,000.00 3. ffarch J? ,1907. 100,000.00 -> f~t r* L. fey 27,1908 16$, 261,36 (Iter application of funt appropriated for pneumatic* dynardt c ba tt cries ) • 5. March 3,1?09 100,000.00 Total to June 30,1912 : $ 965,261. 36. Ran^e and Position Finders Appropriations, 1? 98 —June 30,1912 • 1. Act of July 7,1898 $ 150,000.00 2. *fay ?5,1899 150,000.00 3 . March 1, 19 01 150, 000 .00 U. J^^ne 2,1902 325,000.00 5. March 3,1903 223,500.00 5. April 2l,190li 225,000.00 $ 1,223 , 500.00 6. i&rch 3,1905 $ 1,000,000.00 7. June 25,1906 700,000.00 8. -feroh 2,1907 900,000.00 9. fey 27,1908.... 270,256.00 10. I-krch 3,1909 21*7,055.00 U. June 23,1910 200,000.00 12. iturch U,1911 100,000.00 13. June 6,1912 100,000.00 0rand '^°tal, $ tt,Tko,ax.oo °- h$ Appropriationsr,arte for the Purchase of I~'-nd to Proyi<1e Sites for Scn^.oart T'ef ?neeu :, Scptcr.bor ?2,lr:iio to Juno JOjSS : Act of .1. August 18,1890 $ 500,000.00 2. February' 2U,18?1 5009300.00 3. July 23,1692 500,000.00 k . February 18 , 1?93 175,000 . 00 5 . August 1,11 '9h 150,000 .00 6. June 6,1896:.... 500,000.00 7. Hbrsh 3,1B97 300,000.00 8. J&y 7,1C9B 300,000.0: 9. H?-rch 3,1-99 300,000»0 Subtotal : $ 3,225>OX.OO 10 . ;kv 25,1900 200,000.00 11, I'fcroh 1,1901 .. 200,000.00 12. June 6,1902 200,000.00 13, I^rch 3,1906 200,000.00 1U. April 21,1907. 100,000.00 15. Hay ?7,1906 121,0h6.00 16. Ifcrch 3,1°09 250,000.^-0 Total to June 30,1912: $ U,l-95,9U8.00 2i6 v> ^/> • U6 hi Appropriations for the Preservation and Repair of Fortification? in the Continental United states Septcnher lcilib to June 30, 1912 ♦ (Routine i4iintenar.ee of 1. September 22,1088 $ 100,000.00 KxistiJ!.^ Fortifications). 2 . Mar-ib 2 ,1889 100,000.00 3 • August lfl,i90 30,000.00 2u February' ?h,l891 80,000.00 5. July 23,18?? 60,000.00 6. Bebruary 18,1893.... Ii5,?00.00 7 . August l,l09ii Ii5, 000.00 8. i'krch 2,1895 1x5,000.00 9. June 6,1896 ?0,000.X 10. iferch 2,189? 100,000.00 " 11. i-ty 7,1898 100,000.00 12. .ferch 3,1899 100, 000. 00_ Subtotal: $ 905,000.00 ( 1886-1 13. fey 25,1990 100,000.00 3JU. 1,JGrch 1,5&T1901.... 100,000.00 15. February' lL,X902 3,000.X 16. June 6,1902 300,0.;0.00 17. M-u-ch 3, 1903 300,000.00 18. April 21,190^ 300,000.00 19. March 3, lQo5 300,000.00 20. June 25,1906 200,000.00 21. March 2, 1907 200,000.00 22. 'fay 27,1908 225,000.00 23. 4ircfe 3,1909 225,000.00 21*. June 23,1910 300,000.00 25* fferch li,1911 300,000.00 26. June 6,1912 300,000.00( Jl25.000.00 reappropriated from — ■ . . -. balances of other funds. T0TAIS. $Ji,058,000.00 ^ Appropriations for Elcr.trical Plants at batteries : Plant- Electric li;;ht and power: • Act of rfey 25, 1?00 $ 25,000.03 ^ Plant-Electrical Installation: 1. May 27, 1?0S.... $ 3U8,888.00 2. teirch 3, 19C°... 100,000.00 3. I^rch U,19H... 50,00^.00 Total to June 30,1912: $> Up8,8y8.00 ,. Plant- Searchlj^ht anc! electrical connections at the batteries/ and L arracks : 1. iferch 1, 1901 (New York Harbor)... $ 150,000.00 2. June 6,1902 1^0,000.00 3. *'ferjh 3,1903 150,000.00 U. April 21, 1901; 150,030.00 5. i'ferch 3,19-5 ^...^ 200,000.00 6. June 25,1906 125,030.00 7/ *%rch 2,1907 210,000.00 8. ftjy 27,1908 210,000.00 9. -fer^h 3,1909 ' 210,000.00 10. June 23,1910 50,030.00 11. iferch U,i9ii 5o,cno.oo 12. June 6,1912 ( reappropriated from balances, of other funds).... 25,030.00 T0TAIS : $ 1,680,000.00 Plant- Reserve Lights : ~ Grand 1. Act of March 3,1909 $ 10,000.00. Total of Electrical Plants 1900-June 30,1912 : $ 2,213,888.00. U8 U9 Seawalls and embankments , Continental United. Sttt es, - Septcnbcr" Ltl\b to Juno J\),1\,1Z~ *3 Sept. 22,1888 to June 30,1912: $ 883,U50.00. (Total] V Supplies for seacoast defenses ( tools and electrical and engine supplies to maintain and oper-.te light and power plants in the gun and mortar batteries ) . or ACT CF 1. !fey 2^,1900 $ 25,000.00 2. tfarch 1,1901... 25,000.00 3. June 6,1902... 25,000.X a. *ferch 3,1903... 35,000.00 5. April 21,1901; 35,000.00 6. March 3,1905 U0,000.00 7. June 25,1906 30,000.00 8. 4irch 2,1907 U0, 000.30 9. Hay 27,1908 10. *'krch 3,1909 11. June 23,1910 12. ifcrch u,1911 13. June 6,1912 For yortification,plar.s of August in,SSS< 1690 to i&y 25,1900: $ 55,000.00. total to June 30,1912: $ 55,000,00, > Bat teryy Pneumatic x Jafer 7,1898 — $ 150,000.00 K * Mav 25,1000* 180,000.00 Total $ '330,000.00 2i.5oo.oc Uc,ooc.oo U5,ooo.oo U5, 000.00 h5,ooo.oo For Contingencies of Fortifications : K 1890- 1900 : $ 78,OU9.2u. Equipment of Coast Artillery, armories, Organized iiilitia :" March 3,1911- $ 338,170.00. Total: $ U7l;,500.00. CO b"; U -i- * Ifeder the acts of September 22,1888 and tfxrch 2,1W9, ••Dymanite Batteries" o" were constructed M#r the Ordnance Department, at San i'rancisco Harbor. ** California, and at Sandy Hook, New Jersey?*- IO98 appropriation was to t erect** parapets and magazines for the battery at San Francisco. The work* * at San Francisco were completed by June 30,1899. On June l,1905,the Hoard 5f Ordnance and Forti f i r.-i-M on wnnr+oH +v,^+ +u« 4.a~ j. * * .•!* .„_ 8 *t». So AFHtOrPIATIOUS ^OR SUBIfrP.IHL: MINIS CP Tiq':H^DO USJ'SICB "epteiribcr |S5HHE Jun0 S55SE Act of Construction oi' Purchase of r struct iires nines, rcateriallOthcr Totals 1. September I 22,l8e8 . $ 200,000 2. March 2,1869 $ 272,000.00 $ 250,000.00 $ 80,000.00 602,000 3. -Aug. 18,1890 100,000'. 00 100,000 30, OCX) . 230,000 h. Fcb.?Uilf91 66,000.0-> 52,000 C llS.CXX) [linjjis funds returned to Treasury ( - $ 29, 708. 51a/ 5. ^arch 2,1895 20,000 20,000 0 U0,000 6. June 6,1696 ... 100,000 7. March 3,1897 150,000 8. March ^,16^6 (Nat.Defaae ACT) 2.^,000.00 1,309,161.71 1,559, 1C1. 71 9. Ifey.ii, 1898 50,000 300,000 350,000 10. ifcy 7,1698 150,0^10 11.. July 7,18°8 650,000 736,000 1,386,000. (Not spent Apr! 2,1D?8-July 7,1^98 and returned tc Treasury — — 1,166,522.07; 12. March 3, 1899 --- ■"O.OOC.OO. subtotal :,1668-1S9? : ?; 3,?36,^0,^i L3. i lay 25, 1900 50,000.00 lL. Iferch 1,1901 50,000.00 15. February U, 1902 2.68 16. June 6,1902 33,000-... 33,000.00 17. Jnly 1,1902 U.38 18. March 3,1903 . 50,000.00 50,000.00 19. April 21, 190U 87,000.00 87,000.00 ?0. March 3,1905 bOO, 000. 00 UOOTOiO.OO Subtotal of: $ X£& 1,778,000.00 appropriated to build $ 2,628,957.36 $ U,aj.06,957.36. structures. . (Appropriated but not spent r.r.cl returned to Tr.-:;ury: $ 1,196,?31.U. 50 APFP.OH'.IfiTIOHS FOR SUHK'iP.IIlL HIKES AND TORPEDO L^rcilSSCoarrriU^b) 2 Act of 3tru?t"r"S ''ht/;ri^.l,Tr.l;y:s. i/Vior Totrtj 21. June 25,1906 175,000.00 .' 175,000.00 22. 'arch 2,1907 .... 175,000.00 . 175,0)0.00 23. rfey 27,190$..... 175,000.00 175,000.00 2lu ^ch 3,1909.... 100,000.00 100,000.00 25. Ifcrch h,1911 50,0>0.00 5V^V:") Total to June 30,1912: $ 2,2*53,000 $ 2,626,957.36 $ 5,081,957.36 Expropriated 1688 to 1912 to bu5Jjd Torpedo Structttres >> Arrspv oor j. it ions for the Reservation and Repair of Tornado Structures 1. June 25,1906... 2. :feroh 2,1907... 3. »«y 27,1908.... U. -feroh 3,1909... 5. June 23,1910. 6. 4irch 1i,1911..* 7. 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Lh c-> p Eh m ttr O CI X4 • ! ) pi *s pj U fr. U. c5 rf < fi ■ P ^ P- £: .-O • o i*i ; i hi ;• 'I r , f.4 f/i r"\ m i'. rn irj to r> 11 r/j T5 L-< rn 'o Cn PI '"> s -71 - 72 APPENDIX V DATA ON NUi-mi?. AliD RAffi d- SO&TRU.riJDE OF suDiffj.ias :mE en tcf.isso r-Lnnisi: sTTr&?urj2s, Conpiled fro:i the Annual Reports nf the Chief of Engineers, 1609-1? 30 Charles W. Snell - 72 - r c, H vX N Eh n E-< IF *l Pi c: *■■• g C2 -i OS ■8 cvi O ft o Os 8 C\ c> co H O CO H CC vO Cn co H H C\ CC H CM C\ CO rH *-. C Sg. rH C« -1 C* sO cc cv Irs CN; CM r-i • i O cv cv o CM i.~> o r'«n 7 "■> •P Cv Ci> CO U CO CM O Si •ri 0? C Tt c o •n -P C" Pi ',. ■P V\ o ■p f! Cv in ci xi ■-3 0> •P : : r-? H Es, i-H •H c a o +> r) '0 L. c; Ci 't; 3 5 H j C fr^ r DO CJ (T o § t. x: a; c p. ^ M CJ O 4J -■1 ro O CM CO o o C; 03 +: V. rH O •<-! 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Bixby July 6,1888 J*iy 10,11'?$ February 1,1*97 April 30,1901 May 2,1901 Ifey 3,1901 January 23,1907 July 2,1906 • Jnne 12,1910 to - 7h - AP3EHDH VII Noted on the Development of the Third (ifoclorn) American i'?.vy, 1^1-IS'Ol"" In 16GO the American Ife/vy, comprised of ?2 wooden and ip:"."^ iron-clad ships, was inferior to the navy of every principal European country, Chile- and Japan • In 1881 secretary of the Navy William II. Hunt took the first snail step toward launching a new naval building program hy ao pointing a board of officers to study needs and make reeo.Tmoridations. His successor William E. Chandler carried on the campaign and the Act of ^hrch 3,1883 authorized the pf the first steel-hulled steamers in th.2 A American Wavy/ the cruisers Atlantr., I'ortor.f and Chicago, rnd I 'J „ the Qhsffila ?"-'' .Baltiv.org. the " dispatch^ooat Dolphin. Two more cnzliTcl'a aria two 0~u ~oi(zz-9 t** Concord and Egjgely , .. . . . ,COr, _. J} — — — £±36 cr steel, were authorised in lo (35 • The first five cruisers were knovm "protected cruisers", with displacements up to 5,0~!0 tons. TheJlcarried an armored deck/^ft' several inches thick, intended to protect " vital riarts", but had no side armor* ■Spry jmj . IlJ fron -£ to ^5 8-inch guns and up to 1U f?-inch guns. Their maximum speed as was about ?0 knots. Although built e* steel^*P!&"*9iSsfcC steamers, . they were still nim 1? ;rovide(JI|rith masts and rigging for iiails. The gunfu averaging about l,0CO tons, were armed with U*inch and 6-inch rapid-fire guns and were intended for use on inland waters an:* in rivers. In 1886 Congress appropriated funds for the i-^inc( 6,680 tons) and the Texas (6,315) ton^(*tf£ri.ginally called seccnd-class battleships 1 they were later more properly classified^ armored cruisers. Funds for a third armored cruiser, the New York, were provided inl868. Armorered cruisiers had their decks and sides protected with armor *>/*■**- and *wllud a main battery of six or eight 8-incfc guns and a number of 7* 76 smaller rapid-fire guns# Naval Secretary Benjamin F, Tracy icnllod for the constriction of the first " first-class battleships" or srpital ships in 168°. The act of June 30,1/K/O provided for three "seagoing Roustal LattlssWin the Indiana, ifessashnsettsj and Oregon, each displacing 10,288 tons* Itech vessel was armed with -if- 13-inch, eight 0-inch, and four tf 6-inch guns, had a firaft of 2h feet %and c speed of cbout 16.2 knots. Also added in the 1090 's were the battleship Iowa( 11,336 tons), be.jun and in 1693 1 the armored c ttiser Brooklyn • The war with Spain spxred or. the ;>rojrar.i. 7n .fey lb9f> three battleships and 2? smaller ships, including 16 dsestroyers-the first of this tj^jo in the TI.S. Navy, were voted by Congress. In i&rch 1099 tl-iroe more battleships and three armored crv.isers were authorized, e s were two more battleships and three armor pd cruisers in 1900. Ibney was also voted in 1900 to construct the ^avy's first submarine, the Holland, The appearance of the British Dreadnought, in December 1906, armed with a main battery of ten W1 i *r?noh tfaris, rendrrcc1 -11 r i and comissionr.d in 1910, voted in 1907^ was the first U.S. battleship to reflect*** the breai.:;o";;h influence Erayton Harris, The aj^o of the lattlnship, 1590-19^2 (Hew vork,1965>) . + 76 Uiiiterf. gtates few r.r gj liaval Tovzcj, 1V>?V~V.'95 77 1090 ?eacotir>e Strettirth 1090-109? li«rtiiio Strati :th Regular *g22£ Officers : 2,131* Heat ?6,0»-0 Total : 2S,17U Regular and Volunteer Arrer Regular Arrya 6?,S°7 Yol-antccr Arrra 1^,':QP Tnt-1» ' T7!5? -.'•? Havy Officers : 1,?32 TSun i?t^ Havy Officers : 2,088 Tien; 21,123 Total 26,211 Grand Total Armed Forces, ''iarch 16??: Ul,13>6 Qrand Total Araed Forces,!^-??. 213, Co8, 77 78 ap?i;hdd: ho. vtii APPF'.OF-.P.TIOIL FCP. TAFT RRXOi SEAC0&5T 'JEEZlZig EI CUBA, Tit: KAv'AIIAH ISLAIHS, /Mb THL PHILE'PE^L'l.V.ifflS, AIT'.IL 21,.190b to JUNE 30,1?12 78 Jf 79 Project.: General Ifewnii Philippines Orer.rt Total l.GUI? ■-. HCP.TAJ-. 3 B/TTU'XS: • 1,1,00,000.00 $ 1, 517,200 -- 0 1 1 .• • -• s ... 2. PTJiTTT, SSARCH- T.IGHTS : 30,000 153,600 319,000 502, 600.0c ^ • 1 J* -*»1 ■'■if If j - '--J- -»i >. U I^TAUV.TIOU: 0 3i:,,;6? U2O,705 U55,?5L-..:- a. Preservation 3c Repair cf Fortifi-:atior .s : 0 500 ? 2, 0C0 22,"oo.:: 5. Pr p 3 er ration & *uejJiif cf Torpedo Structures r 0 3 2,500 6«?ire Control at lotteries : 793, OX 7C"? flT! " " 7. Purchase of T<&ncL 0 350,000 17,000 367,0-0.? I 8, Supplies for Seacoast rcjTenses 0 1,750 7.<00 9,2?o.:. $• Ibiibnarinc "'?.ne ^ De^fonaes : 200,000 129,000 150,000 a7?,ooc.:: ■:y--y:r ■•■•-"-■ ->:-:• •.•-••-■'.».-■•:-■<-.• •-• >••-::-::-■»•'-•'■ *■«-:-.**: ■:•-::-•.:• :-■:-»■•-::- '-»:- ::-.:- :-.MXKriH'-s--.-::- j-r. #-.:- • :-r> -:•- - ;- -•:■ :- -.>:- 1 GRASD TOTAIS : lfl.98— 191? : 2, l< 23, 000 $ 2,166,519 6,161,785 *. 10,771,301: .0: For Fortifications at the f ollov;ing five ports 1. Guantanamo I>ay, Cuba. 2 . Honolulu, J fcivaii • 3. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. li. Ifrnila, Philippine Island. 5. Subic Bay, Philipines. -^ - 79 PO 1. APIEOiEIATIOTE, P/TTU'.TOJS, CBTN LIT) HUP.TA:' ., rr^L/j: P'SO^SSIOIL /^ Act of 1. April 21,190U 2.. ybrch 3,19$ 3. June 2£,lr06 km -ii'ch 7,1907 5, i fry 27,199^ 6. iferch 3,1909 7. J'-cie 23,1910 8 .March 1,1911 9. June 6-,1912 TOTAIS: TAFT HCy.RD Pi*. Iff;, l?Oli-.T'v;e 30,1912 Ofmcrul Kr.iraii ^tilr.ypiricf. 700,000.00 0 0 700,000.00 260,000.00 200,000.00 500,000.00 Loo,ono.oo 9:;u,oco.oo 337,200.00 1,000,000.00 0 800,000.00 13'0,000.00 l,lf'o, 000.00 - 170,000.00 Coo, 00 0.00 Total $ 700,0'^yr 700,000.^0 260,000.00 7C0,C00.r: 9y. •<-'■, >■■-'• ■■■< 1,337,200.00. [no, 010.00 1,319,000.0: P 70,000. CO 1,1*00,000 1,^17,200 £,223,000 8,liiO,2Q0.10 Act of March 2, IP 07 General $ 30,000 HrT.rr.ii U?,5oo 66,000 h0,100 ?nr l:".pr>iries 180,000 0 139, xo $ 30,000.00 227,500.0- 66,000. •: 139,000.00 hOjloo.oo T,-vn« tc . •0 • •> rv\o 1^3,600 319,000 $ ?02,6OC.?.0 ■*s- 80 X ei 3. APH'.Om'.TIOZEj PViIIT-jlTi&'IT'.ICAL PT3T!1. TI/ 'TTOIE , giftrJUT. j^.'-r^SIOI!^ Act o£ Ifevaii Philippines Tot:«l l.'.'c.y 27,1?08 0 20,030 $ U5,OT $ 13£,QCC«03 2. ifcrch 3,1909 lU,U6? C0,P.23 133,292 .X S. June 23,1910 .0 .-US,000 US, 003. 00 It. '-hrch !:,lcll 0 171, 96? 1?1, r-6" . 3j i out jj I U.y -'l— — • -i-C • *-^y.;\jj % .'^ U' .•, j ■__.•.■<».• :•>• , • ^ • Act e.f :lg.-rr.ii Philippic s Totrl 1. June 23,3?10 0 7,00? $ 7,000.0: 2.-<%rah 1;,1°11 0 7,000 7,003.r 5. 3. Jure 6,1912 £30 8,000 B.SCO.^J T0TAIS : 1901-1912 : % pOOwOC % 22,000.00 $ 22,?00. jo misiUVATici' a:d f.uekb of ronrEDO SIR r; r. ?0££5SiC!& Act of Hav.-c-.ii Hiili.-.-pines ?ct-l 1. June 23,1910 0 1,003.00 $ 1,000.00 ?. :&roh U,1931 0 1,-300.03 1,000.03 3. June 6,191? 0 gOO.OO gOQ.X- TOTATS, I90'i-I9l2: 0 2,5fC0.30 $ 2,200.00 -/"- 82 4F C3 6. A?rr.oir.r.Tio?s rcr. rifts coi.trol at i;att^-.ti:s, imsuut-. pgyiiosioi^ AOT CT Assigned to Unirineer Dcpt. Total At)!»rcbri":t3"on 1. iferch 2,1907 -75,000.00 $ loo,0.)j.oo ?.ii?y 27,19. ?8 75,CX>.00 . 2U3jOOO.OO- 3 .''arch 3,190? 222,1-27.00 250,000.00 U. June 23, WO 23,250.00 200,000.00 190L-1912: ?;■ 385,57'7.00 0 793,000.00 Act of llav.-aii Riili^pines Totsl l«April 21,190k $ 200,000 0 $ 200,000.00 2. June 25,1906 150,000 0 ?. #ay 27,1900 0 5,000 U, Iferch 3,1909 0 . 1?,000 12,000.00 TOTALS: 190U-1912 : $ 350,000.00 $ 17,0002 $ 367,000.00 8. Alcorn i'. ticie for supple:?: i en si^ooast DLri::£;:o, ii'.u^r ?o^^;.:s:i..;jo Act of Hawaii Philippines • | Totr-.l '_ l.J:vr.r. 23,1°10 0 2,500 0 2500. 70 2, March 1,1911 1,000 2,500 $ 3,500.00 3>June 6,1912 7£0 2,500 3, 250.00 TOTAIS: 190?4-1912: 1,750.00 7,500.^0 $ 9,250.00 £3 flb 9# APSP.jg:r itioic i'(P sirniyj-iTC miniis, b&uiar pos;i::;sio?l Act of General HearSAjd Philij nines Totjkl 1. June 8,1808 (for I^niaa Harbor 0 • ' 0 $ 1^0,000 $ 1*0,003.00 2.i1arch 2,1907- % 200,000 0 0 20C,C:C.:0 3. I'hy 27,1906 0_ 129,000 ' 0 1?9,0"0.00 T0TAI£, 1898-1912: % 200,000 % 12?, 000 t 1^0,000 $ 1, 79, 000. X From Ihdex to ^o-orts, Chief of Zr>z±n3crz ,:i .'^ . Aivy, lPSjWung ""0,191? (Serial No. 6617) Sages 1609-1(515. Taft Board Report, of February 1,1906: Fortifications at "^.rJJla and Subic Bay, Philippine £;L'\.ids. 19C)t-05 " at Honolulu and Pearl Harbor, Hav;aii l?0U-OfJ. " at Guantnnano Bay, Cuba,l?0h-05. -8k- f ♦ 4 . 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