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New York, New York County, New York
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On June 17 in Washington, the House Appropriations Committee adopted and reported a $15.3 million Naval Appropriation bill recommended by Secretary Robeson, covering pay, bureaus, and specific projects like gun procurement and vessel engineering.
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Legislation Recommended by Secy Robeson Adopted by the Committee.
WASHINGTON, June 17.-The House Committee on Appropriations to-day directed Mr. Robeson, Chairman of the sub-committee in charge of the Naval Appropriation bill, to report that measure to the House for printing and recommittal, which he did this afternoon. The bill as agreed upon by the full committee appropriates $15,351,996, of which the following are the principal items: For pay of the navy, active list, $4,044,500 for pay of the navy, retired list, $607,925; for the pay of the navy petty officers, seamen, &c. (8,250 in all), $2,490,000: for contingent expenses of the navy, $100,000: Bureau of Navigation, $100,000; experimenting in lighting vessels of war by electricity, $5,000 Bureau of Ordnance, $250,000, of which amount $100,000 is to be expended for steel rifled breech-loading guns with carriages and ammunition: Bureau of Equipment and Recruiting, $700,000: Bureau of Yards and Docks, $220,000; Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, $122,000; Bureau of Provisions and Clothing, $1,050,000: Bureau of Construction and Repair, $1,770,000: Bureau of Steam Engineering, $2,200,000, of which $1,000,000 is to be applied in building and fitting the turrets and pilot house of the iron clad steamer Miantonomoh, in launching to the best advantage the monitors Monadnock, Puritan, Amphitrite, and Terror, and in completing the engines and machinery of such two of the last-named vessels as the Secretary of the Navy may think most expedient and best for the interest of the service: Naval Academy, $134,018; Marine Corps, $295,616. The legislation which Mr. Robeson embodied in his draft of the bill, and which has been referred to heretofore, was adopted.
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June 17
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the bill appropriates $15,351,996 for the navy, including pay for active and retired lists, petty officers and seamen, contingent expenses, and various bureaus such as navigation ($100,000), ordnance ($250,000), equipment and recruiting ($700,000), yards and docks ($220,000), medicine and surgery ($122,000), provisions and clothing ($1,050,000), construction and repair ($1,770,000), steam engineering ($2,200,000), naval academy ($134,018), and marine corps ($295,616). legislation recommended by secy robeson was adopted.
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The House Committee on Appropriations directed Mr. Robeson, Chairman of the sub-committee, to report the Naval Appropriation bill to the House for printing and recommittal, which he did. The bill as agreed upon includes principal items for naval pay and bureaus, with specific allocations for experimenting in lighting vessels by electricity ($5,000) and steel rifled breech-loading guns ($100,000).