structed by contract three seagoing coast line battle ships, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class upon a trial displacement of about thirteen thousand five hundred tons, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding three million six hundred thousand dollars each; three armored cruisers of about twelve thousand tons trial displacement, carrying the heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their class, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the highest practicable speed and great radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor and armament, not exceeding four million dollars each; and six protected cruisers of about two thousand five hundred tons trial displacement, to be sheathed and coppered, and to have the highest speed compatible with good cruising qualities, great radius of action, and to carry the most powerful ordnance suited to vessels of their class, and to cost, exclusive of armament, not exceeding one million one hundred and forty-one thousand eight hundred dollars each; and the contracts for the construction of each of said vessels shall be awarded by the Secretary of the Navy to the lowest best responsible bidder, having in view the best results and most expeditious delivery; and not more than two of the seagoing battle ships and not more than two of the armored cruisers herein provided for shall be built in one yard or by one contracting party; and in the construction of all said vessels all of the provisions of the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, entitled "An Act making appropriations for the naval establishment for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes," shall be observed and followed; and, subject to the provisions hereinafter made, one and not more than one of the aforesaid seagoing battle ships, and one and not more than one of the aforesaid armored cruisers shall be built on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean or in the waters connecting therewith: Provided, That if it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United States, from the biddings for such contracts when the same are opened and examined by him, said vessels, or either of them, can not be constructed on or near the coast of the Pacific Ocean at a cost not exceeding four per centum above the lowest accepted bid for the other battle ships or cruisers provided for in this Act, he shall authorize the construction of said vessels, or either of them, elsewhere in the United States, subject to the limitations as to cost hereinbefore provided.

CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINERY: On account of the hulls and outfits of vessels and steam machinery of vessels heretofore and herein authorized, five million nine hundred and ninety-two thousand four hundred and two dollars.

ARMOR AND ARMAMENT: Toward the armament and armor of domestic manufacture for the vessels authorized by the Act of July twenty-sixth, eighteen hundred and ninety-four, of the vessels authorized under the Act of March second, eighteen hundred and ninety-five, of those authorized by the Act of June tenth, eighteen hundred and ninety-six, of those authorized by the Act of March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-seven, of those authorized by the Act of May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, and of those authorized by this Act, four million dollars: Provided, That in procuring armor for

the seagoing coast-line battle ships and the harbor defense vessels of the monitor type, authorized by the Act making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and ninety-nine, and for other purposes, approved May fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, the Secretary of the Navy may contract for suitable armor for said vessels under the limitations as to price for the same as fixed by this Act: And provided further, That no contracts for the armor for any vessels authorized by this Act shall be made at an average rate exceeding three hundred dollars per ton of two thousand two hundred and forty pounds, including royalties, and in no case shall a contract be made for the construction of the hull of any vessel authorized by this Act until a contract has been made for the armor of such vessel.

The President is hereby authorized to appoint, by selection and promotion, an Admiral of the Navy, who shall not be placed upon the retired list except upon his own application; and whenever such office shall be vacated by death or otherwise the office shall cease to exist.

EQUIPMENT: Toward the completion of the equipment outfit of the new vessels heretofore and herein authorized, four hundred thousand dollars.

Approved, March 3, 1899.

FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION-JUNE 7, 1900.

AN ACT Making appropriations for the naval service for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums be, and they are hereby, appropriated, to be paid out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the naval service of the Government for the year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and one, and for other purposes:

PAY OF THE NAVY.

Pay and allowances prescribed by law of officers on sea duty; officers on shore and other duty; officers on waiting orders; officers on the retired list; Admiral's secretary; clerks to commandants of yards. and stations; clerks to paymasters at yards and stations; general storekeepers, receiving ships and other vessels; for four additional clerks, one to commandant, at one thousand five hundred dollars per year, and one to paymaster and general storekeeper, at one thousand three hundred dollars per year, at Honolulu, and one to commandant, at one thousand five hundred dollars per year, and one to paymaster and general storekeeper, at one thousand three hundred dollars per year, at Samoa commutation of quarters for officers on shore not occupying public quarters; pay of enlisted men on the retired list; extra pay to men reenlisting under honorable discharge; interest on deposit by men; pay of petty officers, seamen, landsmen, and apprentice boys, including men in the engineers' force and for the Fish Commission, seventeen thousand five hundred men and two thousand five hundred apprentices under training at training stations and on board training ships, and for men detailed for duty with naval militia at the pay prescribed by law, twelve million eight hundred and ten thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven dollars.

PAY, MISCELLANEOUS.

For commissions and interest; transportation of funds; exchange; mileage to officers while traveling under orders in the United States, and transportation of baggage allowed by regulations, and for actual personal expenses of officers while traveling abroad under orders, and for traveling expenses of civilian employees, and for actual and necessary traveling expenses of naval cadets while proceeding from their homes to the Naval Academy for examination and appointment as cadets; for rent and furniture of buildings and offices not in navy-yards; expenses of courts-martial, prisoners and prisons, and courts of inquiry, boards of inspection, examining boards, with clerks' and witnesses' fees, and traveling expenses and costs; stationery and recording expenses of purchasing-paymasters' offices of the various

cities, including clerks, furniture, fuel, stationery, and incidental expenses; newspapers and advertising; foreign postage; telegraphing, foreign and domestic; telephones; copying; care of library, including the purchase of books, photographs, prints, manuscripts, and periodicals; ferriage, tolls, and express fees; costs of suits; commissions, warrants, diplomas, and discharges; relief of vessels in distress; canal tolls and pilotage; recovery of valuables from shipwrecks; quarantine expenses; reports; professional investigation; cost of special instruction, at home or abroad, in maintenance of students and attachés, and information from abroad, and the collection and classification thereof, and other necessary and incidental expenses, five hundred thousand dollars: Provided, That in lieu of traveling expenses and all allowances whatsoever connected therewith, including transportation of baggage, officers of the Navy traveling from point to point within the United States under orders shall hereafter receive mileage at the rate of eight cents per mile, distance to be computed by the shortest usually traveled route; but in cases where orders are given for travel to be performed repeatedly between two or more places in the same vicinity the Secretary of the Navy may, in his discretion, direct that actual and necessary expenses only be allowed. Actual expenses only shall be paid for travel under orders outside the limits of the United States in North America.

CONTINGENT, NAVY: For all emergencies and extraordinary expenses arising at home or abroad, but impossible to be anticipated or classified, exclusive of personal services in the Navy Department, or any of its subordinate bureaus or offices, at Washington, District of Columbia, ten thousand dollars, and to enable the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to cause to be transported to their homes the remains of officers and enlisted men of the Navy and Marine Corps who die or are killed in action, ashore or afloat, outside of the continental limits of the United States, ten thousand dollars: Provided, That the sum herein appropriated shall be available for transportation of the remains of officers and men who have died or who have been killed while on duty at any time since April twenty-first, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight.

EMERGENCY FUND, NAVY DEPARTMENT.

To meet unforeseen contingencies for the maintenance of the Navy constantly arising, to be expended at the discretion of the President, three hundred thousand dollars.

BUREAU OF NAVIGATION.

TRANSPORTATION, RECRUITING, AND CONTINGENT: For expenses of recruiting for the naval service; rent of rendezvous and expenses of maintaining the same; advertising for men and boys, and all other expenses attending the recruiting for the naval service, and for the transportation of enlisted men and boys at home and abroad and of officers accompanying them; for heating apparatus for receiving and training ships, and extra expenses thereof; for freight, telegraphing on public business, postage on letters sent abroad, ferriage, ice, apprehension of deserters and stragglers, continuous-service certificates, discharges, good-conduct badges, and medals for boys, schoolbooks for

training apprentices, packing boxes and materials, and other contingent expenses and emergencies arising under cognizance of the Bureau of Navigation, unforeseen, and impossible to classify, eighty thousand dollars.

GUNNERY EXERCISES: For prizes for excellence in gunnery exercises and target practice; diagrams and reports of target practice; for the establishment and maintenance of targets and ranges, for hiring established ranges, and for transporting to and from ranges, twelve thousand dollars.

OUTFITS FOR NAVAL APPRENTICES: For outfits for two thousand five hundred naval apprentices, at forty-five dollars each, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

OUTFITS FOR LANDSMEN: For outfits for two thousand five hundred landsmen ander training for seamen, at forty-five dollars each, one hundred and twelve thousand five hundred dollars.

NAVAL TRAINING STATION, CALIFORNIA: Maintenance of naval apprentice training station, Yerba Buena Island, California, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, and tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, thirty thousand dollars.

NAVAL TRAINING STATION, CALIFORNIA (BUILDINGS): Three sets of officers' quarters, twenty-five thousand dollars; extension of wharf, three thousand dollars; sick quarters for apprentices, one thousand five hundred dollars; additional boiler, engine, and dynamo for lighting buildings, three thousand dollars; stable, one thousand two hundred and fifty dollars; fitting storehouse for general storekeeper in basement of barracks, one thousand dollars; in all, thirty-four thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars; to be immediately available.

NAVAL TRAINING STATION, RHODE ISLAND: For maintenance of naval apprentice training station Coasters Harbor Island, Rhode Island, namely: Labor and material; buildings and wharves; dredging channels; extending sea wall; repairs to causeway and sea wall; general care, repairs, and improvements of grounds, buildings, and wharves; wharfage, ferriage, and street-car fare; purchase and maintenance of live stock, and attendance on same; wagons, carts, implements, tools, and repairs to same; fire engines and extinguishers; boats and gymnastic implements; models and other articles needed in instruction of apprentices; printing outfit and materials, and maintenance of same; heating, lighting, and furniture; stationery, books, and periodicals; fresh water, ice, and washing; freight and expressage; packing boxes and materials; postage and telegraphing; telephones, and all other contingent expenses, forty-five thousand dollars.

NAVAL TRAINING STATION, RHODE ISLAND-BUILDINGS: For building breakwater, wharf, and sea wall for new barracks, twenty-five thousand dollars; for two thousand feet of six-inch water mains with valves complete for new barracks, four thousand eight hundred dol