Show OUR COAST DEFENSES committee of the senate to lo consider them it at once washington jan 2 senator squire has called a meeting of the committee on coast defense of the senate tor for immediate consideration of hla his bill on fortifications and coast defenses defene genera eral craighill ahlet ot of engineers 11 B S A mill make his statement to 0 the committee tomorrow an aa to the needs needa of the seacoast cities and as aa to hla his ability tc elect the necess necessary ary tlona it if the appropriation 0 of shall be made as aa called for by the bill of senator squire general flagler chief of ordnance of the aimy will also make a state merit to the committee as aa to the manufacture of guns mortars gun carriages biages and as aa soon as he can ho be hoard heard the general commanding the army gen mites miles will mill also make a statement to the committee allowing the need of immediate wid and energetic action of the government it to Is desirable to get this matter in an official clai bolm as aa soon boon an to enable congress to act with intelligence and promptness petitions to Cong congress Con giess tess aie pouring in fit from charleston Chat leston aa annah kannall Ga galveston leRton new haven and other elites cities on the atlantic coast and similar action to la belna being taken in fit seattle pot loi hand tia nd san ban francisco and san ran and the pacific coast senator squire his bill at the beginning of tile the session elior pi lor to tile the meb mage of the president on the venezuelan question and the excitement 1 which followed lie subsequently rein ced tho the same bill containing an additional pr oslon making the tha whole A b ole immediately available in the of the 1 resident ies ident |