Show I Our cot Uefeu Svs Fiusctfico December 1Major General O 0 Howard commandlrj tho Division of the Pacific has submitted sub-mitted his annual report to the Adjutant Adjut-ant General for the information ot the LieutenantGeneral corumanCinc the army of the United States Referring to the means of defense against the possible invasion of the Pacific Coast General Howard says The forta are not in order They are not rnutitd with guns of he proper caliber and what is worse there am no guns of the rignt size and power in the whole country to bring here There should be h plant on this coast and speedy preparation pre-paration for making suitable guns and other means of defense ought not to be delayed IIh4L could bs easily thrown fromtheneightorhood of the Clitf House outside the harbor to every part of San Francisco and without exceeding modern ranges could be dropped into Oakland I therefore recommend that money be appropriated so that a good torpedo defense may be planted that a fleet cf torpedo boats be constructed and that the guns now around the harbor har-bor be properly mounted that two floating batteries b ° built and anchored as suggested the board of inspectors appointed under the act of Congress of March 3 1555 |