Show ARMY AND NAVY SUFFERED Congress Asked for Money to Repair Damage Done by Gulf Cy Cyclone Cyclone clone Last Pall Fall Falla a Jan Jun and naY navy authorities have been hard at work re repairing pairing Uw time d damage lone to the and forts b by the great gulf cyclone last fall and the they have completed practically cally all tile the estimates n necessary ceSSar us as a basis for congressional appropriations for this purpose The arm army probably sus sustained tamed the greater m monetary netar damage and Quartermaster General Humphrey Humphre has asked congress for for the recon reconstruction of Fort Morgan in Mobile bay and Fort lort Barrancas at He also requests an appropriation of to repair the barracks and quarters at Fort lort St Phillip at the mouth of the thc Mhz 1115 si river and in anticipation of the of these estimates In one of time deficiency appropriation bills the quartermasters depArtment has sent experts to the fortifications needing repairs to tomake make malte requisition for the necessary mater materials materials Though not so large in a pecuniary sense time the na navy losses included several es els which were engaged in the Span war var The Gloucester lies far Car upon the b beach ach at Pensacola The naval have secured the use of the arm army dredge Caucus and have al almost almost most completed the digging of a channel through time the soft sand saud to bring the ship down to deep water Chief Constructor Capps estimates that will repair the damage to the ship herself The rile Is completely under Wll wa tor but the reports to the chief construe constructor tor arE that tha t she soon wilt will be a afloat loat The l Little Vixen one of the tho ships in inthe inthe the famous battle of Santiago like the Gloucester lies high on th the beach at Pensacola but the Inspectors report her herin herin in good sha shape pc |