Show fortification board washington march IG the th F ori 11 n catton board lias has finally decided filial if the cramps dire d ire t to supply auprly fifty 12 inch mortars at each for coast defense bense under the term of the forti fica cons b bill thoy they must make the e equal qu at to the new all steel morta mortars rs through gli their agents the cramps contend they were required merely to 40 build the mortars to equal the stoel ca cat A lion mortars in itell ahmu as that me wa the only wear wearon weapon on or of the kind in actual 11 ina 96 at al I 1 the he da dale te odthe of the passage of the appropriation ill bill 1 1 ali aa the champis Cram pis mortar Is of 0 cast me metal al and weighs pounds as dinst pounds for the stai iaia all steel mortar it may be impossible corthern for thern to bring biln it qa T athin the required dimensions amoni among other matters disposed dJs of 0 hy by the board at its tast hat was ivas itne allotment Allol ment of for ithe ith pur eliase of the seabury inch quick firing RUTI gun now being tested at sandy hook alook in campt anton with lui the banot canot armstrong and hotchkiss guns end and the examination of aarto for new gun carriages and ran finders |