| Show To ENLA1JEOUR POST Military Board Submit Report Re-port on Several Forts FORT OUGLAS INCLUDED Sum Appropriated for the Enlarging of the Fort to Provide Accommodations Accommoda-tions for Headquarters and Two Battalions of Infantry Is 125000 It Has Been Decided to Proceed at Once With Preparation of tho Plans and SpeciUcations and to Invite Bids for Construction Washington July 21A board of of ficers consisting of MajCens Corbin Jl ° niY i3rJg Con Lullngton Lieut Col j A Johnston and Major George Ruhlcn was appointed several weeks ago by time Secretary of War to juice Into consideration the question of provision fo be made for accommo dation and shelter for troops returned from Cuba and lie Philippine islands and to consider generally the construc tion of new buildings at posts through out the unltctl States to accommodate norcaacd garrisons to bc staUon a thereat The board submitted Its final eport to time Secretary of War who r has aJpiovej t 110 recommerldatloima sUbmitter1 ii it lime mrjmommmi givemt arc those estInlateol to coomplete Ito construction of various orlM while fho norT allotments arc made from time current appropriations it J Is J not ox peeled that the full amounts will he expended in all cases W during tIme fisemu < year The allotments are as follows pr ho construction m rtglmemm of of a nw post for cavalry at Park Gt seiocn Cticlcatnaurga A urns post for a battalion of at Ijuifries Mission 4lnskn O000 iilfantry new imost for a iCgInit of on hite military lntaritry rescrttboim Ci sI2cjo at Monteret Three now poslq each to aecoalmotThe two LompmtIlics of eoimst artillery t Fore omden tutu Fort Ctney IVushm tt time ezmtranco to Purge uloun ttioh Fort Rose craims tteat San Diego Cal 120000 Irovisloils for a rcglmcnl of Infintry tii Presidio ° C bait Frzinulsco ThI09 it Conpl0iIon of Port MCKCOZIC IVyo to accomnnmotlmt to one lnttitltoa or fmImmntr ShiSCO Barracks nurrlcra stables etc for too batteries er of light mirtlhiemy Fort D rtlissoIl Wio 3200IXo Necessmtmy remiars to ie nInth at Fort 1 1mrrJmtoit loa I to mako tfomi lit limit Btcotnnldtlt post for a battulijim farutry lOC0O of itt provIde Eiiimtrgeniett of Fort Donsl13 Utah to iecomnummoluloti foi hteuhq tmarters and two btttthions of Infauitry 1ZIIIO lo Ciilmrgu Jort ravotl Vttohm to tic Cormmnuouia it licmmtiqmtuzters and erie itttli tomi of lmlfmlitry To oninr f Kort Wright VVitSll to nc oommodato ceti one liattallon 6f Infantry go cetilo r ° nlarso Vancouver tncotlstir barracks Wnslj to accommodate one fall raiment of ln1 ihoixci dinEr miami two battalions of arUller lo W101sr ot Whlpplc barraclcs Arln to provide accommoflatlons at That post for one battalion of Infantry Bui000 < Jo continue construction of barracks and quarters at Fort ISIIey Kan a vi Fort r Leaenuomhu Ca to PmvWo for increased sarrlHona at those posts and tho officers ot tho schools of Instruction to bo CBtablishcd there at Riley S225000 iil Jcavenworth Ajtyf Tho board alto took into considera tion the construction of ncccssarv buildings at ninny of the coast artlf lery poals on the Atlantic seaboard on the Gulf and at the mouth of the Co lumbia river and at some of the in land posts for cavalry and artillery where additional buildings aie needed to accommodate the increased garrison It has been decided lo proceed at once with lie prepnratlon of plans and specifications for the t necessary build inns at the new posts and at the posts to bc enlarged and lo Invite bids for their construction but it is con templated to place only a part of Limo work at other places under contract at present to avoid the large congestion which would result by throwing too much work on the market at many of hose places at once The uork that probably will recclvo first consideration will be the new posts to be established at Chlckamauga Park TInlnes Mission Alaska Indian Terri tory and the Presidio San Francisco |
