| Show I MEW IINSI4 Tb They a 11 Sow rs It 117 haTh New York a It 01 March The Import lormerclal man I it e r crime lOt the great mnUlactllrln ill lleturing I city heuddol interevate 01 been rnt war be dednired Pointed he effects on to out emthatlAIIY and the puritan of the IO onoOOO Appropriate by Cong tl add Iv the ovt dfartive I 9remmflrti conlnlln movie on formication affords I I pleasure to le orps of cngln I a Charge 01 the uoirk about the h oi Nw York The construction of additional nivars i 01 defense nt Airts lians I lion aM I tancock upon hlch depends the o mlslon of a hostile < fleet that might attempt to force its i way up the Nor Items 14 I In Charge of Lteut Col Wm Udloiv Col Iullou Paid We are glad indeed that a Portion of the 150000000 I 8 to be used tog on with construct Ing coast defenses llottad of wallIng wall-Ing for the regular appioptlatlon vv III have the benefit of the emergency und While we regret our share ot It 14 I not I urge we are glad to hi I Old to go on i th ollr > rk at Forts lam Ion And JilincOck now Jut an i we are comlMllng i I hat Ill Irous appro illation allowed u a to 10 I enable us 10 do the murk moro satlsfaclorll and to Keep our men together The future work will be a contlnu nnce of the plans long ugro prepand fill Pleading I this harbor with modern < oldnonc We < 0 not expect 10 make use of the ground act urd meveral > onm ao adjoining the Fort lalllvn role cvatlon as a mile for a mortar bal te an there on not fords enough fur this purpose allotted nt the prevent I Inne Neither will me mae any use 01 tile site for te mrtlr bntI n Plumb Island beln IhcIld Hay And li atren Islam IIILII was pur hn1 at the same time Nothing hat hn don so fr n 1 know In regaid to u the eeelon of a i mvrtar battery oV any other mnn 01 defense on the 1 mteirs end of ItiKkuwa Ileach The gornmnt own no Ke L the This country Is I ell encough IIId for tierr atictindclasis Algel Is Imigicer tina or any other secondclass IXMK r Ilt In axe of war wllh a llrstcla Police such an me call ou 1 Is I at a would t j b07 We do not oant to hnvo to Call upon the navy tn defend out seaports lint we should veaPIlv11vt7 0 mail defended that sl cmlot lint Into them lor supplies and then Pull out again to annoy and burns the enemy W save more than a thou viand miles of unprotected oICOt tV1 hut warships nlll toot i shell A am = bare coast Such PlatIs its Atlantic City and Long Ilnnch are at the mere mer-e 01 any sternest orlgn vessel In case tit war but nothing uuld he gained III I wanting ammunition on them MO there should be lie four for them InV or In-V mill not trite Up team the blow Is I likely to le effective The bud weather made the regular army soldiers ramping al Fort limit Pock oil Sandy nook uncomfortable and they protested against the sheller alorlcd thm A demand was made maoo lon the quartermasters department on Itivernom Island for more tents Orders mere pent to Philadelphia at onee lor the ilml r needed and they mill bi shipped at once The ork on the nw barracks isto I be hurried I much as possible nnd an far ns they arc made ready theY it II h a oceulld There tire IrtyelKht nw strtzctl tieing reeled 1 the government on Sandy Hock Inclldin 0 fr1mr urI ur-I barracks a hospital and hou es for ituerried mn and their faml |
