Show REPORT OF WAR WR to concentrate our army I 1 on the sea coast WORK ON OUR COAST DEFENSES the arma being eine supplied new now M magazine lew new coast do defense range guns expenditures washington iov noy 29 the annual report of the secretary of war gives tho tile usual review of the condition and operations of the army and in addition is devoted especially to the pro progress gres of work on the tile sea coast defences defenses de fences now ow that the t indian warfare ts is practically at tit an end a gradual concentration of the army on the sea coast T IL s t and arid frontier frontiers should follow tho tile wo work r k 0 of t fortifying thirteen of the largest seaports I 1 renders manifestly necess the coliver sion of portion odthe of necessary the in infantry art a to an artillery army the total strength of the tile army array Is and arid 2 am enlisted men the h secretary recommends the tile repeal of tho fixing ten years as the maritim period of enlistment and a reduction odthe of the period of first enlistment to three years i the adoption of tho the new magazine nuo rifle is the tile most important step stet since the close of the civil war the tile entire infantry force will be equipped with new araps arms before the cloce 1 of the tile corning vear year tho tile engineer corps corp is preparing at port land me boston new york washington san francisco Iran cisco emplacements in all for four 12 inch runs guns twenty 10 inch fach guns fire 8 inch guns and sixty four 12 inch mortars also twenty twe t four casimates case mates for submarine to torpedo r e L operations the tile mork work will be progressing next year at thirteen of the twenty eight ports proposed lor for fortification by the indicott endicott I board the expenditure 9 for th the e f fiscal year ending june were salaries and contingent t expenses mil military gitary estable public works including river and arid liar baroor bor improve improvement ments miscellaneous objects total il 07 the estimates for fo tile fl local cal year ending june 30 1895 1805 are is |