Show OUR COAST DEFENSES TOM r Ilio HIM Iniseil rslriility It I the Semite WABIIINOTON Feb 8111 tho Senate yesterday yes-terday Mr hawley moved to proceed to tho consideration of tho bill to encourage the manufacture of steel and modern army ord nniico and for many other purposes rind to provIde heavy ordnance adapted to nrmy warfare Ho said ho had Riven notice several sev-eral days ago that ho would tnnko his motion mo-tion Ho Rt pushed forward to eit by tire Committee ou Coast Defenses tho Commit too on Military Affairs and the Ronernl sentiment senti-ment of tho Senate amid tho country The motion wns agreed toyoos 21 nays 21 I The bill wns taken up for action Several amendments reported by tho Committee ou i Const Defenses wero agreed to amid after explanation on some points of detail tho bill was passed without division j TUB TEXT OF TIIC DILL 13 AS IOILOWS That tho Secretary of War bo nnd is nu I thoriod to make contracts with icsponsiblo I steel iiinnufnoturorH after suitable advertisements adver-tisements to continue not less than thirty days in newspapers moat likely to reach tho mnnufncturcis addressed for n supply of rough bored wionght tinned and tempered steel m forms suitable for heavy ordnance adapted to modern I mod-ern warfare nnd steel finished for armor amid other nrmy purposes in quantity not to exceed 10000 gross tons in quality and dimensions di-mensions oonfoimiui to speoillcations subject sub-ject to inspection and teats nt each stage of manufacture amid Including all parts of each I t riILl F Irt cnhbro specified Iroviilcd That no money shall bo expended except for Otto stool accepted I 01l p3 f re8 lf rJol i cepted nnd delivered that each bid shall contract to erect for tOo United States n suitable plant including the best modern appliances capable of making nil the steel I required 1 mind of finishing 1 fin-ishing it II in accordance with the contract to deliver yearly n specified quantity of each calibre and the tnuo of the delivery of tho small calibre to commence at tho expiration expira-tion of not more than 18 months and that of largest calibre nt this expiration of not hl trlll WIn l l rfi more than three years from this date of ao ceptancoof the contract nnd that nil the forgings shall I bo manufactured in tho United States HYO1 That tIre Secretary of War bo and in hereby authorized to elect at Wntorvlelt Arsenal West Troy N Y nn army gun factory in ncoordouce with tho report re-port of time Gun Foundry hoard of December Decem-ber L 1874 nnd for finishing nnd assembling guns adapted to modern warfare nnd of approved ap-proved sires nnd for tho manufacture of gun carriages and ordnance equipment for tho nrmy nt n cost not to exceed one I million See U That for the purposes of tho foregoing fore-going section the sum of HGZ03J is hereby appropriated 1 out uf any money in tho I Treasury not otherwise appropriated to bo available during six years from January 1887 See 4 That for the purpose of tho construction con-struction of fortitlcations and other work ns const defenses such ns masonry and earthwork earth-work foundations for turrets cntcmentsnnd mngalncB siibmnrlna mines and galleries exclusive of armor in accordance with the recommendations of tho Board of Fortifications Fortifica-tions or other Dofonsos ns appointed by the President of tho United States under tho provisions of the not of Congress npproved March H hOlD SjtfCOOOJO to bo expended under un-der tho direction of thuSeoretni of Wnr is hereby nppioprinted lImo Senate Until took up and passed the I bill to oncouragn tho manufacture of steel for modern naval ordnance trio > r shafting und other naval purposes ami tu provido llinvy I ordnance adapted to I modern naval warfare Jhis bill is like tho other in ull important particulars except that the gun factory is to be 1 nt the Wellington I nnvy ynrd nml that tho fourth section of the other in omitted |