16-inch B. L. R. 8 0
12-inch B. L. R. 10 0
10-inch B. L. R. 15 8
8-inch B. L. R. 10 0
12-inch B. L. M. 132 16
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Total of pieces 175 24
In other words, of the projected scheme of defence—so far as concerned
the main element, gun and mortar fire—there remained to be put into
operation the trifling matter of eighty-six per cent.! In twelve years
elapsing since the exhaustive report of the Endicott Board, the Congress
of the United States had doled out appropriations barely sufficient to
complete thirteen and seven-tenths per cent. of the required guns,
mounts, and emplacements. The essential matter of the torpedo-boat
flotilla had been put calmly aside without even the courtesy of
consideration. Funds at the disposal of the Engineers had enabled them,
as early as March 1st, to begin the work of submarine mining, but at no
time during the war was the complete system of mines installed. And,
last of all, when war actually had been declared, the garrisons of the
three main defensive positions of the harbor—Fort Warren, Long Island
Head, and the Mortar Battery at Winthrop—aggregated less than two
hundred and fifty officers and men for duty.