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Arsenals.
In 1901, arsenals, armories, and ordnance depots were established at the following places:
Arsenals--Allegheny, Pa.; Augusta, Ga.; Benicia, Cal.; Columbia, Tenn.; Fort Monroe, Va.; Frankford, Pa.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Kennebec (Augusta), Me.; New York (Governor's Island), N. Y.; Rock Island, Ill.; San Antonio, Tex.; Watertown, Mass.; and Watervliet, N. Y.
Armory--Springfield, Mass.
Powder Depots--St. Louis, Mo., and Dover, N. J.
Ordnance Proving Ground--Sandy Hook (Fort Hancock), N. J.
McKenna, Joseph 1843-
Jurist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 10, 1843; was a student in St. Joseph's College; removed to Benicia, Cal., in 1855; and was admitted to the bar there in 1865.
He was twice district attorney for Solano county, and in 1875-76 a member of the State legislature.
In 1885 he was elected to Congress, where he served till 1893, when he was appointed a United States circuit judge.
From March, 1897, till January, 1898, he was United States Attorney-General, and then became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court.