Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 |
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... established in the method of recruiting during the past two years have considerably reduced the cost of that service , while perceptibly increasing the effective strength of the Army . Nine recruiting stations have been closed within ...
... established in the method of recruiting during the past two years have considerably reduced the cost of that service , while perceptibly increasing the effective strength of the Army . Nine recruiting stations have been closed within ...
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... established post at Little Rock will be occupied early in the coming year , while new buildings at Fort Myer and elsewhere will soon provide for additional troops . General repairs and care in renovation have put many of the older posts ...
... established post at Little Rock will be occupied early in the coming year , while new buildings at Fort Myer and elsewhere will soon provide for additional troops . General repairs and care in renovation have put many of the older posts ...
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... established a uniform rate of commuta- tion for subsistence and clothing of all retired enlisted men , and that ... establish in the Army the battalion formation now adopted by the armies of every other civilized nation . As REPORT OF ...
... established a uniform rate of commuta- tion for subsistence and clothing of all retired enlisted men , and that ... establish in the Army the battalion formation now adopted by the armies of every other civilized nation . As REPORT OF ...
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... established by the act of March 2 , 1889 , have not , as respects cer- tain of the records , reached the same conclusion as to what should b excluded as unimportant . The law now provides that the selection o f matter for publication ...
... established by the act of March 2 , 1889 , have not , as respects cer- tain of the records , reached the same conclusion as to what should b excluded as unimportant . The law now provides that the selection o f matter for publication ...
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... established a permanent union between the two forces , advantageous to both . During the year 33 officers , 6 more than in the previous year , were permanently detailed at State headquarters , and 43 States secured for temporary duty ...
... established a permanent union between the two forces , advantageous to both . During the year 33 officers , 6 more than in the previous year , were permanently detailed at State headquarters , and 43 States secured for temporary duty ...
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Page 331 - For construction of quarters for hospital stewards at military posts already established and occupied, including the extra-duty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, seven thousand dollars.
Page 145 - Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the general laws of the United States as to the punishment of offenses committed in any place within the sole and exclusive jurisdiction of the United States, except the District of Columbia, shall extend to the Indian country.
Page 143 - And every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States to whom allotments shall have been made under the provisions of this act, or under any law or treaty, and every Indian born within the territorial limits of the United States...
Page 143 - That upon the completion of said allotments, and the patenting of the lands to said allottees, each and every member of the respective bands or tribes of Indians to whom allotments have been made shall have the benefit of and be subject to the laws; both civil and criminal, of the State or Territory in which they may reside...
Page 875 - SIR: in compliance with your instructions, I have the honor to submit the following report of the...
Page 844 - February twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, and for the necessary traveling expenses of said member when traveling on duty as contemplated in said Act; for the payment of the necessary expenses of the board, including a per diem allowance to each officer detailed to serve thereon, when employed on duty away from his permanent station, of two dollars...
Page 653 - Visitors to inquire into the actual state of the discipline, instruction, police administration, fiscal affairs, and other concerns of the Academy. The visitors appointed by the President shall report thereon to the Secretary of War, for the information of Congress...
Page 845 - ... be made for a further supply of not less than fifty, and not more than one hundred, at such reasonable cost as the Board herein provided for shall determine, not to exceed six thousand five hundred dollars each. The entire number to be delivered iu one year from date of contract. Said mortar and all which may be contracted for under this provision shall be subject to inspection at each stage of manufacture.
Page 844 - Board to make all needful and proper purchases, experiments, and tests to ascertain, with a view to their utilization by the Government, the most effective guns, small arms, cartridges, projectiles, fuses, explosives, torpedoes, armor plates...
Page 268 - Department, furniture, text-books, papers, and equipment for post schools, reading matter for post libraries, wagons, ambulances, carts, saddles, harness, water supply, sewerage, plumbing, illuminating supplies, and heating for all military posts and buildings. The Department is also charged with the duty of...