Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1895 |
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... practice this work has been mainly confined to two reaches of the river , each 20 miles long- one situated about 80 miles above Memphis and the other 80 miles above Vicksburg - where the result has been an increased depth of water at ...
... practice this work has been mainly confined to two reaches of the river , each 20 miles long- one situated about 80 miles above Memphis and the other 80 miles above Vicksburg - where the result has been an increased depth of water at ...
Page 68
... practice to enable men to become efficient . As the Government has now at great expense established mortar batteries and high - power guns at Fort Hancock , New York Harbor , I renew my recommendation made last May that barracks and ...
... practice to enable men to become efficient . As the Government has now at great expense established mortar batteries and high - power guns at Fort Hancock , New York Harbor , I renew my recommendation made last May that barracks and ...
Page 69
... practice marches and reconnoissances , and thereby obtain a thorough knowledge of their own country , especially the topographical features , condition of roads , sources of supplies , and all information of military importance ...
... practice marches and reconnoissances , and thereby obtain a thorough knowledge of their own country , especially the topographical features , condition of roads , sources of supplies , and all information of military importance ...
Page 110
... practice of field exercises , and lends itself readily to an organized reserve and a perfect preparation and organization for defensive war . Our country has suffered much at times from its disadvantages , and a serious effort may be ...
... practice of field exercises , and lends itself readily to an organized reserve and a perfect preparation and organization for defensive war . Our country has suffered much at times from its disadvantages , and a serious effort may be ...
Page 111
... practice marches and the solution of the more simple problems in minor tactics . The number of officers in our service who have had experience in handling large masses of troops is growing less and less each year , and there are many on ...
... practice marches and the solution of the more simple problems in minor tactics . The number of officers in our service who have had experience in handling large masses of troops is growing less and less each year , and there are many on ...
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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...