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... result has been obtained without reducing the accommoda- tions below the reasonable requirements of the several grades , and at the same time a separate building for each officer , regardless of his rank , has been provided . While ...
... result has been obtained without reducing the accommoda- tions below the reasonable requirements of the several grades , and at the same time a separate building for each officer , regardless of his rank , has been provided . While ...
Page 62
... result is , that when or shortly after this has been accomplished , the detailed officer's tour of duty is at an end . It is known that many officers serving the four years ' detail in the department , who have , by study and careful ...
... result is , that when or shortly after this has been accomplished , the detailed officer's tour of duty is at an end . It is known that many officers serving the four years ' detail in the department , who have , by study and careful ...
Page 64
... result desired . To become eligible to appointment to these positions an enlisted man must have at least four years ' service , have reached the grade of sergeant , and pass a prescribed examination . These regulations insure competent ...
... result desired . To become eligible to appointment to these positions an enlisted man must have at least four years ' service , have reached the grade of sergeant , and pass a prescribed examination . These regulations insure competent ...
Page 65
... result in an actual saving of funds , and increase the efficiency of the enlisted men of the line by leaving all of them absolutely free to attend to purely military duties . While the pay of its members would have to be , for nearly ...
... result in an actual saving of funds , and increase the efficiency of the enlisted men of the line by leaving all of them absolutely free to attend to purely military duties . While the pay of its members would have to be , for nearly ...
Page 77
... result of the experiment , which was in every way successful . These cookers designed by the Subsistence Department combine lightness of weight with stability of construction , and are intended to stand long travel on rough roads and ...
... result of the experiment , which was in every way successful . These cookers designed by the Subsistence Department combine lightness of weight with stability of construction , and are intended to stand long travel on rough roads and ...
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Page 174 - SIGNAL CORPS. — The Signal Corps shall consist of one Chief Signal Officer, with the rank of brigadier general; three colonels; eight lieutenant colonels; ten majors; thirty captains; seventy-five first lieutenants; and the aviation section, which shall consist of one colonel; one lieutenant colonel; eight majors...
Page 205 - Declaration, such denunciation shall not take effect until a year after the notification made in writing to the Netherlands Government, and by it forthwith communicated to all the other Contracting Powers. This denunciation shall only affect the notifying Power.
Page 205 - In faith whereof the Plenipotentiaries have appended their signatures to the present Convention. Done at The Hague, the 18th October, 1907, in a single copy, which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Netherland Government, and [ duly certified copies of which shall be sent, through the diplomatic channel, to the Powers which have been invited to the Second Peace Conference.
Page 205 - It shall cease to be binding from the time when, in a war between the contracting powers, one of the belligerents is joined by a noncontracting power.
Page 205 - The present convention shall be ratified as soon as possible. The ratifications shall be deposited at The Hague. A...
Page 205 - The present Declaration shall be ratified as soon as possible. The ratifications shall be deposited in London. The first deposit of ratifications shall be recorded in a Protocol signed by the Representatives of the Powers taking part therein, and by His Britannic Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
Page 212 - Fortification, fifty thousand dollars, the expenditure of which shall be made by the several bureaus of the War Department heretofore having jurisdiction of the...
Page 177 - Territories, and the District of Columbia, shall be the same as that which is now or may hereafter be prescribed for the regular army of the United States, subject in time of peace to such general exceptions as may be authorized by the Secretary of War.
Page 212 - That before any money shall be expended in the construction or test of any gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements under the supervision of the said board, the board shall be satisfied, after due inquiry, that the Government of the United States has a lawful right to use the inventions involved in the construction of such gun, gun carriage, ammunition, or implements, or that the construction or test is made at the request of a person either having such lawful right or authorized to convey the...
Page 212 - February twentyfourth, 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 and fifty cents a day; and for the test of experimental guns, carriages, and other devices procured in accordance with the recommendation...