Annual Report of the Quartermaster-General of the Army to the Secretary of War for the Fiscal Year Ended ...C. Alexander, 1900 Provides information on the activities and accomplishments of the Quartermaster's Dept. regarding fiscal matters, transportation, clothing, equipment and other supplies of the Army; also discusses the maintenance of supplies and national military cemeteries. |
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... - mule wagon harness were shipped to the Philippines for use of the Army . Approximately , 371,493 tons of coal were purchased during the year for transports . During the fiscal year forage was 8 REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL .
... - mule wagon harness were shipped to the Philippines for use of the Army . Approximately , 371,493 tons of coal were purchased during the year for transports . During the fiscal year forage was 8 REPORT OF THE QUARTERMASTER - GENERAL .
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... coal per day , was installed . Additional colliers being needed , efforts were made to secure suit able vessels in China and Japan without avail , and the sailing ship St. Mark , with a capacity for 2,700 tons of coal , was purchased ...
... coal per day , was installed . Additional colliers being needed , efforts were made to secure suit able vessels in China and Japan without avail , and the sailing ship St. Mark , with a capacity for 2,700 tons of coal , was purchased ...
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... coal for use of the troops during the coming winter . GENERAL DEPOTS . There are six general depots connected with this Department , viz : New York City , Col. A. S. Kimball , assistant quartermaster - general , U. S. A. , in charge ...
... coal for use of the troops during the coming winter . GENERAL DEPOTS . There are six general depots connected with this Department , viz : New York City , Col. A. S. Kimball , assistant quartermaster - general , U. S. A. , in charge ...
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... coal . The coal is received from the States . The price of wood in this department ranges from $ 3 to $ 8 per cord . Native wood is stated to be cheaper and more satisfactory for use in Cuba than wood received from the United States ...
... coal . The coal is received from the States . The price of wood in this department ranges from $ 3 to $ 8 per cord . Native wood is stated to be cheaper and more satisfactory for use in Cuba than wood received from the United States ...
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... coal and water for our transports touching at that port . SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN CHINA . As soon as it was determined to send our military forces into China with a view to rescuing our legationers at Pekin , steps were imme- diately ...
... coal and water for our transports touching at that port . SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS IN CHINA . As soon as it was determined to send our military forces into China with a view to rescuing our legationers at Pekin , steps were imme- diately ...
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2-room house acres Act July additional amount animals appropriation army transport service artillery assistant quartermaster barrack for 100 barracks and quarters Brick buildings burial corps Camp cavalry charge chief quartermaster City clothing and equipage coal construction contract corral cost Cuba Department of Alaska depot quartermaster duty ended June 30 enlisted expenditures fiscal year ended Fort Caswell Fort Leavenworth Fort Monroe Fort Preble Fort Screven Frame funds guardhouse Honolulu horses Jeffersonville June 30 khaki land Manila ment Military posts mules National Cemetery Noncommissioned staff officers Oil house Pacific past fiscal Philippine Islands Plumbing Electric wiring Porto Rico ports pounds purchased Quartermaster and acting QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL Quartermaster's Department rent repairs rooms San Francisco Seattle Secretary Secretary of War stable station steamship storehouse temporary tents thence tons Total transport ships troops trousers U. S. transport U. S. Volunteers United vessel War Department Wash Washington York
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Page 171 - GENERAL : I have the honor to submit a report of the operations of the inspection branch of this office during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1876.
Page 20 - For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, Including the extraduty pay of enlisted men employed on the same...
Page 119 - For the construction of buildings at, and the enlargement of, such military posts as in the judgment of the Secretary of War may be necessary...
Page 122 - 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 173 - That no more than one million dollars of the sums appropriated by this Act shall be paid out for the services of civilian employees in the Quartermaster's Department, including those heretofore paid out of the funds appropriated for regular supplies...
Page 10 - ... the William Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Building Company, of Philadelphia, at a cost of $100,877.
Page 95 - States by the president of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers.
Page 38 - For repair and preservation of monuments, tablets, observation tower, roads, and fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States upon public land within the limits of the Antietam battlefield, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, three thousand dollars.
Page 160 - The following act of Congress is published for the information and government of all concerned : AN ACT making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, and for other purposes.
Page 46 - GENERAL: I have the honor to submit herewith the following report of the operations of the transportation division of this office during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1898.