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... necessary way of increasing the efficiency of the army in respect of its officered personnel without increasing the number , and that is by a process of elimination of officers who are not of the best . There are a number of officers in ...
... necessary way of increasing the efficiency of the army in respect of its officered personnel without increasing the number , and that is by a process of elimination of officers who are not of the best . There are a number of officers in ...
Page 16
... necessary . Such a bill was introduced in the Senate at the last session of Con- gress , but no further action was taken upon it . Attention is invited to this bill ( S. 7254 ) and to the letter of Secretary Taft dated May 25 , 1908 ...
... necessary . Such a bill was introduced in the Senate at the last session of Con- gress , but no further action was taken upon it . Attention is invited to this bill ( S. 7254 ) and to the letter of Secretary Taft dated May 25 , 1908 ...
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... necessary authority was granted in the sundry civil appropriation act approved May 27 , 1908 , which con- tained an initial appropriation of $ 150,000 for this purpose ; and plans for the reconstruction of the buildings have been ...
... necessary authority was granted in the sundry civil appropriation act approved May 27 , 1908 , which con- tained an initial appropriation of $ 150,000 for this purpose ; and plans for the reconstruction of the buildings have been ...
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... necessary accessories , but in the construction of our seacoast defenses it has happened naturally and necessarily that these auxiliary works have not kept pace in their development with the progress made in assembling and mounting the ...
... necessary accessories , but in the construction of our seacoast defenses it has happened naturally and necessarily that these auxiliary works have not kept pace in their development with the progress made in assembling and mounting the ...
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... necessary searchlights for existing gun and mine defenses . An estimate for about one - half this amount has been included in the estimates submit- ted to Congress for the next fiscal year . Power plants . The use of electricity in ...
... necessary searchlights for existing gun and mine defenses . An estimate for about one - half this amount has been included in the estimates submit- ted to Congress for the next fiscal year . Power plants . The use of electricity in ...
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Page 148 - State of the equal protection of the laws to which they are entitled under the Constitution of the United States ; and in all such cases, or whenever any such insurrection, violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy, opposes or obstructs the laws of the United States...
Page 148 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive (when the legislature can not be convened) against domestic violence.
Page 148 - Whenever, by reason of unlawful obstructions, combinations, or assemblages of persons, or rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States, it shall become impracticable, in the judgment of the President, to enforce, by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, the laws of the United States...
Page 376 - Act to increase the efficiency of the Medical Department of the United States Army, approved April twenty-third, nineteen hundred and eight.
Page 148 - State, or of any colony, district, or people ; it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, or such other person as he shall have empowered for that purpose, to employ such part of the land or naval forces of the United States...
Page 148 - February 28, 1795, provided, that, " in case of an insurrection in any State against the government thereof, it shall be lawful for the President of the United States, on application of the legislature of such State or of the executive, when the legislature cannot be convened, to call forth such number of the militia of any other State or States, as may be applied for, as he may judge sufficient to suppress such insurrection.
Page 148 - Whenever insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combinations, or conspiracies in any State so obstructs or hinders the execution of the laws thereof and of the United States as to deprive any portion or class of the people of such State of any of the rights, privileges, or immunities or protection named in the Constitution and secured by the laws for the protection...
Page 150 - An act to promote the efficiency of the militia, and for other purposes.
Page 34 - Territory to participate in practice marches or go into camp of instruction at least five consecutive days, and to assemble for drill and instruction at company, battalion, or regimental armories or rendezvous or for target practice not less than twenty-four times...
Page 158 - States service arms, together with all accessories and such other accouterments, equipments, uniforms, clothing, equipage, and military stores of all kinds required for the Army of the United States, as are necessary to arm, uniform, and equip all of the organized militia in the several States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, in accordance with the requirements of this Act...