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... reasons are presented for an addition of 612 officers to the number already authorized for the army . I cordially concur in the rec- ommendations of this letter . A bill embodying these views and providing for the addition of 612 ...
... reasons are presented for an addition of 612 officers to the number already authorized for the army . I cordially concur in the rec- ommendations of this letter . A bill embodying these views and providing for the addition of 612 ...
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... reason of physical disability contracted in line of duty , and for the honorable discharge of officers failing to pass the examination for any other reason . This law while calcu- lated by its terms to produce the desired effect of ...
... reason of physical disability contracted in line of duty , and for the honorable discharge of officers failing to pass the examination for any other reason . This law while calcu- lated by its terms to produce the desired effect of ...
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... reason than physical disability . These conditions to which attention is thus drawn have long had the earnest and careful thought of some of the best minds in the serv- ice . I think it is agreed by them that there is no other subject ...
... reason than physical disability . These conditions to which attention is thus drawn have long had the earnest and careful thought of some of the best minds in the serv- ice . I think it is agreed by them that there is no other subject ...
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... reason to believe it will , and no unusual falling off is experi- enced and none is now expected - the army will soon be recruited to its maximum authorized strength of 77,743 enlisted men , and kept there . It is gratifying to be able ...
... reason to believe it will , and no unusual falling off is experi- enced and none is now expected - the army will soon be recruited to its maximum authorized strength of 77,743 enlisted men , and kept there . It is gratifying to be able ...
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... reasons for that decrease in desertions are : 1. The reestablishment of the United States military prison at Fort Leavenworth , Kans . , early in 1906 , which made it possible to resume the practice of sending long - term military ...
... reasons for that decrease in desertions are : 1. The reestablishment of the United States military prison at Fort Leavenworth , Kans . , early in 1906 , which made it possible to resume the practice of sending long - term military ...
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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...