Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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Page 7
... enormous debt , and the depressed financial condition of the country at that time , caused a reduction to be made from 54,000 to 45,000 , and then later to 30,000 , and finally to 25,000 men REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR . 7.
... enormous debt , and the depressed financial condition of the country at that time , caused a reduction to be made from 54,000 to 45,000 , and then later to 30,000 , and finally to 25,000 men REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF WAR . 7.
Page 10
... causes which led thereto . The board has decided not to experiment further with the system . Progress is noted in the construction of the 10 - inch Brown segmental - tube wire- wound gun , which the manufacturers hope will be ready for ...
... causes which led thereto . The board has decided not to experiment further with the system . Progress is noted in the construction of the 10 - inch Brown segmental - tube wire- wound gun , which the manufacturers hope will be ready for ...
Page 29
... causes constituted only 5.44 per thousand of the strength . Great improvement has taken place in the past few years in the sanitary condition of the colored troops , as manifested by their lessened rates of sickness , disability , and ...
... causes constituted only 5.44 per thousand of the strength . Great improvement has taken place in the past few years in the sanitary condition of the colored troops , as manifested by their lessened rates of sickness , disability , and ...
Page 32
... caused by the fact that by act of March 16 , 1896 , deduction on account of retained pay ceased , and the soldier is now paid the entire amount due him each month . The increase in pay of retired officers is $ 179,454.18 . This estimate ...
... caused by the fact that by act of March 16 , 1896 , deduction on account of retained pay ceased , and the soldier is now paid the entire amount due him each month . The increase in pay of retired officers is $ 179,454.18 . This estimate ...
Page 99
... cause of loss to the Army . During the past year the number of discharges was 2,603 . After November 1 , 1897 , however , no more discharges can be claimed under the provisions of the law of 1890. Since the passage of that law 13,375 ...
... cause of loss to the Army . During the past year the number of discharges was 2,603 . After November 1 , 1897 , however , no more discharges can be claimed under the provisions of the law of 1890. Since the passage of that law 13,375 ...
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Page 799 - 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 and fifty cents...
Page 282 - It shall be lawful for any civil officer having authority under the laws of the United States...
Page 359 - For construction and repair of hospitals at military posts already established and occupied, Including the extraduty pay of enlisted men employed on the same, and including also all expenditures for construction and repairs required at the Army and Navy Hospital at Hot Springs...
Page 663 - A until acknowledged. Each station will then turn on a steady flash and adjust. When the adjustment is satisfactory to the called station, it will cut off its flash, and the calling station will proceed with its message.
Page 799 - ... 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 of the Board of Ordnance...
Page 370 - For expenses of burying in the Arlington National Cemetery, or in the cemeteries of the District of Columbia, indigent ex-Union soldiers, sailors, and marines of the late civil war who die in the District of Columbia...
Page 277 - States, such offense shall be liable to, and receive, the same punishment as the laws of the State in which such place is situated, now in force provide for the like offense...
Page 311 - 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 799 - 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 309 - ... outer clothing, to cost not exceeding $10, to be issued upon release from confinement to each prisoner who has been confined under a court-martial sentence involving dishonorable discharge...