Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of WarU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... given by the Government to the subject of coast defenses , and most beneficial results are now becoming appar- ent . Approximately $ 26,000,000 have been appropriated by the Government , which is nearly one - third of what is required ...
... given by the Government to the subject of coast defenses , and most beneficial results are now becoming appar- ent . Approximately $ 26,000,000 have been appropriated by the Government , which is nearly one - third of what is required ...
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... given some discretion , may best solve the problem . A boat for transportation and patrol on the Yukon and its tributaries will be essential , and authority is asked to provide one . On account of the terrible rigor of the weather , and ...
... given some discretion , may best solve the problem . A boat for transportation and patrol on the Yukon and its tributaries will be essential , and authority is asked to provide one . On account of the terrible rigor of the weather , and ...
Page 10
... given the rank and pay , while serving , of colonel , and that the attachés at lega- tions be given the rank and pay of lieutenant - colonel while serving , or at least the rank and pay of major . This higher rank is accorded to the ...
... given the rank and pay , while serving , of colonel , and that the attachés at lega- tions be given the rank and pay of lieutenant - colonel while serving , or at least the rank and pay of major . This higher rank is accorded to the ...
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... given . The governor reported that almost the only disorders that have occurred at the Home were the result of intemperance , an evil that can not be cured and can only be ameliorated by wise disciplinary measures . Special attention ...
... given . The governor reported that almost the only disorders that have occurred at the Home were the result of intemperance , an evil that can not be cured and can only be ameliorated by wise disciplinary measures . Special attention ...
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... given the rank , pay , and emoluments of a first lieutenant of infantry . The master of the sword , a civilian , receives $ 1,500 ; a first lieutenant of infantry the same ; the only differ- ence , apart from military reasons , would be ...
... given the rank , pay , and emoluments of a first lieutenant of infantry . The master of the sword , a civilian , receives $ 1,500 ; a first lieutenant of infantry the same ; the only differ- ence , apart from military reasons , would be ...
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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...