Increase of Military Establishment: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-fifth Congress, First Session, on the Bill Authorizing the President to Increase Temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States. April 7[-17] 1917U.S. Government Printing Office, 1917 - 265 pages |
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... July , and we will have ade- quate supplies of all kinds , except , of course , these long - time- consuming constructions of heavy ordnance and things of that kind , for 1,000,000 men inside of eight months . Mr. KAHN . Will you have ...
... July , and we will have ade- quate supplies of all kinds , except , of course , these long - time- consuming constructions of heavy ordnance and things of that kind , for 1,000,000 men inside of eight months . Mr. KAHN . Will you have ...
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... KAHN . But you now have one increment by natural operation of the law , and on the 1st of July you would get the second one ? Maj . NOLAN . Yes , sir . Mr. KAHN . Now , that would raise it to 76 INCREASE OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT .
... KAHN . But you now have one increment by natural operation of the law , and on the 1st of July you would get the second one ? Maj . NOLAN . Yes , sir . Mr. KAHN . Now , that would raise it to 76 INCREASE OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT .
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... July 1 , 1916 , be applied to the officering of the forces provided under the second paragraph of section 1 of this bill ? Gen. CROWDER . Have you a copy of the draft resolution of July 1 ? I do not now recall what classes were ...
... July 1 , 1916 , be applied to the officering of the forces provided under the second paragraph of section 1 of this bill ? Gen. CROWDER . Have you a copy of the draft resolution of July 1 ? I do not now recall what classes were ...
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... July . We will not in any event have occasion to use them before the 1st of July , and even if we had there is no place from which we could have gotten them any earlier . Mr. SHALLENBERGER . Of course , I did not want to go into a dis ...
... July . We will not in any event have occasion to use them before the 1st of July , and even if we had there is no place from which we could have gotten them any earlier . Mr. SHALLENBERGER . Of course , I did not want to go into a dis ...
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... July 18 , 1898 ..do . Nov. 7 , 1898 Fort Hancock , 3 106 3 103 3 106 teer Artillery : Light Battery A .. May 19 ... July 6-9 , 1898 Fruitvale , Cal .. Feb. 6 , 1899 California and 35 3131 51 986 31 641 31 50 979 1,250 46 8589 50 999 71 ...
... July 18 , 1898 ..do . Nov. 7 , 1898 Fort Hancock , 3 106 3 103 3 106 teer Artillery : Light Battery A .. May 19 ... July 6-9 , 1898 Fruitvale , Cal .. Feb. 6 , 1899 California and 35 3131 51 986 31 641 31 50 979 1,250 46 8589 50 999 71 ...
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