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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... equipment of all kinds , except , of course , heavy ordnance and things of that sort , which require a long time in the making , for 500,000 men by the 1st of July , and we will have ade- quate supplies of all kinds , except , of course ...
... equipment of all kinds , except , of course , heavy ordnance and things of that sort , which require a long time in the making , for 500,000 men by the 1st of July , and we will have ade- quate supplies of all kinds , except , of course ...
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... equipment con- nected with the manufacture of these designs , are not in hand , I have asked the Chief of Ordnance , or , rather , concurred in his recom- mendation that we ask the Midvale and Bethlehem companies , which are the only ...
... equipment con- nected with the manufacture of these designs , are not in hand , I have asked the Chief of Ordnance , or , rather , concurred in his recom- mendation that we ask the Midvale and Bethlehem companies , which are the only ...
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... equipment . That means , of course , Mr. KAHN . Then for the next 500,000 men , how long ? Secretary BAKER . A very much shorter time . Mr. KAHN . And the third 500,000 still shorter ? Secretary BAKER . Yes . Mr. KAHN . Now , about the ...
... equipment . That means , of course , Mr. KAHN . Then for the next 500,000 men , how long ? Secretary BAKER . A very much shorter time . Mr. KAHN . And the third 500,000 still shorter ? Secretary BAKER . Yes . Mr. KAHN . Now , about the ...
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... equipment for the first million men , or nearly enough equipment for the first million men , will be ready by the time the men are ready to be drilled or trained , on the assumption that some of them will be originally trained with ...
... equipment for the first million men , or nearly enough equipment for the first million men , will be ready by the time the men are ready to be drilled or trained , on the assumption that some of them will be originally trained with ...
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... equipment with which to supply them . Now , what was the reason for that action , if it was taken ? Secretary BAKER . I do not know about that particular instance , but I know of numbers of such cases , and can give you the answer to it ...
... equipment with which to supply them . Now , what was the reason for that action , if it was taken ? Secretary BAKER . I do not know about that particular instance , but I know of numbers of such cases , and can give you the answer to it ...
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