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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... operations or to limit and modify operation in deference to the supe- rior need of the country for greater activity in other industries . Now turning to your question as to officers : This bill provides for the immediate draft into the ...
... operations or to limit and modify operation in deference to the supe- rior need of the country for greater activity in other industries . Now turning to your question as to officers : This bill provides for the immediate draft into the ...
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... operation through a continued period of years , the result of which will be to produce an army . If we knew that 10 years from now we were going to face this emergency , either of those bills would produce an army at the end of the ...
... operation through a continued period of years , the result of which will be to produce an army . If we knew that 10 years from now we were going to face this emergency , either of those bills would produce an army at the end of the ...
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... operation that will disappear . Mr. KAHN . To come back to the question of preparation , will you have any difficulty in getting the necessary ammunition , and how long will it take you to get the ammunition to supply 500,000 men ...
... operation that will disappear . Mr. KAHN . To come back to the question of preparation , will you have any difficulty in getting the necessary ammunition , and how long will it take you to get the ammunition to supply 500,000 men ...
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... operations we would be very glad to know of it and to give him such place in the Army as would be commensurate with his services . We might want to send for him and see him and talk with him . Mr. GREENE . Mr. Secretary , I have two ...
... operations we would be very glad to know of it and to give him such place in the Army as would be commensurate with his services . We might want to send for him and see him and talk with him . Mr. GREENE . Mr. Secretary , I have two ...
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... operations on warrants which were not to be paid until Congress should have made further appropriations . It was not sought by the department and , while a very generous action on the part of Mr. Morgan , has not been acted upon ...
... operations on warrants which were not to be paid until Congress should have made further appropriations . It was not sought by the department and , while a very generous action on the part of Mr. Morgan , has not been acted upon ...
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