Report of the Chief of Engineers, U.S. Army, Part 3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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allotment Amount expended appropriations approved Average Balance unexpended barge Bend boat boilers bridge building Cairo Canal cent channel Chief of Engineers City Coal COMMERCIAL STATISTICS completed construction CONTRACTS IN FORCE cost per cubic cubic yards Date depth dredge dumper end of month expended during fiscal expenditures Fair feet 6 inches floating plant Ft.in funds gauge hull improvement Iowa Jeffersonville July June 12 June 30 labor Lake levee district linear feet long tons machinery maintenance Memphis ment miles below Cairo Miscellaneous expenses Miss Mississippi River Commission Missouri River navigation Number Ohio Ohio River operations Oreg Orleans pounds pump repairs revetment Revolutions per minute river and harbor road Rock Island sand scow Secretary Short tons square feet steamer Steel sundry civil survey Tenn tion Total cost Total field cost towboat United Vicksburg Wood
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Page 3848 - Congress may impose restricting the charge for such Government transportation, having claims against the United States for transportation of troops and munitions of war and military supplies and property over such aided railroads, shall be paid out of the moneys appropriated by the foregoing provision...
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Page 3841 - States is hereby formally declared; and that the President be. and he is hereby authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government ; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
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Page 3858 - ... his command other than officers of the Regular Army holding permanent or provisional commissions therein. Each member of such board shall be superior in rank to the officer whose qualifications are to be inquired into, and if the report of such board be adverse to the continuance of any such officer and be approved by the President. such officer shall be discharged from the service at the discretion of the President with one month's pay and allowances.