Hearings Before Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1911U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - 536 pages |
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... ment . This increase is a transfer from that appropriation , and is to cover the additional expense cast upon this bureau . Mr. ROBERTS . Your present contingent fund of $ 15,000 would not cover the books necessary to keep up the ...
... ment . This increase is a transfer from that appropriation , and is to cover the additional expense cast upon this bureau . Mr. ROBERTS . Your present contingent fund of $ 15,000 would not cover the books necessary to keep up the ...
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... ment . " There is a decrease ? Admiral NICHOLSON . Yes , sir ; we will not enlist as many new men in 1912 as we will during the current year . Mr. BUTLER . There is none provided for in this bill ? Admiral NICHOLSON . No , sir . Mr ...
... ment . " There is a decrease ? Admiral NICHOLSON . Yes , sir ; we will not enlist as many new men in 1912 as we will during the current year . Mr. BUTLER . There is none provided for in this bill ? Admiral NICHOLSON . No , sir . Mr ...
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... ment . Mr. PADGETT . Could you not put in your hearings a specific state- ment , a detailed statement , of the amount of powder manufactured by the Government during the past year , and also of the cost ? That question is continually ...
... ment . Mr. PADGETT . Could you not put in your hearings a specific state- ment , a detailed statement , of the amount of powder manufactured by the Government during the past year , and also of the cost ? That question is continually ...
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... ment ) , they give good indications up to about 8,000 yards and fair indications even at 10,000 ; or perhaps , under the most favorable conditions , a very little beyond this . At the best , no one would think of trusting them beyond ...
... ment ) , they give good indications up to about 8,000 yards and fair indications even at 10,000 ; or perhaps , under the most favorable conditions , a very little beyond this . At the best , no one would think of trusting them beyond ...
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... ment , on the recommendation of the General Board , has submitted an estimate each year for the last four years for advance - base outfits . This has been cut out each year . The total amount necessary is approximately $ 800,000 and ...
... ment , on the recommendation of the General Board , has submitted an estimate each year for the last four years for advance - base outfits . This has been cut out each year . The total amount necessary is approximately $ 800,000 and ...
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Page 304 - Department, as he shall judge to be expedient and proper; and all the duties of the said bureaus shall be performed under the authority of the Secretary of the Navy, and their orders shall be considered as emanating from him, and shall have full force and effect as such.
Page 139 - PROVISIONS, NAVY: For provisions and commuted rations for the seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes, in case of death or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officers...
Page 156 - Except as otherwise provided by law, sums appropriated for the various branches of expenditure in the public service shall be applied solely to the objects for which they are respectively made and for no others.
Page 381 - States, all said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said act, and in all their parts shall be of domestic manufacture; and the steel material shall be of domestic manufacture, and of the quality and characteristics best adapted to the various purposes for which it may be used, in accordance with specifications approved by the Secretary of the Navy...
Page 420 - Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law.
Page 380 - ... specifications therefor, and the method of executing said contracts, shall be observed and followed, and said vessels shall be built in compliance with the terms of said Act, save that in all their parts said vessels shall be of domestic manufacture...
Page 50 - TORPEDO STATION, NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND: For labor, material; general care of and repairs to grounds, buildings, and wharves; boats, instruction, instruments, tools, furniture, experiments, and general torpedo outfits, seventy thousand dollars.
Page 139 - Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for chemists and for clerical, inspection, and messenger service in the general storehouses and paymasters...
Page 158 - No contract or purchase on behalf of the United States shall be made unless the same is authorized by law or is under an appropriation adequate to its fulfillment, except in the War and Navy Departments, for clothing, subsistence, forage, fuel, quarters, or transportation, which, however, shall not exceed the necessities of the current year.
Page 142 - That the accounting officers of the Treasury are hereby authorized and directed to reopen...