Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1909U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - 949 pages |
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... battle ships ? Admiral CoWLES . No. All the coal that has been used for this cruise , with the exception of a little bought in Australia , has been our own coal . Mr. WATKINS . What was the price of the coal purchased in Aus- tralia ...
... battle ships ? Admiral CoWLES . No. All the coal that has been used for this cruise , with the exception of a little bought in Australia , has been our own coal . Mr. WATKINS . What was the price of the coal purchased in Aus- tralia ...
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... ships of the navy and for reserve . " On that we struck out the reserve last year . Admiral MASON . That is ... battle ships 30 and 31 and destroyers 22 to 31 , inclusive . This does not include any ammuni- tion for the target practice ...
... ships of the navy and for reserve . " On that we struck out the reserve last year . Admiral MASON . That is ... battle ships 30 and 31 and destroyers 22 to 31 , inclusive . This does not include any ammuni- tion for the target practice ...
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... ships as follows : Magnet - operated instruments of the Sub - Target Gun Company type , on 12 battle ships ( including Michigan , South Carolina , and New Hampshire , on which the installation is not completed ) ; magnet- operated ...
... ships as follows : Magnet - operated instruments of the Sub - Target Gun Company type , on 12 battle ships ( including Michigan , South Carolina , and New Hampshire , on which the installation is not completed ) ; magnet- operated ...
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... battle ships , 12 armored cruisers , 6 moni- tors , 25 cruisers , 13 gunboats , and 31 destroyers , including all the new vessels authorized by the last Congress . The total amount now estimated as necessary is made up as follows : For ...
... battle ships , 12 armored cruisers , 6 moni- tors , 25 cruisers , 13 gunboats , and 31 destroyers , including all the new vessels authorized by the last Congress . The total amount now estimated as necessary is made up as follows : For ...
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... ships . At present we put on board of each battle ship 12 naval defense mines . They , of course , are paid for under the armament appropriation of the battle ships , under increase of the naval armament . Mr. HOBSON . How much is the ...
... ships . At present we put on board of each battle ship 12 naval defense mines . They , of course , are paid for under the armament appropriation of the battle ships , under increase of the naval armament . Mr. HOBSON . How much is the ...
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ACTING CHAIRMAN Admiral CAPPS Admiral CowLES Admiral EVANS Admiral HOLLYDAY Admiral MASON Admiral PILLSBURY amount appropriation armor army ashore barracks battle ships bill blue jackets board ship building Bureau of Navigation BUTLER Captain BADGER Captain HELM Captain MARSHALL Captain WINSLOW cent Chief Civil Establishment clerks colliers Colonel DENNY Colonel LAUCHHEIMER Colonel WALLER Commander FULLAM Commander GRIFFIN Commander SIMS Congress contract cost detachment draftsman dredging duty efficiency ELLIOTT enlisted estimate feet fiscal fleet force GEORGE EDMUND Foss hits per gun HOBSON increase KITCHIN land LOUDENSLAGER marine officer masters at arms ment military naval stations Navy Department navy-yards necessary ordnance PADGETT Paymaster-General ROGERS question Rear-Admiral PILLSBURY ROBERTS sailors seamen Secretary NEWBERRY shore Special laborer Steam target practice thousand dollars tion torpedo Total transports TRUMAN H U. S. Marine Corps U. S. Navy vessels Washington yard
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Page 395 - Marine Corps shall be liable to do duty in the forts and garrisons of the United States, on the seacoast, or any other duty on shore, as the President, at his discretion, may direct.
Page 709 - Navy, and by him referred to and approved in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...
Page 241 - That, for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed...
Page 225 - That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repairs of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed twenty per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Page 225 - That the Secretary of the Navy shall hereafter report to Congress, at the commencement of each regular session, the number of vessels and their names upon which any repairs or changes are proposed which in any case shall amount to more than two hundred thousand dollars...
Page 337 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Page 793 - Corps, without having first received a discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he had previously served, shall be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that such re-enlistment was not made for the purpose of securing bounty or other gratuity that he would not have been entitled to had he remained under his original term of enlistment...
Page 74 - Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for chemists...
Page 584 - We are not going to work for 75 cents a day." The CHAIRMAN. They do not have the Wagner Act over there. Mr. HILL. Nor the Taft-Hartley Act, either. Now, we are right where we started. The CHAIRMAN. Does that conclude your statement, Mr. White? Mr. WHITE. That concludes my statement. Thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Mr. GATHINGS. Mr.
Page 225 - ... per centum of the estimated cost, 'appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material : Provided further, That nothing herein contained...