Hearings Before Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretery of the Navy, 19141914 - 952 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 33
... mean " any deceased beneficiary " instead of " a deceased beneficiary " ? Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . We will take notice of that when we come to frame the bill . The first part of the proviso is , " That all moneys ...
... mean " any deceased beneficiary " instead of " a deceased beneficiary " ? Mr. STEPHENS . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . We will take notice of that when we come to frame the bill . The first part of the proviso is , " That all moneys ...
Page 39
... mean that there will be 392 graduates that year from Annapolis ? Admiral BLUE . No , sir . It means a net increase in the line between January 1 , 1913 , and June 30 , 1915 , due to the classes graduating at the Naval Academy , after ...
... mean that there will be 392 graduates that year from Annapolis ? Admiral BLUE . No , sir . It means a net increase in the line between January 1 , 1913 , and June 30 , 1915 , due to the classes graduating at the Naval Academy , after ...
Page 45
... means 67 national chaplains , if that law is enacted . Admiral BLUE . That would mean about $ 100,000 in their pay . This bill would possibly take care of it , but they were not included in the estimate . The CHAIRMAN . Will you put in ...
... means 67 national chaplains , if that law is enacted . Admiral BLUE . That would mean about $ 100,000 in their pay . This bill would possibly take care of it , but they were not included in the estimate . The CHAIRMAN . Will you put in ...
Page 48
... mean every important ship ? Mr. BROWNING . Oh , yes ; I do not mean every little ship . Mr. WITHERSPOON . I just want to ask the Admiral what sort of ships he thinks we ought to have chaplains on ? Admiral BLUE . On all the large ships ...
... mean every important ship ? Mr. BROWNING . Oh , yes ; I do not mean every little ship . Mr. WITHERSPOON . I just want to ask the Admiral what sort of ships he thinks we ought to have chaplains on ? Admiral BLUE . On all the large ships ...
Page 55
... mean two chaplains getting the pay , one of commander and the other of captain . Admiral BLUE . Those who now have the rank of captain or com- mander are getting the pay of lieutenant commander . The CHAIRMAN . Now turn to page 43 ...
... mean two chaplains getting the pay , one of commander and the other of captain . Admiral BLUE . Those who now have the rank of captain or com- mander are getting the pay of lieutenant commander . The CHAIRMAN . Now turn to page 43 ...
Common terms and phrases
additional Admiral BLUE Admiral CowIE Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral STANFORD Admiral STRAUSS Admiral VREELAND Admiral WATT amount appropriation armored cruisers barracks BATHRICK battleships Bering River bill boats BRITTEN BROWNING BUCHANAN building Bureau Canal Capt cent CHAIRMAN chaplains coal coast commander committee construction contract cost crane dreadnaughts dredging dry dock dry docks duty engine enlisted equipment estimate expenditures expenses factory feet fiscal fleet floating fuel oil Germany Government grade guns HENSLEY included increase labor Lake Torpedo Boat lieutenant machinery manufacture Mare Island Marine Corps ment nations naval Navy Department Navy Yard Norfolk officers Philadelphia plant potatoes pounds powder present purchase question rank recommended repair ROBERTS Secretary DANIELS ships statement station submarines tion tonnage tons torpedo Total transportation United United States Navy vessels WINTERHALTER WITHERSPOON York Navy Yard
Popular passages
Page 709 - Eighth' of section 4, of the Act of June 29, 1906, entitled 'An act to establish a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization and to provide a uniform rule for the naturalization of aliens throughout the United States...
Page 811 - Such canal shall be of sufficient capacity and depth as shall afford convenient passage for vessels of the largest tonnage and greatest draft now in use, and such as may be reasonably anticipated, and shall be supplied with all necessary locks and other appliances to meet the necessities of vessels passing through the same from ocean to ocean; and...
Page 71 - No officer in any branch of the public service, or any other person whose salary, pay, or emoluments are fixed by law or regulations, shall receive any additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation in any form whatever for the disbursement of public money, or for any other service or duty whatever, unless the same is authorized by law, and the appropriation therefor explicitly states that it is for such additional pay, extra allowance, or compensation...
Page 79 - For hire of quarters for officers serving with troops where there are no public quarters belonging to the Government, and where there are not sufficient quarters possessed by the United States to accommodate them...
Page 291 - ... for the purchase of all other • articles of equipage at home and abroad; and for the payment of labor in equipping vessels therewith and manufacture of such articles in the several navy yards...
Page 128 - That from the proceeds of sales of old material, condemned stores, supplies, or other public property of any kind, before being deposited into the Treasury, either as miscellaneous receipts on account of " proceeds of Government property...
Page 77 - Corps shall be disbursed and accounted for in accordance with existing law as pay of the Marine Corps, and for that purpose shall constitute one fund .... $17, 636.
Page 598 - Power will not, as a rule, be in a position to concentrate all its striking forces against us. But even if it should succeed in meeting us with considerable superiority of strength, the defeat of a strong German Fleet would so substantially weaken the enemy that in spite of the victory he might have obtained, his own position in the world would no longer be secured by an adequate fleet.
Page 711 - States, either the Regular or the Volunteer Forces, and has been, or may be hereafter, honorably discharged, shall be admitted to become a citizen of the United States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such...
Page 710 - States, upon his petition, without any previous declaration of his intention to become such; and he shall not be required to prove more than one year's residence within the United States previous to his application to become such citizen; and...