Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Fiscal Year ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - Naval art and science 1897/98, [v.2], "Appendix to the Report of the chief of the Bureau of navigation" contains correspondence and documents relating to the conduct of the war with Spain, collected, arranged and edited by Ensign H. H. Ward, under the direction of the bureau. |
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... Panama Canal . There have been four important surveying parties which collectively have covered the entire coast of the island of Haiti , a portion of the east coast of Honduras , a portion of the south and west of Cuba , and a detailed ...
... Panama Canal . There have been four important surveying parties which collectively have covered the entire coast of the island of Haiti , a portion of the east coast of Honduras , a portion of the south and west of Cuba , and a detailed ...
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... Panama Canal , which for all practical purposes will become a part of our coast line and is destined to become the most important strategical point in the Western Hemisphere , makes a Caribbean naval base with adequate docking and ...
... Panama Canal , which for all practical purposes will become a part of our coast line and is destined to become the most important strategical point in the Western Hemisphere , makes a Caribbean naval base with adequate docking and ...
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... Panama Canal locks , I strongly recommend that it be increased to a length of 1,000 feet . The locks of the Panama Canal are at present 1,000 feet in length and 110 feet in width , and the Pearl Harbor and other new dry docks should be ...
... Panama Canal locks , I strongly recommend that it be increased to a length of 1,000 feet . The locks of the Panama Canal are at present 1,000 feet in length and 110 feet in width , and the Pearl Harbor and other new dry docks should be ...
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... PANAMA CANAL . The completion of the Panama Canal , probably in the latter part of 1913 , will immensely increase the efficiency and mobility of our battle fleet , and will make it possible , as it is desirable , to have the fleet spend ...
... PANAMA CANAL . The completion of the Panama Canal , probably in the latter part of 1913 , will immensely increase the efficiency and mobility of our battle fleet , and will make it possible , as it is desirable , to have the fleet spend ...
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... Panama , on the California coast , in Hawaii , Guam , the Philippines , and Tutuila as soon as the funds therefor become avail- able . This chain of naval wireless stations will render our fleet independent , to a great extent , of ...
... Panama , on the California coast , in Hawaii , Guam , the Philippines , and Tutuila as soon as the funds therefor become avail- able . This chain of naval wireless stations will render our fleet independent , to a great extent , of ...
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Page 227 - 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 130 - Government property," and shall not be withdrawn or applied, except in consequence of a subsequent appropriation made by law.
Page 229 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 226 - ... designing naval vessels; construction and repair of yard craft, lighters, and barges; wear, tear, and repair of vessels afloat ; general care, increase, and protection of the Navy in the line of construction and repair ; incidental expenses for vessels and navy yards, inspectors...
Page 229 - The limit of cost, exclusive of armor and armament, of the battleship Florida, authorized by the naval appropriation act approved May thirteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, to be built in a Government navy yard, is hereby increased from six million dollars to six million four hundred thousand dollars; and the limit of cost, exclusive of armor and armament, of the battleship authorized and directed by the naval appropriation act approved June twenty-fourth, nineteen...
Page 230 - ... by any person, firm, or corporation which has not at the time of the commencement and during the construction of said vessels established an eight-hour workday for all employees, laborers, and mechanics engaged, or to be engaged, in the construction of the vessels named herein.
Page 226 - For preservation and completion of vessels on the stocks and in ordinary ; purchase of materials and stores of all kinds...
Page 226 - ... lanterns, and lamps and their appendages for general use on board ship for illuminating purposes, and oil and candles used in connection therewith ; bunting and other materials for making and repairing flags of all kinds; for all permanent galley fittings and equipage ; rugs, carpets, curtains, and hangings on board naval vessels...
Page 230 - An act relating to the limitation of the hours of dally service of laborers and mechanics employed upon the public works of the United States and of the District of Columbia...
Page 265 - That such material as provisions, clothing and small stores, medical stores, and such other materials as the Secretary of the Navy may designate, may be purchased by specific appropriations or transferred to specific appropriations before such materials are issued for use or consumption. The said charge, however, to any particular apprppriation shall be limited to the amount appropriated therefor.