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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... Recommendations by the bureaus are considered and decided by the resultant increase in military efficiency ; the interests of the bureaus are considered in conjunction with the efficiency of the fleet ; recommendations of the bureaus ...
... Recommendations by the bureaus are considered and decided by the resultant increase in military efficiency ; the interests of the bureaus are considered in conjunction with the efficiency of the fleet ; recommendations of the bureaus ...
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... recommendations pertaining to each unit of the department . Improvements in filing systems and the classi- fication of correspondence have been considered . The board recommended a simplification of correspondence in the naval service ...
... recommendations pertaining to each unit of the department . Improvements in filing systems and the classi- fication of correspondence have been considered . The board recommended a simplification of correspondence in the naval service ...
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... recommend that suitable legislation be had in this matter . THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY YARDS . While the administration of the navy yards has materially improved during the past two years , experience has demonstrated the necessity ...
... recommend that suitable legislation be had in this matter . THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE NAVY YARDS . While the administration of the navy yards has materially improved during the past two years , experience has demonstrated the necessity ...
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... recommend fur- nishing what is necessary . The result of the establishment of this office under the Assistant Secretary will greatly simplify and unify the method of conducting business in regard to the navy yards and will result in ...
... recommend fur- nishing what is necessary . The result of the establishment of this office under the Assistant Secretary will greatly simplify and unify the method of conducting business in regard to the navy yards and will result in ...
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... recommendations were made looking to the abolition of certain of the smaller and less necessary yards . There is no reason for changing the views then expressed , but further con- sideration leads me to believe that more radical ...
... recommendations were made looking to the abolition of certain of the smaller and less necessary yards . There is no reason for changing the views then expressed , but further con- sideration leads me to believe that more radical ...
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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.