Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - Naval art and science |
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... command world - wide respect . Few know the splendid spirit of patriotism that animates them and the magnificent esprit de corps of the rank and file of the American Navy . It was never in such a high state of efficiency as to - day ...
... command world - wide respect . Few know the splendid spirit of patriotism that animates them and the magnificent esprit de corps of the rank and file of the American Navy . It was never in such a high state of efficiency as to - day ...
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... commands national and international consideration . The naval appropriation has doubled in 13 years and yet this country has not joined the expensive competition and race for over - large navies to the same extent as have some other ...
... commands national and international consideration . The naval appropriation has doubled in 13 years and yet this country has not joined the expensive competition and race for over - large navies to the same extent as have some other ...
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... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
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... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
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... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
... command ships and jealous of their ability to render the service afloat for which they enter the Navy . DESERTIONS AND PUNISHMENTS . Some years ago desertions from the Navy were so frequent as to constitute a serious problem . It is ...
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Page 67 - States may be a party shall not be so established as to insure a constant service day and night without interruption, and in all localities wherever or whenever such service shall not be maintained by a commercial shore station within...
Page 119 - Provided, That no part of this sum shall be applied to the repair of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material...
Page 119 - ... 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 123 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 13 - ... it is a condition and not a theory that confronts us.
Page 120 - ... 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...
Page 120 - ... 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 125 - That for the purpose of further increasing the naval establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed by contract...
Page 119 - The services of draftsmen and such other technical services as the Secretary of the Navy may deem necessary may be employed only in the Bureau of...
Page 119 - ... of any wooden ship when the estimated cost of such repairs, to be appraised by a competent board of naval officers, shall exceed ten per centum of the estimated cost, appraised in like manner of a new ship of the same size and like material: Provided further.