Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - 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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... guns than to the men behind the guns . The interests of the personnel have been constantly in mind . While none can ap- preciate more profoundly than I that the supreme purpose for 5 Secretary's report, 5-26.
... guns than to the men behind the guns . The interests of the personnel have been constantly in mind . While none can ap- preciate more profoundly than I that the supreme purpose for 5 Secretary's report, 5-26.
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... GUNS , AND POWDER SHOULD BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT . The time has come when the department should be freed from ex- cessive prices charged by private manufacturers of armor plate , guns and gun forgings , powder , torpedoes , and other ...
... GUNS , AND POWDER SHOULD BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT . The time has come when the department should be freed from ex- cessive prices charged by private manufacturers of armor plate , guns and gun forgings , powder , torpedoes , and other ...
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... gun- boats , tugs , and naval police duties enter into the broad question of a national naval policy and , hence , need not be discussed in a letter on policy . The broad question of the maintenance and uses of the fleet , however ...
... gun- boats , tugs , and naval police duties enter into the broad question of a national naval policy and , hence , need not be discussed in a letter on policy . The broad question of the maintenance and uses of the fleet , however ...
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... guns and torpedoes supplemented most satisfactorily the other advantages of that vicinity as a fleet base . Since the outbreak in Mexico City in February , 1913 , it has been considered advisable by the administration to maintain three ...
... guns and torpedoes supplemented most satisfactorily the other advantages of that vicinity as a fleet base . Since the outbreak in Mexico City in February , 1913 , it has been considered advisable by the administration to maintain three ...
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... gun- boats , tugs , and naval police duties enter into the broad question of a national naval policy and , hence , need not be discussed in a letter on policy . The broad question of the maintenance and uses of the fleet , however ...
... gun- boats , tugs , and naval police duties enter into the broad question of a national naval policy and , hence , need not be discussed in a letter on policy . The broad question of the maintenance and uses of the fleet , however ...
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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.