Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1914 - Naval art and science |
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... REDUCTION OF COST OF NAVY AND ARMY . The growing cost of dreadnaughts , of powder , and of everything that makes an efficient Navy gives reason for pause . This heavy ex- pense commands national and international consideration . The ...
... REDUCTION OF COST OF NAVY AND ARMY . The growing cost of dreadnaughts , of powder , and of everything that makes an efficient Navy gives reason for pause . This heavy ex- pense commands national and international consideration . The ...
Page 10
... reduction of the ambitious and costly plans for navy increase . I trust that this country will take the initiative and that steps will be taken by a conference of all the powers to discuss reduction of the heavy cost of the Army and ...
... reduction of the ambitious and costly plans for navy increase . I trust that this country will take the initiative and that steps will be taken by a conference of all the powers to discuss reduction of the heavy cost of the Army and ...
Page 11
... reduction , but the department is forced to buy too large a quantity from the powder trust at an exorbitant price . It has been demonstrated that the department can save money by mak- ing its powder , guns , and torpedoes . It is not ...
... reduction , but the department is forced to buy too large a quantity from the powder trust at an exorbitant price . It has been demonstrated that the department can save money by mak- ing its powder , guns , and torpedoes . It is not ...
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... reduction to $ 196,000 , the economy of building these vessels at the Mare Island Navy Yard makes a remarkable showing . The first bid received would not have permitted the Monocacy to be set up in Shanghai within the appropriation ...
... reduction to $ 196,000 , the economy of building these vessels at the Mare Island Navy Yard makes a remarkable showing . The first bid received would not have permitted the Monocacy to be set up in Shanghai within the appropriation ...
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... or overhaul , changes in plans and specifications , or reduction in the amount of work actually accomplished is determined in the same manner . existing at the time , but have all been founded REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY . 41.
... or overhaul , changes in plans and specifications , or reduction in the amount of work actually accomplished is determined in the same manner . existing at the time , but have all been founded REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY . 41.
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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.