Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 |
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Page 19
... direct by appropriation or other- wise . " The general leasing bill ( H. R. 16136 ) , as passed by the House of Representatives , carried the following provision : " Pro- vided , That any moneys which may accrue to the United States ...
... direct by appropriation or other- wise . " The general leasing bill ( H. R. 16136 ) , as passed by the House of Representatives , carried the following provision : " Pro- vided , That any moneys which may accrue to the United States ...
Page 26
... direct saving to the Government , due to information resulting from experimental work , was sufficient to cover the total ordinary expenses for experi- mental work during a period of five years . DETERMINATION OF LONGITUDE BY RADIO ...
... direct saving to the Government , due to information resulting from experimental work , was sufficient to cover the total ordinary expenses for experi- mental work during a period of five years . DETERMINATION OF LONGITUDE BY RADIO ...
Page 48
... direct with the Postmaster General , who gave it his hearty approval , and as a result the system was inaugurated on board the ships of the Navy on the 1st day of October . SAILORS ' CLOTHING AT COST . The condition of the 48 REPORT OF ...
... direct with the Postmaster General , who gave it his hearty approval , and as a result the system was inaugurated on board the ships of the Navy on the 1st day of October . SAILORS ' CLOTHING AT COST . The condition of the 48 REPORT OF ...
Page 65
... direct attack on the enemy from the air , while our own movements would be an open book to him . The General Board can not too strongly urge that the department's most serious thought be given to this matter , and that im- mediate steps ...
... direct attack on the enemy from the air , while our own movements would be an open book to him . The General Board can not too strongly urge that the department's most serious thought be given to this matter , and that im- mediate steps ...
Page 106
... direct ... 426 Number convicted of desertion or absence without or over leave .. 512 Restored to duty for service in Mexico ... Pay remitted for dependent relatives .. Number discharged recommended for re- enlistment ... 141 34 28 89 ...
... direct ... 426 Number convicted of desertion or absence without or over leave .. 512 Restored to duty for service in Mexico ... Pay remitted for dependent relatives .. Number discharged recommended for re- enlistment ... 141 34 28 89 ...
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acute Class appropriation armor authorized battleships Boston building Bureau Bureau of Navigation cent charts chronic Class Class III Class VII Class XIV Class XX Commander commission completed Congress construction contract cost Cruz D.
C. Dsd destroyers detentioners discharge disease and injury duty efficiency Engineering enlisted equipment estimates expenditures fiscal fleet Fore River Shipbuilding Fracture Government guns hospital Hydrographic Office increase instruction Inter July June 30 Labor Lake Torpedo Boat Lieut machinery Maintenance manufacture Mare Island Marine Corps material Naval Academy Naval Militia naval prison Naval station Navy Department Navy yard Newport Norfolk Olongapo personnel Philadelphia Portsmouth Public vouchers Puget Sound radio stations Received recommended repairs seaman Sent Sept Shipbuilding ships statement of disease steel submarine supply TABLE 1.-Detailed statement tion torpedo boats Total number United States Navy Vera Cruz vessels Washington Wound York
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Page 6 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations...
Page 250 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 245 - Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation, under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy, for clerical, drafting, inspection, and messenger service in navy yards, naval stations, and offices of United States inspectors of machinery and engineering 'material for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1928, shall not exceed $1,575,000.
Page 22 - Senate and chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be ex officio members of said Board.
Page 247 - 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 247 - ... 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 251 - ... class, to have the highest practicable speed and greatest desirable radius of action, and to cost, exclusive of armor ana armament, not to exceed seven million four hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars.
Page 50 - I have been in almost daily communication with Admiral Fletcher, and I have tested his temper. I have tested his discretion. I know that he is a man with a touch of statesmanship about him, and he has grown bigger in my eye each day as I have read his dispatches, for he has sought always to serve the thing he was trying to do in the temper that we all recognize and love to believe is typically American.
Page 79 - The Government has recognized heroism upon the water, and bestows medals of honor upon those persons who by extreme and heroic daring have endangered their lives in saving, or endeavoring to save, lives from the perils of the sea in the waters over which the United States has jurisdiction, or upon an American vessel. This recognition should be extended to cover cases of conspicuous bravery and selfsacrifice in the saving of life in private employments under the jurisdiction of the United States,...
Page 247 - ... 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...