Annual Report of the Secretary of the NavyU.S. Government Printing Office, 1915 |
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Page 39
... prison and punishment problems have received thorough in- vestigation and consideration during the year . Formerly all de- serters - young and old alike — were sent to prison . Later , discip- linary barracks , so called , which were in ...
... prison and punishment problems have received thorough in- vestigation and consideration during the year . Formerly all de- serters - young and old alike — were sent to prison . Later , discip- linary barracks , so called , which were in ...
Page 41
... prison sentence . The old plan involving long imprisonment created among enlisted men a feeling that during their term of enlistment , if they desired to leave the Navy , they were as if in bondage . Further- more , this feeling on the ...
... prison sentence . The old plan involving long imprisonment created among enlisted men a feeling that during their term of enlistment , if they desired to leave the Navy , they were as if in bondage . Further- more , this feeling on the ...
Page 42
... prisons and disciplinary barracks last year cost over $ 1,000,000 . Under the new plan this cost will be greatly ... prison whose conduct has shown they are unfit for naval service . The department now summarily discharges such as ...
... prisons and disciplinary barracks last year cost over $ 1,000,000 . Under the new plan this cost will be greatly ... prison whose conduct has shown they are unfit for naval service . The department now summarily discharges such as ...
Page 101
... prisons and prisoners , and correspondence from prisoners ' families , friends , attorneys , etc. , in their behalf . The following tables show the operations of this office under the various subheadings : COURTS OF INQUIRY , BOARDS OF ...
... prisons and prisoners , and correspondence from prisoners ' families , friends , attorneys , etc. , in their behalf . The following tables show the operations of this office under the various subheadings : COURTS OF INQUIRY , BOARDS OF ...
Page 105
... prisons . prisons . plinary Naval barracks . Total number of enlisted personnel , Navy and Marine Corps , in confine- ment June 33 , 1913 . 168 771 582 Total number of enlisted personnel , Navy and Marine Corps , who under- went ...
... prisons . prisons . plinary Naval barracks . Total number of enlisted personnel , Navy and Marine Corps , in confine- ment June 33 , 1913 . 168 771 582 Total number of enlisted personnel , Navy and Marine Corps , who under- went ...
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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...