Hearings Before the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1909U.S. Government Printing Office, 1909 - 949 pages |
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... carry on without detriment the work already advanced . The CHAIRMAN . Where are you making surveys this year ? Admiral CowLES . We are making surveys wherever we can with naval ships , particularly on the south coast of Cuba . There are ...
... carry on without detriment the work already advanced . The CHAIRMAN . Where are you making surveys this year ? Admiral CowLES . We are making surveys wherever we can with naval ships , particularly on the south coast of Cuba . There are ...
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... carry about 10,000 tons each . Mr. HOBSON . Do you think that two types of colliers are advisable ? Admiral CoWLES . No , sir . I think we could do with one type . Mr. HOBSON . What speed would you recommend ? Admiral CoWLES . A ...
... carry about 10,000 tons each . Mr. HOBSON . Do you think that two types of colliers are advisable ? Admiral CoWLES . No , sir . I think we could do with one type . Mr. HOBSON . What speed would you recommend ? Admiral CoWLES . A ...
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... carry the bulk coal ? Admiral COWLES . You might do that , but I would rather have them all of the same speed . Mr. LOUD . The expense is so enormously increased in getting 14- knot speed ? Admiral CoWLES . That is true ; it costs more ...
... carry the bulk coal ? Admiral COWLES . You might do that , but I would rather have them all of the same speed . Mr. LOUD . The expense is so enormously increased in getting 14- knot speed ? Admiral CoWLES . That is true ; it costs more ...
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... carry out any reforms that will confine the bureaus simply to their own work . Admiral MASON . Prior to the revision of this hearing I have talked this matter over with the Secretary of the Navy , and he informs me that the words " for ...
... carry out any reforms that will confine the bureaus simply to their own work . Admiral MASON . Prior to the revision of this hearing I have talked this matter over with the Secretary of the Navy , and he informs me that the words " for ...
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... carry off all the sewerage of the station to out beyond low - water mark in the river , instead of letting it soak up into the earth as they have done . The CHAIRMAN . " One magazine building , twenty thousand dollars . " Admiral MASON ...
... carry off all the sewerage of the station to out beyond low - water mark in the river , instead of letting it soak up into the earth as they have done . The CHAIRMAN . " One magazine building , twenty thousand dollars . " Admiral MASON ...
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ACTING CHAIRMAN Admiral CAPPS Admiral CowLES Admiral EVANS Admiral HOLLYDAY Admiral MASON Admiral PILLSBURY amount appropriation armor army ashore barracks battle ships bill blue jackets board ship building Bureau of Navigation BUTLER Captain BADGER Captain HELM Captain MARSHALL Captain WINSLOW cent Chief Civil Establishment clerks colliers Colonel DENNY Colonel LAUCHHEIMER Colonel WALLER Commander FULLAM Commander GRIFFIN Commander SIMS Congress contract cost detachment draftsman dredging duty efficiency ELLIOTT enlisted estimate feet fiscal fleet force GEORGE EDMUND Foss hits per gun HOBSON increase KITCHIN land LOUDENSLAGER marine officer masters at arms ment military naval stations Navy Department navy-yards necessary ordnance PADGETT Paymaster-General ROGERS question Rear-Admiral PILLSBURY ROBERTS sailors seamen Secretary NEWBERRY shore Special laborer Steam target practice thousand dollars tion torpedo Total transports TRUMAN H U. S. Marine Corps U. S. Navy vessels Washington yard
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Page 395 - Marine Corps shall be liable to do duty in the forts and garrisons of the United States, on the seacoast, or any other duty on shore, as the President, at his discretion, may direct.
Page 709 - Navy, and by him referred to and approved in his letter to the chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs...
Page 241 - That, for the purpose of further increasing the Naval Establishment of the United States, the President is hereby authorized to have constructed...
Page 225 - 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 225 - That the Secretary of the Navy shall hereafter report to Congress, at the commencement of each regular session, the number of vessels and their names upon which any repairs or changes are proposed which in any case shall amount to more than two hundred thousand dollars...
Page 337 - June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and eighty-nine, shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars; and that the Secretary of War shall each year, in the annual estimates, report to Congress the number of persons so employed, and the amount paid to each.
Page 793 - Corps, without having first received a discharge from the regiment, troop, or company in which he had previously served, shall be removed in all cases where it shall be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Secretary of War, from such rolls and records, or from other satisfactory testimony, that such re-enlistment was not made for the purpose of securing bounty or other gratuity that he would not have been entitled to had he remained under his original term of enlistment...
Page 74 - Provided, That the sum to be paid out of this appropriation under the direction of the Secretary of the Navy for chemists...
Page 584 - We are not going to work for 75 cents a day." The CHAIRMAN. They do not have the Wagner Act over there. Mr. HILL. Nor the Taft-Hartley Act, either. Now, we are right where we started. The CHAIRMAN. Does that conclude your statement, Mr. White? Mr. WHITE. That concludes my statement. Thank you. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any questions from members of the committee? Mr. GATHINGS. Mr.
Page 225 - ... per centum of the estimated cost, 'appraised in like manner, of a new ship of the same size and like material : Provided further, That nothing herein contained...