War Department Appropriation Bill, 1925: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 7877, a Bill Making Appropriations for the Military and Nonmilitary Activities of the War Department for the Fiscal Year June 30, 1925, and for Other PurposesU.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 - 283 pages |
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... thing applies to roads , walks , and wharves . We could easily e probably two or three times the amount that is carried in the 1 , and could use it economically . In the long run it would be a ving ; but I think the essential things can ...
... thing applies to roads , walks , and wharves . We could easily e probably two or three times the amount that is carried in the 1 , and could use it economically . In the long run it would be a ving ; but I think the essential things can ...
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... thing right there , sir - the question of an auctioneer . have no absolute auction sales . Sales are restricted at all times . have the option of rejecting or accepting . Here is a case , the Erie howitzer plant , on which the man spent ...
... thing right there , sir - the question of an auctioneer . have no absolute auction sales . Sales are restricted at all times . have the option of rejecting or accepting . Here is a case , the Erie howitzer plant , on which the man spent ...
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... things ? Major HARTMAN . Do you want those figures in detail , or just enerally ? Senator HARRIS . Generally . Major HARTMAN . On November 1 we had a total of $ 81,072,681.36 . That consisted of- 1 L- ས་ བཅད པ་ buPISP Senator HARRIS ...
... things ? Major HARTMAN . Do you want those figures in detail , or just enerally ? Senator HARRIS . Generally . Major HARTMAN . On November 1 we had a total of $ 81,072,681.36 . That consisted of- 1 L- ས་ བཅད པ་ buPISP Senator HARRIS ...
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... things are nonperishables now , are they not ? Major HARTMAN . Yes , sir - nonperishables to this extent : Take woolens . They are still in stock . They are perishable if the moths get in , but there are no foodstuffs or things of that ...
... things are nonperishables now , are they not ? Major HARTMAN . Yes , sir - nonperishables to this extent : Take woolens . They are still in stock . They are perishable if the moths get in , but there are no foodstuffs or things of that ...
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... thing , sir . He comes in on the day of tl sale . He knows nothing whatsoever about the commodities . E walks up on the auctioneer's stand and starts to cry . The sa auctioneers on a commission basis are required to be there at lea ...
... thing , sir . He comes in on the day of tl sale . He knows nothing whatsoever about the commodities . E walks up on the auctioneer's stand and starts to cry . The sa auctioneers on a commission basis are required to be there at lea ...
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Page 197 - Columbia in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, with the exception of the Assistant Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the...
Page 247 - Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10.30 o'clock am, in the committee room, Capitol, Senator Frederick Hale presiding. Present: Senators Hale (chairman), Ball, Keyes, Pepper, Swanson, and Broussard. The subcommittee thereupon proceeded to the consideration...
Page 186 - That hereafter longevity pay for officers in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service and Coast and Geodetic Survey shall be baaed on the total of all service in any or all of said services.
Page 188 - An Act to increase the efficiency of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service.
Page 197 - Secretary, the average of the salaries of the total number of persons under any grade in any bureau, office, or other appropriation unit shall not at any time exceed the average of the compensation rates specified for the grade by such act...
Page 193 - That none of the funds appropriated or made available under this act or any of the unexpended balances of any other act shall be used for the purchase of motor-propelled passenger or freight carrying vehicles for the Army except those that are purchased solely for experimental purposes (RS, p.
Page 40 - Aircraft carrying high-capacity high-explosive bombs of sufficient size have adequate offensive power to sink or seriously damage any naval vessel at present constructed, provided such projectiles can be placed in the water close alongside the vessel. Furthermore, it will be difficult, if not impossible, to build any type of vessel of sufficient strength to withstand the destructive force that can be obtained with the largest bombs that airplanes may be able to carry from shore bases or sheltered...
Page 197 - That this restriction shall not apply (1) to grades 1, 2, 3, and 4 of the clerical-mechanical service, or (2) to require the reduction in salary of any person whose compensation was fixed as of July 1, 1924, in accordance with the rules of section 6 of such act, (3) to require the reduction in salary of any person who is transferred from one position to another position in the same or different grade in the same or...
Page 234 - No payment shall be made from money appropriated in this Act to any officer on the retired list of the Army who, for himself or for others, is engaged in the selling of, contracting for the sale of, or negotiating for the sale of, to the Army or the War Department, any war materials or supplies.
Page 234 - Army who for himself or for others engages in the selling, contracting for the sale of, negotiating for the sale of, or furnishing to the Army or the War Department any supplies, materials, equipment, lands, buildings, plants, vessels, or munitions. None of the money appropriated In this Act shall be...