Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 8U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 |
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... a total cost of $ 2,117.32- $ 1,209.90 per mile . Right of way for the Dry Valley road from Rossville to Vittetoes , extended from 30 to 50 feet in width by donations of land a Not printed . by owners along the line , has been secured and ...
... a total cost of $ 2,117.32- $ 1,209.90 per mile . Right of way for the Dry Valley road from Rossville to Vittetoes , extended from 30 to 50 feet in width by donations of land a Not printed . by owners along the line , has been secured and ...
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... feet of rock revetment and the spreading of 7,410 cubic yards of gravel . The total cost of construction and betterments was $ 20,074.87 . MAINTENANCE . The following expenditures have been made for maintenance : Buildings . Roads ...
... feet of rock revetment and the spreading of 7,410 cubic yards of gravel . The total cost of construction and betterments was $ 20,074.87 . MAINTENANCE . The following expenditures have been made for maintenance : Buildings . Roads ...
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... feet in dimensions , with carefully prepared inscriptions cast in raised letters describing the part taken in the battle by each brigade and stating its numbers and losses so far as practicable to obtain . They are mounted on iron ...
... feet in dimensions , with carefully prepared inscriptions cast in raised letters describing the part taken in the battle by each brigade and stating its numbers and losses so far as practicable to obtain . They are mounted on iron ...
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... feet across the deep gully along the road leading to the landing . Similar dams were thrown across the deep gullies along the main Corinth road near Duncan's , and along the Glover road . These dams have caught the débris washed down by ...
... feet across the deep gully along the road leading to the landing . Similar dams were thrown across the deep gullies along the main Corinth road near Duncan's , and along the Glover road . These dams have caught the débris washed down by ...
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... feet 1 inch by 8 feet 1 inch square . A few of these monuments have arrived and the contractors are now setting them up . On July 14 , 1902 , work was commenced on the foundation for the Iowa State monument . This foundation is large ...
... feet 1 inch by 8 feet 1 inch square . A few of these monuments have arrived and the contractors are now setting them up . On July 14 , 1902 , work was commenced on the foundation for the Iowa State monument . This foundation is large ...
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Page 129 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 90 - Republican majority, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the expiration of the term of Stephen M.
Page 52 - ... points; still, If the course has been carefully taught, the reasoning faculties will have been strongly exercised and disciplined, and a system and habit of thought acquired which are invaluable in the pursuit of any profession, and as desirable for the infantry or dragoon officer as for any other officer in service.
Page 105 - Navy; which hospital, when in a condition to receive patients, shall be subject to such rules, regulations, and restrictions as shall be provided by the President of the United States : Provided further, That such hospital shall be erected on the Government reservation at or near Hot Springs, Arkansas.
Page 106 - ... not more than three in number ; and unless they will receive all such supplies herein provided for, and provided for by said treaty of eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, at such points and places on their said reservation, and in the vicinity of the Missouri River, as the President may designate ; and the further sum of twenty thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to be expended under the direction of the President of the United States for the purpose of carrying into effect the foregoing provision...
Page 100 - ... to the post fund of the Branch of said national home of which the pensioner was a member at the time of his death, to be used for the common benefit of the members of the home under the direction of the Board of Managers, subject to future reclamation by the relatives hereinbefore designated [in this section], upon application filed with the Board of Managers within five years after the pensioner's death.
Page 85 - It shall not be lawful for any officer or person in the civil, military, or naval service of the United States in the District of Columbia to purchase anthracite or bituminous coal or wood for the public service except on condition that the same shall, before delivery, be inspected and weighed or measured...
Page 33 - 'to report to the Vice-President of the United States" and "to the Speaker of the House of Representatives," has the honor to report as follows : BOARD OF VISITORS, JUNE, 1902.
Page 91 - ... forth the qualifications of the officers of the home, which provided .in substance that the officers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and officers under the Board of Managers thereof shall be appointed as far as may be practicable from persons whose military and naval services would render them eligible, if disabled and not otherwise provided for, for admission to the home, and that they might be appointed, removed, and transferred from time to time as the interests of the...
Page 33 - President be authorized to appoint a board of visitors, to attend the annual examination of the Military Academy, whose duty it shall be to report to the Secretary of War, for the information of Congress, at the commencement of the next succeeding session, the actual state of the discipline, instruction, police administration, fiscal affairs, and other concerns of the institution: Provided.