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... plant , and on buildings , grounds , and hygiene . Committee No. 2 , examinations , instruction , discipline , and athletics . Committee No. 3 , armament and equipment . Committee No. 4 , fiscal affairs , supplies , and expenditures ...
... plant , and on buildings , grounds , and hygiene . Committee No. 2 , examinations , instruction , discipline , and athletics . Committee No. 3 , armament and equipment . Committee No. 4 , fiscal affairs , supplies , and expenditures ...
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... plant as follows : Emplacements for two 8 - inch B. L. R. with single magazine and separate ammu- nition service ; emplacement for one 6 - inch R. F. gun with magazine ; emplacement for one 15 - pounder R. F. gun with magazine ...
... plant as follows : Emplacements for two 8 - inch B. L. R. with single magazine and separate ammu- nition service ; emplacement for one 6 - inch R. F. gun with magazine ; emplacement for one 15 - pounder R. F. gun with magazine ...
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... plant ; electric storage battery ; one 30 - inch electric - controlled searchlight . The board was struck with the fact that the cavalry and artillery horses had the double reins and the curb and snaffle bit , and highly commend the ...
... plant ; electric storage battery ; one 30 - inch electric - controlled searchlight . The board was struck with the fact that the cavalry and artillery horses had the double reins and the curb and snaffle bit , and highly commend the ...
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... plant for continuing its work . It is a matter of regret that Congress should have seen fit to reduce by over one - sixth the amount estimated as required to properly rebuild the institution . The sum asked for was arrived at only after ...
... plant for continuing its work . It is a matter of regret that Congress should have seen fit to reduce by over one - sixth the amount estimated as required to properly rebuild the institution . The sum asked for was arrived at only after ...
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... plant at the Home , the Secretary of War , on the recommendation of the Board , approved the expenditure of $ 15,000 for the purpose of enlarging the present plant , and the work is now progressing toward completion . The Board has ...
... plant at the Home , the Secretary of War , on the recommendation of the Board , approved the expenditure of $ 15,000 for the purpose of enlarging the present plant , and the work is now progressing toward completion . The Board has ...
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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 91 - Hereafter any balance of pension money due a member of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at the time of his death...
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 7 - The Mississippi River Commission has the honor to submit its annual report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893. The act approved July 13, 1892, appropriated the following sums to be expended under the Commission : Improvement of — Memphis Harbor, Tennessee $25,000 Vicksbnrg Harbor, Mississippi 80, 000 Greenville Harbor, Mississippi 100, 000 Natchez Harbor, Mississippi ) o
Page 92 - ... 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 - That the 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.