War Department Appropriation Bill, 1923: Hearing Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messr. Daniel R. Anthony, Jr. (Chairman), William H. Stafford, C. Bascom Slemp, Thomas U. Sisson, and Thomas W. Harrison in Charge of War Department Appropriation Bill for 1923. Sixty-seventh Congress, Second Session, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1922 |
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... tion to the regular appropriations . Mr. ANTHONY . So that balances used to accumulate ? Col. FAIR . Yes . Mr. ANTHONY . But under orders of the Secretary of War they are no longer so considered ? Col. FAIR . They are no longer so ...
... tion to the regular appropriations . Mr. ANTHONY . So that balances used to accumulate ? Col. FAIR . Yes . Mr. ANTHONY . But under orders of the Secretary of War they are no longer so considered ? Col. FAIR . They are no longer so ...
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... tion and insert it . The amount that will be required is estimated at $ 34,962 . Mr. ANTHONY . A considerable part of the previous appropria- tions have gone into Arlington , have they not ? Maj . DALY . Arlington takes the larger part ...
... tion and insert it . The amount that will be required is estimated at $ 34,962 . Mr. ANTHONY . A considerable part of the previous appropria- tions have gone into Arlington , have they not ? Maj . DALY . Arlington takes the larger part ...
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... tion in order to have a larger expanse . Mr. STAFFORD . How many of the old soldiers have been buried on the basis of 3 feet apart ? Col. PENROSE . I can not tell just exactly about that , and I will have to look it up . Mr. STAFFORD ...
... tion in order to have a larger expanse . Mr. STAFFORD . How many of the old soldiers have been buried on the basis of 3 feet apart ? Col. PENROSE . I can not tell just exactly about that , and I will have to look it up . Mr. STAFFORD ...
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... tion , and permanent cemeterial construction .. Local purchase supplies , operation motor transportation .. Settlement claims . Rail transportation .. For permanent cemeterial construction for completion project Meuse Argonne , Aisne ...
... tion , and permanent cemeterial construction .. Local purchase supplies , operation motor transportation .. Settlement claims . Rail transportation .. For permanent cemeterial construction for completion project Meuse Argonne , Aisne ...
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... tion . Col. SHERRILL . I do not know what the reason for that would be except that the direct - current motor is very much simpler even now than the alternating . ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS SUPPLIED BY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ...
... tion . Col. SHERRILL . I do not know what the reason for that would be except that the direct - current motor is very much simpler even now than the alternating . ELECTRIC CURRENT FOR GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS SUPPLIED BY PRIVATE CONTRACTORS ...
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Page 317 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve, in full .vigor. both rail and water transportation.
Page 515 - That all laws, orders, regulations, and ordinances adopted and promulgated in the Canal Zone by order of the President for the government and sanitation of the Canal Zone and the construction of the Panama Canal are hereby ratified and confirmed as valid and binding until Congress shall otherwise provide.
Page 509 - Colon, during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and nineteen, the necessary portions of such sums as shall be paid as water rentals or directly by the Government of Panama for such expenses.
Page 270 - For the preservation and maintenance of existing river and harbor works, and for the prosecution of such projects heretofore and hereafter authorized as may be most desirable in the interest of commerce and navigation...
Page 316 - ... the Secretary of War out of funds now or hereafter made available for that purpose. (c) The Secretary of War is hereby authorized, out of any moneys hereafter made available therefor, to construct or contract for the construction of terminal facilities for the interchange of traffic between the transportation facilities operated by him under this section and other carriers whether by rail or water, and to make loans for such purposes under such terms and conditions as he may determine to any...
Page 203 - No Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, nor any person belonging to or employed in the military service of the United States, is, or shall be, admitted to any share or part of this contract...
Page 516 - Commission unnecessary the President is authorized by Executive Order to discontinue the Isthmian Canal Commission, which, together with the present organization, shall then cease to exist," and the President is authorized thereafter to complete, govern, and operate the Panama Canal and govern the Canal Zone, or cause them to be completed, governed, and operated, through a governori8 of the Panama Canal and such other persons as he may deem competent to discharge the various duties connected with...
Page 20 - Roads to National Cemeteries — For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress...
Page 87 - ... such regulations shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof in any district court of the United States within whose territorial jurisdiction such offense may have been committed shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or by imprisonment (in the case of a natural person) not exceeding six months, in the discretion of the court.
Page 316 - War, who shall operate or cause to be operated such transportation facilities so that the lines of inland water transportation established by or through the President during Federal control shall be continued...