Annual Reports of the War Department, Volume 8U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 |
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... Daily papers Weekly papers and pictorials . Number of books issued during the year . Magazines , monthly Magazines , quarterly Average daily issue of books ADMINISTRATION BUILDING . 2,829 1 , 781 1 , 396 658 451 281 352 226 113 60 8 ...
... Daily papers Weekly papers and pictorials . Number of books issued during the year . Magazines , monthly Magazines , quarterly Average daily issue of books ADMINISTRATION BUILDING . 2,829 1 , 781 1 , 396 658 451 281 352 226 113 60 8 ...
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... 80 , and the average daily attendance was 260 members . They appear to have a greater desire for books of fiction , biography , and histories 1 of wars than for others . The ten books most 74 INSPECTION OF SOLDIERS ' HOME , D. C..
... 80 , and the average daily attendance was 260 members . They appear to have a greater desire for books of fiction , biography , and histories 1 of wars than for others . The ten books most 74 INSPECTION OF SOLDIERS ' HOME , D. C..
Page 78
... daily number of employees with cost of their salaries during the year , as compared with former years , it will be observed that there has been a steady increase , not only in the total amount paid for 78 INSPECTION OF SOLDIERS ' HOME ...
... daily number of employees with cost of their salaries during the year , as compared with former years , it will be observed that there has been a steady increase , not only in the total amount paid for 78 INSPECTION OF SOLDIERS ' HOME ...
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... daily amount of food consumed at the Home and cost reported for the months of December , 1901 , and June , 1902 , are shown in the following table . Whether the additional cost indi- cates any wastefulness or is essential or desirable ...
... daily amount of food consumed at the Home and cost reported for the months of December , 1901 , and June , 1902 , are shown in the following table . Whether the additional cost indi- cates any wastefulness or is essential or desirable ...
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... daily average during the past year was reported to be 103.97 , or 4.21 more than the preceding year . Fol- lowing are the principal diseases and the percentages of each : Chronic . - Diseases of the heart and arteries , 4.3 ; bronchitis ...
... daily average during the past year was reported to be 103.97 , or 4.21 more than the preceding year . Fol- lowing are the principal diseases and the percentages of each : Chronic . - Diseases of the heart and arteries , 4.3 ; bronchitis ...
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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.