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... Senator SPENCER . How much did they get out of the lump sum last year ? Mr. SCOFIELD . They got this same figure ... HITCHCOCK . Is that in Washington ? Mr. SCOFIELD . Everywhere . Senator HITCHCOCK . Is the force in Washington reduced ...
... Senator SPENCER . How much did they get out of the lump sum last year ? Mr. SCOFIELD . They got this same figure ... HITCHCOCK . Is that in Washington ? Mr. SCOFIELD . Everywhere . Senator HITCHCOCK . Is the force in Washington reduced ...
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United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Senator HITCHCOCK . At department heads and division posts and so on ? Mr. SCOFIELD . Throughout all the posts . There was an order issued to get down so much before a certain ...
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Senator HITCHCOCK . At department heads and division posts and so on ? Mr. SCOFIELD . Throughout all the posts . There was an order issued to get down so much before a certain ...
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... Senator WADSWORTH . What is the pay of the spare parts engineer ? Major DALY . $ 3,000 . Senator WADSWORTH . And what are the laborers ? Major DALY . $ 720 each per annum . Senator HITCHCOCK . What were the pre - war figures on ...
... Senator WADSWORTH . What is the pay of the spare parts engineer ? Major DALY . $ 3,000 . Senator WADSWORTH . And what are the laborers ? Major DALY . $ 720 each per annum . Senator HITCHCOCK . What were the pre - war figures on ...
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... Senator HITCHCOCK . So that you are actually taking a reduction ? Major DALY . Oh , yes ; we have reduced 61 employees since Jan- uary 15 . Senator HITCHCOCK . What did the House allow you ? Major DALY . The House allowed us 419 ...
... Senator HITCHCOCK . So that you are actually taking a reduction ? Major DALY . Oh , yes ; we have reduced 61 employees since Jan- uary 15 . Senator HITCHCOCK . What did the House allow you ? Major DALY . The House allowed us 419 ...
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... Senator HITCHCOCK . That is for the Army use of telephones , then ? Colonel GRIFFIN . Yes , sir . Senator HITCHCOCK . That is enormous , I must say . Senator WADSWORTH . In other words , you pay the bills incurred by them ? Colonel ...
... Senator HITCHCOCK . That is for the Army use of telephones , then ? Colonel GRIFFIN . Yes , sir . Senator HITCHCOCK . That is enormous , I must say . Senator WADSWORTH . In other words , you pay the bills incurred by them ? Colonel ...
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Page 311 - 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 181 - And the services of skilled draftsmen, civil engineers, and such other services as the Secretary of War may deem necessary, may be employed only in the office of the Chief of Engineers to carry into effect the various appropriations for rivers and harbors...
Page 39 - Army active list ; interment, or preparation and transportation to their homes, of the remains of civil employees of the Army in the employ of the War Department who die abroad, in Alaska, in the Canal...
Page 4 - STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (HR 6927) to establish a Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for other purposes...
Page 499 - 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 310 - 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 State whose constitution prohibits the ownership of such terminal facilities by other than the...
Page 87 - ... 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 35 - USC 916) : travel allowances of attendants accompanying remains of military personnel and civilian employees; for repairs and preservation of monuments, tablets, roads, fences, and so forth, made and constructed by the United States in Cuba and China to mark the places where American soldiers fell...
Page 20 - Roads to National Cemeteries — For repairs to roadways to national cemeteries which have been constructed by special authority of Congress...
Page 120 - ... water, and advertising, stationery, typewriters, and adding machines, including their exchange, and office furniture, tools, and instruments of service ; for incidental expenses of the Ordnance Service and those attending practical trials and tests of ordnance small arms, and other ordnance stores; for...