Hearings Before Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives, on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1912U.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - 902 pages |
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... course of instruc- tion . The original idea in forming the class for this course of instruction was to instruct deserving reenlisted men of the engine - room forces ( firemen , oilers , and water tenders ) in the use of machine tools in ...
... course of instruc- tion . The original idea in forming the class for this course of instruction was to instruct deserving reenlisted men of the engine - room forces ( firemen , oilers , and water tenders ) in the use of machine tools in ...
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... course , that is some- thing that shows no direct return in money ; we only know that if we went into battle with our ships we could probably hit better than the other fellow could . But the steaming exercises and the prizes , while ...
... course , that is some- thing that shows no direct return in money ; we only know that if we went into battle with our ships we could probably hit better than the other fellow could . But the steaming exercises and the prizes , while ...
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... course at the War College for officers of the rank of commander and captain . The idea is to give them a two years ' course . It is something that has been wanted for a good many years and been advocated by a great many officers ...
... course at the War College for officers of the rank of commander and captain . The idea is to give them a two years ' course . It is something that has been wanted for a good many years and been advocated by a great many officers ...
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... course of the seamen gunners ' class at both the navy yard at Washington and the torpedo station at Newport have been reduced from time to time to meet the changing conditions , and the graduates are now experts in their line , with one ...
... course of the seamen gunners ' class at both the navy yard at Washington and the torpedo station at Newport have been reduced from time to time to meet the changing conditions , and the graduates are now experts in their line , with one ...
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... course in the machinists ' trade . I think that is the difficulty . If we get the man in as second - class machinist and let him go through the seamen gunner class you would have much better results , because he would know how to do ...
... course in the machinists ' trade . I think that is the difficulty . If we get the man in as second - class machinist and let him go through the seamen gunner class you would have much better results , because he would know how to do ...
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Admiral ANDREWS Admiral CONE Admiral CowIE Admiral HOLLYDAY Admiral TWINING Admiral WATT amount appropriation armor authorized BATHRICK battleships BIDDLE bill BUCHANAN building Bureau Bureau of Equipment Bureau of Navigation Bureau of Ordnance BUTLER Capt captains cent CHAIRMAN charged to Title chief clerk coal colliers commandant commission committee Congress Construction and Repair constructors contract cost dry dock duty efficiency engineer enlisted equipment estimate expenditures expense feet fiscal fleet Foss Government grade GREGG guns hearing HOBSON inches included increase KOPP lieutenant machinery magazine maintenance manufacture Mare Island Marine Corps MCCAWLEY ment military Navy Department navy yards Norfolk number of officers ordnance paymaster plant powder Puget Sound question retired River ROBERTS Secretary MEYER ships smokeless powder statement station steam Supplies and Accounts tion Total TRIBBLE vessels WITHERSPOON yards and docks
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Page 689 - Except as otherwise provided by law, all balances of appropriations contained in the annual appropriation bills and made specifically for the service of any fiscal year, and remaining unexpended at the expiration of such fiscal year, shall only be applied to the payment of expenses properly incurred during that year, or to the fulfillment of contracts properly made within that year ; and balances not needed for such purposes shall be carried to the surplus fund.
Page 308 - PROVISIONS, NAVY: For provisions and commuted rations for the Provisions. etc. seamen and marines, which commuted rations may be paid to caterers of messes, in case of death or desertion, upon orders of the commanding officers...
Page 381 - The Commission may refuse to examine an applicant or to certify an eligible for any of the following reasons : (a) Dismissal from the service for delinquency or misconduct within one year next preceding the date of his application...
Page 393 - Provided, That in making any reduction of force in any of the Executive Departments, the head of such Department shall retain those persons who may be equally qualified who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors.
Page 357 - That no part of any sum herein appropriated shall be expended for the purchase of structural steel, ship plates, armor, armament, or machinery...
Page 386 - The period of eligibility shall be one year from the date on which the name of the eligible is entered on the register...
Page 394 - Department, removal may be made summarily, and no statement of reasons need be filed. 3. Where a recommendation for removal or reduction in grade or compensation of an officer or employee is made to the head of an Executive Department by a bureau chief or other subordinate officer, the said head of Department may, in his discretion, require that the person sought to be removed be furnished with a statement in writing of the reasons for such action, and be allowed a reasonable time for personally...
Page 265 - MEDICAL DEPARTMENT: For surgeons' necessaries for vessels in commission, navy yards, naval stations, Marine Corps, and for the civil establishment at the several naval hospitals, navy yards, naval medical supply depots, Naval Medical School, Washington, and Naval Academy, and toward the accumulation of a reserve supply of medical stores, $921,740.
Page 691 - That from and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and seventy-four, and of each year thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall cause all unexpended balances of appropriations which shall have remained upon the books of the Treasury for two fiscal years to be carried to the surplus fund and covered into the Treasury...
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