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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... months ; in fact , it is about three months for all the schools except the seaman - gunner courses , which are from six to eight months . The CHAIRMAN . Isn't twenty months out of the forty - eight months ' enlistment a very large ...
... months ; in fact , it is about three months for all the schools except the seaman - gunner courses , which are from six to eight months . The CHAIRMAN . Isn't twenty months out of the forty - eight months ' enlistment a very large ...
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... months or two months or one month before he reenlists ; he is entitled to four months ' pay and allowances . That is quite a little item , but it is an inducement to the men to reenlist . Mr. BUTLER . That inducement is by act of ...
... months or two months or one month before he reenlists ; he is entitled to four months ' pay and allowances . That is quite a little item , but it is an inducement to the men to reenlist . Mr. BUTLER . That inducement is by act of ...
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... month . On June 26 , 1903 , the Presi- dent issued an Executive order making the pay of petty officers who qualified by ... months after , permanent appointments were issued to these men also as of May 13 , 1908. They were accordingly ...
... month . On June 26 , 1903 , the Presi- dent issued an Executive order making the pay of petty officers who qualified by ... months after , permanent appointments were issued to these men also as of May 13 , 1908. They were accordingly ...
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... months , but on account of the demand from the fleet for men it has been at times cut down as low as two months . The CHAIRMAN . We will turn now to page 10 , Bureau of Naviga- tion , at the bottom of the page . I notice , Admiral ...
... months , but on account of the demand from the fleet for men it has been at times cut down as low as two months . The CHAIRMAN . We will turn now to page 10 , Bureau of Naviga- tion , at the bottom of the page . I notice , Admiral ...
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... months for plain desertion . Mr. ROBERTS . The loss of citizenship goes with it always ? Admiral ANDREWS . Always , if he is convicted of desertion ; and that is a matter that the Secretary of the Navy has recommended be removed . Mr ...
... months for plain desertion . Mr. ROBERTS . The loss of citizenship goes with it always ? Admiral ANDREWS . Always , if he is convicted of desertion ; and that is a matter that the Secretary of the Navy has recommended be removed . Mr ...
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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...
Page 379 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty...