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... cent , were rejected as lacking in either mental , moral , or physical qualifications . 2,285 of these were rejected as aliens and 4,608 as illiterates . During the fiscal year 461 native Filipinos were enlisted for the Philippine ...
... cent , were rejected as lacking in either mental , moral , or physical qualifications . 2,285 of these were rejected as aliens and 4,608 as illiterates . During the fiscal year 461 native Filipinos were enlisted for the Philippine ...
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... cent of the heavy guns , 66 per cent of the 12 - inch mortars , and 14 per cent of the rapid - fire guns required for our seacoast fortifications are already mounted ; and in addition thereto appropriations are available for and ...
... cent of the heavy guns , 66 per cent of the 12 - inch mortars , and 14 per cent of the rapid - fire guns required for our seacoast fortifications are already mounted ; and in addition thereto appropriations are available for and ...
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... cent of the 12 - inch mortars the heavy armament and 45 per cent of the rapid - fire guns will be mounted and ready for use . It would seem from this that the armament of our seacoast fortifications is in a fairly satisfactory stage of ...
... cent of the 12 - inch mortars the heavy armament and 45 per cent of the rapid - fire guns will be mounted and ready for use . It would seem from this that the armament of our seacoast fortifications is in a fairly satisfactory stage of ...
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... cent ) and 83,385 men ( 78 per cent ) were present at those inspections . State encampments . In addition to the participation of the militia with troops of the Regular Army at the combined army and militia maneuvers at Manassas , Va ...
... cent ) and 83,385 men ( 78 per cent ) were present at those inspections . State encampments . In addition to the participation of the militia with troops of the Regular Army at the combined army and militia maneuvers at Manassas , Va ...
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... cent of the total strength of the organized militia would respond to a call for service under the Federal Government . In addition to improving the personnel of the organized militia , raising the standard of its discipline , and ...
... cent of the total strength of the organized militia would respond to a call for service under the Federal Government . In addition to improving the personnel of the organized militia , raising the standard of its discipline , and ...
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12 companies Adjutant-general adopted standard appropriation Armed Barracks Battalion Battery Brig brigade Camp of instruc cent absent Coast Artillery command Company D Company G Company H Company Conformity to U. S. days in Rifle-practice Department circular division drills ended June 30 enlistment or reenlistment examination for enlistment February Field Artillery Fifth Cavalry figure of merit Fort Riley Hospital Corps instruction sec ization January 21 July June 30 maneuvers Manila Military Secretary militia law National Guard Number of practice organized militia Organized strength Philippine Islands Philippine Scouts Philippines Division physical examination practice marches Record and Pension recruiting reenlistment as prescribed regiments of 12 Regular Army rifle Rifle-practice figure River San Francisco Second Infantry Secretary of War Signal Corps soldiers South Carolina Special inspection standard of physical Station target practice Territories Third Infantry tion days Total strength troops U. S. Army organ uniformed and equipped Yes Yes
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Page 40 - New Mexico New York North Carolina . North Dakota . . . Ohio Oklahoma Pennsylvania . . Rhode Island . South Carolina . South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington .... West Virginia . Wisconsin Wyoming UNITED STATES.
Page 28 - Corps shall be to prepare plans for the national defense and for the mobilization of the military forces in time of war; to investigate and report upon all questions affecting the efficiency of the Army and its state...
Page 71 - An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Archipelago...
Page 192 - States, have been in continuous existence since the passage of the said act, under Its provisions and under the provisions of section two hundred and thirty-two and sections sixteen hundred and twenty-five to sixteen hundred and sixty, both inclusive, of title sixteen of the Revised Statutes of...
Page 91 - The present national militia law is a step in the right direction, but it does not go far enough.
Page 81 - District, respectively, and make returns to the Secretary of War, at such times and in such form as he shall from time to time prescribe, of the strength of the organized militia, and also make such reports as may from time to time be required by the Secretary of War. That the Secretary of War shall, with his annual report of each year, transmit to Congress an abstract of the returns and reports of the adjutantsgeneral of the States, Territories, and the District of Columbia, with such observations...
Page 49 - Inasmuch as it is impracticable for the President, with his other public duties, to give to the work of supervising the Commission's construction of the canal and government of the Zone the personal attention which seems proper and necessary, and inasmuch as the War Department is the department which has always supervised the construction of the great civil works for improving the Rivers and Harbors of the country and the extended military works of public...
Page 21 - Paymaster-General of the Navy, the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, or other like chief officers in any Department, by, through, or under whom stores, supplies, and other public property are received for distribution, or whose duty it is to receive or examine returns of such property, shall certify...
Page 194 - SEC. 7. That every officer and enlisted man of the militia who shall be called forth in the manner hereinbefore prescribed, shall be mustered for service without further enlistment...
Page 192 - ... sixteen hundred and twenty-five to sixteen hundred and sixty, both inclusive, of title sixteen of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the militia, shall be allowed to retain their accustomed privileges, subject, nevertheless, to all other duties required by law in like manner as the other militia.