Annual Reports of the War Department, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1904 |
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... troops have been principally engaged in the regular routine of military duties in garrisons , and they have par- ticipated in practice marches , encampments , and maneuvers . They have not been in action , except for a few encounters ...
... troops have been principally engaged in the regular routine of military duties in garrisons , and they have par- ticipated in practice marches , encampments , and maneuvers . They have not been in action , except for a few encounters ...
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... troops below the point of proper efficiency . It would be wise , therefore , for Congress to make provision for additional officers of the line . Provision can well be made by an amendment of the present law by which the detail of line ...
... troops below the point of proper efficiency . It would be wise , therefore , for Congress to make provision for additional officers of the line . Provision can well be made by an amendment of the present law by which the detail of line ...
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... troops within the limits of his department . The duties of the division commander pertain to the higher functions of command . He originates , directs , or approves military operations in the several departments embraced by his division ...
... troops within the limits of his department . The duties of the division commander pertain to the higher functions of command . He originates , directs , or approves military operations in the several departments embraced by his division ...
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... troops were on foreign service during the year , only 629 deaths occurred from all causes in the entire Army - American and native troops- equal to a rate of 9.30 per thousand as compared with 15.49 for the previous year . Of this death ...
... troops were on foreign service during the year , only 629 deaths occurred from all causes in the entire Army - American and native troops- equal to a rate of 9.30 per thousand as compared with 15.49 for the previous year . Of this death ...
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... troops will become such that diminished rates of sickness and mortality may confidently be expected . The food and clothing supplied to troops , and the barracks and quarters furnished at home and abroad have been satisfactory , and all ...
... troops will become such that diminished rates of sickness and mortality may confidently be expected . The food and clothing supplied to troops , and the barracks and quarters furnished at home and abroad have been satisfactory , and all ...
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12 companies Adjutant-general adopted standard appropriation Armed Barracks Battalion Battery Brig Brigade Camp of instruc camp of instruction 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 Field Artillery Fifth Cavalry figure of merit fiscal year ended Fort Riley Headquarters Company 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 recruiting reenlistment as prescribed Regular Army rifle Rifle-practice figure River San Francisco Second Infantry SECRETARY OF WAR Signal Corps 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 36 - 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 24 - 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 67 - An Act to revise and amend the tariff laws of the Philippine Archipelago...
Page 188 - 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 87 - The present national militia law is a step in the right direction, but it does not go far enough.
Page 77 - 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 45 - 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 17 - 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 190 - 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 188 - ... 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.