Urgent Deficiency Appropriations on Account of War Expenses: 1918, Hearing ... 65th Congress, 1st Session1917 - 979 pages |
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... mean to convey the impression that in any of the camps do conditions exist which would not necessarily follow the gathering together of large bodies of men from various portions of the country . I did not mean to convey the impression ...
... mean to convey the impression that in any of the camps do conditions exist which would not necessarily follow the gathering together of large bodies of men from various portions of the country . I did not mean to convey the impression ...
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... mean to fill them by new men ? Mr. SHERLEY . Yes . Gen. MCCAIN . Yes , sir ; if I had the money and were not allowed to promote them I would pay it to the new men . Mr. SHERLEY . Here is what I am trying to get at , whether the ...
... mean to fill them by new men ? Mr. SHERLEY . Yes . Gen. MCCAIN . Yes , sir ; if I had the money and were not allowed to promote them I would pay it to the new men . Mr. SHERLEY . Here is what I am trying to get at , whether the ...
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... mean officers , but I mean clerks who have charge of the different sections of the work in the office are putting in 12 or 14 hours , and some of the clerks under them . In some cases we have night shifts , of course , eight - hour ...
... mean officers , but I mean clerks who have charge of the different sections of the work in the office are putting in 12 or 14 hours , and some of the clerks under them . In some cases we have night shifts , of course , eight - hour ...
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... mean that is too many ? Mr. THOMPSON . Scarcely , sir . At the present time we have on the emergency roll an aggregate of 214 people , including the messenger and labor force , which would make an annual pay roll of $ 219,000 . We ...
... mean that is too many ? Mr. THOMPSON . Scarcely , sir . At the present time we have on the emergency roll an aggregate of 214 people , including the messenger and labor force , which would make an annual pay roll of $ 219,000 . We ...
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... means anything - 30 or 40 years ago . I mean now . Gen. GORGAS . Of course there is no infection that I know of any- where in Massachusetts . When it comes to Massachusetts in winter , with the doors and windows closed , I think they ...
... means anything - 30 or 40 years ago . I mean now . Gen. GORGAS . Of course there is no infection that I know of any- where in Massachusetts . When it comes to Massachusetts in winter , with the doors and windows closed , I think they ...
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additional Admiral GRIFFIN Admiral HARRIS ammunition amount appropriation Army Arsenal artillery asking authority barracks bill BRETT building bureau BYRNS camps CANNON Capt cent CHAIRMAN clerks committee Congress construction Contracting Officer contractor Corps cost cotton Council of National court CROZIER DALY Department depot district employees enlisted equipment estimate expenditure expenses facilities figures fiscal Frankford Arsenal funds furnish GILLETT going Government guns hospital increase interposing Island July JULY 16 Kent Island labor Laguna district land Lieut LITTELL machine manufacture MARLATT material MCCAIN ment months National Guard Navy Navy Department necessary Ordnance paid plant purchase purpose Quartermaster Quartermaster Corps quarters railroad repair rifles Sandy Hook SCOFIELD Secretary of War Secretary REDFIELD SHARPE SHERLEY ships SISSON statement station storage submitted supply thing tion transportation Treasury troops United War Department Watervliet Arsenal