Hearings, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 |
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155-millimeter 3-inch gun 9.5-inch howitzer allot ammunition amount appropriation approved April ARTICLE automatic rifles Benét-Mercié British Browning gun caliber 30 cantonments capacity cartridge CHAIRMAN Chauchat Chief of Ordnance Colt guns committee Congress considerable contracting officer contractor cost course delay delivery division equipment factories facture field artillery fortifications France Frankford French furnished Government gun carriages howitzer issued June kind Krag large number Lewis gun Lewis machine guns manu material matter ment Miscellaneous month munitions National Army National Guard orders Ordnance Department Ordnance Office Pier 97 pistols placed plant powder purchase purpose question reference repair Rock Island Arsenal Savage Arms Secretary Secretary of War Senator FRELINGHUYSEN Senator HITCHCOCK Senator MCKELLAR Senator WADSWORTH Senator WEEKS Sept shells Springfield Armory submitted supply things tion troops United Vickers guns War Department Watertown Watervliet WILLIAM CROZIER
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Page 111 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 111 - States, is, or shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract, or to any benefit which may arise herefrom, but, under the provisions of section 116 of the Act of Congress approved March 4, 1909 (35 Stat.
Page 116 - An act to amend an act entitled •An act for making further and more effectual provision for the national defense, and for other purposes," approved June 3, 1916, and to establish military justice," approved June 4, 1920 (41 Stat.
Page 108 - In witness whereof the respective parties hereto have hereunto set their Hands and Seals, the day and year first above written.
Page 122 - ... due to any extraordinary events or conditions of manufacture, or to any emergency caused by fire, famine, or flood, by danger to life or property, or by other extraordinary events or conditions on account of which, by subsequent Executive order, such past violation shall have been excused.
Page 116 - In all respects to and with the plans and specifications aforesaid, which plans and specifications are hereto annexed, and shall be deemed and taken as forming a part of this contract, with the like operation and effect as if the same were incorporated herein.
Page 112 - ... equipment, or materials, or of any materials furnished therefor or In connection therewith, nor for or on account of any other cause or thing or of any claim or demand of any kind, except the claims of the owner.
Page 114 - Now, therefore, this agreement witnesseth: That In consideration of the premises and the mutual promises herein contained, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as follows: 1.
Page 122 - ... appliances, or appurtenances, and that the inspectors may, with the approval of the said Secretary, peremptorily reject any unfit workmanship or material, or forbid the use thereof. The inspectors shall, at all times during the progress of the work have full access thereto, and the contractor shall furnish them with full facilities for the inspection and superintendence of the same.
Page 122 - ... a penalty of five dollars shall be imposed upon the contractor for each laborer or mechanic for every calendar day in which such employee is required or permitted to labor more than eight hours upon said work without receiving compensation computed in accordance with this article, and all penalties thus imposed shall be withheld for the use and benefit of the Government...