Urgent Deficiency Appropriations on Account of War Expenses: 1918, Hearing ... 65th Congress, 1st Session1917 - 979 pages |
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... Sharpe took that ground , for instance , that a mil- lion men had already been provided and that the 500,000 in the pres- ent draft would get in their camps along in September and October and have to be provided for , and that we would ...
... Sharpe took that ground , for instance , that a mil- lion men had already been provided and that the 500,000 in the pres- ent draft would get in their camps along in September and October and have to be provided for , and that we would ...
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... SHARPE , QUARTERMASTER GENERAL , ACCOMPANIED BY COL . I. W. LITTELL , LIEUT . COL . H. M. LORD , MAJ . C. B. DRAKE , CAPT . C. P. DALY , CAPT . J. S. FAIR , CAPT . R. C. MARSHALL , LIEUT . J. Q. A. BRETT , QUARTER- MASTER CORPS , AND ...
... SHARPE , QUARTERMASTER GENERAL , ACCOMPANIED BY COL . I. W. LITTELL , LIEUT . COL . H. M. LORD , MAJ . C. B. DRAKE , CAPT . C. P. DALY , CAPT . J. S. FAIR , CAPT . R. C. MARSHALL , LIEUT . J. Q. A. BRETT , QUARTER- MASTER CORPS , AND ...
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... SHARPE . We have a statement from The Adjutant General , confirmed by the General Staff , giving the strength of the Army . The Secretary of War directed that provision be made for 2,033,345 enlisted men , to be divided as follows ...
... SHARPE . We have a statement from The Adjutant General , confirmed by the General Staff , giving the strength of the Army . The Secretary of War directed that provision be made for 2,033,345 enlisted men , to be divided as follows ...
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... SHARPE . Yes , sir . There are a great many troops which have not yet been called , technical troops , which are not included . The CHAIRMAN . How many ? Gen. SHARPE . We are going to provide for 45,000 for the engineers , technical ...
... SHARPE . Yes , sir . There are a great many troops which have not yet been called , technical troops , which are not included . The CHAIRMAN . How many ? Gen. SHARPE . We are going to provide for 45,000 for the engineers , technical ...
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... SHARPE . We did not recommend that that wording be stricken out . I do not know where that recommendation came from . The CHAIRMAN . Those words should remain in the bill ? Gen. SHARPE . Yes , sir . Lieut . BRETT . Not the words ...
... SHARPE . We did not recommend that that wording be stricken out . I do not know where that recommendation came from . The CHAIRMAN . Those words should remain in the bill ? Gen. SHARPE . Yes , sir . Lieut . BRETT . Not the words ...
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