Urgent Deficiency Appropriations on Account of War Expenses: 1918, Hearing ... 65th Congress, 1st Session1917 - 979 pages |
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... construction at Reedy Island is costlier than at many places , because it is more or less made ground and is swampy and the construction has to be placed on piling . The duplication of the present set of quarters at Reedy Island was ...
... construction at Reedy Island is costlier than at many places , because it is more or less made ground and is swampy and the construction has to be placed on piling . The duplication of the present set of quarters at Reedy Island was ...
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... construction . Mr. SHERLEY . Then , you do not contemplate making this a per- manent quarantine station ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir ; we do ; but even the cheapest frame construc- tion , while it would not be as desirable as more permanent ...
... construction . Mr. SHERLEY . Then , you do not contemplate making this a per- manent quarantine station ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir ; we do ; but even the cheapest frame construc- tion , while it would not be as desirable as more permanent ...
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... construction ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir ; the cheapest construction . OFFICERS ' QUARTERS . Mr. SHERLEY . " One officers ' quarters , $ 10,000 . " What is that to be ? Dr. CREEL . That will be practically a duplication of the officers ...
... construction ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir ; the cheapest construction . OFFICERS ' QUARTERS . Mr. SHERLEY . " One officers ' quarters , $ 10,000 . " What is that to be ? Dr. CREEL . That will be practically a duplication of the officers ...
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... construction , single walls , tongued and grooved , probably more substantial ( although of frame ) than those we will put up . Mr. SHERLEY . Will the officers ' quarters be a frame building ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir . I will state that ...
... construction , single walls , tongued and grooved , probably more substantial ( although of frame ) than those we will put up . Mr. SHERLEY . Will the officers ' quarters be a frame building ? Dr. CREEL . Yes , sir . I will state that ...
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... construction work , which contain their ideas of the cost . To meet that we need this amount in addition to the ap- propriation , and those men , I think , are better prepared to consider the possible changes in the market than we are ...
... construction work , which contain their ideas of the cost . To meet that we need this amount in addition to the ap- propriation , and those men , I think , are better prepared to consider the possible changes in the market than we are ...
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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