Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... force more armies than the entire fleets of any nation can transport in one voyage across a wide ocean . This is an advantage in the defence of a country of very great moment . To achieve it , a nation situated at a great distance from ...
... force more armies than the entire fleets of any nation can transport in one voyage across a wide ocean . This is an advantage in the defence of a country of very great moment . To achieve it , a nation situated at a great distance from ...
Pàgina 27
... force , they can strike the extended coast of their country , ( avoiding the harbors and im- portant outlets of the country where alone a blockading force may be supposed to lie , ) at numerous points where succor and protection await ...
... force , they can strike the extended coast of their country , ( avoiding the harbors and im- portant outlets of the country where alone a blockading force may be supposed to lie , ) at numerous points where succor and protection await ...
Pàgina 48
... force guarding the coasting trade on that side , and whence there are several passages leading to the Mississippi near New Orleans . The whole cost of the system of defence for New Orleans and the delta of the Mississippi is estimated ...
... force guarding the coasting trade on that side , and whence there are several passages leading to the Mississippi near New Orleans . The whole cost of the system of defence for New Orleans and the delta of the Mississippi is estimated ...
Pàgina 50
... forces there , when , suddenly profiting of a favorable breeze , he would sail to another , which he would reach in a few hours , and would not fail to seize if a force were not stationed there likewise equal to his own . No re - en ...
... forces there , when , suddenly profiting of a favorable breeze , he would sail to another , which he would reach in a few hours , and would not fail to seize if a force were not stationed there likewise equal to his own . No re - en ...
Pàgina 52
... forces . Instead of the present small proportion of artillery the States might with advantage increase the amount of that force in the vicinity of each of the exposed parts of the coast , so as to be equivalent to the exigencies and ...
... forces . Instead of the present small proportion of artillery the States might with advantage increase the amount of that force in the vicinity of each of the exposed parts of the coast , so as to be equivalent to the exigencies and ...
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