Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... frontier defences . competent only to resist the greatest efforts which could be made . suddenly by the forces ordinarily at the command of powerful rival nations , taking care that the fortifications should be capable of en- largement ...
... frontier defences . competent only to resist the greatest efforts which could be made . suddenly by the forces ordinarily at the command of powerful rival nations , taking care that the fortifications should be capable of en- largement ...
Pàgina 2
... frontier defences is thus described by General Totten , chief engineer United States army : " The war with England being over , the government promptly entered upon a perma- nent system of coast defence , and to that end constituted a ...
... frontier defences is thus described by General Totten , chief engineer United States army : " The war with England being over , the government promptly entered upon a perma- nent system of coast defence , and to that end constituted a ...
Pàgina 3
... frontier in perpetual alarm . must cover the great cities from attack . Fourth , must prevent , as far as practicable , the great avenues of interior navigation from being blockaded at their entrance into the ocean . Fifth , must cover ...
... frontier in perpetual alarm . must cover the great cities from attack . Fourth , must prevent , as far as practicable , the great avenues of interior navigation from being blockaded at their entrance into the ocean . Fifth , must cover ...
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... frontier , of a first - class military communication between the river Missouri and the bay of San Francisco . 6. A decided increase in our means of building and repairing vessels - of - war ; of manufacturing , testing , and repairing ...
... frontier , of a first - class military communication between the river Missouri and the bay of San Francisco . 6. A decided increase in our means of building and repairing vessels - of - war ; of manufacturing , testing , and repairing ...
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... frontier than to cover one that is entirely unprotected ; and that such a system will enable us , according to the spirit of our institutions , to employ the militia effectually for the defence of the country . " From three causes the ...
... frontier than to cover one that is entirely unprotected ; and that such a system will enable us , according to the spirit of our institutions , to employ the militia effectually for the defence of the country . " From three causes the ...
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