Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... present economy , of cheap materials and work- manship , were very perishable . The government , aware of this weakness , called out to their support during the war vast bodies of militia , at enormous expense , covering these troops ...
... present economy , of cheap materials and work- manship , were very perishable . The government , aware of this weakness , called out to their support during the war vast bodies of militia , at enormous expense , covering these troops ...
Pàgina 6
... PRESENT SYSTEM OF DEFENCES DEFECTIVE . Here , then , is the first defect in our present system of frontier de- fence . It is vulnerable . The fortifications cannot shield the cities they were built to protect ; they cannot protect the ...
... PRESENT SYSTEM OF DEFENCES DEFECTIVE . Here , then , is the first defect in our present system of frontier de- fence . It is vulnerable . The fortifications cannot shield the cities they were built to protect ; they cannot protect the ...
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... present high character of our officers for scientific military attainments . The committee , therefore , recommend that another military academy be established , to be located in the west , and another naval academy be established , to ...
... present high character of our officers for scientific military attainments . The committee , therefore , recommend that another military academy be established , to be located in the west , and another naval academy be established , to ...
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... present expenditures . To protect our immense interior territories against the numerous Indian tribes who roam over them is a work equal to the utmost efforts of our present regular forces , and more than they have hitherto been able ...
... present expenditures . To protect our immense interior territories against the numerous Indian tribes who roam over them is a work equal to the utmost efforts of our present regular forces , and more than they have hitherto been able ...
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... present sufficient surface to collect the water necessary for crossing by canals , and in other places the rivers ... presents numerous natural means of intercommu- nications , and facilities and inducements for the creation of ...
... present sufficient surface to collect the water necessary for crossing by canals , and in other places the rivers ... presents numerous natural means of intercommu- nications , and facilities and inducements for the creation of ...
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