Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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... result in 1862 . 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 ...
... result in 1862 . 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 ...
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... results , are rarely attempted by able leaders . Thorough defences , constructed with direct reference to a full ... result is the highest aim of a system of military defences . The location and character of the works necessary to ...
... results , are rarely attempted by able leaders . Thorough defences , constructed with direct reference to a full ... result is the highest aim of a system of military defences . The location and character of the works necessary to ...
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... result . The subject of our relations with other countries in reference to the cause of war which may grow out of them , is full of interest to the people of this country , and deserves a more profound and detailed examination . With ...
... result . The subject of our relations with other countries in reference to the cause of war which may grow out of them , is full of interest to the people of this country , and deserves a more profound and detailed examination . With ...
Pàgina 27
... result , notwithstanding , amply compensating the nation for the cost of these works . It would be difficult , nay impossible , to estimate the full value of the results following the career of our navy , when it shall have attained its ...
... result , notwithstanding , amply compensating the nation for the cost of these works . It would be difficult , nay impossible , to estimate the full value of the results following the career of our navy , when it shall have attained its ...
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... result of obliging the enemy to land at a greater distance , thereby delaying his march , gaining time for the arrival of militia , and preventing his turning the defensive position our forces might occupy , it will be impossible for ...
... result of obliging the enemy to land at a greater distance , thereby delaying his march , gaining time for the arrival of militia , and preventing his turning the defensive position our forces might occupy , it will be impossible for ...
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