Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 62
... forces necessary for perfect security , with the aid of the proposed defences , and the expense of the troops in both cases . Places . Aggregate cost of the proposed works . Comparison of the force necessary to defend them without , and ...
... forces necessary for perfect security , with the aid of the proposed defences , and the expense of the troops in both cases . Places . Aggregate cost of the proposed works . Comparison of the force necessary to defend them without , and ...
Pàgina 67
... force would exceed the assailing foe . Our points of exposure are so numerous and distant that it would be im- practicable to keep , at each of them , a force competent to resist the attack of an enemy , prepared by his naval ascendency ...
... force would exceed the assailing foe . Our points of exposure are so numerous and distant that it would be im- practicable to keep , at each of them , a force competent to resist the attack of an enemy , prepared by his naval ascendency ...
Pàgina 70
... force , and the whole expedition cap- tured or destroyed . All these are considerations which no prudent statesman , directing such an enterprise , will overlook . But beyond these is a question bearing still more directly upon the ...
... force , and the whole expedition cap- tured or destroyed . All these are considerations which no prudent statesman , directing such an enterprise , will overlook . But beyond these is a question bearing still more directly upon the ...
Pàgina 71
... force , and which provides for their ability to make a successful resistance . A dashing military or naval officer may be willing to risk something to get possession of an insulated post by a prompt movement , expecting to accomplish ...
... force , and which provides for their ability to make a successful resistance . A dashing military or naval officer may be willing to risk something to get possession of an insulated post by a prompt movement , expecting to accomplish ...
Pàgina 77
... force an entrance into a fortified harbor , and that was unsuccessful . The greatest possible force which can be brought , and the greatest possible resistance which can be applied , do not constitute a practical rule for the ...
... force an entrance into a fortified harbor , and that was unsuccessful . The greatest possible force which can be brought , and the greatest possible resistance which can be applied , do not constitute a practical rule for the ...
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