Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, Volum 4 |
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Pàgina 46
... hand , and the immense regions behind , its rare properties as a harbor become of inap- preciable value . Some of these properties we will enumerate : first , it is ac- cessible at low water to the largest class of sloops - of - war and ...
... hand , and the immense regions behind , its rare properties as a harbor become of inap- preciable value . Some of these properties we will enumerate : first , it is ac- cessible at low water to the largest class of sloops - of - war and ...
Pàgina 47
... hand , and Pensacola bay on the other , serve to give great and increasing importance to this communication with the Gulf . Referring for the mode of defence adopted by the board again to the same reports wherein the subject will be ...
... hand , and Pensacola bay on the other , serve to give great and increasing importance to this communication with the Gulf . Referring for the mode of defence adopted by the board again to the same reports wherein the subject will be ...
Pàgina 67
... hand , and , as circumstances permit , the posts in the Indian country now in the rear of this proposed line of operations should be abandoned and the garrisons transferred to it . But it is upon our maritime frontier that we are most ...
... hand , and , as circumstances permit , the posts in the Indian country now in the rear of this proposed line of operations should be abandoned and the garrisons transferred to it . But it is upon our maritime frontier that we are most ...
Pàgina 69
... hand , the government would , if possible , be still more censurable were our important mari- time places left without any defensive works . Between these extremes is a practical medium , and to ascertain where it lies we must briefly ...
... hand , the government would , if possible , be still more censurable were our important mari- time places left without any defensive works . Between these extremes is a practical medium , and to ascertain where it lies we must briefly ...
Pàgina 82
... hand 1,818 new cannon for sea - coast defence ; and about 1,000 others , most of which are either useless or of doubtful character . The works actually finished , or so far completed as to admit of a part of their armament being placed ...
... hand 1,818 new cannon for sea - coast defence ; and about 1,000 others , most of which are either useless or of doubtful character . The works actually finished , or so far completed as to admit of a part of their armament being placed ...
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