America in the War How we Went to war1918 |
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... commissions in the various arms of the service . Thus was the personnel of our new military force provided for . Coincident with this great work there had to be accomplished one of the most difficult tasks that had ever fallen to the ...
... commissions in the various arms of the service . Thus was the personnel of our new military force provided for . Coincident with this great work there had to be accomplished one of the most difficult tasks that had ever fallen to the ...
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... commissions in the army . All worked , without ceasing , to have the canton- ments ready by September 1 , and with few ex- ceptions they succeeded . After the work was authorized the choosing of the sites took time . Consideration had ...
... commissions in the army . All worked , without ceasing , to have the canton- ments ready by September 1 , and with few ex- ceptions they succeeded . After the work was authorized the choosing of the sites took time . Consideration had ...
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... commission basis , with their profit being limited to $ 250,000 . This method , while designed to save the gov- ernment money , had in reality quite the oppo- site effect , for the contractors , being limited in their profit and being ...
... commission basis , with their profit being limited to $ 250,000 . This method , while designed to save the gov- ernment money , had in reality quite the oppo- site effect , for the contractors , being limited in their profit and being ...
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... commissions . Training- schools have been established for them and many have proved themselves worthy to wear the officers ' insignia . These cantonments have given their lesson not only to those who have served in them but to the whole ...
... commissions . Training- schools have been established for them and many have proved themselves worthy to wear the officers ' insignia . These cantonments have given their lesson not only to those who have served in them but to the whole ...
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... commission . For the responsibilities attend- ing the command of a ship , men had to be trained carefully . The government provides this education at the Naval Academy . The Annapolis cadets come from every part of the country , and ...
... commission . For the responsibilities attend- ing the command of a ship , men had to be trained carefully . The government provides this education at the Naval Academy . The Annapolis cadets come from every part of the country , and ...
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Страница 18 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Страница 9 - The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government which, having secretly planned to dominate the world, proceeded to carry the plan out without regard either to the sacred obligations of treaty or the longestablished practices and...
Страница 18 - To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those who know that the day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God helping her, she can do no other.
Страница 206 - ... increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce...
Страница 205 - Defense to supervise and direct investigations and make recommendations to the President and the heads of executive departments as to the location of railroads with reference to the frontier of the United States so as to render possible expeditious concentration of troops and supplies to points of defense; the coordination of military, industrial, and commercial purposes in the location of extensive highways and branch lines of railroad; the utilization of waterways...
Страница 10 - ... longcherished principles of international action and honor; which chose its own time for the war; delivered its blow fiercely and suddenly; stopped at no barrier, either of law or of mercy; swept a whole continent within the tide of blood — not the blood of soldiers only, but the blood of innocent women and children also and of the helpless poor; and now stands balked but not defeated, the enemy of fourfifths of the world.
Страница 206 - ... the giving of information to producers and manufacturers as to the class of supplies needed by the military and other services of the Government, the requirements relating thereto, and the creation of relations which will render possible in time of need the immediate concentration and utilization of the resources of the Nation.
Страница 18 - ... bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, every thing that we are and everything that we have...
Страница 251 - Force, Force to the utmost, Force without stint or limit, the righteous and triumphant Force which shall make Right the law of the world, and cast every selfish dominion down in the dust.
Страница 144 - Whenever the President shall find that any storage charge, commission, profit, or practice, of any licensee is unjust, or unreasonable, or discriminatory and unfair, or wasteful, and shall order such licensee, within a reasonable time fixed in the order, to discontinue the same, unless such order, which shall recite the facts found, is revoked or suspended, such licensee shall, within the time prescribed in the order, discontinue such unjust, unreasonable...