Naval Auxiliaries for Use in the Merchant Marine: Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-third Congress, Second Session, on S. 5259, a Bill to Establish One Or More United States Navy Mail Lines Between the United States, South America, and Europe; and H.R. 5980, a Bill to Authorize the President of the United States to Build Or Acquire Steamships for Use as Naval Auxiliaries and Transports, and to Arrange for the Use of These Ships when Not Needed for Such Service, and to Make an Appropriation Therefor, August, 1914

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