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... Department ( or , for that matter , any of the other departments ) . All of that changed under Polk . Even before the Mexican War he had advised his department heads to examine carefully the various estimates submitted to them by bureau ...
... Department ( or , for that matter , any of the other departments ) . All of that changed under Polk . Even before the Mexican War he had advised his department heads to examine carefully the various estimates submitted to them by bureau ...
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... Department of War was created by an act of the First Congress in its first session , passed on the 7th day of August , A. D. 1789 , and in and by that act it was provided and enacted that the said Secretary for the Department of War ...
... Department of War was created by an act of the First Congress in its first session , passed on the 7th day of August , A. D. 1789 , and in and by that act it was provided and enacted that the said Secretary for the Department of War ...
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... Department of War existing at the date of said written authority . Answer to Article IV And for answer to said fourth article this respondent denies that on the said 21st day of February , 1868 , at Washington aforesaid , or at any ...
... Department of War existing at the date of said written authority . Answer to Article IV And for answer to said fourth article this respondent denies that on the said 21st day of February , 1868 , at Washington aforesaid , or at any ...
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The Formative Period | 603 |
In Search of Victory | 615 |
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