The Abridgment ... Containing the Annual Message of the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress ... with Reports of Departments and Selections from Accompanying Papers |
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Page 70
... repair of vessels , and without any adequate establishment for the stupendous work before it , the department was compelled to feel its way and press on its work at the very time when a duty was imposed upon it which a nation fully ...
... repair of vessels , and without any adequate establishment for the stupendous work before it , the department was compelled to feel its way and press on its work at the very time when a duty was imposed upon it which a nation fully ...
Page 74
... repairs for the long cruise upon which she was about to enter . On the 8th of February she is reported to have left Melbourne , and was next heard of in the North Pacific ocean and the sea of Otrecht , where 74 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ...
... repairs for the long cruise upon which she was about to enter . On the 8th of February she is reported to have left Melbourne , and was next heard of in the North Pacific ocean and the sea of Otrecht , where 74 REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ...
Page 75
... repaired in three months are often detained for a year , and officers ordered to their ships which should be ready for sea have been kept waiting for months , at great expense to themselves and to the country and to the injury of the ...
... repaired in three months are often detained for a year , and officers ordered to their ships which should be ready for sea have been kept waiting for months , at great expense to themselves and to the country and to the injury of the ...
Page 77
... REPAIRING NAVAL VESSELS . The naval expenditures , which have been moderate for the work performed , are larger than they would otherwise have been , in consequence of the insuffi- cient means and limited area of the several navy yards ...
... REPAIRING NAVAL VESSELS . The naval expenditures , which have been moderate for the work performed , are larger than they would otherwise have been , in consequence of the insuffi- cient means and limited area of the several navy yards ...
Page 78
... repairs required on vessels which have been in service . These cannot be made by contract , and opportunities for fraud and imposition in making repairs are so great that too many yield to them . Work is often slighted and im- perfectly ...
... repairs required on vessels which have been in service . These cannot be made by contract , and opportunities for fraud and imposition in making repairs are so great that too many yield to them . Work is often slighted and im- perfectly ...
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