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Page 980 - War be, and he hereby is, authorized and required to provide for taking meteorological observations at the military stations in the interior of the continent and at other points in the States and Territories of the United States, and for giving notice on the northern lakes and on the seacoast, by magnetic telegraph and marine signals, of the approach and force of storms.
Page 56 - Affairs, and that there shall be a principal officer therein, to be called the Secretary for the Department of Foreign Affairs,* who shall perform and execute such duties as shall from time to time be enjoined on or intrusted to him by the President of the United States...
Page 52 - ... shall be recorded in a book, to be kept for that purpose in the office of the Secretary of State, and delivered to the patentee, or his order.
Page 98 - ... requirements of this section shall be null and void, and any officer who shall issue orders or instructions contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor in office; and any officer of the Army who shall transmit, convey, or obey any orders or instructions so issued contrary to the provisions of this section, knowing that such orders were so issued, shall be liable to imprisonment for not less than two nor more than twenty years upon conviction thereof in any...
Page 103 - It is also charged with the river and harbor improvements, with military and geographical explorations and surveys, with the survey of the lakes, and with any other engineer work specially assigned to the corps by acts of Congress or orders of the Secretary of War.
Page 58 - You see how the storm thickens, and that our vessel will soon require its ancient pilot. Will you — may we flatter ourselves, that, in a crisis so awful and important, you will — accept the command of all our armies ? I hope you will, because you alone can unite all hearts and all hands, if it is possible that they can be, united.
Page 97 - Washington, and all orders and instructions relating to military operations issued by the President or Secretary of War shall be issued through the General of the Army, and, in case of his inability, through the next in rank. The General of the Army shall not be removed, suspended, or relieved from command, or assigned to duty elsewhere than at said headquarters, except at his own request, without the previous approval of the Senate...
Page 51 - No state shall engage in any war without the consent of the united states in congress assembled, unless such state be actually invaded by enemies, or shall have received certain advice of a resolution being formed by some nation of Indians to invade such state and the danger is so imminent...
Page 55 - States, or to negotiations with public ministers from foreign states or princes, or to memorials or other applications from foreign public ministers or other foreigners, or to such other matters respecting foreign affairs, as the President of the United States shall assign to the said department...
Page 127 - That the Medical Department of the Army shall hereafter consist of one Surgeon General...