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Page 38 - Congress to promote, encourage, and develop water transportation, service, and facilities in connection with the commerce of the United States, and to foster and preserve, in full .vigor. both rail and water transportation.
Page 38 - ... expeditious and economical transfer or interchange of passengers or property between carriers by water and carriers by rail...
Page 38 - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, with the object of promoting, encouraging, and developing inland waterway transportation facilities in connection with the commerce of
Page 24 - ... incurred or may hereafter incur physical disability in line of duty in time of war shall be eligible for retirement under the same conditions as now provided by law for officers of the Regular Navy who have incurred physical disability in line of duty: Provided, however, that application for such retirement shall be filed with the Secretary of the Navy not later than October 1, 1921.
Page 24 - June 4, 1920, in which it was provided 'that all officers of the Naval Reserve Force and temporary officers of the Navy who have heretofore incurred or may hereafter incur physical disability in line of duty shall be eligible for retirement under the same conditions as now provided by law for officers of the Regular Navy who have incurred physical disability in line of duty.
Page 13 - The future development of such terminal, transportation and other facilities of commerce will require the expenditure of large sums of money and the cordial co-operation of the states of New York and New Jersey in the encouragement of the investment of capital, and in the formulation and execution of the necessary physical plans; and Whereas, Such result can best be accomplished through the co-operation of the two states by and through a joint or common agency.
Page 47 - Army officers, regular and emergency naval officers, and regular and emergency marine officers have been granted by Congress the privileges of retirement for disability incurred in line of duty; and Whereas such legislation has twice passed the United States Senate: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the delegates to the national convention of the Disabled American Veterans of the World War go on record as favoring and strongly urging enactment of legislation by the Congress of the United States...
Page 35 - That all officers and enlisted men of the forces herein provided for other than the Regular Army shall be in all respects on the same footing as to pay, allowances, and pensions as officers and enlisted men of corresponding grades and length of service in the Regular Army...
Page 13 - Whereas the future development of such terminal, transportation, and other facilities of commerce will require the expenditure of large sums of money and the cordial cooperation of the States of New York and New Jersey in the encouragement of the investment of capital and in the formulation and execution of the necessary physical plans...