Coast Guard: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session on H.R. 5026, a Bill to Provide for the Construction of Ten Vessels for the Coast Guard. April 3, 1926U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - 32 pages |
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Page 2 - ... the Coast Guard, which shall constitute a part of the military forces of the United States and which shall operate under the Treasury Department in time of peace and operate as a part of the Navy, subject to the orders of the Secretary of the Navy, in time of war or when the President shall so direct.
Page 2 - ... enforcement of law to provide for safety of life on navigable waters during regattas and marine parades; protection of game and the seal and other fisheries in Alaska, etc.
Page 13 - Tampa, which were built about five years ago for national defense under naval appropriations obtained while the Coast Guard was operating as a part of the Navy.
Page 2 - In general, the duties of the Coast Guard may be classified as follows : 1. Rendering assistance to vessels in distress and saving life and property. 2. Destruction or removal of wrecks, derelicts, and other floating dangers to navigation. 3. Extending medical aid to American vessels engaged in deep-sea fisheries.
Page 1 - To authorize appropriations for construction at military posts, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed...
Page 2 - American vessels engaged in deep-sea fisheries; protection of the customs revenue; operating as a part of the Navy in time of war or when the President shall...
Page 2 - Guard vessels are required on the Atlantic coast, on the Gulf coast, on the Pacific coast, on the Great Lakes, in the waters of Porto Rico, and in the waters of the Hawaiian Islands.
Page 6 - ... of incurring a deficiency in appropriations available for the payment thereof during the fiscal year 1927. 1926 — Act of June 10, 1926 (44 Stat. L., 725) — An Act To provide for the construction of ten vessels for the Coast Guard. That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exced $9,000,000, to be expended by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the construction and...
Page 1 - So far as I am concerned, I do not care to have lum go into that matter further.
Page 2 - Guard for any special work of a maritime nature for which no other vessels are especially maintained or are available.