Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916: Hearings Before, Committee on Naval Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-fourth Congress, First Session, on Estimates Submitted by the Secretary of the Navy, 1916, Volume 2U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 |
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additional Admiral BADGER Admiral FLETCHER Admiral GRANT Admiral KNIGHT aeroplanes aircraft appropriation armor armored cruisers Atlantic authorized BARNETT base battery battle cruisers battleships believe BRISTOL BRITTEN built Bureau Bureau of Navigation BUTLER CALLAWAY capital ships Capt captain cent CHAIRMAN Chief of Operations clerks coast colonels commander committee complement Congress construction craft defense destroyers dreadnaughts duty efficiency enemy engine enlisted estimate FARR fighting fire fleet force German give grades guns Haiti HENSLEY increase KELLEY knots lieutenant Marine Corps MCKEAN mean military months motor nation naval reserve Navy Department navy yards necessary number of officers OLIVER opinion Pacific personnel present question recommended repairs ROBERTS scouts Secretary sergeants speed staff statement station STEPHENS submarines submerged tanks thing tion to-day tons trial understand United United States Navy vessels WALLER
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Page 2181 - When a force of marines is embarked on a naval vessel, or vessels, as a separate organization, not a part of the authorized complement thereof, the authority and powers of the officers of such separate organization of marines shall be the same as though such organization were serving at a navy yard on shore, but nothing herein shall be construed as impairing the paramount authority of the commanding officer of any naval vessel over the vessel under his command and all persons embarked thereon.
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Page 1858 - Members of the Fleet Naval Reserve who have established their qualifications by examination to the satisfaction of the Secretary of the Navy may be given warrants or commissions in the Fleet Naval Reserve in the grades of boatswain, gunner, carpenter, machinist, pharmacist, pay clerk, ensign for deck or engineering duties, or in the lowest grades of the staff corps: Provided further, That those so warranted or commissioned shall not be deprived of the retainer pay, allowances, or gratuities to which...