Reports of Committees: 16th Congress, 1st Session - 49th Congress, 1st Session, 第 4 卷 |
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第 7 頁
... entirely across the channels leading into the harbors , or close them with chain cables . The rafts , properly placed , would arrest the progress of hostile vessels when in front of the forts under the direct fire of their guns . Thus ...
... entirely across the channels leading into the harbors , or close them with chain cables . The rafts , properly placed , would arrest the progress of hostile vessels when in front of the forts under the direct fire of their guns . Thus ...
第 8 頁
... entirely unprotected ; and that such a system will enable us , according to the spirit of our institutions , to employ the militia effectually for the defence of the country . " From three causes the number of important points open to ...
... entirely unprotected ; and that such a system will enable us , according to the spirit of our institutions , to employ the militia effectually for the defence of the country . " From three causes the number of important points open to ...
第 18 頁
... entirely sufficient in numbers and excellence , in personnel and materiel , to command the respect of other nations - a respect based upon a consciousness of our being prepared to promptly punish wanton aggression . Hitherto , instead ...
... entirely sufficient in numbers and excellence , in personnel and materiel , to command the respect of other nations - a respect based upon a consciousness of our being prepared to promptly punish wanton aggression . Hitherto , instead ...
第 19 頁
... entirely temporary , and will disappear with the occasion which demanded its accumulation , leaving the nation with a navy quite inadequate to our wants . Your committee have endeavored to show , at some length , that our frontier ...
... entirely temporary , and will disappear with the occasion which demanded its accumulation , leaving the nation with a navy quite inadequate to our wants . Your committee have endeavored to show , at some length , that our frontier ...
第 28 頁
... entirely open to offensive operations on her part ) -still her situation would be greatly inferior , under this point of view , to the insular situation of Great Britain . Since the union , which put an end to all invasion except by sea ...
... entirely open to offensive operations on her part ) -still her situation would be greatly inferior , under this point of view , to the insular situation of Great Britain . Since the union , which put an end to all invasion except by sea ...
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34th Congress additional amount Answer antæ Architrave armament army ashlar attack building canal Cape Cape Fear river cent channel Charleston coast columns command commerce committee Congress construction cost of stock cubic feet cubic foot enemy enemy's engineer estimate expense fire fleet floating batteries floating defences force Fort Monroe Fort Pickens Fort Preble fortifications forts French frigates frontier garrison granite Gulf Gulf of Mexico guns hammering Hampton roads harbor hundred important inches including cost interior island lakes land lineal foot marble means miles military militia mouth Narraganset naval navigation navy yard necessary North Carolina O. M. WOZENCRAFT object officers ordnance port portion position present proposed protection Question railroads repairs river seaboard shells ships ships-of-the-line shore shot siege sloops-of-war squadron steam steamers stone superficial foot superior system of defence tion Treasury troops United vessels vessels-of-war workmanship York