Congressional Serial SetU.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... position of a suppliant , and when patriotism and popular enthusiasm no longer suffice to fill the ranks , resort must be had to the vicious practice of giving bounties to recruits . Even at that early day the letters of Washington ...
... position of a suppliant , and when patriotism and popular enthusiasm no longer suffice to fill the ranks , resort must be had to the vicious practice of giving bounties to recruits . Even at that early day the letters of Washington ...
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... position is best portrayed by the following extract from his letter to the President of Congress , describing the measures adopted to secure the troops needed for the battles of Trenton and Princeton : Since their arrival we have been ...
... position is best portrayed by the following extract from his letter to the President of Congress , describing the measures adopted to secure the troops needed for the battles of Trenton and Princeton : Since their arrival we have been ...
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... position on the left , took no part in the action . On the 4th of October , the battle fought at Germantown , with inde- cisive results , ended active operations for the year so far as the troops under Washington were concerned . A ...
... position on the left , took no part in the action . On the 4th of October , the battle fought at Germantown , with inde- cisive results , ended active operations for the year so far as the troops under Washington were concerned . A ...
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... position . The circumstance , being observed by the British , was reported to Earl Cornwallis , who instantly , in person , commanded Webster's division to advance , and dispatched the same order by an aid - de - camp to Lord Rawdon on ...
... position . The circumstance , being observed by the British , was reported to Earl Cornwallis , who instantly , in person , commanded Webster's division to advance , and dispatched the same order by an aid - de - camp to Lord Rawdon on ...
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Greene was so much opposed to the new organization that he resigned his position in August , and on the 5th of this month Congress elected Colonel Pickering to succeed him . This officer , who still remained a member of the board of war ...
Greene was so much opposed to the new organization that he resigned his position in August , and on the 5th of this month Congress elected Colonel Pickering to succeed him . This officer , who still remained a member of the board of war ...
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Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 31 - States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States, nor appropriate money, nor agree upon the number of vessels of war to be built or purchased, or the number of land or sea forces to be raised, nor appoint a commander in chief of the army or navy, unless nine States assent to the same...
Stran 31 - States under their direction, to appoint one of their members to preside, provided that no person be allowed to serve in the office of president more than one year in any term of three years, to ascertain the necessary sums of money to be raised for the service of the United States and to appropriate and apply the same for defraying the public expenses, to 'borrow money or emit bills on the credit of the United States, transmitting every half year to the respective States an account of the sums of...
Stran 31 - ... office — appointing all officers of the land forces, in the service of the United States, excepting regimental officers — appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States — making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations. THE United States in Congress assembled shall have authority to appoint a committee, to sit in the recess of Congress, to be denominated...
Stran 30 - States in congress assembled, for the defence of such State or its trade; nor shall any body of forces be kept up by any State in time of peace, except such number only as, in the judgment of the United States in congress assembled, shall be deemed requisite to garrison the forts necessary for the defence of such State...
Stran 428 - The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it.
Stran 72 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Stran 30 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Stran 31 - United States in Congress assembled can be consulted; nor shall any state grant commissions to any ships or vessels of war, nor letters of marque or reprisal, except it be after a declaration of war by the United States in Congress assembled...
Stran 297 - I beg to assure you that I have never written you or spoken to you in greater kindness of feeling than now, nor with a fuller purpose to sustain you, so far as, in my most anxious judgment, I consistently can. But you must act.
Stran 393 - I have done this upon what appear to me to be sufficient reasons. And yet I think it best for you to know that there are some things in regard to which, I am not quite satisfied with you. I believe you to be a brave and skilful soldier, which, of course, I like.