Our land and naval forces should be moderate, but adequate to the necessary purposes. The former to garrison and preserve our fortifications, and to meet the first invasions of a foreign foe ; and, while constituting the elements of a greater force,... Niles' National Register - Seite 191817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| United States. President - 1858 - 802 Seiten
...and, while constituting the elements of a greater force, to preserve the science, as well as all the necessary implements of war. in a state to be brought...time of war, with the enlargement of which the great naval resources of the country render it susceptible, and which should be duly fostered in time of... | |
| H, NILES - 1817 - 436 Seiten
...elements of a greater force, to preserve the science, as weil as all the necessary implements of wur, in a state to be brought into activity in the event of war. The Later, retained within the limits proper in a state of peace, might aid in maint.iining the neutrality... | |
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