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Excerpt from Extracts From Cuban Speeches of Hon. A. M. Dockery, in the House of Representatives
Mr. Chairman, our Army, it is true, is but a skeleton army, con sisting of but men; but that army would swell to millions upon the call of Congress and the President. Our new Navy. While not so powerful as the navies of England, Germany, and other great European powers, is yet formidable, and, if the occa sion arises, will prove a worthy successor of our old-time Navy. The superb conduct of Captain Sigsbee amid the awful horrors incident to the destruction of. The battle ship Maine shows that the valor of our naval officers and seamen is not decadent. Since 1883 Congress has authorized the construction of 77 war vessels at a cost of Sixteen of these vessels have not yet been completed. A summary of the vessels authorized since1883 is as follows. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
