...at once comprehensive and complicated, that it demands much previous study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state is always of great moment to the security of a nation. The Continental Congress in 17763a had resolved that a committee be appointed "to prepare and bring...

...at once comprehensive and complicated ; that it demands much previous study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state, is always...an obvious expedient which different nations have successfully employed." Five years after this recommendation, Congress, by law, established a military...

...in 1797. stated: "The art of war demands much previous study, and * * * knowledge of that art * * * in its most improved and perfect state is always of great moment to the security of a nation * • *. For this purpose an academy where a regular course of instruction is given is an expedient...

...once comprehensive and complicated, that it demands much previously study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state is always of great moment to the security of a nation.1 The Act of March 16, 1802 (2 Stat. 132) recognized the need for a "stock of military knowledge"...

...at once comprehensive and complicated; that it demands much previous study; and that the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is...always of great moment to the security of a nation. Eighth Annual Address to Congress, Philadelphia, December 7, 1796 Millennialism Mankind are not yet...

...at once comprehensive and complicated, that it demands much previous study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state is always...an obvious expedient which different nations have successfully employed. The compensation to the officers of the United States in various instances,...

...at once comprehensive and complicated, that it demands much previous study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state is always...an obvious expedient which different nations have successfully employed. " * The earnest efforts of the patriot soldiers and statesmen of the Revolution,...

...at once comprehensive and complicated, that it demands much previous study, and that the possession of it in its most improved and perfect state is always of great moment to the security of a nation," Washington noted. Washington, Eighth Annual Address, 7 December 1796, Washington Papers, 301. 41. McHenry's...

...policy of a nation may be, it ought never to be without an adequate stock of military knowledge . . . for this purpose an academy where a regular course of instruction is given is an obvious expedient." WASHINGTON'S MONUMENT. Washington's monument, sculpted by Henry Kirke Brown and unveiled in 1916, now...

...administration: it "is at once comprehensive and complicated ; it demands much previene study ; the possession of it, in its most improved and perfect state, is...an obvious expedient, which different nations have successfully employed." The schools of administration now flourishing in Paris and Berlin are based...