...the balance of the world. Under the Constitution the Congress of the United States has the exclusive power to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy. The covenant provides that the executive council shall formulate plans limiting the size of our army...

...statesmen. In Section VIII of the Constitution of the United States the authority is vested in Congress to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy, and, further, to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. Who else shall...

...the United States of America expressly provides that "the Congress shall have power to declare war, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy"; and Whereas the act of declaring war should net be merely the ratification and confirmation by Congress...

...nothing to do with us. It has nothing to do with the United States. Our Constitution gives Congress the power " to raise and support armies " and " to provide and maintain a navy," and I maintain that Congress would not only not depart from the Constitution by doing so but would be carrying...

...on May 18th last, under the provision of the Constitution (Art. 1, sec. 8), that Congress shall have power 'to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces ' ; and holds that it...

...POWER TO WAGE WAR. While the President is Commander in Chief, in the Congress resides the authority " to raise and support Armies" and "to provide and maintain a Navy" and "to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces," and as a safeguard...

...the act of Congress. The Constitution, art. 1, § 8, expressly provides that the Congress shall have power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. The purpose of the Conscription...

...the balance of the world. Under the Constitution the Congress of the United States has the exclusive power to raise and support armies and to provide and maintain a navy. The covenant provides that the execulive council shall formulate plans limiting the size of our army...

...that with regard to the Army. Not less important than these direct grants of power "to declare war," "to raise and support armies," and "to provide and maintain a navy," is the further express declaration of the Constitution that Congress shall have power also "to make...

...the act of Congress. The Constitution, art. 1, § 8, expressly provides that the Congress shall have power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, and to make rules for the government and regulation of the land and naval forces. The purpose of the Conscription...