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Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 2, 1857, information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation
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Report of the Secretary of War, communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of February 2, 1857, information respecting the purchase of camels for the purposes of military transportation. [electronic resource]
Published
Washington, DC, 1857
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238 p. : illustrations, tables.
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Notes
Daily journal kept on the camel deck of United States Ship Supply, D.D. Porter, Lieutenant Commanding, containing expenditures of feed and water, and incidents of the voyage while the camels were on board, follows p. 132.
Notes upon the camel, collected from reports upon the use of the camel in Algiers by General J.L. Carbuccia, of the French Army follow p. 82.
Table of contents begins on page 8.
The Zemboureks, or the dromedary field artillery of the Persian Army, by Colonel F. Colombari, follows p. 200.
Electronic reproduction. Chester, Vt.: NewsBank, inc., 2004. Available via the World Wide Web. Access restricted to Readex U.S. Congressional Serial Set subscribers.
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Language
English
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August 16, 2012
Series
Senate executive document / 34th Congress, 3rd session. Senate ; no. 62
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Executive Department Publications.
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