 | United States. War Dept - 1895 - Počet stránok 986
...superintendent of river and railroad transportation for the armies both in the West and East. The position is second in importance to no other connected with...beginning of a war of the magnitude and duration of this one, and holding it to its close, providing transportation for whole armies, with all that appertains... | |
 | James Ford Rhodes - 1904 - Počet stránok 692
...control," 8 and a high tribute from General Grant. Your position, Grant wrote to Parsons May 20, 1865, " is second in importance to no other connected with...beginning of a war of the magnitude and duration of this one, and holding it to its close, providing transportation for whole armies, with all that appertains... | |
 | Francis Trevelyan Miller - 1913 - Počet stránok 702
...Superintendent of the river and railroad transportation for the armies, both in West and East. "The position is second in importance to no other connected with...beginning of a war of the magnitude and duration of this one, and holding it to its close, providing transportation for whole armies, with all that appertains... | |
 | Henry Parsons - 1912 - Počet stránok 646
...Superintendent of the river and railroad transportation for the armies both in the West and East. "The position is second in importance to no other connected with...beginning of a war of the magnitude and duration of this one, and holding it to its close, providing transportation for whole armies, with all that appertains... | |
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I have long contemplated writing you and expressing my satisfaction with the manner in which you have discharged the very responsible and difficult duties of superintendent of river and railroad transportation for the armies both in the west and east.... 