Navy
A Dictionary of Law · William C. Anderson · 1889
A Dictionary of Law
See Graduate; Judge- advocate; Martiai,,; War; Warrant, 3. " The Congress shall have Power. To provide and maintain a Navy; To make Rules for the Government and regulation of the.. naval Forces." ' This power authorizes the United States to buy or build vessels of war, to establish a naval academy, to punish desertion and other crimes, and to make other needful rules for the government of persons enlisted in the naval force, and the regulation of all affairs connected with naval warfare.^