navbox Category UnitedStatesRevenueCutterService Category Military history of the UnitedStates ... government nl UnitedStatesRevenueCutterService ...no footnotes date June 2010 Image USRCSlogo.jpg right 175px The UnitedStatesRevenueCutter boat CutterService , was established as the Revenue Marine , and so named for over one hundred years, by then Secretary ... armed maritime service of the UnitedStates. Each cutter captain was answerable to and received ... enforcement of tariff laws, and on August 4, 1790, the UnitedStates Congress , urged on by UnitedStates Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton , created the Revenue Marine, later renamed the RevenueCutterService by act of July 31, 1894 28 Stat. 171 . ref name ... the RevenueCutterService by act of July 31, 1894 28 Stat. 171 . All crew pay, requests for supplies ... of the UnitedStates Navy, and the cutters themselves were often placed into military service. In the War of 1812 against United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Britain , a RevenueCutter USRC ... American War With the outbreak of the Spanish American War in 1898, the RevenueCutterService saw ... on January 28, 1915. This Act combined the RevenueCutterService with the Lifesaving Service to form ... Service in 1942. In 1990, the UnitedStates Coast Guard created a military award known as the Coast ... RevenueCutterService In Its Routine Work And As An Auxiliary To The Navy journal Overland ... service. Throughout its entire existence, the service operated under the authority of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury . In 1915 the service merged with the UnitedStates Life Saving Service to form the UnitedStates Coast Guard . The need for the service Image Perry Island postcard.jpg thumb right 250px Officers of the revenuecutter Perry in the Aleutian Islands , 1906. Immediately after the American Revolutionary War the new UnitedStates was struggling to stay afloat financially ... more details
revs.htm An overview of Scott listed UnitedStatesrevenue stamps. http www.revenuer.org American Revenue Association http staterevenue.org The State Revenue Society commonscat Revenue stamps of the UnitedStatesRevenue Stamps philately stub Category Taxation in the UnitedStates Category Philately of the UnitedStates ... list of the revenue stamps of the United Stamps publisher Boston Philatelic Society date 1899 ... more details
Image WMEC Harriet Lane.jpg thumb 250px USCG Medium Endurance Cutter Harriet Lane Cutter is the term used by the UnitedStates Coast Guard for its ship commissioning commissioned vessels. A Cutter is convert ... cutters The Revenue Marine and the RevenueCutterService , as it was known variously throughout the late 18th and the 19th centuries, referred to its ships as Cutter boat cutter s. The term is English ... Hamilton , to create a maritime service to enforce customs laws 1 Stat. L. 145, 175 4 August 1790 . Alternately known as the system of cutters, RevenueService, and Revenue Marine this service would officially be named the RevenueCutterService 12 Stat. L., 639 in 1863. This service was placed under ... Point cutter boat WPB See also List of UnitedStates Coast Guard cutters Notes reflist US Coast Guard navbox Warship types of the 19th & 20th centuries Category Ships of the UnitedStates Coast Guard ... painting of a Revenue Marine cutter possibly USRC Massachusetts USRC Vigilant USRC Vigilant USRC ... accessdate 4 April 2011 ref ref cite web title What is a Cutter ? url http www.uscg.mil history ... Treasury Department at the creation of what would become the Revenue Marine. Since that time, no matter what the vessel type, the service has referred to its vessels with permanently assigned crews ... Diligence USRC South Carolina USRC South Carolina USRC Eagle USRC Eagle Current USCG cutter classes ... Security Cutter WMSL 399 USCG Polar class icebreaker WAGB 378 High endurance cutter WHEC 295 USCGC Eagle WIX 327 6 WIX 282 Medium Endurance Cutter WMEC 270 Medium Endurance Cutter WMEC 240 USCGC Mackinaw WLBB 30 6 WLBB 230 Medium Endurance Cutter WMEC 225 Seagoing Buoy Tender WLB 213 Medium Endurance Cutter WMEC 210 Medium Endurance Cutter WMEC 179 sclass Cyclone patrol ship WPC 175 USCG Coastal ... 65 Small Harbor Tug WYTL Historic USCG cutter classes and types Image WLB Firebush.jpg thumb 250px USCG buoy tender Firebush Image WDE Durant.jpg thumb 250px USCG Cutter Durant 327 sclass2 Treasury cutter ... more details
RevenueService flag Sweden Swedish Tax Agency flag Ukraine State Tax Administration of Ukraine http sta.gov.ua flag Uganda Uganda Revenue Authority flag United Kingdom HM Revenue and Customs flag UnitedStates Internal RevenueService flag Venezuela SENIAT Category Revenue services Category Types ...Taxation A revenueservice is a government agency responsible for the intake of government revenue , including tax es and sometimes non tax revenue . Depending on the jurisdiction , revenue services may be charged with tax collection , investigation of Tax avoidance and tax evasion tax evasion , or carrying out audit s. Revenue services by territory flag Argentina Administraci n Federal de Ingresos P blicos AFIP lang es Federal administration of public income flag Australia Australian Taxation Office flag Brazil Federal Revenue http www.receita.fazenda.gov.br flag Canada Canada Revenue Agency flag China State Administration of Taxation flag Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department flag Denmark SKAT tax agency SKAT flag Finland Finnish Tax Administration http www.vero.fi flag France Directorate General of Public Finance http www.impots.gouv.fr flag Germany Federal Central Tax Office http www.bzst.bund.de flag Hungary NAV Nemzeti Ad s V mhivatal National Tax and Customs Administration http nav.gov.hu since 1st January 2011 APEH Ad s P nz gyi Ellen rz ... until 31st December 2010 flag Iceland Commissioner of the Inland Revenue http www.rsk.is flag India Indian RevenueService flag Ireland Office of the Revenue Commissioners flag Italy Italian Revenue Agency http www.agenziaentrate.gov.it flag Japan National Tax Agency flag Kenya Kenya Revenue Authority flag Netherlands Tax and Customs Administration flag New Zealand Inland Revenue Department New Zealand Inland Revenue Department flag Pakistan Federal Board of Revenue http www.fbr.gov.pk flag Poland Ministry of Finance Poland Ministry of Finance flag Singapore Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore ... more details
States . Its actual name is the Revenue Ensign as it was flown by ships of the UnitedStatesRevenueCutterServiceRevenueCutterService , later the UnitedStates Coast Guard Coast Guard , and at customs ...Infobox Government agency agency name UnitedStates Customs Service logo logo width logo caption seal ... superseding U.S. Customs and Border Protection jurisdiction Federal government of the UnitedStates headquarters Washington, D.C. employees budget parent agency UnitedStates Department of Homeland Security website http web.archive.org http www.customs.gov www.customs.gov footnotes The UnitedStates Customs Service was an agency of the Federal government of the UnitedStates U.S. federal government ... States Customs Service had three major missions collecting tariff revenue, protecting the U.S. ..., on July 31, the fifth act of Congress established the UnitedStates Customs Service and its ports of entry ... States Customs Service.svg thumb 200px Flag of the UnitedStates Customs Service The flag of the Customs Service was designed in 1799 by UnitedStates Secretary of the Treasury Secretary of the Treasury ... Service , Plant Protection and Quarantine from USDA, and the UnitedStates Border Patrol ... . The Federal Protective ServiceUnitedStates Federal Protective Service , along with the investigative ... Service Archive http www.cbp.gov UnitedStates Customs & Border Protection http openregs.com agencies view 340 customs service Proposed and finalized federal regulations from the UnitedStates Customs Service Category 1789 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 2003 disestablishments Category UnitedStates Department of the Treasury Customs Service Category UnitedStates Department of Homeland Security Customs Service Category Defunct agencies of the UnitedStates government Customs Service Category Defunct federal law enforcement agencies of the UnitedStates Customs Service et UnitedStates ... UnitedStates Congress passed and President George Washington signed the Tariff Act of 1789 Tariff ... more details
The UnitedStates Employment Service abbreviated as USES is an agency of the UnitedStates Federal government of the UnitedStates government responsible for assisting coordination of the State public employment services in providing labour economics labor exchange and employment job finding assistance to job seekers and employers . cite quote date February 2012 In the UnitedStates home front during World War II , the service coordinated employment of Prisoners of War e.g., using World War II Prisoner of War Camp, Gettysburg Battlefield, Pennsylvania German POWs at Gettysburg for Gettysburg Battlefield camps after the American Civil War local pulpwood cutting . ref Cite news date January 12, 2007 title Staying at some camps wasn t fun and games url http news.google.com newspapers?id oUlAAAAIBAJ&sjid j QFAAAAIBAJ&pg 7046,1121251&dq prisoner of war 1945 gettysburg&hl en work Good Ol Days accessdate 2011 03 18 ref Commonscat UnitedStates Employment Service References Reflist Category Employment agencies Category UnitedStates Department of Labor US gov stub ... more details
Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname UnitedStates Secret Service nativename nativenamea nativenamer ... The mission of the UnitedStates Secret Service is to safeguard the nation s financial infrastructure ... footnotes reference The UnitedStates Secret Service is a UnitedStates Federal law ... Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the UnitedStates Department ... title Secret Service History accessdate 2008 03 09 publisher UnitedStates Secret Service ref ... thumb President Barack Obama addresses UnitedStates Secret Service Uniformed Division officers ... law enforcement agencies were the UnitedStates Park Police , UnitedStates Postal Service U.S. ... Postal Inspection Service , and the UnitedStates Marshals Service . The Marshals did not have the manpower ..., was expanded. The name UnitedStates Secret Service Uniformed Division was adopted in 1977. File Secret ... UnitedStates Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With Italian Officials Establishing the First ... UnitedStates Secret Service Signs Partnership Agreement With United Kingdom Officials Establishing ... Div col end Field offices Main List of UnitedStates Secret Service Field Offices The Secret Service ... ICE List of protective service agencies UnitedStates Federal Protective ServiceUnitedStates Marshals Service See also Portal UnitedStates Law enforcement Law enforcement topics Armour Ballistic ... Guards List of UnitedStates federal law enforcement agencies Praetorian Guard Secret Service codename ... links Commons http www.secretservice.gov UnitedStates Secret Service website http news.bbc.co.uk ... agencies Category UnitedStates Secret Service Category 1865 establishments in the UnitedStates Category ... americk ch da UnitedStates Secret Service de UnitedStates Secret Service et Ameerika hendriikide ... States Secret Service ko it UnitedStates Secret Service he lv ASV Slepenais dienests nl UnitedStates Secret Service ja no U.S. Secret Service ... more details
Infobox Government agency agency name UnitedStates Maritime Service nativename nativename a nativename ... and instructors at several Maritime Academy UnitedStates of America maritime academies . Current role The U.S. Maritime Service falls under the authority of the UnitedStates Maritime Administration Maritime Administration of the UnitedStates Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation . The Commandant of the UnitedStates Maritime Service is the Maritime Administrator, and also ... Maritime Service The merchant marine in the UnitedStates was in a state of decline in the mid 1930s ... only continued the administration of the Maritime Service for ten months after the UnitedStates entered ... chief1 position Administrator parent agency UnitedStates Department of Transportation Department of Transportation website http www.marad.dot.gov www.marad.dot.gov footnotes The UnitedStates Maritime ... to become officers and crewmembers on merchant ships that form the UnitedStates Merchant Marine ... Board . The UnitedStates Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Transportation may determine ... as that of the UnitedStates Coast Guard U.S. Coast Guard , ref name LAW1 http www.law.cornell.edu ... of the Uniforms of the UnitedStates Navy U.S. Navy with distinctive USMS insignia and devices ... of the UnitedStates . ref name LAW1 ref http www.law.cornell.edu uscode 10 101.html a 5 10 USC 101 a 5 ref Superintendents or presidents of the seven Maritime Academy UnitedStates of America maritime ... of the UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy . Additionally, some administrators and instructors ... the commerce of the UnitedStates, and to aid in the national defense. The commission realized ... training of merchant mariners. As with the other military services, the entry of the UnitedStates ... Service was created. The Maritime Service established several training centers throughout the United ... also UnitedStates Merchant Marine UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy References reflist External ... more details
Image US DeptOfState Seal.svg thumb 200px right Seal of the US Department of State The UnitedStates Foreign Service is a component of the UnitedStates federal government under the aegis of the United ... overseas, while the Consular Service provided consuls to assist UnitedStates sailors and promote ... of the UnitedStates, available for worldwide service. Reserve officers often spent the bulk of their careers ... s of the UnitedStates armed forces armed forces and to the Senior Executive Service . It enacted ... 0506.doc Foreign Service Personnel Management Manual ref UnitedStates Commercial Service ... Service to use it as well , and the UnitedStates Agency for International Development USAID . ref ... of the service. They also agree to publicly support the policies of the UnitedStates Government ... accessdate 2008 03 02 work www.state.gov publisher UnitedStates Department of State ref Foreign Service .... ref ibid. , pp. 138 139 ref Directors General of the UnitedStates Foreign Service class wikitable ... Service Foreign policy of the UnitedStates Foreign Relations of the UnitedStates Gays and Lesbians in Foreign Affairs Agencies GLIFAA Senior Foreign ServiceUnitedStates Agency for International Development UnitedStates Commercial ServiceUnitedStates Department of State General Schedule ... Convention on Diplomatic Relations DEFAULTSORT Foreign Service Category UnitedStates Department of State Category Foreign relations of the UnitedStates fr Service ext rieur des tats Unis pt United ... States Secretary of State is authorized to assign diplomat s abroad. Members of the Foreign Service ... at any of the 265 List of diplomatic missions of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates diplomatic ..., D.C. the UnitedStates Department of Agriculture Department of Agriculture the UnitedStates Department of Commerce Department of Commerce and the UnitedStates Agency for International Development . Historical background On September 15, 1789, the 1st UnitedStates Congress passed an Act creating ... more details
Infobox government agency agency name UnitedStates Lighthouse Service logo USLHS logo.jpg logo width 175 px logo caption Logo of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Service formed 1910 preceding1 UnitedStates Lighthouse Board Lighthouse Board superseding UnitedStates Coast Guard Coast Guard jurisdiction Federal government of the UnitedStates headquarters employees budget chief1 name George R. Putnam 1910 ... radiobeacon in the UnitedStates began service in 1928. Radiobeacons are still in use today, although ... Chronology from terrypepper.com US Coast Guard navbox Category Lighthouses in the UnitedStates Category History of the UnitedStates Coast Guard Lighthouse Service Category 1910 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1939 disestablishments nl UnitedStates Lighthouse Service ... position parent agency UnitedStates Department of Commerce Department of Commerce child agency footnotes File Us light house service.jpg thumb right 180px U.S. Light House Service Stop Watch ca. 1931 specially manufactured by the Gallet & Co. Gallet Watch Company for USLHS use. The UnitedStates Lighthouse Service , also known as the Bureau of Lighthouses , was the agency of the US Federal Government that was responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of all lighthouse s in the UnitedStates from the time of its creation in 1910 as the successor of the UnitedStates Lighthouse Board Lighthouse Board . In 1939 it was merged into the UnitedStates Coast Guard . History 1910 1917 Unreferenced ... citizens called lamp lighters and lamp attendants. President of the UnitedStates President William ... employee, H. D. King , a former district superintendent. In 1939, the Service merged with the United ... and lightships. See also Portal UnitedStates Coast Guard Confederate States Lighthouse Bureau ... of the UnitedStates , Boston Houghton Mifflin Co., 1933 . UnitedStates Coast Guard, Aids .... Congress abolished the U.S. Light House Board and created the Bureau of Lighthouses under the United ... more details
cleanup date July 2008 refimprove date July 2008 The UnitedStates Grazing Service was a part of the UnitedStates Department of the Interior that managed grazing lands and carried out the Taylor Grazing Act , which lease d public land for grazing . It was later merged with the General Land Office to form the Bureau of Land Management . History When the Taylor Grazing Act was passed in 1934 by the UnitedStates Congress , an office under the Department of the Interior was also created to manage the act. It was first called the Division of Grazing , but later was renamed the U.S. Grazing Service in 1939. Its responsibilities were to enforce the act, which leased public lands to farmers and ranchers for grazing. The Grazing Service encountered multiple problems, such as very low fees to lease land, which could not be raised due to opposition from farmer s, budget reductions enacted by Congress, or unlawful use of the lands. Hoping to better control improper use of the lands, the Grazing Service moved its headquarter s from Washington, D.C. to Salt Lake City, Utah . With so much conflict surrounding the Grazing Service, the UnitedStates Secretary of the Interior Secretary of the Interior combined the Grazing Service and the General Land Office to form the Bureau of Land Management BLM in 1946. The BLM was given the responsibilities of the former U.S. Grazing Service and General Land Office. The BLM retained control of its laws until 1976. In that year, Congress passed the Federal Land Policy and Management Act FLPMA . The FLPMA removed the responsibilities of the former General ... Institute . Category UnitedStates Department of the Interior Category Government agencies established in 1934 Category 1946 disestablishments Category Defunct agencies of the UnitedStates ..., which had been owned by the Grazing Service, and that are still used today. The late Wyoming House ... Carbon County worked for the Grazing Service prior to World War II . ref cite web url http billingsgazette.com ... more details
no footnotes date February 2011 The UnitedStatesService academies , also known as the UnitedStates Military Academies , are UnitedStates federal academies federal academies for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officer s for the UnitedStates armed forces . There are five U.S. Service academies The UnitedStates Military Academy USMA in West Point, New York, founded in 1802. The UnitedStates Naval Academy USNA in Annapolis, Maryland, founded in 1845. The UnitedStates Coast Guard Academy USCGA in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1876. The UnitedStates Air Force Academy USAFA in Colorado Springs, Colorado, founded in 1954. The UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy ... s Trophy . The UnitedStates Coast Guard , and therefore the Coast Guard Academy, is a UnitedStates military service under the UnitedStates Department of Homeland Security Department of Homeland ... Star. Congressional nominations Applicants to all Service academies, except the UnitedStates Coast ... UnitedStatesservice academies. Admission is restricted to those students who have applied to an academy ... Service Academy Admissions Explained UnitedStates Military Academies and Colleges US military navbox DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesService Academies Category Military academies ... are on active duty in the Armed Forces of the UnitedStates from the day they enter the Academy ... . In the case of the Merchant Marine Academy, midshipmen are commissioned into the UnitedStates ... rate is between 11 15 for each of the schools. Nomenclature Students at the UnitedStates Military Academy , the UnitedStates Air Force Academy , and the UnitedStates Coast Guard Academy are cadets . Students at the UnitedStates Naval Academy and the UnitedStates Merchant Marine Academy are midshipmen ... years in the Reserve components of the UnitedStates armed forces Reserves . If the student s chosen ... be longer. UnitedStates Senior Military Colleges SMCs State supported Senior Military College Virginia ... more details
government workers for helping win the war In the UnitedStates, the civil service was established ... system of the UnitedStates government civil service has evolved into a complex set of pay systems ... ranking federal employees, and the pay schedules for the UnitedStates Postal Service and the UnitedStates Foreign Service Foreign Service . In addition, some federal agencies such as the UnitedStates ... Main UnitedStates Office of Personnel Management Public support in the UnitedStates for civil service ... Reform Act of 1978 . The UnitedStates Civil service exams have since been abolished for many ... the UnitedStates Civil Service Commission and created the U.S. Office of Personnel Management OPM ... also List of UnitedStates federal agencies Cl Civil service in the UnitedStates Curtis Douglas vs ... UnitedStates Civil Service Category Civil service in the UnitedStates Category Civil services Category ..., and legislative branches of the Government of the UnitedStates, except positions in the uniformed ... of the UnitedStates government independent agencies or one of the 15 UnitedStates federal ..., the UnitedStates National Security Council National Security Council , the Office of Management and Budget , the Council of Economic Advisers , the Office of the UnitedStates Trade Representative ... of Science and Technology Policy . There are also Independent agencies of the UnitedStates government independent agencies such as the UnitedStates Postal Service , the NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA , the Central Intelligence Agency CIA , the UnitedStates Environmental Protection Agency Environmental Protection Agency EPA , and the UnitedStates Agency for International ... parts of the UnitedStates. The following salary ranges represent the lowest and highest possible ... 05 25 ref br Employment in thousands class stubhead UnitedStates Washington, DC area id table 1 ... 234 class greenbar id table 1 k344 .r.3.1 headers table 1 k344 .r.3 p class sub1 UnitedStates Department ... more details
Probation Officers the responsibility of supervising offenders granted parole by the UnitedStates Parole Commission , military offenders and pretrial supervision. The responsibility of the UnitedStates Probation Service was first under the UnitedStates Department of Justice , under the supervising ... the UnitedStates Department of Justice in the performance of duties connected with federal parole. See also Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal crime Federal Probation ServiceUnitedStates district court ... of crimes against the UnitedStates. They have statutory authority to carry firearms ... element is the Administrative Office of the UnitedStates Courts, Washington, DC, which provides ... promulgated by the Judicial Conference of the UnitedStates,the policy making body of the Federal ... Judicial branch of the UnitedStates government Probation Category Penology ...Mergeto Federal Probation Service date February 2010 Unreferenced date December 2008 The Federal Probation Service or UnitedStates Probation Service is part of the Federal Judiciary and serves the UnitedStates district courts in all 94 judicial federal district s nationwide and constitutes the community corrections arm of the Federal Judiciary. It administers probation and supervised release under UnitedStates federal law . History The first legislation for Federal Probation Law was introduced in 1908, one of which was prepared by the New York State Probation Commission and the National Probation Association later known as the National Council on Crime and Delinquency National Council on Crime and Delinquency and introduced before Congress by UnitedStates Senator Robert L. Owen of Oklahoma . The bill provided for a suspension of a sentence, in U.S. District Court , and a sentence of probation .... In the remaining 71 districts, the probation office provides pretrial services to the court. UnitedStates Probation Officers, also referred to as Federal Probation Officers, are the only cadre ... more details
Service since 1995 The UnitedStates Commercial Service CS is the trade promotion arm of the U.S. ... outside of the UnitedStates. The energies of more than 1,800 exporters and export service providers throughout the UnitedStates, volunteer their time to promote numerous trade related activities. The DECs ... and located across the UnitedStates and in U.S. embassies and consulates in nearly 80 countries, the CS ... creation in the UnitedStates. In 2009, the CS helped in more than 12,000 export transactions in nearly ... ThinkEducationUSA . History Today s U.S. Commercial Service was foreshadowed in 1897 when the UnitedStates Department of State created the Bureau of Foreign Commerce and approved ... question. 1903 The short lived UnitedStates Department of Commerce and Labor is established, subsuming ... is suggestive of the flag of the UnitedStates in motion. Three oversized stars represent the major ..., Textile & Apparel, Travel & Tourism, Trade Americas 1995 A UnitedStates Department of Commerce ... U.S. Export Assistance Center in the UnitedStates, which forwards the information about the client ... or consulate outside the UnitedStates. There, a commercial specialist, assistant or contractor .... Commercial News USA http www.thinkglobal.us Commercial News USA is the official UnitedStates ... bi monthly to readers outside the UnitedStates. This export promotion magazine, which is free ... International Trade Administration International Trade Commission Office of the UnitedStates Trade ... in the UK US Commercial Service UK Category Government agencies established in 1927 Category UnitedStates Department of Commerce agencies Commercial Service pl S u ba Handlowa Stan w Zjednoczonych zh ... Commercial News USA . The U.S. Commercial Service, through its Strategic Corporate Partnership ..., transportation and shipping organizations, event organizers, trade risk service companies ... Inc. works with the U.S. Commercial Service to help U.S. colleges and universities recruit international ... more details
National service in the UnitedStates has a long tradition, extending to the founding of the country. National service takes multiple forms in the U.S., including community service , military service , and other forms. Military national service POV date March 2008 Citations missing section September ... is to significantly increase voluntary national service in the UnitedStates. ref Be The Change ... ref See also Alternative service Conscription in the UnitedStatesService Nation Greatest Generation ... Service Act Pro national service campaign DEFAULTSORT National Service In The UnitedStates Category Conscription in the UnitedStates ... capable male to render service. Though he failed to have such a clause written into the U.S. Constitution or UnitedStates Bill of Rights Bill of Rights , Jefferson continued to push for a universal ... fifth part of the number able to bear arms. This proportion would not yield, in the UnitedStates ... history. In response, President Washington and Congress raised the Legion of the UnitedStates , a professional ... and UnitedStates Secretary of War James Monroe sought a military draft, but Congress vehemently ... the UnitedStates Department of War . The resulting Militia Act of 1903 also known as the Dick Act ... of 17 and 45 as either part of the organized militia the National Guard UnitedStates National ... were rolled up into the ad hoc UnitedStates Constabulary . In Japan , the 1st Cavalry Division ..., The UnitedStates occupation of Germany and Japan during this time was made possible by the absence ... S. 89 H.R. 163 . H.R. 163 failed in the UnitedStates House of Representatives by a vote of 2 ... to the formation of a select corps of moderate size, upon such principles as will really fit it for service ... themselves, fighting for their common liberties, and united and conducted by governments possessing ... between the ages of 18 and 45 be available for military service. The 1792 Act did not classify the militia ... more details
Multiple issues context November 2008 introrewrite November 2008 unreferenced November 2008 The CutterService Act emphasized providing otherwise unobtainable medical services for men on board American fishing fleet s. It authorized the Commandant of the RevenueCutterService to detail for duty on revenue cutters such surgeon s and other persons of the Public Health Service as ... necessary . As a result of the act, many cutter vessels were fitted out as hospital ships and relieved from the regular duties as normally performed by cutters to cruise the fishing bank s off the U.S. coastlines as floating hospitals. Category Legal history of the UnitedStates US law stub ... more details
merged with the RevenueCutterService to form the UnitedStates Coast Guard in 1915. Early years ... Lakes . See also UnitedStates Coast Guard RevenueCutterService Houses of Refuge in Florida ... the Coast Guard , merging the Life Saving Service with the RevenueCutterService to create the United ...Image US Life Saving Service.gif framed right The UnitedStates Life Saving Service was a Federal government of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates government agency that grew out of private and local humanitarian ... cite web author UnitedStates Coast Guard USCG title U.S. Lifesaving Service History publisher ... The stations were administered by the UnitedStatesRevenue Marine later renamed the UnitedStatesRevenueCutterService . They were run with volunteer crews, much like a volunteer fire department . ref ... Kimball was appointed chief of the UnitedStates Department of the Treasury Treasury Department s Revenue ... Saving Service page 9 publisher UnitedStates Coast year 1976 url http www.uscg.mil history articles .... D. The UnitedStates Life Saving Service , http www.archive.org details popularsciencemo15newy The Popular ... s fiction. Stonehouse, Frederick, Wreck Ashore The UnitedStates Life Saving Service on the Great ... uslss.pdf A Legacy The UnitedStates Life Saving Service http www.uscg.mil history h index.asp U.S. ... Saving Service Category Defunct agencies of the UnitedStates government Category History of the UnitedStates Coast Guard Category UnitedStates Life Saving Service fr UnitedStates Life Saving Service ... for its chief advocate, New Jersey UnitedStates House of Representatives Representative William A. Newell . Under the Newell Act , the UnitedStates Congress appropriated 10,000 to establish unmanned ... also received funds from the UnitedStates Congress for life saving stations on the Massachusetts ... Carolina Hurricane of 1854 , swept through the East Coast of the UnitedStates , causing the deaths ... to appropriate 200,000 to operate the stations and to allow the UnitedStates Secretary of the Treasury ... more details
For other versions of UnitedStates military service numbers, see Service number UnitedStates armed forces UnitedStates Coast Guard service numbers were first created in the later half of 1921. In 2004 the UnitedStates Coast Guard Coast Guard began using Employee Identification Numbers, or EMPLIDs ... to retroactively assign service numbers to former members of the RevenueCutterService and Lifesaving ... Identification Numbers EMPLID publisher UnitedStates Coast Guard ref Notable service numbers Significant ... of the UnitedStates Coast Guard Academy and other Regular Guard appointees. The Regular Coast Guard officer service number range had yet to be reached in 1974 when service numbers were discontinued. Coast Guard officer numbers above 20,001 were reserved for members of the UnitedStates Coast Guard ... million service number series was the highest but not the last enlisted service number of the UnitedStates Coast Guard. In addition to the special duty service numbers, regular enlisted service numbers ... June 2009 References Reflist US Coast Guard navbox Category UnitedStates Coast Guard Category Military ... service numbers were unique amongst the military branches in that the entire range of officer numbers was declared upon the initial creation of the service numbers. The officer range extended from 1 to 100,000 and these numbers had yet to be exhausted by the discontinuation of Coast Guard service numbers in 1974. Like the Navy and Marine Corps, the Coast Guard set aside the early service numbers ... and never issued retroactive officer service numbers. Thus, officer numbers 1 through 999 remained un issued with the first Coast Guard officer service number being 1000 which was issued to Joseph ... numbers from 20,001 to 60,000 were used into the 1950s and, by February 1957, non regular officer service numbers had reached 60,393. The 1960s and early 1970s saw the issuance of service numbers into the 70,000 and 80,000 range while 80 and 90 thousand service numbers had been used since 1948 for special ... more details
Service Cross UnitedStates Distinguished Service Cross DSC , which is the second highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of the UnitedStates Army , for extreme gallantry and risk of life in actual combat with an armed enemy force. The Distinguished Service Medal is issued both as a Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates military military decoration and Civilian decorations of the UnitedStates civilian award . The Army version of the Distinguished Service Medal is typically referred to simply as the Distinguished Service Medal while the other branches of service ... head of the Distinguished Service Medal are currently issued by the UnitedStates government Military ... Service is commonly the highest Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates government award and medal provided to civilian employees within agencies of the federal government of the UnitedStates ... Marine Distinguished Service Medal Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates Department of Justice Department of Justice Distinguished Service Medal Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates ... Category Military awards and decorations of the UnitedStates Category Civil awards and decorations of the UnitedStates Category Awards established in 1918 fr Distinguished Service Medal tats ...Other uses Distinguished Service Medal disambiguation Distinguished Service Medal The Distinguished Service Medal is the highest non valorous military and civilian decoration of the UnitedStates military which is issued for exceptionally meritorious service to the government of the UnitedStates in either a senior government service position or as a senior officer of the UnitedStates armed forces or other Uniformed services of the UnitedStates Uniformed services . There is also the President s Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service which is the highest medal that can be awarded to a career government employee. The Distinguished Service Medal was authorized by Presidential Order dated ... more details
The President s Commission on the UnitedStates Postal Service was a Presidential Commission UnitedStates Presidential Commission formed by President of the UnitedStatesUnitedStates President George W. Bush on December 11, 2002, through the Executive order UnitedStates Executive Order 13278 . ref http a257.g.akamaitech.net 7 257 2422 14mar20010800 edocket.access.gpo.gov 2002 pdf 02 31624.pdf Executive Order 13278 From the Federal Reserve. URL accessed September 4, 2006. ref References references Category UnitedStates national commissions US gov stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 UnitedStatesservice medals of the World Wars are Awards and decorations of the UnitedStates military U.S. military decorations which were created solely for service in the First World War and World War II . Such medals are Obsolete military awards of the UnitedStates no longer awarded , but are still referred to in various publications, manuals, and award precedence charts as many veterans still display them as part of veteran functions and ceremonies. The following medals were issued for service in the World Wars, service in various campaign areas, and for occupation service following the end of each war. USWWServiceMedals DEFAULTSORT UnitedStatesService Medals Of The World Wars Category Military awards and decorations of the UnitedStates Category Military lists of World War II Category Military lists of World War I fr M dailles am ricaines de service des deux guerres mondiales zh USWWII ... more details
UnitedStates Senate Committee on Civil Service is a List of defunct UnitedStates Congressional committees defunct committee of the UnitedStates Senate . The first standing Senate committee with jurisdiction over the civil service was the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Civil Service and Retrenchment ... to the committee jurisdiction over the UnitedStates Postal Service postal service . On April 17, 1947, as specified by USBill 80 S. 99 of the 80th UnitedStates Congress , the committee s name was changed from the Committee on Civil Service to the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service . The committee ceased to exist in February 1977, under S. Res. 4 of the 95th UnitedStates Congress 95th Congress when its functions were transferred to the UnitedStates Senate Committee ... UnitedStates select or special committee s pertaining to the Civil ServiceUnitedStates Senate Select Committee to Investigate the Operation of the Civil Service , 1888 1889 50th UnitedStates Congress 50th Congress UnitedStates Senate Select Committee to Examine the Several Branches in the Civil Service , 1875 1921 43rd UnitedStates Congress 43rd 67th UnitedStates Congress 67th Congresses UnitedStates Special Committee to Investigate the Administration of the Civil Service System , 1938 1941 75th UnitedStates Congress 75th 76th UnitedStates Congress 76th Congresses Chairmen of the Committee ... at the National Archives Record Group 46 Category Defunct committees of the UnitedStates Senate Civil Service Category 1873 establishments in the UnitedStates Category 1977 disestablishments ... by Henry B. Anthony of Rhode Island . On April 18, 1921, the committee was renamed the UnitedStates Senate Committee on Civil Service . The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 retained the Committee on Civil Service and established the committee s jurisdiction over all the aspects of civil service, the UnitedStates Census Bureau Census Bureau and the government s gathering of statistics ... more details
Infobox Law enforcement agency agencyname UnitedStates Postal Inspection Service nativename nativenamea nativenamer commonname Postal Inspection Service abbreviation USPIS patch USPIS Patch.jpg patchcaption ... Chief Postal Inspector parentagency UnitedStates Postal Service child1agency unittype unitname ... footnotes reference The UnitedStates Postal Inspection Service or USPIS is the law enforcement arm of the UnitedStates Postal Service . Its jurisdiction is defined as crimes that may ... and customers. They make arrests for crimes committed against the UnitedStates Postal Service ... abuse child exploitation , the UnitedStates Department of Justice honored the Postal Inspection Service ... http postalinspectors.uspis.gov USPIS web site Category UnitedStates Postal Service Category Organizations based in Washington, D.C. Category Organizations established in 1772 de UnitedStates Postal ... dissolved superseding employees 3,500 approx volunteers budget nongovernment country UnitedStates ... and state investigations. History The Postal Inspection Service has the oldest origins of any federal law enforcement agency in the UnitedStates . It traces its roots back to 1772, ref http www.usps.com postalinspectors ischrono.htm Chronology of U.S. Postal Inspection Service accessed on 2007 01 08 ref when colonial UnitedStates Postmaster General Postmaster General Benjamin Franklin first appointed a surveyor to regulate and audit the mails. Thus, the Service s origins in part predate the UnitedStates Declaration of Independence Declaration of Independence , and therefore the UnitedStates ... areas in the UnitedStates and its territories. These uniformed officers provide a visible deterrent ... accessdate 1 March 2012 ref . See also Portal box UnitedStates Law enforcement Law enforcement ... ICE Letter bomb List of UnitedStates federal law enforcement agencies Mailbox baseball Mail ... Inspection Service was the first federal law enforcement agency to use the title Special ... more details
Infobox military unit unit name UnitedStates Army Ambulance Service image File UnitedStates Army Ambulance Service, Early Insignia.png caption An early insignia of the service. dates 1917 1918 1919 country UnitedStates allegiance UnitedStates branch UnitedStates Army type role size command structure current commander notable commanders garrison ceremonial chief colonel of the regiment nickname patron motto colors march mascot battles anniversaries The UnitedStates Army Ambulance Military use Ambulance Service was a unit of the UnitedStates Army during World War I . It was established by General Order No. 75 of the UnitedStates Department of War War Department in May 1917. It primarily provided medical services to the French and Italian Armies during the War. ref name ArmySurgeon1919 1 citation title Report of the Surgeon General U.S. Army to the Secretary of War publisher UnitedStates Government Printing Office volume 2 year 1919 page 1484 url http books.google.com books?id aM8VAQAAIAAJ&pg PA1484 ref Structure Each section was composed of approximately 45 men, 20 Ford ambulances, 1 Ford touring car, 1 truck, and a kitchen trailer. ref name ArmySurgeon1919 1 Operations Deployments Empty section date January 2011 History Empty section date July 2010 References references External links http www.ourstory.info library 2 ww1 Smucker usaacTC.html The History of the UnitedStates Army Ambulance Service by John R. Smucker, Jr. US Army navbox Category Military medical organizations of the UnitedStates ... more details
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