...he argued, "is a necessary means of carrying into execution the powers granted in the constitution ' to raise and support armies' and ' to provide and maintain a navy.'" 3 Thaddeus Stevens added the necessary clincher by saying: " Whether such necessity exists is solely...

...perpetuity of the nation. The Constitution of the United States provides that congress shall have the power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy. By virtue thereof congress has appropriated and caused to be expended large sums of money for such...

...impeachment, in daring, against the very letter of the Constitution and without the shadow of law, to 'raise and support armies' and to 'provide and maintain a navy,' for three or four yars, by executive proclamation, I will not vote to sustain or ratify — never!...

...made to other powers possessed by Congress, particularly to declare war, to suppress insurrection, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy; all of which were called into exercise and severelv taxed at the time the LeSUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED...

...Congress Can Water."* As other provisions of the ConstiDeclare War. tution confer upon Congress the power "to raise and support armies" and "to provide and maintain" a navy, it seems appropriate to vest in that body the important power to declare war. The withholding of this...

...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...

...Constitution of 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 not be merely the ratification and confirmation by Congress...

...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...

...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...