...tender. He insisted that it was a necessary and proper means of carrying into effect the war powers — to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy. We are now in the midst of a great national exigency, and one, too, that we must provide for ; and...

...made lo other powers possessed by Congress, particularly lo declare war, to suppress insurrection, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy; all of which ing that quality and supplied a currency for | were called into exercise and severely...

...other laws that Congress may enact. And, last of all, it is Congress and not the President that is to " raise and support armies," and to " provide and maintain a navy." What is an army ? An embodied and armed force. Surely the power which is authorized to raise it is...

...tender. He insisted that it was a necessary and proper means of carrying into effect the war powers— to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy. We are now in the midst of a great national exigency, and one, too, that we must provide for ; and...

...first article of the constitution of the United States, it is provided that the congress shall have power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy. In this power are included all powers necessary to effect the object intended. I shall not attempt...

...domestic and foreign foes, and that it has clothed it with the power to do this, by authorizing it to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, to the extent that in its judgment it should deem necessary. . . . These agencies, though possessing...

...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 years, by mere executive proclamation, I will not vote to sustain or ratify — never." Speaking...

...civil power. For the Constitution, while it grants to Congress the unrestricted power to declare war, to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, at the same time guards carefully against the abuse of that power by withholding from Congress, and...

...country, there is no doubt, under the provision of the constitution of the United States giving Congress the power "to raise and support armies," and "to provide and maintain a navy," that Congress has the constitutional power to enlist minors into the army and navy of the United States;...

...purpose for which the "letters" are granted. A vessel bearing such letters is \ called a privateer. 89. The power to raise and support armies, and to provide and maintain a navy, is a necessary adjunct of the war power. And it is important that a nation should possess this power...