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United States Military and Naval Strength in 1915
The United States Army numbered 4 823 officers and 85 965 men not counting the provisional force or hospital corps while the Navy included eighteen modern battleships twenty two older battleships five first class cruisers four second class cruisers fifteen third class cruisers thirty one gunboats nine monitors sixty eight destroyers twenty one torpedo boats and fifty eight submarines. Congress appropriated 1915 funds for the army 101 019 212 for forts and fortifications 5 627 700 and for the navy 144 868 716.
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