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Taft Delivers Second Message on Panama Canal and Navy
President Taft’s second message to Congress covers fiscal policy and national defense, detailing treasury status, Panama Canal progress, navy expansion, and Philippine governance while urging reforms in water power regulation and national guard pay. The plan includes milestones for canal opening, tolls, and a strengthened, modernized armed force.
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Washington
Congress
Taft
Treasury
Treasury 49 & General Fund
General Fund
Secretary of the Treasury
Navy Department
National Reserve Association
Monetary Commission
Continental
United States
Pearl Harbor
Hawaiian Islands
Panama
War Department
War College Division
General Staff
Secretary of War
Army
Eory
National Guard
Regular Army
National Treasury
Porto Rico
Taftsaya
Senate
Philippines
Philippine Islands
Manila
Orient
Panama Canal
Canal
Culebra
Col Goethals
Emory R. Johnson
Col. Goethals
Army of
Navy
Appropriations
General Board
Pacific
Atlantic
Department of Justice
Department
Standard Oil and Tobacco
Powder Trust
Bath Tub Trust
Tam
Supreme Court
Bureau of Corporations
William H. Tat