Herbert Hoover: “I do so with the deepest regret because of the distinguished service you have rendered and the fine place you have been…”

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations…

There is another phase of the bill as passed which is disheartening.

While these features in the Wagner and the Garner bills are not in the form and are not as well safeguarded as they should be, they are in line with major objectives I have been advocating.

Enlisted men of the Marine Corps having established their special qualifications in the use of the arm or arms which they are required to use, under such regulations and conditions as are now, or may hereafter be, prescribed by the…