Army Appropriation Act of 1916

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United States federal statute appropriations act

The Army Appropriation Act of 1916 was a U.S. federal law enacted during World War I that significantly expanded and reorganized the nation’s military preparedness and defense administration.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Army Appropriations Act of 1916	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ appropriations act ⓘ
appliesTo	National Guard NERFINISHED ⓘ Regular Army NERFINISHED ⓘ War Department (United States) NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
describedBySource	United States Statutes at Large NERFINISHED ⓘ congressional legislative history documents ⓘ
field	defense policy ⓘ military law ⓘ public finance ⓘ
follows	earlier annual Army appropriation acts ⓘ
hasEffect	authorization of additional officers and enlisted personnel ⓘ enhancement of mobilization capacity ⓘ expansion of the Regular Army ⓘ expansion of the United States Army ⓘ expansion of training and preparedness measures ⓘ improvement of coastal and national defenses ⓘ increased appropriations for military equipment and supplies ⓘ increased federal funding for the U.S. Army ⓘ reorganization of U.S. military preparedness ⓘ strengthening of national defense administration ⓘ support for National Guard development ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major step in U.S. military expansion before formal entry into World War I ⓘ
house	United States House of Representatives NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Senate NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legalForm	public law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
locationOfLegislature	Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED ⓘ
motivation	concern over global conflict in World War I ⓘ desire to improve U.S. military readiness ⓘ
partOf	Preparedness Movement NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfSeries	United States Army appropriation acts NERFINISHED ⓘ
pointInTime	1916 ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment	Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
regulates	funding of the United States Army ⓘ organization and strength of the U.S. Army ⓘ
relatedTo	National Defense Act of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I U.S. mobilization policies ⓘ
signedBy	Woodrow Wilson NERFINISHED ⓘ
temporalContext	World War I era ⓘ
topic	United States Army NERFINISHED ⓘ military appropriations ⓘ national defense preparedness ⓘ

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Council of National Defense → createdByStatute → Army Appropriation Act of 1916 ⓘ

64th United States Congress → enacted → Army Appropriation Act of 1916 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Army Appropriations Act of 1916

Council of National Defense → legalBasis → Army Appropriation Act of 1916 ⓘ