Meanings of naval establishments in anglès

The disbursements had been far beyond the estimates; those for the military and naval establishments reaching together six millions.

Such an article, for most obvious reasons, is much desired by nations having naval establishments large in proportion to their foreign commerce.

One of the controlling principles of a democratic State is that its military and naval establishments must be completely subservient to the civil power.

What I attribute that state of our commercial relations to, in a great degree, is, the extreme weakness and tottering condition of our naval establishments.