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... veterans and heard the plaudits of the people , I could not but ask the question , What has endeared this vast army to the American people - what has enshrined you in their hearts --what has given you permanent and imperishable place in ...
... veterans and heard the plaudits of the people , I could not but ask the question , What has endeared this vast army to the American people - what has enshrined you in their hearts --what has given you permanent and imperishable place in ...
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... veterans joined heartily . Six uniformed veterans of Grant Post , with rifles at carry arms , under Commander S. J. McMillan , who waved a handsome silk flag , marched on the stage and inspired the throng during the singing . Rear ...
... veterans joined heartily . Six uniformed veterans of Grant Post , with rifles at carry arms , under Commander S. J. McMillan , who waved a handsome silk flag , marched on the stage and inspired the throng during the singing . Rear ...
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... veterans and leave lasting im- pressions of true patriotism in the minds of his audience . He was a generous , noble - hearted comrade , a true friend , and fear- less in his defense of the right under all circumstances . Comrade George ...
... veterans and leave lasting im- pressions of true patriotism in the minds of his audience . He was a generous , noble - hearted comrade , a true friend , and fear- less in his defense of the right under all circumstances . Comrade George ...
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... Veterans for the War of the Union , but of the noble , patriotic dead of the entire Nation . This beautiful custom of honoring the memory of the dead , not by costly sacrifices , but by tenderly strewing the richest of spring flowers ...
... Veterans for the War of the Union , but of the noble , patriotic dead of the entire Nation . This beautiful custom of honoring the memory of the dead , not by costly sacrifices , but by tenderly strewing the richest of spring flowers ...
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... Veterans " to a still higher sphere of usefulness and citizenship . WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS . I cannot commend too ... veteran and his family , no matter how obscure . I am impressed with the fact that hundreds of G. A. R. Posts would not ...
... Veterans " to a still higher sphere of usefulness and citizenship . WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS . I cannot commend too ... veteran and his family , no matter how obscure . I am impressed with the fact that hundreds of G. A. R. Posts would not ...
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Adjutant Adjutant-General adopted Aide-de-Camp Albert D amendment appointed Assistant Adjutant Assistant Adjutant-General REPRESENTATIVES Baltimore bill Brooklyn Carpenter & Wood Chaplain-in-Chief Charles Chas Chicago Cincinnati Congress Council of Administration Dakota Deceased Denver disability duty elected Executive Committee expense F. M. Sterrett flag Fund George George W Grand Army Headquarters Home honor Illinois INDEPENDENCE HALL Indiana Indianapolis James John Junior Vice-Dep't-Commander Kansas Louis Louis Wagner Massachusetts members Dec membership Memorial Day ment Military Instruction Missouri motion of Comrade National Council National Encampment Nebraska Number of members Number of Posts Ohio organization Past Commander-in-Chief PAST DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS patriotic Pennsylvania pension Phila Philadelphia Potomac Present as Past Public Schools Quartermaster recommend Republic resolution Rules and Regulations Salary Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Senior Vice-Commander Shaw Smith soldiers Sons of Veterans South Dakota Stewart Thirty-third National Encampment Thomas Thos tion Washington William Wilmington Woman's Relief Corps York City
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Page 290 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 411 - ... now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure we are met on a great battlefield of that war we have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live...
Page 411 - It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of...
Page 275 - Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices.
Page 293 - Government of the people, by the people and for the people, should not perish from the earth...
Page 351 - I pledge allegiance to my flag, and to the Republic for which it stands ; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Page 270 - That in making any reduction of force in any of the executive departments,' the head of such department shall retain those persons who may be equally qualified who have been honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States, and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors.
Page 178 - Court of Claims and the same shall be there proceeded in under such rules as the court may adopt. When the facts and conclusions of law shall have been found, the court shall report its findings to the department by which it was transmitted for its guidance and action...
Page 345 - ... and the Secretary shall require a bond in each case, In double the value of the property, for the care and safe-keeping thereof, and for the return of the same when required...
Page 184 - ... as to render them unable to earn a support, shall, upon making due proof of the fact according to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of the Interior may provide, be placed upon the list of invalid pensioners...