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Grand Army of the Republic. PENSIONS . The question of Pensions , always one of vital interest to a large percentage of ... Pension Office . The causes which have led up to this most unfortunate condition of affairs appear principally to ...
Grand Army of the Republic. PENSIONS . The question of Pensions , always one of vital interest to a large percentage of ... Pension Office . The causes which have led up to this most unfortunate condition of affairs appear principally to ...
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... Pension Committee , decided that it would be wise to have the Pension Committee of the G. A. R. meet in Washington , for the purpose of securing information , ascertaining as far as possible the grounds of the complaints contained in ...
... Pension Committee , decided that it would be wise to have the Pension Committee of the G. A. R. meet in Washington , for the purpose of securing information , ascertaining as far as possible the grounds of the complaints contained in ...
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... pension list and the amount paid out for pensions , that they would insist upon its being done , in a manner that would be unjust or unfair to its defenders . The cry of " great numbers of frauds upon the Pension Rolls , " I believe has ...
... pension list and the amount paid out for pensions , that they would insist upon its being done , in a manner that would be unjust or unfair to its defenders . The cry of " great numbers of frauds upon the Pension Rolls , " I believe has ...
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... Pension Bureau should be changed in many respects , and I trust that our Pension Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic may succeed in bringing about a change . more favorable to the old soldiers . I do not feel like censuring ...
... Pension Bureau should be changed in many respects , and I trust that our Pension Committee of the Grand Army of the Republic may succeed in bringing about a change . more favorable to the old soldiers . I do not feel like censuring ...
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... pension question has received the best attention of the Camp Fire orator and the politician on the stump , and the veteran of the sixties , conscious of the value of his service to an imperiled nation , and realizing in his own body the ...
... pension question has received the best attention of the Camp Fire orator and the politician on the stump , and the veteran of the sixties , conscious of the value of his service to an imperiled nation , and realizing in his own body the ...
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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...