Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session - 48th Congress, 2nd Session, Volume 4 |
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1st Session accompany bill H. R. affidavit amount April Army ARMY OF VIRGINIA August battle Bristoe Captain Troy Centreville cents certificate charge claimant Colonel command Commissioner Committee on Claims Committee on Military Committee on Pensions Congress corps court court-martial Department disability discharged Distilling Company enemy enlisted evidence examined facts February filed Fitz-John Porter following REPORT Gainesville granting a pension Groveton honor House Indian Infantry July June lands letter Lieutenant Longstreet Major-General Manassas Manassas Junction March McDowell ment Military Affairs month Navy o'clock opinion paid passed Pension Office petitioner Pope printed railroad received recommend the passage referred the bill regiment relief respectfully road Secretary Secretary of War Senate September Sixth Cavalry soldier submitted the following surgeon tion Treasury treaty troops United United States Cavalry United States Navy United States Senate Volunteers Warrenton Washington whisky widow wound
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Page 7 - Statutes, declaring that 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 appointment to civil offices provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices...
Page 2 - ... now, therefore, this indenture witnesseth: That the said parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the premises and of the sum of one dollar, to them in hand paid by the said party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged...
Page 3 - To all claims of citizens of the United States upon the Spanish government; statements of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United States, have been presented to the department of state, or to the minister of the United States in Spain since the date of the convention of 1802, and until the signature of this treaty.
Page 20 - ... laid before the officer ordering the same, or the officer commanding the troops for the time being...
Page 20 - ... the uncontrolled will of any man, but which must be adjudged according to law. And the act of the officer who reviews the proceedings of the court, whether he be the commander of the fleet or the President, and without whose approval the sentence cannot be executed, is as much a part of this judgment, according to law, as is the trial or the sentence. When the President, then, performs this duty of approving the sentence of a court-martial dismissing an officer, his act has all the solemnity...
Page 1 - I said, my friend, in the administration of a State neither a woman as a woman, nor a man as a man has any special function, but the gifts of nature are equally diffused in both sexes...
Page 13 - The enemy is massed in the woods in front of us, but can be shelled out as soon as you engage their flank. Keep heavy reserves, and use your batteries, keeping well closed to your right all the time. In case you are obliged to fall back, do so to your right and rear, so as to keep you in close communication with the right wing.