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Page 123
... military capacity are ineligible to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic . It is immaterial how short the term of service , or un- important the aid rendered - the disqualification is complete . Nevertheless , I think the phrase ...
... military capacity are ineligible to membership in the Grand Army of the Republic . It is immaterial how short the term of service , or un- important the aid rendered - the disqualification is complete . Nevertheless , I think the phrase ...
Page 125
... military service and becomes as com- pletely a civilian as if he had never been in the army . He may be restored to the service , but only by a new appointment which carries with it none of the rights and emoluments enjoyed by him by ...
... military service and becomes as com- pletely a civilian as if he had never been in the army . He may be restored to the service , but only by a new appointment which carries with it none of the rights and emoluments enjoyed by him by ...
Page 129
... military and G. A. R. career , which are already a matter of record in his former Post . But it would be reading into the law not only what does not appear therein , but that which would be out of harmony with its spirit and purpose ...
... military and G. A. R. career , which are already a matter of record in his former Post . But it would be reading into the law not only what does not appear therein , but that which would be out of harmony with its spirit and purpose ...
Page 143
... military supremacy . The life of the Union was at stake . The questions to be decided were : Shall there be one or two republics on the soil of the United States ? Shall the great principle of all democratic republican government -- the ...
... military supremacy . The life of the Union was at stake . The questions to be decided were : Shall there be one or two republics on the soil of the United States ? Shall the great principle of all democratic republican government -- the ...
Page 146
... military necessity a shallow pretext . The final consummation of the edict , by a triumph of force over justice and right , was as bold a piece of wholesale robbery as ever the conquerer inflicted upon the conquered . " War is terrible ...
... military necessity a shallow pretext . The final consummation of the edict , by a triumph of force over justice and right , was as bold a piece of wholesale robbery as ever the conquerer inflicted upon the conquered . " War is terrible ...
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Page 287 - 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 282 - 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 195 - ... years, such widow shall, upon due proof of her husband's death, without proving his death to be the result of his army...
Page 188 - Behold how good a thing it is, .. And how becoming well, Together such as brethren are In unity to dwell.
Page 141 - Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.
Page 194 - ... incapacitates them from the performance of manual labor 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 of the United States...
Page 233 - The Secretary of War is authorized to issue at his discretion and under proper regulations to be prescribed by him out of ordnance and ordnance stores belonging to the Government, and which can be spared for that purpose, such number of the same as may appear to be...
Page 196 - States, and be entitled to receive a pension not exceeding .$30 per month and not less than $12 per month, proportioned to the degree of inability to earn a support; and in determining such inability each and every infirmity shall be duly considered, and the aggregate of the disabilities shown be rated...
Page 188 - ... of the pension laws. An appeal may be taken from the Court of Claims to the Supreme Court of the United States, and the necessary machinery Is provided for the prosecution of the claims. The following letter from the Secretary of the Interior explains the matter so clearly and succinctly that further argument seems unnecessary...
Page 115 - It included the establishment, construction and supply of over 1,^00 work camps extending from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico.