Congressional Serial Set, Issue 4406U.S. Government Printing Office, 1901 - United States Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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Page 2089
... Bureau it appears that Major Headington is poor and needy . He is a thorough patriot and signalized his devotion to his country by over four years of gallant service , winning promotions by his zeal and courageous conduct on the field ...
... Bureau it appears that Major Headington is poor and needy . He is a thorough patriot and signalized his devotion to his country by over four years of gallant service , winning promotions by his zeal and courageous conduct on the field ...
Page 2090
... Bureau that it did not outweigh the conditions estab- lished as existing at the date of the filing of the claim . Mr. Noyes was last examined at Lewiston , Me . , October 4 , 1899 , and rated $ 4 for nasopharyngeal catarrh , $ 4 for ...
... Bureau that it did not outweigh the conditions estab- lished as existing at the date of the filing of the claim . Mr. Noyes was last examined at Lewiston , Me . , October 4 , 1899 , and rated $ 4 for nasopharyngeal catarrh , $ 4 for ...
Page 2091
... Bureau shows that the claimant has no property and no income except his pension and is largely dependent upon his charitable friends for support . In view of his faithful service and his great poverty and total blindness , your com ...
... Bureau shows that the claimant has no property and no income except his pension and is largely dependent upon his charitable friends for support . In view of his faithful service and his great poverty and total blindness , your com ...
Page 2092
... Bureau shows that Mr. Pratt is well - nigh helpless , and requires the aid and attendance of another person . His last medical examina- tion at South Paris , Me . , January 2 , 1901 , rated him $ 8 for gunshot wound of right heel , $ 17 ...
... Bureau shows that Mr. Pratt is well - nigh helpless , and requires the aid and attendance of another person . His last medical examina- tion at South Paris , Me . , January 2 , 1901 , rated him $ 8 for gunshot wound of right heel , $ 17 ...
Page 2094
... Bureau , after exhaustive special examinations , failed to prove that the soldier had epilepsy prior to enlistment , the nearest approach to that being that he had severe sick headaches , which resulted in so - called " crazy spells ...
... Bureau , after exhaustive special examinations , failed to prove that the soldier had epilepsy prior to enlistment , the nearest approach to that being that he had severe sick headaches , which resulted in so - called " crazy spells ...
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$12 per month 1st Session 57TH CONGRESS accompany H. R. act of June affidavit alleged Amend section amended as follows April Army August beneficiary bill do pass bill H. R. bill proposes Cavalry certificate claimant Commissioner Committee on Invalid Committee on Pensions contract County court Department diarrhea disease of heart enlisted February Fifty-seventh Congress filed following REPORT granting a pension granting an increase Hawkins County honorably discharged House and ordered House of Representatives increase of pension increase the pension insert in lieu Interior Invalid Pensions January July June 27 lieu thereof lieutenant manual labor March military Oak Woods Cemetery Pension Bureau printed proposes to increase recommendation records referred the bill Regiment relief respectfully rheumatism Rogersville Secretary Secretary of War September September 24 strike submitted the following thereof the word Treasury United United States Army United States penitentiaries Volunteer Infantry War Department Washington Whole House widow
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Page 2202 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 2357 - No allowance or compensation shall be made to any officer or clerk, by reason of the discharge of duties which belong to any other officer or clerk in the same or any other Department ; and no allowance or compensation shall be made for any extra services whatever, which any officer or clerk may be required to perform, unless expressly authorized by law.
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Page 2277 - ... has been erroneously allowed and can not be confirmed, the Secretary of the Interior shall cause to be repaid to the person who made such entry, or to his heirs or assigns, the fees and commissions, amount of purchase money, and excesses paid upon the same upon the surrender of the duplicate receipt and the execution of a proper relinquishment of all claims to said land...
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Page 2083 - ... shall have lost an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee, or been totally disabled in the same...
Page 2357 - No person who holds an office the salary or annual compensation attached to which amounts to the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars shall be appointed to or hold any other office to which compensation Is attached unless specially heretofore or hereafter specially authorized thereto by law...
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