United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 8567U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... passing resolutions . No one knows the horrors of war , the value of war , no one hates war more than the men who have been through war . We all wish to end this terrible thing , this sin and weakness of the human race which re- sulted ...
... passing resolutions . No one knows the horrors of war , the value of war , no one hates war more than the men who have been through war . We all wish to end this terrible thing , this sin and weakness of the human race which re- sulted ...
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... passed the half - century mark , yet we toiled and toiled eloquently on the soil of this city and other cities in making preparations for the activi- ties of ninety - eight and yet each of us still have uppermost in our minds , we ...
... passed the half - century mark , yet we toiled and toiled eloquently on the soil of this city and other cities in making preparations for the activi- ties of ninety - eight and yet each of us still have uppermost in our minds , we ...
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... passed since we answered . our country's call and hurried to the various camps of the soldiers of ninety - eight . [ Applause . ] 77342-26- -5 We still have vivid recollections of those days , many UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS 57 ...
... passed since we answered . our country's call and hurried to the various camps of the soldiers of ninety - eight . [ Applause . ] 77342-26- -5 We still have vivid recollections of those days , many UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS 57 ...
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... pension legislation had ever been passed in a short session , and that it would be better to wait for the regular session beginning in December , 1925. I did not believe then and do 62 TWENTY - SEVENTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
... pension legislation had ever been passed in a short session , and that it would be better to wait for the regular session beginning in December , 1925. I did not believe then and do 62 TWENTY - SEVENTH NATIONAL ENCAMPMENT.
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... passed during the short session , and that there was no possibility of a separate Spanish War veterans ' bill passing either House . · Some time after the committee adjourned national headquarters was informed that an agreement had been ...
... passed during the short session , and that there was no possibility of a separate Spanish War veterans ' bill passing either House . · Some time after the committee adjourned national headquarters was informed that an agreement had been ...
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Page 214 - Congress have, by their joint committee, requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness...
Page 200 - An Act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service", approved June 10, 1922 (42 Stat.
Page 65 - That the pension or increase of pension herein provided for, as to all persons whose names are now on the pension roll, or who are now in receipt of a pension under existing law, shall commence at the rates herein provided...
Page 65 - ... physical or mental disabilities, helpless or blind, or so nearly helpless or blind as to require the regular personal aid and attendance of another person, shall be entitled to and shall be paid a pension at the rate of $72 per month.
Page 103 - ... dollars. If the deceased has relatives or friends who desire to conduct the burial, but are unable or unwilling to pay the charges...
Page 177 - HAS there any old fellow got mixed with the boys ? If there has, take him out, without making a noise. Hang the Almanac's cheat and the Catalogue's spite! Old Time is a liar! We're twenty to-night! We're twenty! We're twenty! Who says we are more ? He's tipsy, —young jackanapes ! —show him the door!
Page 65 - That from and after the approval of this act all persons now on the pension roll, and all persons hereafter granted a pension, who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in line of duty, shall have lost one hand or one foot, or have been totally disabled in the same...
Page 65 - ... per month; that all persons who, in like manner, 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 66 - ... such pensioner or claimant under this act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall, for each and every such offense, be fined not exceeding $500, or be imprisoned at hard labor, not exceeding two years, or both, in the discretion of the court.