Decisions of the Department of the Interior in Appealed Pension and Bounty-land Claims, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1887 - Bounties, Military |
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accompanied your report action affidavit affirmed alleged disability appeal appellant's application April April 23 army Assistant Secretary Hawkins attorney August Board of Surgeons cause certificate of disability claim for pension claim was rejected claimant Commissioner of Pensions comrades Congress contracted death decision Department diarrhoea discharge dollars per month eighteen hundred entitled examining surgeons fact filed granted ground Herewith are returned hospital record incurrence inguinal hernia injury July July 25 June June 16 June 30 line of duty manual labor March 24 marriage medical examinations Medical Referee mustered office rejecting opinion original declaration papers which accompanied person presumption prior soundness prior to enlistment reason received regiment rejecting the claim result returned the papers rheumatism Sept service and line sion soldier special act special examination statement testifies testimony tion treated typhoid fever varicose veins War Department widow wound
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Page 30 - States, shall act as an agent or attorney for prosecuting any claim against the United States, or in any manner, or by any means, otherwise than in discharge of his proper official duties, shall aid or assist in the prosecution or support of any such claim...
Page 219 - ... otherwise so disabled as to render their incapacity to perform manual labor equivalent to the loss of a hand or a foot...
Page 115 - And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are, and henceforward, shall be free...
Page 399 - An act to revise, consolidate, and amend the laws relating to pensions," and approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-three, be so amended that all persons who, while in the military or naval service of the United States and in the line of duty...
Page 30 - ... any gratuity, or any share of or interest in any claim from any claimant against the United States, with intent to aid or assist, or in consideration of having aided or assisted, in the prosecution of such claim, shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 61 - Secretary may after due notice and opportunity for hearing suspend, and disbar from further practice before his Department any such person, agent, or attorney shown to be incompetent, . disreputable, or who refuses to comply with the said rules and regulations, or who shall with intent to defraud, in any manner willfully and knowingly deceive, mislead, or threaten any claimant or prospective claimant, by word, circular, letter, or by advertisement.
Page 115 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 61 - ... the open and notorious adulterous cohabitation of a widow who is a pensioner shall operate to terminate her pension from the commencement of such cohabitation.
Page 222 - ... having applied for a certificate on which to ground an application for leave of absence, I do hereby certify that I have carefully examined this officer, and find that...
Page 71 - 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.