| United States. War Department - 1916 - 1292 pages
...The act contains a provision that the liability of the Government shall be limited to such articles as the Secretary of War, in his discretion, shall...useful, necessary and proper for such officer or soldier to have in his possession while in quarters, engaged in the public service, or in the line of duty.... | |
| United States - Military law - 1915 - 764 pages
...soldiers, sailors, and marines, or their representatives, and reasonable, to he useful, and to be necessary for such officer or soldier while In quarters, engaged in the public service In the line of duty. 3. The loss must have been without fault or negligence, in any degree, of the claimant. 4. The loss... | |
| United States. Department of Justice - Justice, Administration of - 1919 - 670 pages
...what articles of personal property were reasonable, useful, necessary, and proper for an officer or a soldier while in quarters, engaged in the public service in the line of duty. It also provided, after the Secretary of War had thus acted, that the proper accounting officers of... | |
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