...Jacob K. Adams, 7249, disallowed. The War Department states that the claimant was not discharged the service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, but that he was transferred to the Veteran Reserve Corps in 1863, and mustered out in 1865. Transfer...

...entitled to preference in certification or appointment. Section 1754 of the Revised Statutes provides that persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability resulliny from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments...

...discharged from the military or naval service by rtatori of disability resulting from tvoundx or siehuns incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to the civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for the proper...

...member of the House is allowed to make any recommendation for the offices included in this system. (7) Persons honorably discharged from the military or...-from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty are to have a . preference, a provision which practically submits them to a pass examination only....

...may also be filled by promotion, reduction, transfer, or reinstatement. MILITARY PREFERENCE. Persons discharged from the military or naval service by reason...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty and who receive a rating " at least 65 are certified first for appointment. All others are requi1ed...

...examination for appointment the preference shall be given to any such applicant who has been honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty. I concur in the view thus indicated, that these statutes regulating appointment and retention in the...

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...contained in section 1754, Revised Statutes, is limited by the proviso that the person claiming it shall '"possess the business capacity necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such office;" and the preference contained in the act of August 15, 1876, above quoted, is restricted to those "...

...appointments to service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or civil offices. JJ ~t> RS, sec. 1754. sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. Preference under section 1754, Revised Employment of veterans— Census Office. — Statutes....

...force." (Medkirk v. US, 44 Ot. Cls., 469; affirmed 45 Ct. Cls., 395; Keim v. US, 177 US, 290. SEC. 1754. Persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability result- ^{J ing from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments...