...41 Stat. 142.) 36. Preference for appointments to persons disabled in military or naval service. — Persons honorably discharged from the military or...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. (RS, sec. 1754; 5 USC, sec. 35.) 37. Preference in appointments to honorably discharged soldiers,...

...information in one document for consideration. The two statutes concerning appointment preference are : "Persons honorably discharged from the military or...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices" (sec. 1754 RS). "* * * That hereafter in making appointments to clerical and other positions...

...or naval service of the United States and the widows and orphans of deceased soldiers and sailors. Persons honorably discharged from the military or...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. Preference under section 115!t, Revised Statutes. — The joint resolution of March 3, 1865...

...an administrative funcS SEC. 1754. Persons honorably discharged from the civifofflcesnts to notary or naval service by reason of disability resulting...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. (RS, act of Mar. 3, 1865.) ThejointresolutionofMarch3,1865(sec. "These sections (1754 RS and...

...from the r^earren^tie]ran military or naval service by reason of disability resultingPi"^™6^43 to from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices(RS, act of Mar. 3, 1865.) judged to be least qualified under the law which required a reduction...

...granted, this section is more restricted than the one now under consideration. It applies only to persons discharged from the military or naval service " by...resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty.1' The present act applies to "honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, and marines, and widows...

...relatively small percentage of the men who have rendered military service, as the number who are discharged by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty is not large. If all those who have rendered military service were recognized as entitled to preference,...

...considerations, must be construed in connection with section 1754, Revised Statutes, which provides that persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability, etc., incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices where they...

...back as 1865 with an enactment now embodied in section 1754' of the revised statutes, declaring that persons honorably discharged from the military or...incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business capacity necessary for...

...was the Act of Mardi 3, 1865, which became section 1754 of the Revised Statutes. It reads: SEC. 1754. Persons honorably discharged from the military or...necessary for the proper discharge of the duties of such offices. (RS, act of March 3, 1865, 13 Stat., 571.)' As there was at that time no uniform system established...