Amendment to Oath of Enlistment, Hearing ... 87-2 ... August 8,1962. 19621962 - 37 pages |
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administered Admiral FURLONG amended AMERICAN ETHICAL UNION American Legion Armed Forces Armed Services Committee bear allegiance bear true faith believe BYRD of West Captain SANGER ceremonial oath Chairman COHEN Committee on Armed conscientious objectors Court D.C. DEAR SENATOR DEAR SENATOR THURMOND defend the Constitution enemies enlisted personnel enlistment oath essentials and fundamentals faith and allegiance Forces Oath foreign and domestic Foreign Wars framers and adopters help me God individual induction LONG MEARS oath of allegiance oath of enlistment oath of office oath prescribed oath to support objection persons enlisting phrase So help prescribed by H.R. present oath President questions Senate Armed Services Senate Office Building Senator BARTLETT Senator BYRD Senator SMITH Stat statement STROM THURMOND subcommittee support and defend support of H.R. Supreme swear or affirm take an oath take the oath Thank Torcaso United United States Code Veterans of Foreign West Virginia witness words So help
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Page 15 - I, AB, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America; that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to the rules and articles of war.
Page 4 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.
Page 16 - Statutes be, and the same is hereby, repealed ; and hereafter the oath to be taken by any person elected or appointed to any office of honor or profit either in the civil, military, or naval service, except the President of the United States, shall be as prescribed in section seventeen hundred and fifty-seven of the Revised Statutes.
Page 12 - ... person' may extend and be applied to partnerships and corporations, and the reference to any officer shall include any person authorized by law to perform the duties of such office, unless the context shows that such words were intended to be used in a more limited sense; and a requirement of an 'oath' shall be deemed complied with by making affirmation in judicial form.
Page 9 - I have lived, Sir, a long time ; and, the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth, that GOD governs in the affairs of men. And, if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid ? We have been assured, Sir, in the Sacred Writings, that, 'except the Lord build the house, they labor in vain that build it...
Page 11 - The next witness is Mr. Lawrence Speiser, Director of the Washington office of the American Civil Liberties Union.
Page 14 - I, , do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will demean myself as an attorney and counselor of this court, uprightly and according to law; and that I will support the Constitution of the United States.
Page 4 - I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the United States of America and to the State of , and that I will serve them honestly and faithfully against all their enemies whomsoever, and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and...
Page 4 - I will bear true faith and allegiance to them; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the Governor of and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to law and regulations.
Page 12 - In determining the meaning of any Act of Congress, unless the context indicates otherwise — words importing the singular include and apply to several persons, parties, or things...