Relief Bills: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, [second Session], on Various Private Bills. [February 15, 1924].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - 84 pages |
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absent without leave ARMSTRONG asked bill bureau Captain Overmire Chairman charges Colonel BURNETT commanding officer commissioned officers COMMITTEE ON MILITARY conduct unbecoming Congress court of inquiry court-martial Department dismissed duty enlisted favorable Fishback Fourth Arkansas Cavalry Gallup gentlemen grade Graham Griffith HILL of Alabama HILL of Maryland HITTINGER honorably discharged HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Illinois Volunteer Infantry January 21 Jesse Jesse L letter Major Kirby Major Quinn March 28 matter McConnell MCKENZIE MCSWAIN Meeks MILITARY AFFAIRS MUSGRAVE mustered NEWTON noncommissioned officers November 17 Porto Rico President Quartermaster Corps rank received recommended record REECE reference regiment reinstated reprimand retired list retired status retiring board second lieutenant Secretary Secretary of War Senate sergeant served Silas Overmire soldier SPEAKS statement subcommittee thing Third Arkansas Infantry unbecoming an officer United States Army War Department Washington WINGO WURZBACH
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Page 13 - ... that he is the identical person he represents himself to be ; and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Page 12 - SD persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit and who, being by me duly sworn say that they were present and saw...
Page 72 - Where it appears that the loss or destruction of the private property of the claimant was in consequence of his having given his attention to the saving of the property belonging to the United States which was in danger at the same time and under similar circumstances.
Page 1 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, on and after the passage of this Act...
Page 68 - I should like to have the committee's view, so we will go into executive session. (Thereupon, the committee proceeded to the consideration of executive business, after which it adjourned...
Page 17 - There is not a scintilla of evidence in the record which would sustain a finding of guilty on either of the specifications contained in the first charge, unless it be determined that in order to carry out an order to "publicly" reprimand a private it would be necessary to reprimand him before the entire company.
Page 13 - July 4, 1902, both dates inclusive, and who was discharged for fraudulent enlistment on account of misrepresentation of his age, shall hereafter be held and considered to have been discharged honorably from the military service on the date of his actual separation therefrom, if his service otherwise was such as would have entitled him to an honorable discharge...
Page 28 - The committee met at 10 o'clock am, Hon. John C. McKenzie (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. The committee has met this...
Page 29 - Park, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. The purpose of this bill is set forth in House Report No.