Miscellaneous Private Bills: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on Various Private Bills and Resolutions. [February 27, 1926].U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - 75 pages |
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... stay with his family ? Mr. MOREHEAD . I beg your pardon ? Mr. VINSON . How much service had he seen before he decided to ay with his family ? Mr. MOREHEAD . I do not understand . 1 Mr. VINSON . I mean , before he decided to UÀ 26a • A 2.
... stay with his family ? Mr. MOREHEAD . I beg your pardon ? Mr. VINSON . How much service had he seen before he decided to ay with his family ? Mr. MOREHEAD . I do not understand . 1 Mr. VINSON . I mean , before he decided to UÀ 26a • A 2.
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... understand the ca as I stated it . The father enlisted . The oldest son was mustere the service and , as I remember , served a year and about six months . I could not be sure unless I looked the records up just how long . He was ...
... understand the ca as I stated it . The father enlisted . The oldest son was mustere the service and , as I remember , served a year and about six months . I could not be sure unless I looked the records up just how long . He was ...
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... understand , back in 1898 , when the treatment of a cold bath for typhoid fever had not become generally understood to be a good thing , how this might have occurred ; a boy or a young fellow might refuse to help do that . But the war ...
... understand , back in 1898 , when the treatment of a cold bath for typhoid fever had not become generally understood to be a good thing , how this might have occurred ; a boy or a young fellow might refuse to help do that . But the war ...
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... understand we have two men who distingusihed themselves in France , and while I am very much interested in this soldier who enlisted from the district which I have the honor to represent , he now lives in the State of Kentucky . I have ...
... understand we have two men who distingusihed themselves in France , and while I am very much interested in this soldier who enlisted from the district which I have the honor to represent , he now lives in the State of Kentucky . I have ...
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... understand conditions as they are , they will not hesitate to recommend its passage . Mr. GLYNN . I remember meeting Sergeant Woodfill and having an interesting talk with him . He was in the gallery at the time of this speech and stood ...
... understand conditions as they are , they will not hesitate to recommend its passage . Mr. GLYNN . I remember meeting Sergeant Woodfill and having an interesting talk with him . He was in the gallery at the time of this speech and stood ...
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act of June Adjutant affiant affidavit August average Barrett Battery bill BLEAKNEY BORNESTEIN brigadier Burris Calif camp CANFIELD Capt Captain RAHM Carroll Reece cecum cent disabled Chairman charge commission COMMITTEE ON MILITARY Company comrades court-martial December 15 delicate condition Dental Corps Department discharge without honor dishonorable discharge duty efficiency report Engineers enlisted examination Exhibit facts favorably filed Fort Snelling FOSSAN France gentlemen girl GLYNN honorably discharged Hospital House of Representatives Hovas Humphreys County injury January JOHNSON kidney Ledwell letter Letterman General Hospital Lieutenant Woodfill Major MCNEILL marriage Medical Corps Military Academy MILITARY AFFAIRS military service months MOREHEAD National Guard Nugent October pension physical President Regiment Regular Army relief retired list retiring board ROTHWELL Secretary Secretary of War sergeant served shows soldier statement subcommittee Superior surgeon tuberculosis Turpin G Twelfth Field Artillery United States Army United States Infantry VINSON War Department WHITTINGTON
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