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Page 271 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service.
Page 314 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 314 - Patrick J. Kelly, Creating a National Home: Building the Veterans' Welfare State, 1860-1900 (1997), pp.
Page 250 - During the campaign he said that it "was no time to be weighing the claims of old soldiers with apothecary's scales...
Page 271 - That the President of the United States is authorized to employ as many persons of African descent as he may deem necessary and proper for the suppression of this rebellion, and for this purpose he may organize and use them in such manner as he may judge best for the public welfare.
Page 270 - President be, and he is hereby, authorized to receive into the service of the United States, for the purpose of constructing intrenchments, or performing camp service, or any other labor, or any military or naval service for which they may be found competent, persons of African descent...
Page 266 - Records of the Office of the Chief of Engineers, Record Group 77, National Archives and Records Administration-Great Lakes Region (Chicago) (hereinafter cited as RG 77, NAGL).
Page 246 - MENDELSOHN is a Ph.D. candidate in the History Department at the University of Chicago, completing a dissertation on water resources in Chicago before 1920.
Page 300 - Publicly expressing, in violation of General Orders No. 38, from Head-quarters Department of the Ohio, sympathy for those in arms against the Government of the United States, and declaring disloyal sentiments and opinions, with the object and purpose of weakening the power of the Government in its efforts to suppress an unlawful rebellion.