Pensions--regular Establishment: Hearings Before the Committee on Invalid Pensions, House of Representatives, 76th Congress, 1st Sesson, on H.R. 75, H.R. 1828, H.R. 2765, H.R. 3953, and H.R. 5977 and S. 522, Bills Relating to Pensions and Increase of Pensions to Veterans of the Regular Establishment. July 21, 1939 |
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... approximately 1,000 . It is the opinion of the Veterans ' Administration that they should not be dis- turbed . The enactment of the bill would place them in a favored position and create a basis for urging legislation increasing the ...
... approximately 1,000 . It is the opinion of the Veterans ' Administration that they should not be dis- turbed . The enactment of the bill would place them in a favored position and create a basis for urging legislation increasing the ...
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... approximately 550 elderly widows , in- cluding some widows of men who died as a result of the sinking of the U. S. S. Maine . The bill would not include an existing group of Civil War widows with an average age of 74 years , who are now ...
... approximately 550 elderly widows , in- cluding some widows of men who died as a result of the sinking of the U. S. S. Maine . The bill would not include an existing group of Civil War widows with an average age of 74 years , who are now ...
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... approximately 1,000 Regular Establish- ment veterans , at an additional cost of approximately $ 271,000 for the fiscal year 1940 . Section 2 would provide increases for approximately 32,700 Regular Estab- lishment veterans where service ...
... approximately 1,000 Regular Establish- ment veterans , at an additional cost of approximately $ 271,000 for the fiscal year 1940 . Section 2 would provide increases for approximately 32,700 Regular Estab- lishment veterans where service ...
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... Approximately 73 percent of the enlisted personnel reenlist with a high median of reenlistments apparent over a long period of time , hence over 73 per- cent of the personnel today confirm , by such reenlistment their acceptance of the ...
... Approximately 73 percent of the enlisted personnel reenlist with a high median of reenlistments apparent over a long period of time , hence over 73 per- cent of the personnel today confirm , by such reenlistment their acceptance of the ...
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... approximately 5 percent in the instance of ampu- tation cases restored under Public , 788 , to as high as 75 percent in the instance of the 10 percent disabled , yet very few would receive in excess of 80 percent of that received by war ...
... approximately 5 percent in the instance of ampu- tation cases restored under Public , 788 , to as high as 75 percent in the instance of the 10 percent disabled , yet very few would receive in excess of 80 percent of that received by war ...
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$30 per month 1-Series 60 percent 75 percent active service Administrator of Veterans ALLARD H amended amount anatomical loss applicable approximately April 21 average benefits bill Bolling Field Boxer Rebellion CARL GARDNER centum the monthly Chairman Coast Guard cost dependents of veterans disability incurred disability is rated disability or death disabled person disabled Regulars enlisted entitled to pension foot HINES injury JOHN LESINSKI line of duty loss or loss March 20 Marine Corps military or naval monthly pension monthly rate naval service paragraph pension law pension rates pensions to veterans prior to April protected award providing pensions Public rate of pension receive Regular Veterans result of service-incurred retired list retired pay Revenue Cutter Service Senate service prior service-incurred disability Seventy-third Congress soldier Spanish-American War suffered the anatomical tion title 38 total disability veterans for similar Veterans Regulation War Department wartime rates widow World War veterans
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Page 146 - I 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 61 - There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Education and Labor with an amendment, in section 9, page 10, line 24, before the word "and...
Page 52 - ... an arm at or above the elbow or a leg at or above the knee...
Page 125 - ... line of duty in the military or naval service (except so far as they relate to persons who served prior to the Spanish-American War and to the dependents of such persons, and the retirement of officers and enlisted men of the Regular Army, Navy, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard...
Page 61 - The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments were concurred in. The Bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.
Page 97 - The ratings shall be based, as far as practicable, upon the average impairments of earning capacity resulting from such injuries in civil occupations similar to the occupation of the injured man at the time of enlistment...
Page 131 - If the disabled person, as the result of service-Incurred disability, has suffered the anatomical loss or loss of use of...
Page 32 - Navy is authorized to convene a board of not less than three naval officers, one of whom shall be a surgeon, to examine into the condition of the applicant, and to recommend a suitable amount for his relief, and for a specified time...
Page 33 - When a retiring board finds that an officer is incapacitated for active service, and that his incapacity is the result of an incident of service, and such decision is approved by the President, said officer shall be retired from active service and placed on the list of retired officers.
Page 65 - Where any disabled veteran having neither wife, child, nor dependent parent is being furnished hospital treatment, institutional or domiciliary care by the United States or any political subdivision thereof, the pension, compensation, or emergency officers...