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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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...

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