Compilation of General Orders, Circulars, and Bulletins of the War Department: Issued Between February 15, 1881, and December 31, 1915

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1916 - 669 pages
Has suppl. Compilation of orders. Changes, no. 1-15, 1917-1919.

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Page 143 - No person shall be liable to be tried and punished by a general court-martial for any offense which appears to have been committed more than two years before the issuing of the order for such trial, unless, by reason of having absented himself, or of some other manifest impediment, he shall not have been amenable to justice within that period.
Page 391 - ... to render professional aid and assistance to the Secretary of War and to general officers and other superior commanders, and...
Page 478 - All persons, in whatever capacity acting, including lessees or mortgagors of real or personal property, fiduciaries, employers, and all officers and employees of the United States, having the control, receipt,. custody, disposal, or payment...
Page 41 - That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to prescribe a system of examination of all officers of the Army below the rank of major, to determine their fitness for promotion, such an examination to be conducted at such times anterior...
Page 22 - Gareth and Lynette, Lancelot and Elaine, and The Passing of Arthur ; Browning's Cavalier Tunes, The Lost Leader, How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix...
Page 380 - Fifth,, that no person in the public service is for that reason under any obligations to contribute to any political fund, or to render any political service, and that he will not be removed or otherwise prejudiced for refusing to do so.
Page 43 - That should the officer fail in his physical examination and be found incapacitated for service by reason of physical disability contracted in line of duty he shall be retired with the rank to which his seniority entitled him to be promoted; but if he should 219 US Opinion of the Court.
Page 8 - No officer or employee of the Government shall, directly or indirectly, instruct or be concerned in any manner in the instruction of any person or classes of persons, with a view to their special preparation for the examinations of the boards of examiners for the diplomatic and consular services.
Page 22 - Allegro, and II Penseroso; Burke's Speech on Conciliation with America, or Washington's Farewell Address and Webster's First Bunker Hill Oration; Macaulay's Life of Johnson, or Carlyle's Essay on Burns.
Page 380 - States shall, directly or indirectly, solicit or receive, or be in any manner concerned in soliciting or receiving, any assessment, subscription, or contribution for any political purpose whatever from any officer, clerk, or employee of the United States...

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