...Preference given to discharged soldiers, their wives and widows. — Persons honorably discharged from military or naval service by reason of disability...from wounds or sickness Incurred In the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business...

...Atty. Gen. 112. Preference in the matter of appointment to civil office accorded by 2'¿, post, to persons honorably discharged from the military or...service by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sick neas incurred in the line of duty, is not subject to the lawn of apportionment. (1910) 28 Op....

...sailors. — 1. Persons honorably discharged from the Military or Naval Service of the United States by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the capacity...

...The history of military preference in the federal service extends back to 1865, when Congress enacted that Persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business...

...controlled for half a century. Preference is extended not merely, as in 1865, to persons discharged by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, but to all "honorably discharged soldiers, sailors and marines." A mere term of service in the Army...

...not apply to any person honorably discharged from the military or naval service of the United States by reason of disability resulting from wounds or sickness incurred In the line of duty. Such persons are preferred in appointments under 51754, RS, and certified to appointing officers before...

...considerations, must be construed in connection with section 1754, Revised Statutes, which provides that persons honorably discharged from the military or naval service by reason of disability, etc., incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices where they...

...Op. Atty. Gen. 112. Preference In the matter of appointment to civil office accorded by 671, post, to persons honorably discharged from the military or...from wounds or sickness Incurred In the line of duty, Is not subject to the law« of apportionment. (1910) 28 Op. Atty. Gen. 298, overruling (1909), 27 Op....

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...41 Stat. 142.) 36. Preference for appointments to persons disabled in military or naval service. — Persons honorably discharged from the military or...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to civil offices, provided they are found to possess the business...