...Indiana, That 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...

...electing to stand thereon, the petition was dismissed. RS 1754 (41 Stat. 37, 5 USCA 35) is as follows: 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...

...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. EXAMINATIONS. The applicants to enter the services designated are examined as to their relative capacity...

...concept that dates from 1865, when the US Congress, toward the end of the American Civil War, affirmed 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...

...Resolved. That it is the sense of this Encampment, that Section 1754, Revised Statutes, which provides that "persons honorably discharged from the military...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...

...Revised Statutes, which was passed March 3, 1865, and is identified as 13 Stat. 571. This law provided that "Persons honorably discharged from the military...from wounds or sickness Incurred In the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointment to civil offices, provided they be found to possess the business...

...Representatives, the following preference statutes enclosed in hlack brackets are superseded by HR 4115: [Persons honorably discharged from the military or...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty, shall be preferred for appointments to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...

...White, 83 id., 578; Carr ». Gordon, 82 Id., 373.) 164. Appointments to civil office; preferences. — Persons honorably discharged from the military or...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty shall be preferred for appointments to civil service offices, provided they are found to possess the...

...Op. Atty. Oen. 113. Preference In the matter of appointment to civil office accorded by 071, post, to persons honorably discharged from the military or...resulting from wounds or sickness Incurred in the line of duly, la not subject to the lawn of apportionment. (1910) 28 Op. Atty. Gen. 298, overruling (1909),...

...may also be filled by promotion, reduction, transfer, or reinstatement. VETERAN PREFERENCE. Persons discharged from the military or naval service by reason...from wounds or sickness incurred in the line of duty who receive a rating of at least 65 are certified first for appointment. All others are required to...