National Cemetery Policy: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on National Cemetery Policy |
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... indicate that at least 2.6 to 2.7 million deaths will occur between now and 1972. Based on past experience the demands for dependents will eventually be nearly as great . Currently , the ratio of dependents ' burials is as 3 dependents ...
... indicate that at least 2.6 to 2.7 million deaths will occur between now and 1972. Based on past experience the demands for dependents will eventually be nearly as great . Currently , the ratio of dependents ' burials is as 3 dependents ...
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... indicate , that while many of the 2212 millions of peo- ple who are entitled to burial in our national cemeteries at the present time do not consider this as an immediate problem , we who have charge of it realize that as time goes on ...
... indicate , that while many of the 2212 millions of peo- ple who are entitled to burial in our national cemeteries at the present time do not consider this as an immediate problem , we who have charge of it realize that as time goes on ...
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... indicating that their place of residence is Metropolitan Washington . They do this for one purpose : They want to be buried in Arlington Cemetery . Now I think everyone I have talked to on this committee agrees that we should have , and ...
... indicating that their place of residence is Metropolitan Washington . They do this for one purpose : They want to be buried in Arlington Cemetery . Now I think everyone I have talked to on this committee agrees that we should have , and ...
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... indicating that I believe there is an overall responsibility that we , as a Nation , now have to our veterans and to those that have served our country in time of war , and the rights that they may have to burial in a national cemetery ...
... indicating that I believe there is an overall responsibility that we , as a Nation , now have to our veterans and to those that have served our country in time of war , and the rights that they may have to burial in a national cemetery ...
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... indicated to me that the spouse will be interred in the same grave with the veteran , then it seems to me that does not in itself present any further problem . The question of whether or not the eligibility should continue on to his ...
... indicated to me that the spouse will be interred in the same grave with the veteran , then it seems to me that does not in itself present any further problem . The question of whether or not the eligibility should continue on to his ...
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12 percent 40 million 50 miles 87th Congress acres additional Administration Admiral HoYT American Legion Arlington Cemetery Arlington National Cemetery Army ASPINALL Battle Creek Beverly National Cemetery bill BRENNAN Budget Bureau burial allowance buried in national Chairman CHENOWETH close Colonel TEMPLE Committee on Interior CONGRESS THE LIBRARY Custer D.C. DEAR death Department Disabled DURNO Edgewater Park Township eligibility for burial established expansion facilities February 23 feel figures Foreign Wars Fort Bayard funeral gentlemen going grave sites gravesites HUGHES Insular Affairs Interior and Insular interment J. T. RUTHERFORD KENNEDY land legislation Municipal Cemetery national ceme national cemetery system National Parks organizations Pennsylvania problem question recommendation record request resolution SAYLOR space statement STOVER Subcommittee on National submitted survivors teries Thank tion tional cemetery TURNER U.S. Army United veteran population Veterans of Foreign Whereas WITMER World War II
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Page 44 - veteran" means a person who served in the active military, naval, or air service, and who was discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
Page 78 - As previously announced, this is a hearing before the Subcommittee on Public Lands of the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Page 44 - Administration facilities, may furnish domiciliary care to — (1) A veteran who was discharged or released from the active military, naval, or air service for a disability incurred or aggravated in line of duty, or...
Page 19 - Chairman, Subcommittee on National Parks, House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs...
Page 58 - In addition to the foregoing, when such a death occurs In the continental United States or Hawaii, the Administrator shall transport the body to the place of burial In the continental United States or Hawaii. Where such a death occurs In a Territory, a Commonwealth, or a possession of the United States, the Administrator shall transport the body to the place of burial within such Territory, Commonwealth, or possession.
Page 43 - ... a board of managers of an establishment for the care and relief of the disabled volunteers of the United States Army, to be known by the name and style of " The National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers...
Page 43 - ... the president of the United States; the chief justice of the Supreme Court; the president of the senate; the speaker of the House of Representatives; and the presidents of the following institutions, viz.: Harvard University, Yale University, Columbia University.
Page 101 - ... do not need this compensation, and this situation is met by the clause in the bill which provides that before the adjustment is made that application must be made for it. On the other hand, the great majority, and particularly the private soldier, does need the relief, and it should be granted. As a member of the national executive committee of the American Legion I come as a representative of the service men of North Dakota. Telegrams and letters sent to me from practically every post in the...
Page 77 - OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERIOR AND INSULAR AFFAIRS, Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, at 9 :55 am, in the committee room, 1324 Longworth House Office Building, Hon.
Page 3 - I understood it, there was an informal agreement between the chairman of the Armed Services Committee and the chairman of the Interior Committee.