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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... do so even if , which is most unlikely , the present low proportion of requests , cur- rently about 15 percent , continues to obtain in the future . This per- centage is , in fact , a manifestation of the 2 NATIONAL CEMETERY POLICY.
... do so even if , which is most unlikely , the present low proportion of requests , cur- rently about 15 percent , continues to obtain in the future . This per- centage is , in fact , a manifestation of the 2 NATIONAL CEMETERY POLICY.
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... requests for burial in national cemeteries . So much for the magnitude of the problem . The question is to find a fair and equitable policy . It must be remembered that land that is suitable for national cemeteries readily accessible to ...
... requests for burial in national cemeteries . So much for the magnitude of the problem . The question is to find a fair and equitable policy . It must be remembered that land that is suitable for national cemeteries readily accessible to ...
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... request of the Pennsylvania Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars , on January 6 of 1961 I introduced H.R. 2326 , a bill to provide for the establishment of national cemeteries in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania . H.R. 2326 is ...
... request of the Pennsylvania Department of the Veterans of Foreign Wars , on January 6 of 1961 I introduced H.R. 2326 , a bill to provide for the establishment of national cemeteries in the Com- monwealth of Pennsylvania . H.R. 2326 is ...
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... requested by the Department of Pennsylvania , Vet- erans of Foreign Wars of the United States , that the enclosed bill to provide for the establishment of national cemeteries in the State of Pennsylvania be intro- duced by you in the ...
... requested by the Department of Pennsylvania , Vet- erans of Foreign Wars of the United States , that the enclosed bill to provide for the establishment of national cemeteries in the State of Pennsylvania be intro- duced by you in the ...
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... Point . When you speak of retired personnel , their request for burial is either for Arlington or at the Academies from which they graduated . From an acreage standpoint , I think you will find both 8 NATIONAL CEMETERY POLICY.
... Point . When you speak of retired personnel , their request for burial is either for Arlington or at the Academies from which they graduated . From an acreage standpoint , I think you will find both 8 NATIONAL CEMETERY POLICY.
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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.