Abraham Lincoln said...

the President directs that from and after this date the order above referred to requiring passports shall be modified, a...

To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow, and his orphan, is our duty.

of your military necessities you must judge and execute, but please do so in the spirit and with the purpose above indic...

It is due to this officer to state that he was passed over in consequence of physical disability, this disability having...