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Harry Truman: I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the granting of allowances for quarters and subsistence to…

On the recordJuly 7, 1947
I hereby prescribe the following regulations governing the granting of allowances for quarters and subsistence to enlisted men in active service in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard who are not furnished quarters or rations in kind;
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Executive Order 9871—Regulatons Governing the Granting of Allowances for Quarters and Subsistence to Enlisted Men of the...

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