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Millard Fillmore: “But even if a decision on these shall be suspended, it is hoped that the bills which are designed to regulate rank…”

On the recordJanuary 13, 1851
But even if a decision on these shall be suspended, it is hoped that the bills which are designed to regulate rank, precedence, and command in the Army and Navy as separate branches of service may receive the sanction of Congress, with such amendments as may be deemed appropriate, in the course of the present session.
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Millard Fillmore
Whig · New York

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