04/05/1905
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"If he did not have a fighting edge, his patriotism did not count."
"The Commission therefore refused to recommend a special exception to the rules unless he would prove that he was eligible under the rules to take an examination for the same position."
"Such action, however, required a special exception to the rules."
"by virtue of the authority in me vested, and in pursuance of said Act of the Congress, approved July 1, 1902, do hereby declare, proclaim and make known that the following described lands be, and the ..."