Executive Order
05/18/1898
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On recommendation of the Military Governor of Cuba, approved by the Secretary of War, I hereby order and direct that the...
To single out for payment a few claims of this large class to the exclusion of all others would, in my judgment, be unju...
In his death the country has been deprived of one of its greatest citizens.
The measure of governmental liability is fulfilled by the passage of the act of March 3, 1891, and the prompt payment of...