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The Corps Warrant, which is the official list of which bodies of the British Military (not to be confused with naval) Forces were to be considered Corps of the British Army for the purposes of the Army Act, the Reserve Forces Act, 1882, and the Territorial and Reserve Forces Act, 1907, had not been updated since 1926 (Army Order 49 of 1926 ...
The Dawes Act of 1887 (also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 [1] [2]) regulated land rights on tribal territories within the United States. Named after Senator Henry L. Dawes of Massachusetts , it authorized the President of the United States to subdivide Native American tribal communal landholdings into ...
The act was significantly amended by Congress on April 5, 1869, under President Ulysses S. Grant. Congress repealed the act in its entirety in 1887, 20 years after the law was enacted. While evaluating the constitutionality of a similar law in Myers v. United States (1926), the Supreme Court stated that the Tenure of Office Act was likely ...
Long title: An Act to establish a non-contributory pension fund for officers of the Salvation Army; to provide for the transfer to the fund of certain existing funds and for contributions to the fund from the general funds of the Salvation Army and from its associated charities and companies; to establish a board to administer the fund; to confer powers on the board to make rules determining ...
The Salvation Army Act 1963 [83] established a non-contributory pension fund for Officers of the Salvation Army. The Salvation Army Act 1968 relates to management of Salvation Army trusts. [84] The Salvation Army Act 1980 revised and consolidated the constitution of the Salvation Army to continue its work. [85]
Uncle Sam pointing his finger at the viewer in order to recruit soldiers for the American Army during World War I, 1917-1918 Sheet music cover for patriotic song, 1917. The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 65–12, 40 Stat. 76, enacted May 18, 1917) authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for ...
The Army Reorganization Act of 1818 [11] marked the beginning of the modem Medical Department of the United States Army. [9] Five American Civil War nurses at 1916 Massachusetts encampment; Helen E. Smith, Susan C. Mills, Margaret Hamilton, Mary E. Smith, and Lovisa Tyson.
The Department of the Army is a Military Department within the United States Department of Defense.The department is headed by the secretary of the army, who by statute must be a civilian, appointed by the president with the confirmation by the United States Senate.