 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1968 - 282 Seiten
..."It [benefits] was a part of their hire. . .it was the price of their blood and of your Independency, it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honour . . ." These concepts were strengthened when Abraham Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Veterans' Affairs - 1968 - 274 Seiten
..."It [benefits] was a part of their hire. . .it was the price of their blood and of your Independency, it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honour . . ." These concepts were strengthened when Abraham Lincoln in his Second Inaugural Address,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1977 - 372 Seiten
..."It (benefits) was part of their hire . . . it was the price of their blood and of your independency, it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor." Expanding thereon, President Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address called upon the nation... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1977 - 160 Seiten
..."lt (benefits) was part of their hire . . . it was the price of their blood and of your independency, it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor." Expanding thereon. President Abraham Lincoln in his second inaugural address called upon the nation... | |
 | United States. Veterans Administration - 1977 - 696 Seiten
..."It (benefits) was part of their hire. . . it was the price of their blood and of your independency, it is, therefore, more than a common debt, it is a debt of honor. . . '.' Indeed every President since 1865 has supported Lincoln's commitment, ". . .to care for him... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1981 - 60 Seiten
..."It (benefits) was part of their hire. . . It was the price of their blood and of your independency, it is therefore more than a common debt, it is a debt of honour. . ." -- George Washington This debt of honor to which General Washington referred, our veterans'... | |
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That provision should be viewed, as it really was, a reasonable compensation offered by Congress, at a time when they had nothing else to give to the officers of the army for services then to be performed. It was the only means to prevent a total dereliction... 
