Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 1,963, Caleb Clark, R.I.
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SERVICE
R.I.
Clark, Caleb
NUMBER
R. 1.963
CONTENTS
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Caleb Clark
6 months
31986
5865
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31986
Caleb Clark
Vermont
1963
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STATE OF VERMONT,
RUTLAND COUNTY, SS.
On this 5th day of July
A.D. 1834 personally appeared in open Court before the Judge of the [Probate] Court of [Rutland] now sitting, Caleb Clark a resident of the County of Rutland and State of Vermont, aged 71 years, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration, in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7, 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served herein stated. 
[Note the preceding paragraph was crossed out]
In 1777 he resided at New Fairfield, State of Connecticut, when he enlisted for two months in the New Connecticut Regt could be filled up, & [ to Horseneck & served under Genl Putnam, & was in the agent in have down the stone left at the temple he served out the two months
As [January]1778, as [best] as he can recollect he enlisted for one year in Capt Rogers Company, Col. Ewart Regt. Lt Trowbridge, Genl [Shepherd]..

In 1779 he lived Gloucester, R. Island, and in Feb. or March of that year he enlisted into Col. [Toffering] Regt (or Col Topham) of State troops for one year, by Capt Tantalow, & served in Capt Crary's company & marched to Seacrest Point, Little Compton & [Charlestown], and after serving a little over six months, his father came to camp & procured his discharge for the remainder of his term, to that he duly claims six months service. He was born at Mendon, Mass in 1763, but has no record of his age. There were continental troops at & about [Howland] pray, but he does not remember so as to tell what Regiments they were, and who were the officers & he recollects no other troops or officers above named. He lived after the enemy had left R. Island, but they had ships of war lying of Newport Harbor & the Regt to which he belonged was employed in guarding the coast.  He never received any written discharge & has no documentary evidence, & knows of no person whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his services, except what accompanies this.  Soon after the Revolutionary War, he moved to Vermont & has lived in Danby & [Fairfield] ever since, & now lives in [Fairfield]
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There is no clergyman residing in the neigbourhood where he resides, but he is known to most of the inhabitants of Danby & [Fairfield], and the undersigned Hopkins Horton & Daniel Kelly.

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present,  and declares that his name is not on the Pension Roll of the Agency of any State.

Sworn to and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
Caleb Clark 

F. W. Hopkins Reg
W Hopkins Horton, a Clergyman [crossed out] residing in Clarendon and Daniel Kelly residing in [Rutland] in said county, hereby certify, that we are well acquainted with Caleb Clark who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be 71 years of age; that he is reputed and believed, in the neigbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the Revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Daniel Kelley
Hopkins Horton
Sworn and subscribed the
day and year aforesaid.
F. W. Hopkins Reg

And the said Court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the above named applicant was a Revolutionary soldier, and served as he states. And the Court further certifies, that it appears to them that Daniel Kelly who has signed the preceding certificate, is a Clergyman [strike through], resident [Rutland] and that Hopkins Horton who has also signed the same, is a resident in Clarendon, both late of Danby and is a credible person, and that their statement is entitled to credit and that there is no clergyman in Danby [avail]

I Frederick W. Hopkins, Register Clerk  [strike through] of the Court of Probate for the Dist. of [Rutland] and do hereby certify, that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Caleb Clark for a Pension.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto
set my hand and seal of office this 29th day of August A.D. 1834
F. W. Hopkins, Register
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The additional declaration of Caleb Clark of Darby in the County of Rutland, in order to obtain a pension under the Act of Congress of June 7 1832 - at Chapuchett village in the Town of Gloucester, in Rhode Island, some time in the fall of 1780. I cannot recollect the month, although I think it was in September or October, I enlisted for one year under Capt. Abram Tourtelot, who was a recruiting officer, in about a month I marched to Providence and [drew] a gun, knapsack, and other equipments and then marched to [Tiverton] and remained at Tiverton, Little Compton and Seacoast Point, most of the time until sometime in the summer of 1781, when my father came to Little Compton or Tiverton and claimed me because I was not sixteen years of age, and presented the record of my age to Col. [Topham] and obtained my discharge, which I suppose he kept, as I do not recollect ever to have seen it -- I was in Col. [Topham's] Regiment, in Capt Crary's company, but I cannot recollect the names of any other officers in the regiment- Gary Pitmon was a fifer in the company & Thomas Garner (a mulatto) Rufus McIntire, Godfrey Corrington & John Turnman were privates in the same company - Rutland Ft. July 30 - 1835
Caleb Clark

Attest Moses M. [Stony?]
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V. & 1812 Wars Section
AWF/eel
November 19, 1928
Mrs. W. M. Landon
Box 158
Angola, New York
Madam:

I advise you from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim, R. 1963, it appears that Caleb Clark was born in 1763, at Mendon, Massachusetts.
He applied for pension, July 5, 1834, while residing in Rutland County, Vermont, and alleged that while living in Gloucester, Rhode Island, he enlisted February or March, 1779, under Captain Tourtellet, a recruiting officer and served in Captain Crary's Company, Colonel Topham's Rhode Island Regiment. After serving about six months, his father, whose name is not given, came to camp and procured his discharge.
The claim was not allowed as there was not proof of service as required by the pension laws.
In 1846, he was living in Danby, Vermont.
There are no family data.
Respectfully,
WINFIED SCOTT
Commissioner.
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Caleb Clark
Vt
Suspended
Lt. M.M. Strong [strike through]
12 June '35 [strike through]
Same Ag 5, 1835 [strike through]
Jesse Gore April 25th 40 [strike through]
[Lt. L L Lingerland], July 31 '41 [strike through]
Act 7 June 1832
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Jesse Gore
Apr 25th 1840
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42

Gen: H
Apr 25th '40

Sir
The additional evidence in the case of Caleb Clark does not remove the difficulty. It is shown by our records that he served in Col Crary's Regt of the R. I. Brigade as attested by the witness
but the sum he recd for depreciation does
not show as much as six mo. service.  In the absence of rolls the lists of depreciation have
in considered next best evidence
Jesse Gore, [esq]
Rutland
Vt
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Tunis S. Slingerland, Esq
[T C.  Heskell]
Schoharie County N. York
Pension Agent
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Rutland County
Schoharie Co. N.Y
State of Vermont [Jc]
Tunis S. Slingerland Esq Pension Agent
Dear Sir I inform you that I have made out a Declaration & pension papers some years ago at Rutland. [Egan Gare] was my Agent he has had my claim in his possession for a length of time &
I do not know what he has done you will find my
name on the Records at Providence Rhode Island I was at the Office some years ago & found my case
and name I served under Col Toppens Regiment
I think that was the Col.'s name I enlisted for one
year - my Declaration sets forth all the facts I believe and you can obtain letter information from my papers at Washington than I can now give I am old and failing very much in my mind and memory & feel as though I could but enjoy the privilidges of my claims but a very short time-- I am poor and it is an honest claim & it would help me much for the support of life in my old days. I want nothing but my honest due I wish to employ you to try to obtain my claims from the United States and I hereby Authorize & Empower you as my true and Lawful Attorney and Agent to act for me and to obtain my right and claim of arrears and Pension for me and you will place, if you go to Washington to search and see what has been done in my case and should you not go to Washington have the goodness to write to Washington for me and as I am informed they are good and oblidging at Washington and do give all the information necessary and the whole of the fault is in the neglect of my Agent. Try to get information as soon as you can and favor me with with the same. Direct your letter to Danby four corners Post Office Ruttland Co. Vt. I am truly yours dated at Danby September 21st 1846 - I should have written to Washington myself before now but I am two old and cannot I am too infirm
Caleb Clark [his X mark]

witness present
Wilson Clark
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July 1847
Case Caleb Clark

[Tannersville]
July 12, 1847

Hon. J. L. Edwards
Commissioner of Pension
Washington D.C.
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Barnesville July 9, 1847
Dear Sir:

I herewith enclose you a request of Mr. Caleb Clark who as I am informed is a hereby respectable citizen & as his friends state not only worthy, but in their opinion entitled to a pension. He bears the reputation of having rendered the necessary service for the Pension.
Please inform me of the difficulties which prevent
his claim from being allowed & by so doing oblige the old gentleman & yours.
Very Respectfully
Your Obt Sert
L. S. Slingerland
Barnerville
Schoharie Co.
N. Y.

Hon J. L. Edwards
Commr Pensions
Washington D. C.
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T.S. Slingerland
July 31, '47
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270

Pension Office
July 31, 1847
Sir
In answer to your letter of the 9th [July]
I have to inform you that Caleb Clark asserted a claim for an alleged service in 1779 in Col Tophams Regiment of Rhode Island State
[Troops.] The only one of his name belonging to
the Brigade of that state was attached to Col
Crary's regiment, but the amount of depreciation
he received is not sufficient to show that
he served as much as 6 mo. Surely it can be
shown by the roles, that he served the full
period of 6 mo he cannot be allowed a
pension.
T.S. Slingerland Esq
Barnersville
Schoharie Co
NY
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Caleb Clark's claim
Asa Inman's Deposition
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I Asa Inman of Burrillville [Miller]
State of Rhode Island of the age of Seventy
three years and upwards being first duly engaged according to law do testify and
say I was formerly acquainted with Caleb
Clark formerly of Glocester in this State but
now of Danby County of Rutland State of Vermont I was acquainted with him during the
Revolutionary War. He lived a neighbour to me. Said Caleb Clark enlisted at the same time with my brother for one year in Captain Abraham Tourtellot's Company Col. Archibald Crary's Regiment of Rhode Island State Troops. I know that during said year he was absent from home and I understood then & always that he was on duty & that he served out his said term of
enlistment with said Regiment I cannot precisely recollect the year when he enlisted but I recollect
distinctly of the said Clarks and my brothers being off on duty in said Company. 
Asa Inman
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence
Glocester September 22, 1839

Then personally came the said Asa Inman who subscribed the within Deposition in my presence being first duly engaged according to law, be former, to tell the truth the whole truth and nothing but the truth relative to the matter set forth and I further certify that I am well acquainted with the said Asa Inman and believe his [word marked out] reputation for truth and veracity to be good and that his statements are entitled to full faith and credit.
Jonathan A Tourtellot Just. Peace
[for 25 do]
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State of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations
Providence [Sc.]
I John W. Smith Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas within & for the County of Providence, in said State being a Court of record, do hereby
certify that Jonathan A. Tourtellott Esquire, before whom the aforegoing affidavit was sworn is a Justice of the Peace for the Town of Glocester in said County that by law he is authorized & qualified to administer oaths and take depositions; and that his signature aforewritten
is genuine.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand &
affix the seal of our said Court at Providence, this
twenty fourth day of September AD 1839.

John W. Smith Clerk
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Rutland Vt Feby 9, 1839
Sir,
I have before me a letter from your department, dated the 12th June 1835, addressed to M. M. Strong Esq relating to a claim for pension of
Caleb Clark under the act of 7 June 1832
Mr Clark has just handed me your letter with
the inclosed affidavit of Asa Inman. He states
that the brother of Asa Inman referred to in his
affidavit was John Inman who he is informed,
has been many years deceased.
Be pleased to communicate your decision to me.
I am very respectfully
Your Obt Sert.
Jesse Cross

James L. Edwards Jr
Com of Pensions
City of Washington
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War 1812
Walker of Va
Walker of Kentucky
Fletcher of Tenn
Thos Fletcher of So. Car
Fletcher of No. Car
Cooper of Tenn
John Cooper of So Car
[Olet] Cooper of N Car
Cooper of Kentucky
West of S. Car
West of Ky

Maria & B Smith
1629 Col. Rd
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M. M.  Strong
Rutland Vermt
Augt 5 1835
OC
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War Dept
Pension Off
Aug 5, '35
Sir
In the case of Caleb Clarke unless it
distinctly appears that he was in actual service 6 mo or more a pension can not be allowed him. In his original declaration he asserts assist that he entered Tophams Regt in the month of Feby or March '79 & served over six months when his father obtained his discharge, and in his last statement (not sworn to) he dates the commencement of his service "in the fall of 1780" & served till "summer of 1781." These discrepancies present his claim in such an unfavorable point of view, that the most satisfactory explanation & proof will be necessary to a favorable decision upon it.
[act 7 June]

M. M. Strong Esq
Rutland
Vermont
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Rutland July 30 1835
Sir
I send herewith the supplemental
declaration of Caleb Clark, in pursuance
of the directions contained in your letter
to me of the 12th [ult] for the purpose of giving further information as to the length of his services. Mr. Clark retains with great difficulty any correct idea of the length or commencement of his services, or the names of his inferior officers, but I have no doubt from his account of his services that he served a sufficient time to entitle him to some allowance.

Yours Respectfully
Moses M. Strong
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M. M. Strong
12 June 1835
OC
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War Dept
PO
June 12 1835

Sir
The amended certificate [hearing] that Caleb Clark's delineation amounted to but 5.6.10 been given rise to great doubt whether he could have served a sufficient time to entitle him to any allowance within the act of 1832.
Recently  the original roster rolls of the Rhode Island Brigade have been procured by the
this [Department] and if Mr Clark into now
give the date of his entry into the service and the company officers under whom he served
the [content] of his actual services may be verified by those [rolls].
Whenever such a statement shall be furnished
his claim will be decided on.  The present papers
which do not clearly show these essential facts  then these essential facts remain on file.
Moses M. Strong Esq
Rutland Vt
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Rutland July 17. 1835
Sir
I had the honour on the 10th of Dec. of addressing your department on the subject of
the application of Caleb Clark for a pension under the act of June 7 1832, and in reply was informed that the papers we returned to the late R. Temple on the 18th of Sept, after a good deal of search among the papers of Mr. Semple the administrators of Mr. Temple have found the papers alluded to, and at the request of Mr. Clark
I herewith forward them to your bureau.  If correctly understand the difficulty in this case as disclosed in the letter of Mr. Edwards to Mr. Temple of the 18th Sept, it is altogether
removed by the additional certificate of Mr. Cowel, which accompanies the papers, under the
date of Oct 7 1834 & annexed to his former certificate. If there is no further difficulty in the way of Mr. Clark being placed on the pension roll, he requests that his certificate may be forwarded to me. 
I have the honor to be
Yours Respectfully
Moses M. Strong
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I Asa Inman of Burrillville in the County of Providence  State of Rhode Island aged 73 years being first duly Sworn according to law do on oath testify and say that I am well acquainted with Caleb Clark formerly of Glocester in said State & now of the State of
Vermont. Said Clark & myself were near neighbours & playmates in our youth. In 1779 I theirs, my brother John Inman, who is now deceased enlisted in Col Tophams regiment RI  State troops, for one year, and the said Caleb Clark at the same time enlisted with him in the same regiment. They both went together to Little Compton RI to join their regiment. Said Clarke was absent from home & on duty as a soldier in said regiment, as I then
suppose, a period not less than six months
according to the best of my recollection
Asa Inman

State of Rhode Island
Prov [can't decipher]
In [Court] this twenty Seven day of June 1834 before me personally appeared Asa Inman
who on Solemn oath testifies & saith that the above deposition by him signed in my presence is just & true in all its parts. I further certify that the said Inman is a Credible person & that his statement is entitled to Credit. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my
hand & seal of office this day & year first written. 
Sam Y Atwell [Pub]Story
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The State of Rhode Island [jcc]
Providence Jc
I, Dexter Randall, Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas, it being a Court of Record, do hereby
certify that Samuel Y Atwell before whom the within affidavit was Sworn is a Publick Notary within and for said County of Providence and duly authorised by the Law to administer oaths and take depositions and the signature thereto
affixed is the proper signature of the said Samuel.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court at Providence this twenty fifth day of June AD 1834
Dexter Randall
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Rhode Island District Jc
Clerks Office of the District Court of the
United States Providence June 19, 1834

I certify there is a Book in this Office containing the names of the Officers and Privates in and belonging to three Regiments which were raised by the State of Rhode Island during the years 1777, 1778 & 1779 and commanded by Colonels John Topham, Archibald Crary and Robert Elliott. At the end of said Book are the names of a number of persons belonging to said Regiments, which appear to have been omitted to be enrolled in their proper place among these names so omitted is the name of Caleb Clark a private but to which of the three Regiments he belonged does not appear or how long he served.

I further certify there does not appear any other person by that name on said Roll.

In testimony whereof I have hereto set my hand
and affixed the seal of said Court the day
and year above written
Benja Cowell, Clerk
October 7th, 1834
I further certify that the above
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mentioned book contains the amount of [declaration] of wages due to each one who belonged to said regiments & that the sum of [Pounds] 5.6 10 was found due said Caleb Clark as appears by said Book duly examined by me
Benja Cowell [Clerk]
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Rev.&1812 Wars Section.
MMHF

April 17, 1929
R. 1963 [handwritten document reference]

Mrs. W. M. Landon,
Box 158,
Angola, New York.

Madam:

I advise you that the record of Caleb Clark furnished you on November 19, 1928, is that of the only soldier by that name of Danby, Vermont, found on the Revolutionary War
records of this bureau.

That soldier was not at the surrender of Cornwallis as he stated he enlisted in 1779 and served about six months.

This bureau has no list of regiments in service at the surrender of Cornwallis, but Rhode Island troops were engaged in the Siege of Yorktown.

Respectfully,
E. W. MORGAN,
Acting Commissioner.
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Angola NY
April 1, 1929
Commissioner of Pensions:-- Is there anything in your office that would tell me what company or Regiments that were at the Surrender of Cornwallis which took place in Yorktown Virginia.

I have a bible record, that Caleb Clark or Clarke
of Danby, Rutland Co. Vt at which says that he was at the Surrender of Cornwallis, he died in Danby Vt, one record says 1837 and another Record says 1847. Was Archibald Crary's Regiment from Rhode Island at this surrender.

If you have any record of this surrender where could I yet information.
-
Yours truly
Mrs Weston M Landen
Angola N.Y.
box 158

[US Pension Office received stamp mark dated Apr 2, 1929]
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3-2275
16157
Finance Division
Clerk: JNK

UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Pensions
Washington

November 10, 1928

Your letter ( attached hereto ) does not contain sufficient data to identify the person to whom you refer. In order to enable me to furnish the information you desire, please answer if possible, the questions checked thus ( x ) and return
both your letter and these answers for further consideration.
E. W. Morgan
Acting Commissioner.
Full name of soldier: Henry Clarke also Caleb Clark or Clarke
X-Full name of pensioner: do not know that either recd. Pension
X-War in which service was rendered: Revolutionary
X-Army or Navy:  Army; Company: [Blank]; Regiment:  [Blank]; State:  Newport, R.I. 
X-Certificate number:  [Blank]
Last known P. O. address of person named: Danby, Vermont for both names
Date of death: Henry d. April 10 - 1832, Caleb d.  1847
Your relationship to said person: G. Grandfather-Caleb; Henry is G. G. Grandfather.
Purpose for which information is desired: to be preserved in the D.A.R. at Washington D.C. and also for my Clark Genealogy
Date: 12. 1928. Sign here: Mrs. W. M. Landon or Emily Clark Landon

[US Pension Office receipt stamp mark dated Nov 14, 1928]
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Angola N.Y.
Nov 5-1928
Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C.

Dear Sir:--
On March 12. 1928 I wrote asking if Henry Clarke and his son Caleb Clarke of Newport was on your roll of pensioners,

I have as yet received no answer. It might
have been lost in mail.

Yours Truly
Mrs. W. M. Landon
Angola N.Y. 

box 158

[US Pension Office receipt stamp dated Nov 6, 1928]

[US Pension Office receipt stamp dated Nov 14, 1928]
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Angola, N.Y.
March 12 -1928

Commissioner of Pensions
Washington D.C

Dear Sir: In Mass. Soldiers and Sailors per rolls Vol III page 5-15, I find, Caleb Clark Capt. Benjamin Monroe's (6th) Co., 4th Middlesex Co. reg't; list of men returned as belonging to alarm list, dated Dec. 1776.

Question was this Caleb pensioned & was
he from Newport R. I.

Mrs. W. M. Landon
Angola
N.Y.

[US Pension Office receipt stamp dated Mar 13, 1928]
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1928 Nov. 19. Hist [case]
to Mrs. W. M. Landon
1929, Apr. 17. Mrs. W. M. Landon
add only one of Darby Vt [MMVT]

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.[This line of text crossed out]

[This form is stamped "REJECTED']

1963
P.O.:  Caleb Clark
Service: [Blank]
Enlisted: [Month, Day Blank], 18 [Blank]
Discharge:  [Month, Day Blank], 18 [Blank]
Application filed: [Month Day Blank], 18 [Blank]
The printed list of 1852
eges: shows reasons for suspension. "He did not serve six months"
Re-enlisted:  [Blank]
Attorney: [Blank]
P. O. [Blank]
Recognized:  [Blank]
Contract:  [Blank]
Cert. of Dis.:  [Blank] 
Searched for [Month, Day Blank], 18 [Blank]