The times., 1898-08-12
THOSE WHO FOUGHT SPAIN
Will Be Given Preference in All
Civil Appointments.
OLD STATUTE HOLDS GOOD
American Soldiers and Sailors Who
Receive Honorable Discharges by
Incurred in the Line OF Duty VIII
be Remembered.

One of the chief benefits TO accrue to
the volunteers of the present war after
the cessation of hosdlities will be the
preference that will be given them in
the matter of appointments in the Gov
ernment service.
The Revised Statutes of the United
States provide that all persons receiving
honorable discharge from the military or
naval service of the country by reason of
wounds or disability shall be preferred
in the matter of civil appointments, and,
as the act is a general one. applying to
the veterans of all wars of the Republic.
the patriots who fight for their country
in the present war will be accorded the
same benefits.
Many of the men who shoulder guns
for Uncle Sam leave lucrative positions.
and, during the storm of battle and the
stress OF fatiguing campaigns. they fre
quently receive wounds or contract dis
eases which render them unfit for work
in their regular walks of life. Others
could return to the positions vacated
by them, but for the reason that dur
ing their enforced absence new men have
secured their places, thus barring them.
1t has, therefore, been deemed wise and
proper by Congress TO accord them the
extraordinary privileges granted in the
statute in question. The provisions of
that section are follows:
Persons honorably discharged from
the military or naval service of the
United States by reason of disability re-
sulting from wounds or sickness incurred
in the line of duty, shall be preferred for
appointments for civil offices. provided
they are found TO possess the business
capacity necessary for the proper dis
charge of the duties of such oflces-
.eW .lenever such claims fo~ preference
are granted" said Mr.. Bailey, of the
Civil Service Commission, numerous 9th
or advantages will also be given them. In
the first place. they will be released from
all age limitations. Then, again, they
will only have to attain an average of
sixty-ive per cent in their examinations,
while all other applicants will have to
reach the required mark OF seventy per
cent inasmuch as the names or all vet
erans who reach that percentage will be
recorded on the register, and certified be-
fore any others. For instance. veteran
passing with per cent mark of siXty-siN
will be given preference over civilian
attaining even as high as hundred per
cent.
THE third advantage which will accrue
to he veterans of '9S in common with the
defenders of the flag in other wars is that
they will be released from the laws re-
lating to the apporionment for the sew
eral States and Territories.
THE only exception 20 the regular rule
in the workings of the statute is in the
case of persons who are discharged or
who will be discharged on account o. ex-
piration of service, and persons who We're
entitled to, but who failed TO actually
receive, honorable discharges on account
of disabilities. The preference will only
be given TO those who actually receive
discharges on account of disability and it
must be clearly shown in each case that
the disability resulted from sickness or
wounds incurred in the line of duty.