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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 40 STAT. · Chapter 173

Chapter 173. to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen

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Chap. 173: Amending section eight of the amendment to the Act entitled “An Act to authorize the President to increase temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May eighteenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. Chapter 173 40 Stat. 960 1918-09-13 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-02-12 65 2 public
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