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1899 USRCS Officers Petition Regarding Retirement System For the RCS

Letter with attachments to Captain Charles F. Shoemaker, Chief of Division of Revenue Cutter Service, dated April 8, 1899 regarding USRCS officers' support of Congressional Bill H. R. 11953, 55th Congress "To Promote the Efficiency of the Revenue Cutter Service." Copy in C. G. Porcher, USRCS-Engineer papers (U.S.R.C.S. history file; USCG Historian's Office Special Collections).

VIRIN: 1899-RCS-PETITION-001.PDF
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