State Ex Rel. Bell v. Pierce

The amendment to our state Constitution designated Article XI-c is broad and includes every person who served in the army, navy or marine service of the United States between the dates therein named. There are no discriminations, distinctions or restrictions as to the branch or department of service.

The S. A. T. C. was organized by authority of an act of the Congress entitled “An Act to Authorize the President to Increase Temporarily the Military Establishment of the United States,” approved May 18, 1917, and the amendatory act approved August 31, 1918 (40 Stats, at Large, Chap. 166). Section…