Before I conclude the subject of public justice, I cannot
omit to mention the obligation this country is under, to that meritorious class
of veteran non-commissioned officers and privates, who have been discharged for
inability…nothing could be a more melancholy and distressing sight, than to
behold those who have shed their blood or lost their limbs in the service of
their country
—George Washington’s farewell letter to the Army, June 8,
1783
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