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Show DESIRES FULL PAY FOR SICK SOLDIERS WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Immediate legislation to permit the war department to pay in full soldiers returning from overseas for hospital treatment was asked of congress today by Secretary Baker. He said 97 per cent of the soldier patients arrive in the United States without service records or other papers showing the date to which they were last paid. He suggested a law authorizing authoriz-ing the war department to pay the men upon their personal affidavit as to the date of last payment and condition of |