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Show LAST OF DISABILITY' STATUTES REPEALED WASHINGTON. Dec. H. Repeal of the last of tho civil wilt "disability" statutes was indorsed by the senate today wh.en an amendment offered by Senator Johnston John-ston of Alabama to the omnibus claims bills was adopted, repealing the section of the revised statute which prohibits tho auditing of tho claims of regular army officers who resigned to enter the Confederate army. There are about 100 of such claims, which are generally for longevity pay-Among pay-Among those represented arc the heirs of Generals Robert 13. Lee, Stonewall Jackson. ."Joseph R. Johnstone, Fltzhugh Lee nnd Joseph B. Wheeler. |