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Show MAV RETAIN LANDS llnmcelfadciv KulMIng Willi I'mlo Horn Have I'rlvllcKes, -TT . Homesteaders who enlist In the arm) or navy duilng the present war will be allowed to retain their land, even though thslr term of settlement unci ml tlvatlon has not compiled with the full iwiulrelnents of the gov ernmsut. Capt James I) Wat- J sun at Hull Uike t'lt. In repl to man) Imiulrlrs nml In nn en Ueavor to settle the dlsuisslnn or the pioblem among settlers. Is the authority for the following statement. "An ait of congress of June U. im, provides that a sWllsr who Is nitnull) eugagi-d In the army, marine i-orps or imv of thajinlted Hlati-a during an wnr - wlir hiie, his servhes th.n In coiMtitied to lo Hiivalent to residence and lultlvatlou or his homostend. "No rontesis on grounds of nhandnnmcut shull be siisIhIikmI against such u selil.r If any settler should tie wounded ,,r dlsehargsil for dlsalHIII In will receive credit for the entire I. rm of his enlistment. "The settler, however, even ir he joins the mlllluo fortes, must complnto ut least one ears risl- denee and cultivation" |