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Animals on Public Vessels: General Order, 28 November 1838

[Animals Not to Be Brought Home in Public Vessels]

NAVY GENERAL ORDER

 

Navy Department,
November 28th, 1838

 

The practice of bringing home in the public vessels of the United States various animals, such as Horses, Asses, Mules and other quadrupeds, formerly authorized by this Department, having been found by recent experience productive of great inconvenience, and liable to abuse, is hereby strictly prohibited.

 

J. K. Paulding
[Secretary of the Navy]

 

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Published: Tue Sep 12 14:25:01 EDT 2017