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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) is a program set up by the Nigerian government during the military regime to involve Nigerian graduates in nation-building and the development of the country. There is no military conscription in Nigeria , but since 1973, graduates of universities and polytechnics have been required to take part in the ...
The 17th New York Infantry Regiment ("Westchester Chasseurs") was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Service [ edit ] The 17th New York Infantry was organized May 14, 1861, at New York City , New York and mustered in on May 28, 1861, for two years' service under the command of Colonel Henry Seymour Lansing .
The service was established to replace the Gold Coast Civil Service. The mission of the Civil Service, as stated in the Civil Service Law, 1993 PNDCL 327, “is to assist the Government in the formulation and implementation of government policies for the development of the country.” The following have occurred since the inception of the service;
The civil service is a collective term for a sector of government composed mainly of career civil service personnel hired rather than elected, whose institutional tenure typically survives transitions of political leadership. A civil service official, also known as a public servant or public employee, is a person employed in the public sector ...
The Secretariat of State for the Civil Service (Secretaría de Estado de Función Pública, SEFP) is a component of the Spanish Department for Digital Transformation and Civil Service responsible for the government policy on General State Administration's civil servants and other policies regarding civil servants of the regional and local administrations.
Hart Island, sometimes referred to as Hart's Island, [a] is located at the western end of Long Island Sound, in the northeastern Bronx in New York City. Measuring approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) long by 0.33 miles (0.53 km) wide, Hart Island is part of the Pelham Islands archipelago and is east of City Island .
40th New York Infantry Regiment. March past of the 'Garibaldi Guard' before President Lincoln and General Scott, 4 July 1861. The 39th New York Infantry Regiment, known as the "Garibaldi Guard" after the Italian revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi, was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Anson Phelps Stokes. Anson Phelps Stokes (February 22, 1838 – June 28, 1913) was a wealthy American merchant, property developer, banker, genealogist and philanthropist. Born in New York City, he was the son of James Boulter Stokes and wife Caroline (nee Phelps). His paternal grandfather was London merchant Thomas Stokes, one of the 13 ...