November 15, 1995

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]



                            UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT



                           

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        No. 95-1695 

        No. 95-1991





                                  EDWARD D. COWHIG,



                                Plaintiff, Appellant,



                                          v.



                   MICHAEL P. STONE, SECRETARY OF THE ARMY, ET AL.,



                                Defendants, Appellees.





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                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT



                          FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS



                 [Hon. Morris E. Lasker,* Senior U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before



                                Selya, Stahl and Lynch,

                                   Circuit Judges.
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            Edward D. Cowhig on brief pro se.
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            Donald K.  Stern, United  States Attorney, and  Sara Miron  Bloom,
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        Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellees.





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        *Of the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation.





















                 Per Curiam.   Having reviewed  the record in  detail, we
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            affirm the judgment substantially for the reasons recited  by



            Magistrate-Judge Cohen in his Report and Recommendation dated



            April 6, 1995.



                 Affirmed.
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