be presented for payment or approval to or by any
person or officer in the civil or military service of the United States,
any claim upon or against the Government of the United States, or
any department or officer thereof, knowing such claim to be false,
fictitious, or fraudulent; any person in such forces or service who
shall, for the purpose of obtaining or aiding in obtaining the approval
or payment of such claim, make, use, or cause to be made or used, any
false bill, receipt, voucher, entry, roll, account, claim, statement,
certificate, affidavit, or deposition, knowing the same to contain any
false or fraudulent statement or entry; any person in said forces or
service who shall make or procure to be made, or knowingly advise the
making of, any false oath to any fact, statement, or certificate,
voucher or entry, for the purpose of obtaining or of aiding to obtain
any approval or payment of any claim against the United States, or any
department or officer thereof; any person in said forces or service who,
for the purpose of obtaining or enabling any other person to obtain
from the Government of the United States, or any department or officer
thereof, any payment or allowance, or the approval or signature of any
person in the military, naval, or civil service of the United States
of or to any false, fraudulent, or fictitious claim, shall forge or
counterfeit, or cause or procure to be forged or counterfeited, any
signature upon any bill, receipt, voucher, account, claim, roll,
statement, affidavit, or deposition; and any person in said forces or
service who shall utter or use the same as true or genuine, knowing the
same to have been forged or counterfeited; any person in said forces or
service who shall enter into any agreement, combination, or conspiracy
to cheat or defraud the Government of the United States, or any
department or officer thereof, by obtaining or aiding and assisting to
obtain the payment or allowance of any false or fraudulent claim; any
person in said forces or service who shall steal, embezzle, or knowingly
and willfully misappropriate or apply to his own use or benefit, or who
shall wrongfully and knowingly sell, convey, or dispose of any ordnance,
arms, ammunition, clothing, subsistence stores, money, or other property
of the United States, furnished or to be used for the military or naval
service of the United States; any contr