FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 60, 67-69. 1899. 1507 QHAP. 60.-An Act To remove the charge of desertion from and to correct the ·T¤¤¤¤l‘Y 25. 1899- military record of Captain William Churchil , late a private of Company K, Second W Regiment of United States Cavalry. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of R esentatives o the United . . "I”' States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War Cnr? William and the Adjutant-General of the Army be, and they are hereby, author- C}i§`:§,i¥,lii h,,,,,,,,.,,,,, ized and directed to remove from the records the charge of desertion ·“¤°l¤¤!°- standing against Captain William Churchill, under the name of William M. Churchill, as a member of Company K, Second Regiment United States Cavalry (an organization of the Regular Army), April eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, said Churchill having thereafter enlisted in the United States service in Company F, Fifty-ninth Regiment of Indiana Infantry Volunteers, on the second day of December, eighteen hundred and sixty-one, for the term of three year , and who thereafter reenlisted as aveteran volunteer January iirst, eighteen hundred and sixtyfour, for the further term of three years, and was promoted and honorably mustered out and discharged from said service as captain of said company July seventeenth, eighteen hundred and sixty- five, and grant him an honorable discharge from said first-mentioned company and regiment; and no pay or emoluments shall be allowed by N° W- °°° reason of the pas age of this Act. . Approved, January 25, 1899. CHAP. 6'I.—An Act Granting an increase of pension to William Henry Smith. January 28, 1899. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the snm{111i•¤¤ Henry Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and directed to place on the p,,..;,.,,. ,,.,,,,,,d_ pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of William Henry gmghk late a prmatse in Compapy G, of the Fitteenth Regiment New or ngineer o unteers an pay him a pension at the rate of thirty dollars a month in lieu ot! the peusion he is now receiving. Approved, January 28, 1899. CHAP. 68.-An Act To correct the military record of James P. McGee. January 28, 1899. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of _War ·{m::r1;·rw=:`;3¤é“_ be, and léelis lierelbyhaathoriaed and dglecgid tic `correct tim pnlmzry mms, re ord o . amos . c lee ‘ompany ir irgima 0 uu ers (aljso desigpaged tale $0 'fhxiizd WestOVirgfnia\d11fa¤i:ry), tgnnsferred to Company 1 ix es irgima ava ry o un eers_ y canoe mg the record xwihich shows that he was killed while attempting to force the guards, substituting therefor that he was killed accidentally December ninth, eighteen hundred and sixtyffour, while in arrest at Cumberland, Maryland, pending an investigation relative to his absence from the regiment from August eighteenth to September eighteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-tour, and that he was killed while m the lme of duty. Approved, January 28, 1899. CHAP. 69.-An Act Granting a pension to Herman Dellit. January 2s,1ss9. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 'I`hat the Secretary of the g:¤¤·:::'D¤1¤*· Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and d1I`00l$Gd·t0 place on. the pension roll, at the rate of eight dollars per month, subject otherwise to the
