Chapter CLIII. authorizing the Secretary of War to correct an Army Officer’s Record
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CHAP. CLIII.— An Act authorizing the Secretary of War to correct an Army Officer’s Record.May 10, 1872. WhereasPreamble. in December, eighteen hundred and seventy, Major Samuel Ross, United States army, unassigned, was examined by a retiring board at San Francisco, California, and found disabled for active duty on account of wounds received in battle; and whereas no official action liaving been taken to retire from active service the said Ross on the proceedings of said retiring board, and the said Ross being a supernumerary officer was honorably mustered out of service as such on or about January second, eighteen hundred and seventy-one; and whereas on or about March second, eighteen hundred and seventy-two, the said Ross was re-appointed an officer of the United States army, as second lieutenant, with a view of being retired from active service on account of said disability:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatName of Samuel Ross to be placed on retired list of army officers, &c. the Secretary of War is hereby authorized to place the name of said Samuel Ross on the list of officers retired from active service, according to the proceedings and report of said retiring board, to take effect for rank and pay from the first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and to correct the army records and register so that the name of said Ross will appear as continuously in service;Proviso. *Provided,* That any and all moneys as pay or emoluments received by said Ross, on account of being declared mustered out as aforesaid, shall be deducted from his pay as such retired officer, accruing from, on, and after the said first day of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-one.
Approved, May 10, 1872.