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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 20 STAT. · March 3, 1879 · Chapter 175

Chapter 175.

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CHAP. 175.— An act for the relief of Philip W. Stanhope. March 3, 1879. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, P. W. Stanhope.Restored to Army. That Philip W. Stanhope, late captain of the Twelfth United States Infantry and brevet lieutenant-colonel of the United States Army, having been placed upon the list of supernumeraries, from which he was mustered, under the mistake of groundless charges as the superinducing cause thereof, the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to restore him to his proper rank and promotion in the Army, with directions to t he Secretary of War, on account of his disabilities incurred in the line of duty, to place Retired.him on the retired list, without regard to the limit as to numbers heretofore fixed by law: *Provided,* That he receive no pay or allowances for *Provisos*.the time he was out of service, other than that already received at the time of his muster-out: *Provided further,* That he receive no pension while on the retired list.
Approved, March 3, 1879.
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