Chapter 33. for the relief of John Pulford
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CHAP. 33.— An Act for the relief of John Pulford.March 13, 1878. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,John Pulford. That John Pulford, tvho was, on December fifteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, duly retired from the active service and placed upon the list of retired officers of the United States Army, with the Restored to rank of colonel on retired list, Army.full rank of colonel, on account of wounds received in battle while performing the duties of colonel in command of his regiment, be, and hereby is, excepted and relieved from the operation of the act of Congress entitled “An act for the relief of General Samuel W.
Crawford, and to fix the rank and pay of retired officers of the Army,” approved March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, solely because the injuries received by him in battle are more severe, dangerous, and disabling, and more fully incapacitate and disqualify him for any service, than the loss of an arm or leg, or the permanent disability of an arm or leg by resection, and is hereby restored upon the list of retired officers of the Army to the full rank of colonel, held by him from the date of bis retirement up to March third, eighteen hundred and seventy-five, with the pay of such rank from the day of the passage of this act, and shall hereafter hold and receive the rank and pay of colonel upon the list of the retired officers of the Army.
Approved, March 13, 1878.