Chapter 30. for the relief of Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O

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CHAP. 30.— An Act for the relief of Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army.Jan. 28, 1881. Whereas the President did, by virtue of the discretionary power vestedR. S. 1244.Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army. in him by section twelve hundred and forty-four, Revised Statutes, retire Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, United States Army from active service, to take effect the sixth day of December 1, eighteen hundred and eighty; and Whereas at the date of his being retired from active service the said Edward O.

O. Ord had served his country in the Army honorably, efficiently, and continuously for more than forty years, as shown by his official military record; and Whereas at the date of bis retirement the said Edward O. C. Ord held the brevet rank of major-general in the Regular Army, conferred upon him by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and was commissioned as such to take effect March thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, for gallant and meritorious services; and Whereas at the date of the order retiring said Edward O.

C. Ord from active service he was in command of the Military Department of Texas, where his services were of great importance and value, and especially in bringing comparative peace to a disturbed frontier; and which command was greater than a division of the Army: Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to place Brigadier-General and Brevet Major-General Edward O.

C. Ord on the retired list of major-generals,Placed on the retired list. according to his brevet rank, with the pay and emoluments of a major-general of the United States Army on the retired list. Approved, January 28, 1881.