Chapter 32. authorizing the persons therein named to accept of certain decorations and presents therein named, from foreign governments, and for other purposes
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CHAP. 32.— An Act authorizing the persons therein named to accept of certain decorations and presents therein named, from foreign governments, and for other purposes.Jan. 31, 1881. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Presents may be accepted by Joseph Irish; That Joseph Irish, of the United States Revenue Marine, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Spanish Government the Grand Cross of Naval Merit of the second class, for services rendered the officers and crew of the Spanish war- vessel Pizarro;
That Lieutenant Benjamin H. Buckingham, of the United StatesLieutenant Benjamin 11. Buckingham; Navy, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the President of the French Republic the Cross of the Legion of Honor, in appreciation of services in connection with the Exposition of eighteen hundred and seven! y-eight at Paris; 604 FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Ch. 32. 1881. That General Francis A. Walker, Superintendent of the Census, be,General Francis A. Walker; and he is hereby, authorized to accept a decoration of Knight Commander of the Swedish order of Wasa, tendered him by the Government of Sweden, and also that of Commander of the Spanish order of Isabella, from the Government of Spain, as a recognition of his services as chief of the bureAn of awards at the Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia;
That First Lieutenant Henry Metcalfe, of the Ordnance DepartmentFirat Lieutenant Henry Metcalfe; of the United States Army, be, and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Sultan of Turkey a decoration of the order of the Osmanie, tendered as an evidence of the Sultan’s appreciation of the efforts of that officer in conducting the inspection of arms and ammunition manufactured for the Imperial Ottoman Government at Providence, Rhode Island, and Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut;
That Rear-Admiral John J. Almy, United States Navy, be, and he isKcar-Admiral John J. Almy; hereby, authorized to accept a decoration of the order of Kemehameha the First, which has been tendered to him by the King of the Hawaiian Islands as an evidence of his appreciation of that officer; That Lieutenant Z. L. Tanner, of the United States Navy, late commanding theLieut imuutZ.L. Pacific mail steamer City of Pekin, be, Tanner;and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Japanese Government a pair of flower- vases and a lacquered box in acknowledgment of his services in rescuing four Japanese seamen from a wreck on the Pacific Ocean on the nineteenth of January, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven;
That Lieutenant Francis V. Greene, of the United States Army, be,Lieutenant Francis V. Greene; and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Emperor of Russia a decoration of the third class of the order of Saint Anne for bravery under fire at the battle of Sbipka Pass August twenty-third and twenty-fourth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and at the assault of Plevna September eleventh, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven; also, a decoration of the fourth class of the order of Saint Vladimir for bravery under fire during the passage of the Balkans December twenty-fifth to thirty-first, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and at the battle of Philippopolis January fifteenth to seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy-eight; also, f lic campaign medal conferred upon all persons present in the campaign;
That William J. Wilson, assistant surgeon United States Army, be, Assistant Surgeon William J. Wilson;and he is hereby, authorized to accept from the Khedive of Egypt a decoration of the order of Nejidieh, for gallantry in battle in the action near Gura, in Abyssinia, March seventh, eighteen hundred and seventy- six; That Commodore J. W. A. Nicholson, United States Navy, be, and he Commodore *J. *W. A. Nicholson.is hereby, authorized to accept from the Spanish Government the Grand Cross of Naval Merit, with a white badge, as a mark of appreciation of the services rendered to the officers and crew of the wrecked warship Pizarro.
Sec. 2. That no decoration, or other thing, the acceptance of which is authorizedCondi t ions of acceptance. by this act, and no decoration heretofore accepted, or which may hereafter be accepted, by consent of Congress, by any officer of the United States, from any foreign government, shall be publicly shown or exposed upon the person of the officer so receiving the same. Sec. 3. That hereafter any present, decoration, or other thing, which shall be conferredPresents, hereafter made, tendered through Department of State and permission for acceptance and delivery obtained from Congress. or presented by any foreign government to any officer of the United States, civil, naval, or military shall Im tendered through the Department of State, and not to the individual in person, but such present, decoration, or other thing shall not be delivered by the Department of State unless so authorized by act of Congress.
Approved, January 31, 1881. FORTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. SESS. III. Oh. 37-48. 1881.