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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 24 STAT. · Dec. 20, 1886 · Chapter 3

Chapter 3. for the retirement of certain officers of the Navy of the United States

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CHAP. 3.— An Act for the retirement of certain officers of the Navy of the United States.Dec. 20, 1886. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Vice-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan and Bear-Admiral John L. Worden.May be retired. That Vice-Admiral Stephen C. Rowan and Rear-Admiral John L. Worden may, after forty years’ service, be retired from active service by the President, upon their own application, with the highest pay of the grade to which they belong. Approved, December 20, 1886.
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