Chapter 625. for the relief of George T
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CHAP. 625.— An Act for the relief of George T. Dudley.July 3, 1886. Whereas on or about the eighteenth day of May, anno Domini eighteen hundred and sixty-five, George T. Dudley, first lieutenant of CompanyPreamble. M, Fiftieth Regiment New York Volunteer Engineers, for visiting the city of Richmond, Virginia, on the occasion of its evacuation by the Confederate army, on the third day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, was dismissed from the United States service by sentence of court-martial, with loss of pay and allowances, having been absent from his command without permission for twenty-four hours; and Whereas the facts in the case being put before him, the honorable Secretary of War did order “that the sentence of said court-martial be revoked,” intending to restore to the said officer his pay and allowances, as well as his rank and commission; and Whereas the order issued by the War Department did not carry out the wishes of the honorable Secretary, but merely restored to the said officer his rank and commission, without giving him his pay and allowances, which can only be restored to him by an act of Congress:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*George T. Dudley.Payment to., That the said George T. Dudley shall be entitled to and receive the pay and allowances of his rank, which were due him at the date of his dismissal from the service; and that the Treasurer of the United States be, and is hereby, authorized to pay the said George T. Dudley, from any moneys in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the amount found to be due him at that time.
Approved, July 3, 1886.