Chapter 74. for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Ashuelot
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CHAP. 74.— An Act for the relief of the sufferers by the wreck of the United States steamer Ashuelot.Jan. 29, 1887. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,United States steamer Ashuelot.Payment to officers for losses incurred by wreck of. That to reimburse the officers of the United States steamer Ashuelot, wrecked off the Lamoek Islands, in the China Sea, on the night of the eighteenth of February, eighteen hundred and eighty-three, for the loss incurred by them, respectively, in said wreck, there shall be paid, out of any money in the Treasury of 891 the United States not otherwise appropriated, the following stuns, namely:
To Andrew J. Iverson, lieutenant; Ambrose B. Wyckoff, lieu-tenant ; Henry T. Stockton, lieutenant; Frank R. Hotchkin, lieutenant, junior grade; T. E. D. W. Veeder, lieutenant, junior grade; Edward N. Whitehouse, paymaster; Samuel H. Dickson, passed assistant surgeon; and James M. Pickrell, assistant engineer, each one thousand dollars. To Silas H. Wright, naval cadet; Samuel H. Williamson, naval cadet; William T. Webster, naval cadet; Robert Stewart, naval cadet; A. F. Callander, mate; and David Mount, pay clerk, each seven hundred dollars.
Sec. 2. That the widow, child, or children, or in case there be not such,One year’s sea pay to heirs of deceased men. then (he surviving parent or parents of those in the service who were lost in the wreck of the United States steamer Ashuelot, namely: William Gronan, seaman; George Valentine, captain of the hold; Fritz Rackenbach, quartermaster; William Bronson,landsman ; Saint Leger Crone, quarter-gunner; Ah Kid, painter; Sun Shing, carpenter’s mate; George Ashton, carpenter;
Ah Yoo, landsman; Andrew Scotland, private marine ; and Benjandn H. Wohlrab, landsman, shall be entitled to and receive, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, as follows, lo-wit: The relatives, in the order named, of the persons connected with the United States steamer Ashuelot hereinbefore referred to, a sum equal to twelve months’ sea-pay of each person lost: *Provided,* That in any case where heretofore a pension*Proviso*.Amount to be deducted from pension. has been granted, or may hereafter in fact be granted, to any such widow, child, or dependent parent by reason of the death of any of the persons named in this section, in the payment of such pension account shall be taken of any sum paid as above provided, and to the extent of its account said sum shall be in lieu and stead of such pension, and no further: *Provided further,* That the legal representatives of the aboveLegal representatives to have arrears of pay. deceased persons who were in the service of the Government shall also be paid from the Treasury of the United States any arrears of pay due said deceased at the time of their death.
Approved, January 29, 1887.