Chapter 637. for the relief of George W
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CHAP. 637.— An Act for the relief of George W. Madden.June 28, 1890. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,George W. Madden.Military record. That the Secretary of War is hereby directed to remove the charge of desertion standing on the records of his Department against George W Madden, late a private in Company I. Thirty-third Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry, and substitute therefor Absent without leave; enlisted April seventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, for four years, in the United States Marine Corps ; discharged September third, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, by order of Secretary of Navy, having been enlisted illegally; enlisted again in same corps September fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four ; honorably discharged September fourth, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight; re-enlisted November, eighteen hundred and sixty-eight, and honorably discharged December thirteenth, eighteen hundred and seventy- two, at Mare Island.
California,” and the charge of desertion so removed and the substitution therefor of “absent without leave” shall be no bar to his claim for pension. Approved, June 28, 1890.