Chapter 267.
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CHAP. 267.— An act to provide for the collection, custody, and arrangement of the military records of the American Revolution and the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.July 27, 1892. Whereas the military records of the American Revolution and of thePreamble. war of eighteen hundred and twelve are now preserved in different Executive Departments of the Government and are not easily accessible; and Whereas it is important that they should be collected in one Department, where they could be easily consulted and properly indexed and arranged for use:
Therefore, *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*,Revolutionary military records. That the military records of the American Revolution and of the war of eighteen hundred and twelve, now preserved in the Treasury and Interior Departments, be transferredTransfer to War Department. to the War Department, to be preserved in the Record and Pension Division of that Department, and that they shall be properly indexed and arranged for use.
Approved, July 27, 1892.