Chapter 228. To correct the records of the War Department in the case of Captain Henry S
202 words·~1 min read·
/statutes-at-large/vol-29/chapter-228-3259328·A research copy — for the controlling text, always check the official state or federal source. Not legal advice.
CHAP. 228.— An Act To correct the records of the War Department in the case of Captain Henry S. Pratt. May 21, 1896. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Henry S. Pratt.Military record corrected.That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to issue, in the name of Henry S. Pratt, late captain of Company A, Tenth New York Cavalry, an honorable discharge as of date the eighteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and that so much of Special Order, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-three, of the War Department, dated May fifth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, in conflict with his honorable discharge be, and the same is hereby, annulled and set *Proviso*.No pay, etc.aside, said order having been issued under a misapprehension of the facts in the case: *Provided, however,* That nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to authorize the payment to the said Henry S.
Pratt, or to his heirs or legal representatives, of any pay or allowances to which he was not entitled at the date of bis original discharge from the military service. Approved, May 21, 1896.