Chapter 63. For the relief of William B
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CHAP. 63.— An Act For the relief of William B. Ellis. January 18, 1897. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That the Secretary of War be,William B. Ellis.Granted honorable discharge. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to revoke Special Field Orders, Numbered One hundred and ninety-four, from the Headquarters Department of the Cumberland, dated July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, accepting the resignation of William B.
Ellis, late captain of Company I, Seventy-ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and discharging him from the service “for worthlessness as an officer,” and then to accept said resignation and to issue to him an honorable discharge as of date July sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, and to correct his record accordingly: *Provided,* That no*Proviso.*No pay, etc. pay, bounty, pension, or other allowances shall become due or payable by reason of the passage of this Act.
Approved, January 18, 1897.