Chapter 92. For the relief of telegraph operators who served in the war of the rebellion
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CHAP. 92.— An Act For the relief of telegraph operators who served in the war of the rebellion. January 26, 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 is Telegraph operators. Record of military service to be prepared.hereby authorized and directed to prepare a roll of all persons who service to be prepared, served not less than ninety days in the operation of military telegraph lines during the late civil war, and to issue to each, upon application, unless it appears that his service was not creditably performed, or to the representatives of those who are dead, suitable certificates of honorable service in the military telegraph corps of the Army of the United States, stating the service rendered, the length of such service, and the dates, as near as may be, between which such service was performed: *Provided,* That this law shall not be construed to entitle the *Proviso.* No pay, etc.persons herein mentioned to any pay, pension, bounty, or rights not herein specifically provided for.
Approved, January 26, 1897.