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Chapter 511. To correct the military record of William H

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Chap. 511: To correct the military record of William H. Fore. Chapter 511 30 Stat. 1561 1899-03-03 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-11-03 55 3 private 1561 FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. Chs. 511–514. 1899. chap. 511.— An Act To correct the military record of William H. Fore.March 3, 1899. *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 William H.
Fore. Granted honorable discharge. hereby authorized and directed to correct the military record of William H. Fore, a private in Battery M, in the Second Missouri Light Artillery Volunteers, by removing therefrom the charge of desertion, and substitute therefor the following, to wit: “May thirteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four, being under fifteen years of age, absented himself without proper authority, and returned to his home, and was detained there by his parents until February, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, when he went to Illinois, and on February eleventh, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, enlisted in Company C, in the One hundred and fifty-fourth Regiment of Illinois Infantry Volunteers, under the name of James Keeney, alias James H.
Keeney, and served faithfully to September sixteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-five, when he was honorably discharged the service”: *Provided,* That no pay, bounty, or *Proviso.* No pay, etc. allowance shall accrue to him by virtue of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1899.
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