Chapter 788. To authorize the President to place Andrew Geddes on the retired list with the rank of captain
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CHAP. 788.— An Act To authorize the President to place Andrew Geddes on the retired list with the rank of captain. June 6, 1900. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, Andrew Geddes. May be placed on retired list of Army. That the President be, and he is hereby, authorized to revoke his order of December third, eighteen hundred and eighty, confirming the sentence of dismissal in the ease of Captain Andrew Geddes.
Twenty-fifth United States Infantry, and to disapprove the sentence and to revoke and set aside General Court-Martial Orders Numbered Sixty-four, Headquarters of the Army, Adjutant-General’s Office, Washington, December fourth, eighteen hundred and eighty, approving the pending sentence in the said ease and ordering his dismissal to take effect December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to order and cause to be issued to said Geddes an honorable discharge, as of date December thirty-first, eighteen hundred and eighty, and to nominate and, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint said Geddes a captain of infantry in the United States Army, and place him upon the retired list with the rank of *Proviso.* No pay, etc.captain. the retired list being increased for that purpose only: *Provided,* That no pay, compensation, or allowance shall accrue by reason of this Act for any cause prior to its passage.
Approved, June 6, 1900.