Chapter 829. To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson
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CHAP. 829.— An Act To remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson. March 2, 1901. *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,Gustavus Adolphus Thompson.Granted honorable discharge. and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of desertion from the military record of Gustavus Adolphus Thompson, late private in Company B, Ninth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and to issue to said Thompson an honorable discharge from said service to be dated July twelfth, eighteen hundred and sixty-live: *Provided*, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall become due*Proviso.*No pay, etc. or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act.
Received by the President, February 19, 1901. [Note by the Department of State.—The foregoing act having been presented to the President of the United States for his approval and not having been returned by him to the house of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, has become a law without his approval.]