Chapter 265. To correct the records and authorize the reenlistment of certain noncommissioned officers and enlisted men belonging to Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry who were discharged without honor under Special Orders, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-six, War Department, Novembe
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CHAP. 265.— An Act To correct the records and authorize the reenlistment of certain noncommissioned officers and enlisted men belonging to Companies B, C, and D of the Twenty-fifth United States Infantry who were discharged without honor under Special Orders, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-six, War Department, November ninth, nineteen hundred and six, and the restoration to them or all rights of which they have been deprived on account thereof. March 3, 1909.[[S. 5729](/us/bill/70/s/5729).][[Public, No. 318](/us/pl/70/318).] *Be it enacted by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of WarBrownsville, Tex., shooting affray.Court of inquiry to investigate. is hereby authorized to appoint a court of inquiry, to consist of five officers of the United States Army, not below the rank of colonel, which court shall be authorized to hear and report upon all charges and testimony relating to the shooting affray which took place at Brownsville, Texas, on the night of August thirteenth-fourteenth, 837 nineteen hundred and six.
Said court shall, within one year fromFinal report the date of its appointment, make a final report, and from time to time shall make partial reports, to the Secretary of War of the results of such inquiry, and such soldiers and noncommissioned officers ofReenlistment of soldiers of 25th Infantry found qualified. Companies B, C, and D, of the Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, who were discharged from the military sendee as members of said regiment, under the provisions of Special Orders, Numbered Two hundred and sixty-six, dated at the War Department the ninth day of November, nineteen hundred and six, as said court shall find and report as qualified for reenlistment in the Army of the United States shall thereby become eligible for reenlistment.
Sec. 2. That any noncommissioned officer or private who shall beRcenlistment to be dated from time of discharge. made eligible for reenlistment under the provisions of the preceding section shall, if reenlisted, be considered to have reenlisted immediately after his discharge under the provisions of the special order hereinbefore cited, and to be entitled, from the date of his dischargePay, etc., as of that date. under said special order, to the pay, allowances, and other rights and benefits that he would have been entitled to receive according to his rank from said date of discharge as if he had been honorably discharged under the provisions of said special order and had reenlisted immediately.
Approved, March 3, 1909.