Chapter 87.
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CHAP. 87.— Joint Resolution Authorizing the legal heirs of certain officers of the United States Coast Guard who lost their lives when the Coast Guard cutter Tampa was destroyed in Bristol Channel September 26, 1918, to receive pay and allowances that would have accrued to said officers. February 27, 1921.[[H. J. Res. 215](/us/bill/66/hjres/215).][[Priv. Res., No. 3](/us/bill/66/privres/3).] *Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, “Tampa,” Coast Guard cutter.
Payment to heirs of officers of, destroyed in Bristol Channel. That the appropriate accounting officers are authorized to pay to the legal heirs of the following named officers of the Coast Guard, late of the Coast Guard cutter Tampa which was destroyed in Bristol Channel September 26, 1918, the pay and allowances which would have accrued to said officers to an including September 26, 1918, had said officers received and accepted the temporary commissions on the respective dates that they became eligible for advancement, as follows:
First Lieutenant of Engineers John Thomas Carr to be a temporary captain of engineers from and including July 1, 1918; Second Lieutenant John Farrell McGourty to be a captain from and including July 1, 1918; First Lieutenant Roy Ackerman Bothwell to be a temporary captain from and including September 21, 1918; Second Lieutenant James Marsden Earp to be a temporary first lieutenant from and including July 1, 1918, and to be a temporary captain from and including September 21, 1918.
Approved, February 27, 1921.