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FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. SEsS. I. CHS. 329, 330, 332, 333. 1896. 743 CHAP. 329.-An Act To correct the military record of Elbridge McFadden. ·T¤¤•¤ 3, 1896 Be it enacted by the Senate a·nd House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, 1g}’,,‘],‘}§§ M,f£,‘{,°,‘}§Yg and he hereby is, authorized to correct the military record, remove the di¤¤1¤=~rz¤- charge of desertion, and grant an honorable discharge to Elbridge McFadden, late of Company I, Thirty-eighth Regiment New York Volunteers. Approved, June 3, 1896. CHAP. 330.—An Act To pension Frances E. Wickware. J"" 3» 18*6- Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Con_qress assembled, That the Secretary of the F,,,,,,,,,,, E_ wich Interior be, and is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pen- wage- _ sion roll of the United States the name of Frances E. Wickware, widow °"°'°"’ of Lieutenant Charles Wickware, late of Company I, Sixth Regiment Vermont Volunteer Infantry, at the rate of fifteen dollars a month, and two dollars per month for each minor child until they severally arrive at the age of sixteen years. ` Approved, June 3, 1896. _ CHAP. 332.-An Act Granting a pension to Joseph R. \Nest, brigadier and brevet June 5, 1896. major-general, United States Army Volunteers. ~—————-—· Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the _,mphB_Ww_ Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P¤¤»i¤¤i¤c¤»•¤¤•1. pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Joseph R. West, brigadier and brevet major-general, United States Volunteers, at the rate of seventy-tive dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving. Received by the President, May 25, 1896. [Norm BY ·rm·: Dnrsnrmmvr or 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.] CHAP. 333.-An Act 'l`o increase the pension of Wilbur F. Cogswell. June 5, 1896. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America i n Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the w111»prrj.e0g¤wu1. Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the P°“°‘°““""°‘“°‘ pension roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Wilbur F. Cogswell, late an assistant engineer in the United States Navy, at the rate of fifty dollars per month. Received by the President, May 25, 1896. [Norm BY run Dnrnucrammr or S·rA·rn.—Theforegoing acthaving 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.]