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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. III. CHS. 592-595. 1899: 1579 0f(gg)A§ifn9§§1A5o(iAct To remove the charge of desertion from the military record M¤·¤=h 3- 1899- 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, g°`]f_’;”,'j_}“ f$§,°$° and he hereby is, authorized and directed to remove the charge of de er- aistimgs. tion now standing on the military record of Sebastian Beckerd, late of Company I, First Louisiana Volunteer Infantry, and to issue to him an _ _ honorable discharge: Provided, That no pay or emoluments be allowed §{,°;f;; em or paid by reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 593.-An Act Removing the charge of desertion against Charles Sweet. M“'°h 3· HW 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, gmmisgggnbh and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of deser- msnmge. tion against Charles Sweet, he being a soldier in the Union Army in the late war, and member of Company F, Eighty-eighth Regiment Indiana Volunteers, the charge being of desertion from Company B, First Battalion, Eighteenth United States Infantry, and grant him an honorable discharge as of the ninth day of October, eighteen hundred and _ ` sixty-one: Provided, That no pay, bounty, or other emoluments shall §f,°I’j]_';fm_ become due or payable by virtue of the passage of this Act. ` Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 594.—A11 Act For the relief of Anson XV. Gillett. March 3, 1899. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United _ States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of \Var ji_§,{f,m,}"·,ff_{}},jg*g,,° be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to remove the charge of discharge. desertion, now standing against Anson W. Gillett, alias Henry W. Edwards, late of Company G, Fitty-ninth Regiment llew York Volunteer Infantry, and to give to the said Anson W, Gnllett, alias Henry XV. Edwards, an honorable discharge from the said company and regiment as of date September sixth, eighteen hundred and sixty-two: M _ 0 Provided, That no pay or allowances shall become due or payable by N0"{{§y:,,,,_ reason of the passage of this Act. Approved, March 3, 1899. CHAP. 595.-An Act l-`or the relief of Charles Simpson, alias Frank Dunn. 3, lie it enacted by the Senate and House cj Representatives of the United _ States o/' America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ot War be, Bh¥;Q*gZ{gj,,§{){,‘g,:°°· and is hereby, authorized and directed to issue to Corporal Charles digisztead imsnm _ Simpson, alias Frank Dunn, a noncommissioned officer of the Fifth g‘ Pennsylvania Cavalry, a certificate of honorable discharge as of the date of his dishonorable discharge from the Army,_and all disabilities imposed upon him by reason of saiddishonorable discharge and of the sentences of the general court-martial by which he was tried, and the ) _ same are hereby removed: Provided, That no_pay, bounty, or other §;·>;;·3:m_ emoluments shall become due or payable by virtue of the passage of ‘ this Act. Approved, March 3, 1899.