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1436 FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. Sess. II. CHS. 649-651. 1891. said rolls against William H. Keys, late private in Company G, S1Xly· ninth Regiment New York Infantry Volunteers, and to issue to him an honorable discharge from the military service of the United States, Prvvtw. to date September fifteenth, eighteen hundred and sixty-four: Pro- N° p°y’°°°' vided, That the relief hereby granted shall not entitle such soldier to any pay or emoluments for any time while not in actual performance of military duty. Approved, March 3, 1891. March 3, 1891. CHAP. 650.-A.u act for the relief of certain officers and enlisted men of the ww First Kansas Colored Volunteers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the VFir¤¤tK¤¤s¤¤ 0<>1¤M1 United States of America in Congress assembled, That all officers of °"” °’°”‘ the First Kansas Colored Volunteers who were mustered into the nm or muster. service of the United States on or before the second day of May, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, shall take rank and be entitled to pay from the date when they respectively held and performed the uties of their rank in said regiment, or in the com auies or battalions of which said regiment was composed, of a ranilr equal to the rank they respectively held when mustered into the service of the Uréited Stngs in (said reggneéit. I C C _R¤¤k. ew-. *0 ¢h¤S•= Ec. 2. at a tain n rew . rew, or oral Jose h Talbot, ]§}i,1f’°°°I°]“"dM°“”d’ Privates Marion Bgrber, Samuel Davis, HenrypGash, Tholinas Lane, Allen Rhodes, and John Sfxkiller, who were killed in action at Island Mound, Missouri, October twenty-eight. eighteen hundred and sixty- two, whilst on duty with the companies and battalions of which_said regiment was subsequently com osed, shall be entitled to the rank, pay, and emoluments conferred by section one of this act. Pension rights to Sec. 3. That Privates Edward Curtis, Jacob Edwards, Lazarus "°“”°°d‘ Johnson, General Dudley, Manuel Dobson, and Thomas Knight, of said companies and battalions, who were wounded in action at Island Mound, Missouri, October twenty-eighth, eighteen hundred and sixty- two, but were not mustered into the United States service, shall be entitled to all rights, privileges, and benefits conferred upon wounded pr disabled solcbers y the provisions of the United States pension aws. °¢<¤¤°**·>¤¤v°* PW Sec. 4. That in com uting the pa and allowances to which erw°°dy md °d' sons may be entitled uiider the protiisions of this act, an pay End allowances which such parties may have received from the United States for services rendered during the period of time included within the provisions of this act, in any other grade or capacity, shall be deducted from the amount that may be due them under the provisions of this act. Approved, March. 3, 1891. Mmh 3· IM- CHAP. 651.-An act for the relief of James A. Rice. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the- ·{,Q,*;·g*;;{,,e*¥‘$_$éh"ge United States caf America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary ` of War be, an he hereby is, directed to remove the charge of desertion from the record of James A. Rice, late a private in Company F, Seventh Kentucky Infantry Volunteers, and to issue to him an honorable discharge as of the seventh day of April, eighteen hundred and sixty-two. Approved, March 3, 1891.