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216 FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Su s. II. C1-1s. 179, 180. 1894. the Army for the iiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred Vol- ¤·n•¤¤· and ninety-four, and for other purposes," approved _February twenty- seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, as provides that “ no private shall be re-enlisted who has served ten years or more or who 1S over thirty-tive years of age, except such as have already served as enlisted men for twenty years or upwards,” be, and the same is hereby, re ealed. ¤¤¤e¤¤¤¤a*¤- Sec. 2. That hereafter all enlistments in the Army shall be for the s¤?f§$§$i°°°f°m` term of three years, and no soldier shall be again enlisted in the Army

"‘ whose service during his last preceding term of enlistment has not

qbeen honest and faithful; and in time of peace no person (except an Indian) who is not a citizen of the United States, or who has not made legal declaration of his intention to become a citizen of the United States, or who can not speak, read, and write the English language, or who is over thirty years of age, shall be enlisted for the urst enlistment

 . d in the Army: Provided, That any soldier discharged since January

»m`Qi·°5"Li°;?°°¤:•}lh§:¢. twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety-three, who has been prevented from re-enlisting by the operations of the Act of Congress approved February twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and ninety- three, and who may hereafter enlist within three months from the date of the approval of this Act, shall be considered to have re-enlisted and shall be entitled to receive while serving subsequent to such enlistment the same pay, service pay, and allowances as if he had re-enli ted within thirty days from his latest discharge. m1;giujmgh*,fggQ·gn*: Sec. 3. That the period within which soldiers may re—enlist with the du csmmimmeue. benefits conferred by sections twelve hundred and eighty-two and twelve pgig? mt hundred and eighty-four of the Revised Statutes, be, and the same is awuamnpay. hereby, extended to three months; and hereafter every enlisted man in the Army, excepting general service clerks and general service mes- ‘ sengers, shall be entitled to all the benefits conferred by sections twelve hundred and eighty-one and twelve hundred and eighty-two of the mm. _ Revised Statutes: Provided, That to entitle them to the additional pay °°”“'““*"' °°'“°°· authorized by section twelve hundred and eighty-one, for men serving in the third, fourth, and fifth years, the service must have been continuous within the meaning of this section. _ Approved, August 1, 1894. Anza.; ;_ im, CHAP. 180.-An Act To provide u register for the steamer Goldsworthy. Be it enacted by the Senate and House U Repreeentartives of the United

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\lg:::¤¤rgé,;m States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of

gznnred it mmap- Navigation is hereby authorized and directed to cause the tbreigu-built "° °"~’**”°’· steamer Goldsworthy, purchased and owned by The New Orleans, Belize Royal Mail and Central American Steamship Company, Limited, and repaired in American ports, to be registered as a vessel of the United States. inspection ew. Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized and directed to cause the inspection of said vessel, her steam boilers, steam pipes, and their appurtenances, and cause to be granted the usual certificate issued to steam vessels of the merchant marine, without reference to the fact that said steam boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances were not constructed pursuant to the laws of the United States and were not constructed of iron stamped pursuant to said laws; and the tests in the inspection of said boilers, steam pipes, and appurtenances shall be the same in all respects, as to strength and safety, as are required in the inspection of boilers constructed in the United States for marine purposes. Approved, August 1, 1894.