Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1908-05-30

ment Of certain nonCOmmissioned
officers and enlisted men belonging
OF Companies b. &. and ID of the
Twenty-ffth United States Infan-
try who were discharged without
honor. under Special Orders. No.
266. War Department. Novem Der
:. 1906, and the restoration 20
them of an rights OF which they
have been deprived on account
thereof
BE 81 enacted. etc. That any non
commissioned officer or enlisted man
belonging TO Company Is. c. or d OF
the Twenty-ffth United States In
fantry discharged without honor un
der Special Orders. 10. 266. War
Department. dated November Q. 1906
on account OF the shooting ARRAY that
occurred at Brownsville. Tex. on the
night OF August 1914. 1906. who
shall make oath before any duly au-
thorized enlisting officer OF the T.
nited states Army or Navy that he
did not participate in said ARRAY. and
that he does not know OF any soldier
belonging 20 any OF said companies
who did participate In the same. and
that ne has not at any time hereto
Tore and does not now withhold any
knowledge with respect 10 that occur
renee which. 81 made public would or
might lead 20 the Identification OF any
parucipator in said shooting ARRAY or
any accessory thereto. either before
or after the fact. and that ne has an
swered fully 90 the best Of his knowl
edge and ability an questions that
have been lawfully put TO him bv his
officers or others in connection there
with. shall be. and hereby is. made
eligible 20 reenlist In the military or
naval forces OF the United States on
his application therefor at any time
within three months from and after
the passage OF this act. any statute
or provision OF law or order or req
ulation 10 the contrary notwithstand-
ing. and that upon such rcenIistment
ne shall be allowed fun pay. accord /
ing TO the rank he held and the paw
ne was receiving az the date OF dis
'narSe until his reenlistmcnt:
provided. That all the rights and
privileges 20 which the soldiers re- /
enlisting under the provisions of this /
act were entitled. respectively. M mo
time OF their discharge shall be. and i
hereby are. fully restored TO thar /
and the record showing their ais |
Gbarge without honor shall be. and
hereby Is, annulled. set aside. and
heid Tor naught. and the time elan
sing since their discharge without |
honor until the date OF such roen- |
Hstment shall Doe computed in deter !
mining an rights 90 which they may i
De respectively entitled ON account of :
continuous service as though thov
had been in the service without i'm |
corruption. and they shall not suffer
any forfeiture OF any right OF nrivi- !
iege 10y reason OF such Discharge.
PROVIDED further That JOB any casa |
where The regular term OF enlistment /
Wnlch the soldier was serving $40 tho /
sihe when discharged without honor 4
mas IN the meanwhile expired. his /
record shall be, and hereby Is. cor I
Iected So as 90 show am honorable
olscharge at the time OF the cXuira- /
ton OF such enlistment. ana bo eb,u
he allowed fun pay and am rights ana \
privileges until that time. ana I'm mo-
event OF the reeuIistment ofl
such soldier under the provisions /
OF TINS act his term of reenlistment 4
shall De deemed 90 have commenced 4
as or the time when his previous en- 4
Lstment expired. and his service rn-
der such reenlistment shall ba with
out prejudice OF any kind bv reaeo, \
OF MS former discharge without hon j
or: HUI"
And provided further. That i'm case
any OF the nOncommissioned officers
oI eHIlsteu men belonging 10 said
SoHi pahles and discharged without
noHoF shaI nave died since they were
SO discharged and before the nassee,
OF this act, but who shall b,,-o toes,
ne0 under oath or made affidavit no
Tore their death that tbev ala ~
participate in said shooting afrrav or
nave any knowledge with refere,co
,neTelo, their respective. records shall
~ ana hereby are, corrected i'm ac-
0oIudhce with the provisions of this
acl ana their legal Representatives
Suall De entitled 10 all pay that would
nave become due 10 them from tbe
time OF their discharge untI tn
ume OF Their deceasee.
Section ?. That nothing In this
act contained shall be construed 10
prohlblt the prosecution and punisb-
ment OF any soldier reenIistiDe under
the provisions hereof as 10 whom il
may at any time hereafter appear
mat ne did participate in said shoot
ing aHray or have knowledge thereof
which he has withheld.
Section 3. That all reen1isfre,+s
GhueF the provisions hereof Of sol
dlers who at the time of their dis
charge without honor were SERVING
terms of enlistment which aave NOT
yet expired shall be held 10 be for
only the remaining portion of said
uneXpired terms, respectively.
IL VIII be observed with respect to
these measures that both of tbar,
proceed upon the assumption thar
some OF the men, whether few or
many, or all, who were discharges
without honor, were innocent. and
mat Justice requires that all sucb
men should have an opportunity to
IeeniIst and be restored to all the
rights they lost by being discbareed
without honor.
IL VIII also be observed that both
OF these bills provide that the men
SO reenlisting shall be paid I'm fun
Tor all the time since they were dis
charged without honor until their
reenilstment. In other words, in
general way the nrouoefffov, 80 80