To authorize and request the President to issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

Bill: 113-hr-3364
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Stivers, Steve [R-OH-15]
Introduced: 2013-10-29
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security
Subjects: Military personnel and dependents

Veterans' organizations and recognition
Latest action: action_date: 2014-01-24
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-10-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Authorizes and requests the President to issue a posthumous commission in the grade of captain in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while a sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3364 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 29, 2013 Mr. Stivers (for himself and Mr. Al Green of Texas ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize and request the President to issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

1. Request for posthumous appointment of Milton Holland as a commissioned officer in the Army (a) Request The President is authorized and requested to issue, or have issued, a posthumous commission in the grade of captain in the regular Army in the name of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his action on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chapin’s Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for the medal states, Sergeant Major Holland took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it . (b) Treatment of benefits The provisions of section 1523 of title 10, United States Code, apply in the case of a commission issued as requested in subsection (a).