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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
51ST
CONGRESS, 1st Session
FAYETTE ADAMS
September 18, 1890 – Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed.
Mr Williams, of Ohio, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following
REPORT
(To accompany bill H. R. 6908)
The Committee on Military Affairs, having had under consideration House bill 6908, beg leave to report that the evidence in this case shows that Fayette Adams enlisted in Company I, Thirty-seventh Illinois Volunteer Infantry, September 10, 1861, and was a good soldier until February 25, 1863, when, at the solicitation of a comrade, he deserted; said soldier was a mere youth, between sixteen and seventeen years of age, and did not fully comprehend the grave offense he committed by desertion; that upon seeing the proclamation of Abraham Lincoln and learning the serious offense, he immediately re-enlisted in Company D, Ninth Iowa Cavalry, on July 18, 1863, and served until March 23, 1866, when he was mustered out with an honorable discharge. This man served four years and two months as a soldier in the Union Army, and was absent as a deserter fifty-four days over four months, the time allowed by the general law for the removal of the charge of desertion.
In consideration of his long service and of his youth and inexperience at the time he deserted, the Committee recommend the passage of the bill. |