| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 52D
CONGRESS, 1st Session FRITZ HORN February 8, 1892 – Laid on the table and ordered to be printed. Mr Wheeler, of Alabama, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany H. R. 3175) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was
referred the
bill (H. R. 3175) for the relief of Fritz Horn, have considered the
same. The committee submit the following report from the
War Department: Case of Fritz Horn, late of the Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers Fritz Horn was enrolled August 22, 1862, at Lyons, Iowa, and appointed fourth sergeant Company E, Twenty-sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. He is reported present to April 30, 1863. On company muster roll of June 30, 1863, "Absent sick in Fifteenth Army Corps hospital of wounds received in action near Vicksburg, May 19, 1863;" August 31, 1863, "Absent sick in hospital at St. Louis, Mo., of disease, July 5, 1863;" October 31, 1863, to August 31, 1864, present. He was mustered into service as first lieutenant, same company, to date October 22, 1864; is reported present to April 30, 1865, and was mustered out of service with the company June 6, 1865. Under the provisions of the act of Congress approved June 3, 1884, and the act amendatory thereof, approved February 3, 1887, his record has been amended to show him mustered in as first lieutenant, Company E, Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteers, to date October 14, 1864. It appears that he was paid on muster in $25 advances bounty by Capt. H B Hendershott, mustering and disbursing officer. Respectfully submitted. F
C Ainsworth, Major and Surgeon U. S. Army Record and Pension
Division, January 28, 1892 The Secretary of War The committee regret that they can not report the bill favorably, and they therefore report it back with a recommendation that it do not pass. |