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CONGRESS, 2nd Session IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 21, 1891 – Ordered to be printed. Mr Cockrell, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany S. 2462) The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2462) to remove the charge of desertion from the record of G W Noyes, have duly considered the same and submit the following report: This bill directs the Secretary of War to remove the charge of desertion from the record of G W Noyes, as of Company B, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers, and to issue him an honorable discharge. Your committee referred the bill to the Secretary of War for information and report, and in reply received the following letter and accompanying statement, which shows that no such name as G W Noyes is borne upon the records of any company of the Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers, or of the field and staff of said regiment: War Department, Washington City, March 11, 1890. Sir: In reply to your request of the 8th instant for information upon Senate bill 2462, Fifty-first Congress, first session, to provide for the relief of G W Noyes, Company B, Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers, I have the honor to inclose a report from the officer in charge of the record and pension division of this Department. Very respectfully, Redfield Proctor, Secretary of War. Hon. Joseph R Hawley, Chairman Committee on Military
Affairs, United States Senate.
Record and Pension Division,
March 11, 1890 The name G W Noyes, or similar
name, is not borne on the records of the field and staff or of any
company of the Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers. Respectfully submitted, F C Ainsworth, Captain and Assistant Surgeion, U.S. Army The Secretary of War, Your committee, therefore, report the bill back to the Senate adversely and recommend that it be indefinitely postponed and the relief prayed for be not granted. |