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Soldier's Discharge Record SOLDIER'S FORM |
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Issued in lieu of or destroyed certificate DISCHARGE CERTIFICATE TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:
Know ye, That William E. Geuder, a Private A.S.N. 3224262 a Private of Company F, 352nd Infantry, United States Army who was inducted on May 27th, 1918 at Elkader, Iowa to serve for a period of The Emergency was HONORABLY DISCHARGED from the service of the United States on June 14, 1919 by reason of demobilization.
Character - Excellent
This certificate is given under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, "to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges" to honorably discharged officers or enlisted men of their widows, upon evidence that the original discharge certificate had been lost or destroyed, and upon the condition imposed by said Act that this certificate "shall be accepted as a voucher for the payment of any claim against the United States for pay, bounty, other allowances, or as evidence in any other case". N/L 5/2
Notice-- This certificate is issued from the office of The Adjutant General of the Army without erasure. Any addition, alteration, or erasure made thereon is unauthorized.
discharges the person named herein from his present obligation to serve in the Army, it does not operate as a permanent bar to his subsequent entrance into the military service. Under Section 5 of the Act of May 18, 1917, all registered persons remain subject to the draft unless exempted or excused as in that Act provided. Therefore, this discharge does not exempt the holder from obedience to the process of Exemption Boards. Given at Austin, Texas, this 7th day of August 1918.
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~ source: Clayton County, Iowa Discharges. LDS microfilm #1516914 Item #6 ~transcribed by Constance Diamond |