164 FORTY-SECOND CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 226-229. 1872. Egbert Thump- Captain Egbert Thompson in rank next below Qeptain Thomas G. Cor- 2,*;*;;) bin ; to promote Commander Samuel R. Frankhu to take rank next ailm- H_ Rus,;;; ,,,,4 Commander James S. Thornton ; to restore Commander Ldwerd Mc. ¤¤M¤· Cauley to ins original rank, next after Commander W. D. Whiting ; to restore Commanders John H. Russell, A. W. Johnson, P. C. Johnson, John Watters, A. E. K. Benham, Austin Peudergrast, and W. P. McCann, respectively, to their original places on the navy list. Approved, May 28, 1872. May 28, 1872. CHAP CCXXVII.—An Act to restore Lazqrus Reamcy to the Navy of the United ·······—····—·· States as zz Mzdshzpman. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United Lszsms L. States of America in Congress assembled, That the President of the R¤¤¤¤Y my M United States be, and he is hereby, authorized, if in his opinion the good
- f._E;.r;i tgngem of the service will be promoted thereby, to restore Lazarus L. Reamey to
Sec. i the navy of the United States as 0, midshipman at the foot of the class of eighteen hundred and seventy, of which he was a member at the time of his resignation. Approved, May 28, 1872. Mw 28, 18-i2_ CHAP. CCXXVIII,——An Act to provide for furnishing Trussea to disabled Soldiers. Bc it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United T,,,,,,,,, to be States of America in Congress assembled, That every soldier of the Union f¤¤3i¤h<·d iq army who was ruptured while in the line of duty, during the late war for
the suppression of the rebellion, shall be entitled to receive a. single or
cfduty. double truss of such style as may be designated by the Surgeon-General of the United States army as the best suited for such disability. Aprniemmns Sec. 2. That application for such truss shall be made by the ruptured g¤¤*·><g» l10W W soldier to sn examining surgeon for pensions, whose duty it shall be to ° m" °` examine such applicant, and for every such applicant, found to have a rupture or hernia, shell prepare and forward to the Surgeon-General an application for such truss, without charge to the soldier. g,,,gc,,,,.(;°,,- Sec. 3. That the Sun·goon~Genera.l of the United States army is hereby gguly uurclwss authorized und. directed to purchase and procure the number of trusses ° ""°" which may be required for distribution to such disabled soldiers, at a price not greater than the same are sold to the trade at wholesale ; and Cost, and how the cost of the same shall be paid, upon the requisition of the Surl"l‘*· goonggenernl, out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise approprin . Approved, May 28, 1872. Mu 26, 1872. CHAP. CCXXIX.~—-An Actto ovide or the o’ ’s ——~U,.n..n’§,..s iilpning ""“ """”‘“ ‘”' ”"”‘“ Ba it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United |m°1(;3Y:zl::¤x{l:;·°f States of America in Uongress assembled, That the joint committee on the Wmmm U_ S_ lnbmry bo, and they are hereby, authorized to contract for the completion uqnploring expe- of three unfinished volumes of the United States Exploring Expedition
:“§’;_:°b'_f‘· of the yours eighteen hundred and thirty-eight to eighteen hundred and
ii.;;,,,;;, forty-two, to consist of physics and hydrography of the expedition by Sm P··»·¢.p.862. Charles Wilkes, and the volume of botany of the expedition by John Torrey and others; said publication to be made in the same style as the _ volumes lneretofore published, and distributed in the same manner: Pro- Llmll W <><>¤¢· mded, That no more than nine thousand dollars shell in any case be required to finnish said volumes. Approved, May 28, 1872.
