109 HR 3412 IH: To authorize and request the President to issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War. U.S. House of Representatives 2005-07-22 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.

I 109th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3412 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2005 Mr. Ney (for himself, Mr. Strickland, Mr. Butterfield, and Mr. Cantor) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services A BILL To authorize and request the President to issue a posthumous commission in the regular Army to Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor for gallantry during the Civil War.

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Request for posthumous appointment of Milton Holland as a commissioned officer in the Army

(a)

Request

The President is authorized and requested to issue, or have issued, a posthumous commission in the grade of captain in the regular Army in the name of Milton Holland, who, while sergeant major of the 5th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry, was awarded the Medal of Honor in recognition of his action on September 29, 1864, during the Battle of Chapin’s Farm, Virginia, when, as the citation for the medal states, Sergeant Major Holland took command of Company C, after all the officers had been killed or wounded, and gallantly led it. (b)

Treatment of benefits

The provisions of section 1523 of title 10, United States Code, apply in the case of a commission issued as requested in subsection (a).