,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ccfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bi1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,stivers 7for himself and ,mr4 ,al 
,green of ,texas7 introduced the        
following bill2 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 ,holland1 who1 while sergeant   
major of the #eth ,regiment1 ,united    
,states ,colored ,infantry1 was awarded 
the ,medal of ,honor for gallantry      
during the ,civil ,war4  #a4 ,request   
for posthumous appointment of ,milton   
,holland as a commissioned officer in   
the ,army  7a7 ,request ,the ,president 
is authorized and requested to issue1 or
 have issued1 a posthumous commission in
 the grade of captain in the regular    
,army in the name of ,milton ,holland1  
who1 while sergeant major of the #eth   
,regiment1 ,united ,states ,colored     
,infantry1 was awarded the ,medal of    

,honor in recognition of his action on  
,september #bi1 #ahfd1 during the       
,battle of ,chapin's ,farm1 ,virginia1  
when1 as the citation for the medal     
states1 ,sergeant ,major ,holland took  
command of ,company ,c1 after all the   
officers had been killed or wounded1 and
 gallantly led it4  7b7 ,treatment of   
benefits ,the provisions of section     
#aebc of title #aj1 ,united ,states     
,code1 apply in the case of a commission
 issued as requested in subsection 7a74