Grover Cleveland military appointment document signed as President, May 9, 1894....

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Grover Cleveland military appointment document signed as President, May 9, 1894. Document signed ("Grover Cleveland") as President, 1 page (15.5 x 19.25 in.; 394 x 502 mm.), on vellum, Washington, 9 May 1894, being a partly-printed document appointing Henry W. Sprole to the rank of Captain, by brevet. Countersigned by Daniel D. Lamont, Secretary of the War. Docketed at the upper left corner, "Recorded Volume 6, page 96, Adjutant General's office, May 9, 1894 [unknown signature] Adjutant General". Usual folds with blue War Office seal intact; overall, in very fine condition. Grover Cleveland appoints Henry W. Sprole to the brevet rank of Captain for "gallant service in the pursuit of Indians" in Texas. The document reads in part: The President of the United States of America...I do hereby confer on Henry W. Sprole of the Army of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate the rank of Captain By Brevet...for gallant service in the pursuit of Indians on the Washita River, Texas, October 14 and 15, 1874, and in the action against Indians on Muster Creek, Texas, November 29, 1874... Grover Cleveland