1898 Ohio Volunteer Infantry Discharge
This document is a notice of Frank Gerlach's discharge from the Ohio Volunteer Infantry in 1898. This document is the seventh page in the Gerlach file.
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To all Whom it May Concern:
Know ye, That Frank C. Gerlach, a
Captain of Co. D, of the 8th Regiment
of Ohio Infty. Volunteers, who was enrolled on the 26th
day of April, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-
Eight, to serve Two Years, or during the war,
is hereby DISCHARGED from the service of the UNITED STATES, by reason of
Muster out per telegraphic instructions A G O
Washington Sept. 1. 1898
- NO OBJECTION TO HIS REENLISTMENT IS KNOWN TO EXIST
The said Frank C. Gerlach was born in
Wooster, in the State of Ohio
and when enrolled was 28 years of age, 6 feet 4 inches high,
Light complexion, Light eyes, Light hair, and by occupation
a Druggist
GIVEN at Wooster. O this 21st day
of Nov. 1898
T.R. Hard
Colonel
Commanding the Regiment
Countersigned.
Harry [C] Lee
Lieut. 6th US Infantry
To be erased should there be anything in the conduct or physical condition of the soldier rendering him unfit for the Army.
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