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 THIRTY—EIGHTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. RES. 1, 3, 4, 5. 1865. 565 RESOLUTIONS. [No. 1.] Joint Resolution authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to end a Portion of Dec. 15, 1864. the contingent Fund jor enlarging the Navy Department Bililding. "_;'"" Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Navy Enlargement be, and he hereby is, authorized to expend so much of the contingent °f I`i’*{Y.]g9P”*‘ fund heretofore appropriated as may be necessary for the enlargement of men ul mg` the Navy Department building to meet the wants of the depart-ment. APPROVED, December 15, 1864. [No. 3.] A Resolution tendering the Thanks of Congress to Captain Jdhn A. Winslow, Dec. 20, 1864. ZZ S. Navy, and to the Oficers and Men under his Command on Board the ll S. Steamer _"";"""" K earsarge, in her Conflict with the piratical Crajl the "Alabama ; " in Compliance with the I?resi}dent’s Recommendation to Congress of the ji/lh of December, eighteen hundred and sixty- our. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress Thanks to are due, and are hereby tendered, to Captain John A. Winslovir, of the g:P*bZVtL“*]‘;W·_ United States navy, and to the otilcers, petty ofheers, seamen, and marines ,,,é,_ ° °°" of the United States steamer "Kearsarge,” for the skill and gallantry exhibited by him and the officers and men under his command, in the brilliant action on the nineteenth of June, eighteen hundred and sixty- four, between that ship and the piratical craft "Alabama" — a vessel snperior to his own in tonnage, in guns, and in the number of her crew. Approved, December 20, 1864. [N0. 4.] A Resolutbn tendering the Thanks my Congress to Lieutenant Wil/iam B. Cash- Dec. 20, 1864. ing, of the United States Navy, and to the Ogioers and Men w/zo assisted him in his gal- W""" lant and perilous Achievement in destroying the rebel Steamer "A.lbemarle," in Compliance with the, Presz`dent’s Recommendation to Congress of the fijlh of December, eighteen hundred [and] sixty-fbur. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the thanks of congress are _Tbanks to due, and are hereby tendered, to Lieutenant William B. Cushing, of the ]*‘f“;.·0gt‘]f]‘£*f= United States navy, and to the officers and men under his command, for S;,·[{cmn .,5 um, the skill and gallantry exhibited by them in the destruction of the rebel A“>¢¤¤¤¤‘l¢· iron-clad steamer “Albemarle," at Plymouth, North Carolina, on the night of the twenty-seventh of October, eighteen hundred and sixty-four. Approved, December 20, 1864. [No. 5.] bint Resolution tendering the Ilhanlcs of the People and of Congress to Major- Jan. 10, 1865.. General William T. Sherman, and the Ogicers and Soldiers of his Command, for their W gallant Conduct in their late brilliant Movement through Georgia. Be it resolved lng the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of Ameriea in Congress assembled, That the thanks of the people 'ljhanksto and of the congress of the UnitedStates are due and are hereby tendered g];’*J°"G‘*“§;“l to Major-General William T. Sherman, and through him to the officers umm ` and men under his command, for their gallantry and good conduct in their vox.. xm. Pn1a.—48