Sincerely, Joel C. Swisher

To all Whom it May Concern:

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Know ye, That Joel C. Swisher, a Private of Company B. Twenty-fifth Engineers, United States Army, who was enlisted on the fourth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and seventeen, at Fort Slocum, New York to serve for the period of the emergency was Honorably Discharged from the service of the United States on the eleventh day of June, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen, by reason of demobilization.

This Certificate is given under the provisions of the Act of Congress approved July 1, 1902, “to authorize the Secretary of War to furnish certificates in lieu of lost or destroyed discharges,” to honorably discharged officers or enlisted men or their widows, upon evidence that the original discharge certificate has been lost or destroyed, and upon the condition imposed by said Act that this certificate “shall not be accepted as a voucher for the payment of any claim against the United States for pay, bounty, or other allowances, or as evidence in any other case.”

Given at the War Department, Washington, D.C. this twenty-second day of March, one thousand nine hundred and thirty.

By authority of the Secretary of War:
F.C. Reilly [signature]
Adjutant General

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TRANSCRIPT FROM RECORD OF SERVICE

Prior service: None

Battles, engagements, expeditions: Meuse-Argonne

Wounds received in action: None

Decorations, service medals, citations awarded: None

Service overseas: in France

Sailed from U.S.: October 29, 1917
Arrived at port on return to U.S.: May 23, 1919

Certificate in Lieu of Lost or Destroyed Discharge Certificate previously issued in this case: None