Public Law 46–78

That the President of the United States be, and he is hereby, authorized to place William Gaines, late ordnance sergeant, United States Army, on the retired list of the Army, with seventy-five per centum of the full pay and allowances of an ordnance sergeant for and during his natural life, he having served faithfully and honorably in the Army of the United States for more than fifty-one years, having been an ordnance sergeant for over thirty-three consecutive years of said service, and having participated in the siege of Fort Meigs, the defense of Fort Stephenson and the battle of the Thames in the war of eighteen hundred and twelve.