Minnesota Session Laws - 1983, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1983 

                        RESOLUTION 1-S.F.No. 390
 A resolution memorializing the Congress of the United 
States to authorize the President to present a 
Congressional Medal of Honor to Herman Miller. 
    WHEREAS, on August 2, 1899, Herman Miller enlisted in the 
United States Army from Crookston, Minnesota, and served as a 
Private in Company G, 34th Infantry, United States Volunteers, 
which was then engaged in action against insurgent tribes in 
North Ilocos Province, Luzon, Phillipine Islands; and 
    WHEREAS, on April 16, 1900, Private Miller was engaged in 
the defense of the town of Batac when it was attacked by 800 
insurgents under the command of a notorious native leader; when 
the plaza came under a dangerous attack by 60 insurgent riflemen 
using rice dikes for cover, Private Miller and twelve other men 
charged the enemy line and drove them off; several of those who 
engaged in the charge were killed or wounded; and 
    WHEREAS, Private Miller's commanding officer recommended 
Private Miller for a Medal of Honor for his courageous 
participation in the charge; and 
    WHEREAS, the Medal was never awarded under circumstances 
suggesting that the recommendation was never given full and 
proper consideration; and 
    WHEREAS, Herman Miller is now over one hundred years old 
and has been trying for eighty-three years to rectify the 
failure to award the decoration for which he was recommended; 
and 
    WHEREAS, the terrible oversight of failure to award what is 
justly deserved and recommended must be rectified; NOW, 
THEREFORE, 
    BE IT RESOLVED by the Legislature of the State of 
Minnesota, that the Congress of the United States is urged to 
adopt legislation immediately authorizing the President to 
present the Medal of Honor to Herman Miller. 
    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of State transmit 
copies of this memorial, to be authenticated as appropriate, to 
the President of the United States, the President and Secretary 
of the United States Senate, the Speaker and Chief Clerk of the 
House of Representatives of the United States, Minnesota's 
Senators and Representatives in Congress, the Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and to Herman Miller. 
    Approved March 2, 1983