ADOPTING AND RATIFYING THE CAPTURE OF THE GERMAN STEAMSHIP "MILWAUKEE"
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4613 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and by the act of August 18, 1942, 56 Stat. 746, as amended by the act of July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 678, and for the purposes of such statutes, I hereby adopt and ratify the capture made as prize by Captain J. F. Devlin of the War Shipping Administration on or about August 1, 1945, of the German Steamship MILWAUKEE, her engines, boilers, furniture, tackle, apparel, spare parts, equipment, and contents, and of property on board.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 3, 1945
By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 4613 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended, and by the act of August 18, 1942, 56 Stat. 746, as amended by the act of July 1, 1944, 58 Stat. 678, and for the purposes of such statutes, I hereby adopt and ratify the capture made as prize by Captain J. F. Devlin of the War Shipping Administration on or about August 1, 1945, of the German Steamship MILWAUKEE, her engines, boilers, furniture, tackle, apparel, spare parts, equipment, and contents, and of property on board.
HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
November 3, 1945