Record of the Rhode Island Excursion to Gettysburg, October 11-16, 1886, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint)

Rliode fclaiid Excursion to Gettys Mrg, OCTOBER, 1886. The following resolution was passed by the General Assembly of Rhode I sland, A pril 14, 1886, viz :R esolved, That the sum of three thousand dollars is hereby appropriated to perpetuate the participation of the IM iode Island troops at the battle of Getlsburg, to be expended under the supervision of Messrs. Horatio Rogers, Elisha H. Rhodes, A mos M. Boweu, 2nd R. I. Volunteers, D. Coit Taylor and Chas. Cornell, Battery B, Wm. Millen and Pardon S. Jastram, Battery p, Benjamin H. Child and James P. Rhodes, Battery A, in manner following, that is to say :O ne thousand dollars thereof to be paid to the president and directors of the Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial Association to be expended in the purchase of additional grounds of special interest upon said battlefield, and especially for usite for the memorial of Battery E, First Rhode Island Light A rtillery, hereinafter mentioned, and in acquiring rights of way in constructing roads and avenues, in the preservation of natural and artificial defences and in the erection of such memorial structures as are contemplated by the charter of said Association ;also a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars each, to be paid to the 2nd Rhode Island Veteran A ssociation, Battery A, Battery Band Battery E, Veteran Associations of the First Rhode Island Light A rtillery, respectivel whenever it shall be shown to said committee that said respective Veteran Associations have calised to be erected on the battlefield of Gettysburg a memorial of their respective regiment or batteries satisfactory to the Superintendent of Tablets and Legends of said Gettysburg Battlefield Memorial A ssociation, but the sums so paid respectively shall not exceed the actual cost of the respective memorials ;and the state auditor is hereby authorized and directed from time to time to draw his o(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.) Read more