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fIRST SHAFT ON(Continued from Ftrtt Page.) 1tured. The regiment was left without au officer to command It.“This ground 1a historic ground. It is worthy of this monument. As we think of the noble men who here fought the battle, we say, .in the language of the -immortal Lincoln, at Gettysburg, 'We cannot dedicate, we can-hot consecrate, we cannot Hallow this ground; the TimVe theja, living or dead who struggled here, have consecrated it far aboye our power to add or detract.' The monument is a very haudsome structure of granite, the shaft, formed of seven sections, part dressed ' ahd part with rough surface, being sur-■ mounted by a timely executed 'figure of an infantryman, out from the same stone. Set in the atone, just, iieneath the soldier's figure, b the New Jersey coat of arms, In bronze, and also on the front of (he monument are two bronze tablets, one above Lie other.11 was announced at the reunion Monday night that. I he State of Pennsylvania will expend $10,000 upon the erection of a moumnenl on Hie Monoe-acy battlefield to the three Pennsylvania regiments which took part in the battle. -vThese officers of (he Komiion Association wore piccled: President, Major John p. I’atti'iRon, of Orange Grove, N. J.; wwlary, W. JI. Foster, of Hcohc yvlllo, N. ,f.; Iriasuror, Knuseili. .b.linsou, oT Now York; chaplain,Georgo IX Sorter, Trenton, N. J. f 11 was decided to hold the next annual session at Point Pleasant, N. J„ hi Sept ember, 1908. -
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Morning Herald
Hagerstown, Maryland, US
Wed, Jul 10, 1907
Page 6
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