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Dedication at Monocacy. . j9The General Assembly of Penney 1 vanin, by Act approved Junu 12,1907, provided for the erfclion by fcbe State of PenusyJ-vanm, upon the BattleGefcd of Motiocaoy, of a monument, to co mine too rate the services of the Sixty-Seventh, Eighty-Seventh and One Hundred and Thirty-Eighth Regiments oj Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and appropriated the appropriated the sum of X*ive Thousand Do!fare for the purposeThe Gorernor'ol PumHylvama, iu accordance with the piovifiione of the Act of Assembly, Lae fixed Tuesday, No?ember 24, 1908, as the day on which the monument will be dedicated, and the Adjutant General, in pursuit thereof. will jb-eue transportation to honorably discharged Penuayhama soldiers who were members of either the Sixty-seventh (07th), Lbe Eighty-seventh ^87tb), or the One Ha rid red and Thirty eighth (ldBth) Regiments of Pennay!vania infantry, to permit them to attend the dedication of the aforesaid monnnoeDt, under the fol-jowiog regulations I1st rrauHporiatiou will be isued only fo applicants who were memoeiB of either of above named regiments, and bouoiabiy discharged therefrom 2nd Application muBt be made on blank form in ba procured from Thomas I J -stewart. Adjutant General, Harrisburg, I Pa, No application -will be considered unless made on proper form, and cotrane portntiou wiiJ be issued except upon proper applications, und to persona legally entalfed thereto 3rd. Traneportahan will be issued only from railway station i* PeunB)!-vania nearest to place of residence of applicant, good from that point to Wo hue acy, Maryland, and return, nnrl bv the shortest available route.4th No payment or allowance ib made by the CoraciiQQwealth of Pennsylvania far BubaiBlenee, carnage hire, wagon traoe portatiQU, or Pullman Parlor Car or Sleep tog Car fHrea 5ih The liroe limit of tjeketa will be bo arranged as to permit peieons using eame iu start fiofhciently in advance of date ol dedication to yieit the battlefield Clb The transportation will be good going and reluming by the eame route, and will nut permit of going by one road and returning bv another, either wholly or io part7th In order that transportation may be leeiietl and reach applicants hi time, applications* muB be filed not later than November 12,1908 Sth. W lieu order ior ticket is issued by the Adjutant General further information will be given hb to uee of same, the hour of dedication, and special tram from nearby j point, should any fe arranged for byjtbe CnmmitLee In chargeof dedication. Prompt, application should be made for blank form of application, by addressing Thomas J Stewart, Adjutant General, Harrisburg, Pa. '
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Gettysburg Star and Sentinel
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Nov 11, 1908
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