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Transportation to the Dedication to be Given to the Members of Regiments Who Were in the Battle.Harrisburg. Ha.. Sept. 21. 1908. The General Assembly of Pennayl* vania. by Act approved June 12. 11107, provided for the erection by the State of Pennsylvania, upon the Battlefield of Monocacy. of a monument to commemorate the services of the Sixty* Seventh. Highly--Seventh and On* Hundred and Thirty Kighth Regiment* of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantr: andappropriated the sum of live iho’^und dollars for the purpose.The Act of Assembly further provided :‘‘Section 2. That there shall l»* pro vldd and furnished by the Cotd;tion-wealth of Pennsylvania. to such state of!)dais and guests as the Gov* i nor may designate, and to all surviving! honorably discharged Hcnnsy. mitt soldiers who were member* of tl Fix-r seventh* Eighty-seventh. and Dm* Hundred and Thirty eighth regi: of Pennsylvania* Volunteer Ini. iitrv.transportation from the railway station in Pennsylvania nearest to theplace of residence of such Stalt; olli* ]ctal or guest, or of any such Pennsylvania soldier, to Monocacy and return, to enable them to be present at the dedication of said monument.Section 3. The Adjutant General is hereby authorized and directed to provide and furnish transportation, for such State official and guest as theGovernor may designate, and for such surviving honorably discharged soldiers, by railway as aforesaid, to Monocacy and return; and for such transportation he is authorized to pay such sums of money as shall be agreedupon, not exceeding one and one-halfcents per mile each way, by the shortest available route; and the Adjutant General shall employ all necessary ami practicable methods to givepublicity to this act; and shall provide all necessary blank forms, and establish such rules, and incur such expense for the issuance and reception i of applications and issuance of transportation to iersous legally entitled thereto, under the provisions and intent of this act. as shall In his judgment he deemed necessary.Section 4. That any person who shall persunute, or attempt to personate any survivor, or secure or attempt to secure by such impersonation transportation to which lie is not legally entitled under the provisions of the act, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction, shall be sentenced to pay a tine not exceeding one hundred dollars, or imprisonment not exceeding sixty days, or both, at the discretion of the court.’*The Governor of Pennsylvania, Inaccordance with the provisions of the Act of Assembly, has fixed Tuesday, November 24, 1908, as the day on which the monument will be dedicated ami the Adjutant* General, in attrstt-ance thereof, will issue transportation to honorably discharged Pennsylvaniasoldiers who were members of eitherthe Sixty-seventh (67th), the Eighty-seventh (87th,) or the One Hundred and Thirty-eighth (138) Regiments of Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, to permit them to attend the dedication of the aforesaid monument, under the following regulations:1st. Transportation will be issued only to applicants who were members of either of above named regiments, and honorably discharged therefrom.2nd. Application must be made on blank form to be procured from 'Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant General. Harrisburg, Pa. No application will be considered unless made on proper form, and no transportation will be issued except upon proper application, and to persons legully entitled thereto.I 3rd. Transportation will be Issued only from railway station In Pennsylvania nearest to place of residence of applicant, good from that point to Monocacy, Maryland, and return and by the shortest available route.4th. No payment or allowance is made by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for subsistence, carriage hire.wagon transportation, or Pullman Parlor Car or Sleeping Car fares.5th. The time limit of tickets will be so arranged as to permit persons using same to start sufficiently in advance of date of dedication to visit the battlefield. ;6th. The transportation issued will be good going and returning bv the same route, and will not permit of going by one road and returning by another. either wholly or In part.7th. In order that * transportationmay be issued and reach applicantsIn time. applicftUons^muHt be filed notlater than November 12, 1908.8th. When order for ticket is suited by the Adjutant Genera! further information will be given as to use of tame, the hour of dedication, and special train from nearby point, should any be j arranged for by the Committee in • charge of dedication.Prompt application should be made for, blank form of application, by ad-dreWdng Thomas J. Stewart, Adjutant General. Harrisburg. PaIi
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Conshohocken Recorder
Conshohocken, Pennsylvania, US
Tue, Oct 20, 1908
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