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THE PROPOSED MOIWMENT TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN.TBE NOFEffENTjAT HILTOF BEADUCl]thePoithewe1rlSoi strcTo thlt; Editors of the Savannah Daily Heraldr j rA*jThe Committee appointed at the meeting held in Commissary Hall, on the 21st of April, 1805, met on Saturday, May 27th,1»65, at the rOomaf of Brig. Gen. Littlefield. *On motion of Col. C. L. Kilburn, the list of officers heretofore elected was so amended us to make the following a list of the officers, constituting the permanent Committee, in accordance with the instructions given the Contftittee by the meeting.I’RKSIDEXT.Brevt. Biig. Gen. M. S. Littlefield, U. 3- V.VICE l’RKSIDKNTS.Col. C. L Kilburn, U. S. A.S. N.IissigitoCo'ablonancW.asofpietorarepoi(tin Baft n boiCommander Wm. Reynolds, U.Col. James Lewis, U. 3. V.Col. C. H. Howard, U. S. V Ll Col. J. C. Carmichael, U. 3. V.Lt. Col. R. P. York. lT. S. V.Major \V. L. M. Burger, U. 3. V.Major A. V. Elliott, U. S. V.Major Henry Allen, lT. S. V.Major A. F. Scars, U. S. V-Lt. T. E. Baldwin: V. S. N.Lt. O. Kane, IT. 3 N.Capt. T. J. Robinson, U. S. V.Asst. Surg. William Commons, U. S. N.TREASURER.Major A. G. Salisbury, U. S. V.SECRETARIES.Maj. T. J. Saunders. (Corresponding.)!.’.r ' Capt. Jesse Merrill (Recording) U. S. A._ | The Secretary then read to the Committees a communication from the “Lincoln Soldiers ! Cr c aud Sailors’ Monumeutal Association” at fQ1 Spriugtield, Illinois, askiug the co-operation 1Ellbrlt;beicivswshi12«Jve:e.ft.syegof this Committee, and giving the proposed nn5.vdbestjduyr.amicach“l!anabinjm;prr-ie:di-n-toaeoflieasofe-ty»sebebeire; a 11-nd.’illjn-iisI islie;toplan of proceeding.Col.C.L. Kilburn then moved that we heartily co-operate with that association, and that measures be taken by this committee to give every soldier and sailor in this Department an opportunity to contribute, aud that Major T. J. Saunders, Major W. L M. Burger aud Capt Jesse Merrill, be appointed a subcommittee to prepare the necessary papers and blanks lor receiving the subscriptions. Curried.The meeting then sojourned to meet at the office of Col. C. L. Kilburn, on Monday at 11 HA. M.On Monday May 29th, 18fi.', the Committee met in accordance with adjournment, j q The following address was then submitted by the sub-committee and adopted : | thPort Rovai., S. C.. May 29, 1 SG:'».To the Soldiers and Sailors of the | j piDepartment of the South. ISoon after the death of President. Lincoln , “ was known at Hilton Head, a large number of gentlemen connected with the Army and ! (]j Navy assembled at Commissary Hall and in- j Ci augurated measures, having in view the election of a monument to his memory, the sub- j* scriptious to be exclusively from those who | had served under him in a military and na- I \.. val capacity. A Permanent Committee was y appointed to correspond with other organ- Q] izutious throughout the country. A respouse , st has come from Springfield, Illinois, the for- \ 0 mer home of Abraham Lincoln, where a | “Lincoln Soldiers and Sailors Monumental , v Association” lias been formed, and put into 3| working operation all over the country,under I $ the direction of some of the best men in the i State. They ask us to co-operate with them: j and, seeing that our intentions are the same, * fl namely, to erect a lusting memorial, by sol- 1 j: filers and sailors alone, over the mortal re- I a mains of an honoured leader—we have i j, unanimously resolved to accede to their rendsthe o educe willofLquest.“Soldiers and Sailprs of the Department of the South ! we ask that every one of you, ; F either in the service or having received an honorable discharge, subscribe aud pay the c sum of one dollar for this noble and patriotic ; 1 purpose—uo more and no less-^-the amount i ^ raised to be forwarded through officers in of ! command to our Treasurer, Major A. G. Salis- I * bury, Paymaster LT. S. A. at Hilton Head, i ' S. C., who will see that the same is transmit- I 1 ted to llon.James H. Beveridge, State Treasurer of Illinois, the gentleman selected to take charge of the funds. Organize then, in your companies, regiments anil batteries, on board of each of your gunboats and vessels, in fact, all over the Department. Scatter the news broadcast so that every patriot soldier aud sailor may have an opportunity to do his part iu this great work. Individual subscriptions, or thoBe iu small amounts, cau be forwarded by mail to Major Salisbury.“Please give the name, ruuk aud regiment, battery, boat or vessel. Also, give the town, dtic, 1 county and State—or post office, where the t in subscriptions are scut by discharged soldiers win. j pr sailors. Caro will be taken that each person subscribing sljall receive a certificate of membership in the Association.’’The committee were tfien directed to havean-thebe-in n.rokeroadnse-ilses,k are at her thethe address published in the form of a eircu-nmu- I lar. for distribution, and now ask the earnest iging co-operation of all officers in command of L, men, in having it understood and pirculatod.M. 3. Litti.efiei.d, President.irnednighted by T. J. Saunders, TLlisas ■ Jesse Merrill. , Hc-cretnrtcs..t thisVirginia Ladies doing Farm Work.—
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Savannah Daily Herald
Savannah, Georgia, US
Sat, Jun 03, 1865
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