The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1897-10-08
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Ata meeting of the society OF the
Army Of the Potomac at Troy, y. T..
August y. 1857. Brigadier General Or
land Smith, L. :. V. submitted tte
following;
Resolved, That We cordially APP
prove Of the act Of congress establish
ing The Gettysburg National Military
p9rz, for the reservation and prop r
care os that celebrated battlefield.
TAat The work which is nov being
lone there by the national park CON-
mission, Colonel John Z. Nicholson,
Major VIM. u. Robbins and Major
a A. Richardson, Under the SUPER
is.oa Of tha Wag Departments IS 81
lie greatest interest, aud deserves 10
ID. more fully recognized 10y patriotic
citizens throughout the nation.
--3. oslv are tne features Of the ii I'D
ueiaz pye served, aui whore uccessary
restored, ,as Ia appear a. they were
{ the ti.ue a. tle b4...e, but tie liues
aod positions Of al the troops Of The
-Armv ~ the Potomac. aul i4e Army
OF Northern Virginia, with their
eyoluuons during the three days eoa-
flies, ale being located and marked by
monuments and ta0lets. and durabie
'Telfard avenues are being constructed
along the lines of battle, and to the
principle points Of interest on the
field. Observation towers Of iron and
-.eal have been erected, from which
the battlefield can be viewed.
The result Of the WORK when COM
plated, viii make Of this famou, field
q historic monument on great scale,
aad point Of pilgrimage for the pa
triotie and military student FOR all
time.
We heartily commend the zeal aud
Intelligence displayed by the Gettys-
burg National Park commission ia
planning and prosecuting the great
work, with the approval and aid Of
Tia. Secretary ofthe War Departments
ana tra-t that congress will enable the
p'aus Of She commission t. he f3iy
realized oy granting liberal appropfia-
lions for this patriotic purpose, aud
tna5 copy Of these resolutions,
signed oy The president and secretary
of the Society be transmitted t.
Maior.General r. 4. Alger, Secretary
Of War.
The resolutions were unanimously
adopted.
GEO. d. RCGGLEs, President.
II. c. KING, Secretary.
?r;:. s.gea.or ana CIR S3a:o..
This Office is in receipt of very
pleasant letter from Prof J. ~
Sraator. which goes back 70 the days
Of "auil lang syne." Mr.. S.reatoF
has recently received a call to Johns.
town. Pa, and is now occupying the
pulpit Of one Of the Christian
churches in that city. but still main
taius lively interest in his Oeala
friends, with whom he keeps acqaaiu-
ted through the columns Of the Ban
ner Miss Ethel is in GAINESVILLE,
Tenn, where she will spend the win
ter His letter was not intended for
publication, but we take the liberty Of
spending the following extract from
az:
II have heard that Will Gary, Sa-
rah Bull and Hattie Dye are teachers
in the Ocala school. 1t is good trio.
viii is an exceptional young man.
good student, full of life and energy.
and I think is composed of the stuff
that success is made of. Sarah is full
Of energy, has the faculty of percep-
ton well developed. is not very well
acquainted with the word fail, AID,
when / knew her, the prospects for
her succeeding in what she undertook
was quite perceptible. HATTIE Dye