The evening times., 1900-01-25
LONGDELAYED MEMORIALS.
Statues of Two Generals Provided
for Many Years Ago.

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for Many Years Ago.
| The Senate Committee on the Library,
to which was referred the Senate resolu-
ton to carry into effect two resolutions of
the Continental Congresss directing monu-
ments to be erected to the memory of Gen.
Francis Nash and Gen. William Lee Da-
5idson. of North Carolina, have reported it
to the Senate without amendment.
On November 4, 1777, the following reso-
! luton was passed by Congress:
Resolved That his exceIlency, Cover
nor CasweH of North Carolina, be re-
| quested to erect a monument to the value
of $500, at the expense Of the United States,
in honor of the memory of Brig. Gen.
/ Francis Nash, who fell in the battle Of
| Germantown on October 4, 1777, bravely
contending for the independence of his
! country"
Congress on September 20, 1881. passed
the following:
Resolved, That the Governor and Coun-
| Gil OF the State of North Carolina be de-
! sired TO erect a monument at the expense
! of the United States, not exceeding the
| value of $500 to the memory of the late
| Brigader General Davidson who com
manded the militia of the district OF Sails
! bury in the State of North Carolina, and
was killed on February l last, fighting gal
lantly in defence of the liberty and inde-
pendence of these States"
On January 10, 1912, the following bill
was introduced by Senator Graham and
was passed by the Senate July 49, 1910:
BE it enacted by the Senate and House
of Representatives of the United States of
America in Congress assembled, That the
sum of $500 be, and the same is hereby,
appropriated 10 be paid out OF any moneys
in the Treasury not otherwise disposed OF,
for the erection of a monument in honor
of the memory OF Brig. Gen. Francis Nash
of North Carolinas according TO the resolu-
tion of Congress passed on the 4th day
OF November 1777.
Sec >. And be it further enacted That
a like sum of $500 be, and the same is
hereby, appropriated for the erection of
monument in honor of the memory of Brig.
Gen. William Davidson, of North Carolina,
in accordance with the resolution of Con-
gress passed on the Goth day of September,
1881.
Sec s. And be it further enacted, That
the Treasurer of the United States shall
pay the sum aforesaid TO the order of the
Governor of North Carolina whenever re-
quired for the purpose aforestated
Accompanying the report on the bill was
the following letter from the Governor of
North Carolina:
Executive Office. Dec "a, 1910.
My Dear Sir: In compliance with your
favor of the 18th inst, in which you say: (
L perceive by reference to the Journal of /
The Continental Congress- that, on the ith (
of November. 1777. the then Governor OF !
North Carolina was requested TO have /
erected. at the expense OF the United /
State monument in memory of Brig. /
Gen. Francis Nash; and that on the 2Oth |
Of September. 1881. a similar request was
made respecting a monument in honor Of |
Brigadier General Davidson, both of whom /
were killed in battle in the service of the /
United States Will you do me the favor /
to cause the executive journal 10 be 1
searched and inform me whether any /
action has ever been had by the Governor /
OF North Carolina in compliance with either
of said resolutions?'
Il have caused the books Of the previous
governors 10 be searched and find no evil
dence of compliance. Indeed, it is very
certain that no monuments were ever
erected in memory of these gentlemen in
this or any other State: and l believe it is
certain no measures were ever taken for
that purpose.
Il am. very respectfully. your obedient
servant.
EDWARD B. DUDLEY.
Hon William A. Graham.
United States Senate. Washington
During the first session of the Fifty
fourth Congress a joint resolution exactly
like the present one and differing from the
bill which passed July 19. 1912, only in
the amounts appropriated, was reported
favorably by this committee and passed the
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