Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1902-06-26
AGlTATING A
MONUMENT

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| eXpatiate upon the patriotism of, noI
the hOnors won by the soldiers who
went out from Montour county TO the
several wars which have occurred dur
ing the history of the Union The
generous response made by our little
county to every call to arms and
especially during the Civil war are
matters of record. Our soldiers were
III the brunt of many a hard fought
battle and acquitted themselves as
becomes the true and the brave. They
died-sOme fighting, others of disease
engendered by pestilential camp or
prison pen. The question arises in
every heart, "Shall they be forgot
ten?" Instinctively comes the answ-
er, MOP
Thus, for many years past the pro-
ject of a soldiers monument has been
kept i'll vi,r, although up to the pres
ent pos yrly nothing has been ac-
complishcd. Some three years ago a
monum Mt was agitated with consider
abb promise of success. Committees
were appointed and plans formulated
ior the raising of money.
Owing to some cause, however,
which remains to be explained can
vass was never begun. A great deal
OF encouragement is voiced from time
to time by those who have the project
at heart at the seeming lack of interest
manifested. They are loath, however,
to see the soldiers monument abandon
ed, and hope yet to see it an accom-
plished fact The matter is receiving
a good deal of attention at present
and the indication is that something
may be done before long that will
bring tangible results.
Several inquiries have come to The
American of late relative to the
Act of 1895 authorizing the County
Commissioners to erect a soldiers
monument at the county seat in men,
ory of those who fell in the Civil war.
1t is, indeed question whether our
community could ever be brought to
avail itself of the provision of this
Act. To do so would be to show q
lack of public spirit and of enterprise
not at all consistent with the excellent
war record of our little county and
its progress along other lines. We
incline to the belief that all that is
needed is for the right persons at the
right time to take hold of the project
and that the response from the people
at large will be all that is needed to
bring success to the undertaking.
We however, print the act in ques-
tiOn. 1t is as follows:
AN ACT Authorizing the County
Commissioners of the several counties
of this Commonwealth to erect or COM
plete and maintain a suitable monu-
ment at the county seat of each county,
in memory of the soldiers and sailors
or the late war.
Section l. Be it enacted, &C., That
upon the petition of at least fifty of
the citizens to the court of quarter
sessions of any county in this Common
wealth, for the erection or completion
of monument in memory of the
soldiers and sailors of the late war, it
shall be the duty of said court to lay
said petition before the grand jury
and if approved by two successive
grand juries and said court, the county
commissioners shall be authorized to
erect, or complete any monument now
partly erected but not completed, and
maintain at the county seat suitable
monument in memory of the soldiers
and sailors of the late war of the re-
bellion from said county.
Approved-The 22nd day of MAY, A.
ID. 1895.
DANTET, Fl HASTINGS