The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-04-29
ST ALsANs RAID
Some Interesting Documents Bearing
on Historic Event

Some Interesting documents Bearing
on Historic Event
st. Adams, April 2S.-Some time ago
the Board OF I rade designated a com
mittee of citizens OF ST Adams city
and town to organize celebration OF
the three hundr, 9TH anniversary OF the
discovery OF Lake Champiain by the
great French navigator. This commit
tee. after due consideration of v2ri-
Gus suggestions, concluded ID [ prob
ably no feature that could be devised
for such an occasion would be more
attractive to the multitude than an
address by the leader whose daring
exloit in the rebel raid forty-five years
ago gave St. Adams a unique distinc-
ton among the towns of the far North
as the only one that had any direct
participation in the War of the Rebel
lion. Accordingly an invitation to be
the guest of the city and deliver the
principal address on the occasion OF
the celebration was sent TO Gen Ben
nett II. Young. of Louisville, Ky.
General Young was bona tide ON
Ger of the Confederate states army and
his raid in ST. Adams was a legiti-
mate act OF war His return to this
city after these years on an occasion
such as this would be. heralded far
and wide as a splendid manifestation
Of the conciliatorWspirit of the times
and In this the expectations OF the
committee have already been amply
justified The news that General
Young is to visit st. Adams and make
an address has been sent b. the news
bureaus all over the continent and the
city has thus come into a wide prom
inence that is all the more gratifying
because the newspaper comment upon
the matter has almost without eXcep-
ton been warmly congratulatory ana
commendatory.
The committee has felt that for the
information of the public here the fol-
lowing official documents should be re-
published at this time:
Confederate States of America,
War Department,
Richmond, June l6, 1861.
"Sir:-You are hereby informed that
the president has appointed you First
Lieutenant. under the Act 12l, APP
proved February II, 1864, in the Pro
visional army in the service OF the
Confederate states, to rank as such
from the 10th day of June, 1854
Should the Senate at their next ses-
sion advise and consent thereto, YOU
will be commissioned accordingly.
Immediately on receipt hereof,
please to communicate to this depart
ment, through the adiutant and in
spector generals office. your accep-
lance or non-acceptance OF said APP
pointment, and, with your letter of ac-
ceptance. return to the adiutant and
inspector general the oath herewith
enclosed, properly filed up, subscrib-
ed, and attested, reporting at the
same time our age. residence. when
appointed, and the state in which you
were born
Should you accept you will report
for duty to
Jas. A. Seldom,
Secretary of War.
Lieut. Bennett II. Young.
Etc Etc, F. A. G. s.
Confederate States of America.
War Department,
Richmond Va. June l6, 1864.
Lieut.. q. II Young is hereby auth
orized to organize for special service
company not TO exceed twenty in
number from hose who belong to the
service, and are al the time beyond
the Confederate States
They will be entitled to their pay
rations, clothing and transportation
but no other compensation for any
service which they may be called up
on to render
THE Organization will be under the
control OF this department and liable
to be disbanded at its pleasure and
the members returned to their respec-
tive companies.
Jas A. Seldom,
Secretary of War"