JOINT RESOLUTIONS.

1271

Be it further resolved, That in testimony of his distinguished

services in Africa and at Alexandria, that the Governor is here-

Gold medal to
be struck off.

by authorized and required to have made a gold medal of the

size of one silver half-dollar, with appropriate device and

motto, also a copy of these resolutions properly inscribed, and

cause the same to be presented to Colonel Charles Chaille Long

in testimony of the high sense of his services entertained by

the General Assembly of the State of Maryland.

Approved.

No. 4.

Joint Resolution requesting the Senators and Representatives

from the State of Maryland in Congress to use their best

effort to secure one of the National Encampments, as pro-

vided by the Act of Congress, in Garrett County, Maryland.

WHEREAS, It has been provided by an Act of the Congress of

the United States that four army camps shall be selected in the

National en-
campment.

several sections of the United States for the rendezvous of

National Guardsmen from the several States and the United

States troops; and

WHEREAS, Garrett County, Maryland, near Oakland, has

offered a site to the Government on the most reasonable terms,

Suggesting site
in Garrett

with an abundance of cheap land, drained by beautiful streams

County for

of water, and a climate that cannot be surpassed in the United

same.

States, of sufficient distance from the large cities, located on

one of the great trunk lines of railroad, and within direct com-

munication with the City of Washington, it is deemed eminently

fitted for the holding of such encampment, and especially for

the health and discipline of the troops ; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the

Senators and Representatives from Maryland in Congress be

Urging Mary-
land's claims

and they are hereby urgently requested to use their best efforts

in Congress.

to make known to the proper authorities at Washington of the

advantages known by the site in Garrett County, Maryland,

for one of the army camps provided for in the aforesaid Act

of Congress, and to use all possible effort to secure the location

of said encampment in said Garrett County.