HERBERT R. O'CONOR, GOVERNOR. 1973

Resolved by the General Assembly of Maryland, That the
Governor be and he is hereby requested to take such steps as
may be necessary to develop this supply of food to make it
readily available on the market and to educate the public to
the value of the muskrat as a source of meat; and be it further

Resolved? That the Secretary of State of Maryland be and
he is hereby directed to send a copy of this resolution, under
the Great Seal of Maryland, to the Honorable Claude E. Wick-
ard, Food Administrator, Washington, D. C.

Approved March 23, 1943.

NO. 5.

(Senate Joint Resolution 1)

A Joint Resolution requesting the Secretary of the Navy to
name one of the new United States Aircraft Carriers, the
"U. S. S. Antietam" in commemoration of the Battle of
Antietam, September 17th, 1863.

WHEREAS,, it now appears that Aircraft Carriers now being
constructed are being named f or famous American Battles; and

WHEREAS, The Antietam Battlefield near Sharpsburg, Wash-
ington County, Maryland, is steeped in American tradition
and the men whose planes would take off from the flight decks
of the "U. S. S. Antietam" would have the united spirit of both
the North and the South to spur them on to Victory; and

WHEREAS, considering the number of men engaged in the
great Battle of Antietam, more lives were lost than in any one
day's battle of any war up until that time, and as this would be
a fitting memorial to these honored dead; and

WHEREAS, the "U. S. S. Antietam" would be a peculiarly fit-
ting name to give one of our fighting ships as it would com-
memorate a battle that did not spell defeat for either the North
or the South, but rather a battle in which two great armies of
Americans fought against each other. for that which they con-
sidered right—a battle which at its conclusion found both
armies still in position—neither side victor and neither side
vanquished; a battle of which the Blue and Gray could both be
justly proud; and