Chapter 168. For the erection of a memorial monument at Fort Recovery, Ohio
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CHAP. 168.— An Act For the erection of a memorial monument at Fort Recovery, Ohio. April 15, 1910.[[H. R. 2265](/us/bill/61/hr/2265).][[Public, No. 138](/us/pl/61/138).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled*, That the Secretary of WarFort Recovery, Ohio.Memorial monument to officers and soldiers killed by Indians in 1791 and 1794. be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to erect a suitable memorial monument on the grounds at Fort Recovery, Ohio, where lie buried the remains of General Richard Butler;
Colonel Oldham; Majors Ferguson, Hart, and Clark; Captains Bradford, Phelon, Kirkwood, Price, Van Swearingen, Tipton, Purdy, Smith, Piatt, Gaither, Grebbs, and Newman; Lieutenants Spear, Warren, Boyd, McMath, Burgess, Kelso, Read, Little, Hopper, and Likens; Ensigns Cobb, Balch, Chase, Turner, Wilson, Brooks, Beatty, and Purdy; Quartermasters Reynolds and Ward; Adjutants Anderson and Doc. Grasson; twenty-three other officers; and six hundred and thirty American soldiers who, while under the command of General Saint Clair, were slaughtered by the Indians of the Northwest Territory, at the battle of Fort Recovery, Ohio, on the morning of November fourth, seventeen hundred and ninety-one.
And also where lie buried the remains of Major McMahon, Captain Hartshorn, Lieutenant Craig, nineteen other commissioned and noncommissioned officers, and one hundred and twenty soldiers who, while under the command of Major McMahon, gallantly defended Fort Recovery against the attacks of two thousand Indians and British soldiers on the thirtieth of June and the first of July, seventeen hundred and ninety-four. Sec. 2. That for the above purpose the expenditure of the sum ofAppropriation. twenty-five thousand dollars, or so much of said sum as may be necessary, be hereby authorized.
This sum shall be expended by direction of the Secretary of War, or such officer as he may designate: *Provided*,*Provisos*.Expenditure. That the money hereby authorized shall be drawn from time to time only as may be required during the progress of the work and under the requisition of the Secretary of War: *And provided further*, ThatCondition. no part of said amount shall be expended until such time as the Secre312tary of War is satisfied that a responsible legal association is created and pledged to care for and maintain whatever memorial monument is erected and a suitable site is provided on which it can be located.
Approved, April 15, 1910.