Cannons for GAR Posts in Eastern Kentucky
To the John T. Parker Post, Numbered Fifty-seven, Kentucky Grand Army of the Republic, of the city of Vanceburg, Lewis County, Kentucky, one condemned fieldpiece or cannon, with a suitable outfit of cannon balls, the same to be placed in the courthouse yard in the said city.
For Grand Army of the Republic Post at Paintsville, Kentucky, two condemned brass cannon and suitable carriages and cannon balls.
Provided, That no expense shall be incurred by the United States through the delivery of any of the foregoing condemned military equipment: Provided further, That each and every article of condemned military equipment covered by this act shall be subject at all times to the order of the Secretary of War.
Approved, September 8, 1916.
Source: The Statutes at Large, the United States from ..., By United States, United States Dept. of State; Published by U.S. G.P.O., 1917, pp. 839,842
