ng the most absurd statements as to the action of the Philadelphia
Brigade at the Battle of Gettysburg, which, upon being read, led to the
unanimous adoption of the following preamble and resolution:

"WHEREAS, in the 'Narrative of the Battle of Gettysburg,' by Lieut.
Frank A. Haskell, First Lieut. 6th Wisconsin Infantry, and an aide
upon the staff of Gen. John Gibbon, said to have been written within
a few days after the battle, and reprinted in 1898 as a part of the
history of the Class of 1854, Dartmouth College, and republished in
1908 under the auspices of the Massachusetts Commandery of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, the
Philadelphia Brigade has been recklessly, and shamelessly, and
grossly misrepresented; therefore, with the view of correcting these
wilfull misstatements, it is

"RESOLVED, That a committee consisting of the officers of the
Philadelphia Brigade Association, together with two comrades from
each of the four regiments of the Brigade, be appointed to carefully
consider the matter, and, if deemed advisable by the committee, to
publicly enter its protest against the malicious statements
'reprinted in 1898 as a part of the history of the Class of 1854 of
Dartmouth College,' and again republished by the Loyal Legion of
Massachusetts in 1908, with a degree of recklessness and disregard
for truth unparalleled in any publication relating to the Civil War;
statements so false and malevolent as to be wholly unworthy of a
class of Dartmouth College, or of a Commandery of the Loyal Legion of
the United States; of the name of Capt. Daniel Hall, of General
Howard's staff--who prepared the story for publication--or of 'Chas.
Hunt, Captain U. S. V., Committee on Publication.'"

The committee named under this resolution consists of these Comrades: Wm.
G. Mason, Commander; John Quinton, Vice-Commander; Chas. W. Devitt,
Quartermaster; John W. Frazier, Adjutant; John E. Reilly, Wm. S. Stockton,
Joseph MacCarroll and James Thompson, Trustees, and Edward Thompson and
James Duffy, 69th; John W. Dampman and Edward P. McMahon, 71st; John Reed
and Thos. J. Longacre, 72d; Wm. H. Neiler and Thos. Thompson, 106th
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers.

An examination by the Philadelphia Brigade Association of the records
relating to the "Narrative" written by Lieut. Haskell, disclose