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Concluding his testimony at a hearing held on this bill by a subcommittee of your committee on March 22, 1930, Hon. Ernest E. Rogers, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut and president of the Fort Griswold Tract Commission, representing the State, said:

On September 6, 1931, the State will observe the sesquicentennial of the battle of Groton Heights, at Fort Griswold, also the burning of New London.

Therefore, may I plead with you for the saving of this revolutionary fortification, and that it be ceded to the State with the reservation the United States may occupy it in an emergency.

Old Fort Griswold was defended by 165 minute men, and when the summons came from 800 trained and veteran troops of many battles, the reply went back "We will not surrender, let the consequences be what they may," with the result nearly every man was killed, wounded, or captured.

May I say I was born in sight of old Fort Griswold, and still live where I see it daily. Personally and officially I hope it will be placed beyond the possibility of desecration.

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71ST CONGRESS 2d Session

SENATE

SITES FOR PUBLIC BUILDINGS

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REPORT No. 1057

JUNE 18 (calendar day, JUNE 20), 1930.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. KEYES, from the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 12343]

The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12343) to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to accept donations of sites for public buildings, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass.

This legislation was introduced at the request of the Treasury Department and meets with the approval of the Post Office Department. If enacted, it will permit the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to accept the donation of sites for Federal buildings that are occasionally offered to the Government, free of cost, by public-spirited citizens.

There is a case in Pennsylvania at the present time where a site is offered to the Government under the terms of a will, but the title has to be accepted by the Government prior to July 1, 1930.

Your committee is of the opinion that the passage of this proposed legislation is decidedly in the interest of the Federal Government.

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JUNE 18 (calendar day, JUNE 20), 1930.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. ROBINSON of Indiana, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 12099]

The Committee on Pensions to whom was referred the bill H. R. 12099, to apply the Pension Laws to the Coast Guard to include the members of the Coast Guard, their widows, children, and dependent parents, under the same regulations and restrictions as there are, or may be, provided by law with respect to officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, having considered the same report back to the Senate with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment.

The House report on the same bill is as follows:

[House Report No. 1374, Seventy-first Congress, second session]

The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred the bills (H. R. 258, H. R. 705, H. R. 3753, H. R. 8643, and H. R. 9879) to apply the pension laws to the Coast Guard, to include the members of the Coast Guard, their widows and children and dependent parents, under the same regulations and restrictions as there are or may be provided by law with respect to officers and enlisted men of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, after consideration of the bill, and having heard the Member who introduced the bill, representatives from the Coast Guard, Bureau of Pensions, Treasury Department, and other persons representing those who would become beneficiaries thereunder, respectfully submit the following report with the recommendation that the bill H. R. 12099 do pass.

The effect of the bill, as its terms clearly specify, is to place the officers and enlisted men of the Coast Guard, their widows, children, and dependent parents in the same category as to pensions as are the officers and enlisted men of the Army and Navy, their widows, children, and dependent parents.

The Coast Guard was organized in 1915 by an act of Congress approved January 28, 1915, by consolidating the Revenue Cutter Service and Life Saving Service, and as the bill contains no limitations, its effect would be to include within its scope disability and death incurred in the service in line of duty since that time.

Should the bill become a law the minimum rate of pension would be $6 per month in the case of an enlisted man, with the maximum rate of $125 per month in the case of an officer or enlisted man who became blind by reason of service in the line of duty.

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