Show yorktown a national military park Is likely to be y added to the system of national military parks parka under the charge of the war department this system hi stem includes the battlefields of an in mainland chickamauga and chattanooga lit in tennessee gettysburg in pennsylvania and guilford Gul lford court house in north carolina incidentally ci military reservations should be transferred to the national park service of the interior department as should the ten of more national monuments administered by the forest service of tile the agricultural department both house and senate have hae passed the following be it enacted etc that the secretary ct c war vi ar be and he Is 19 hereby diluted to investigate the feasibility of establishing a national military park paik in and about yorktown in the state of virginia tor for the purpose of commemorating the campaign and siege of yorktown in the fall ol of 1781 and the preservation of said battlefield for historical purposes and to prepare plans of such park and an estimate of the cost of establishing and acquiring the same and obtain such other information as may enable congress to act upon the matter after being advised to aid and assist him in this oils undertaking the secretary of war Is authorized to appoint a commission of not to exceed three persons who shall serve without compensation or expense to the government ern ment section 2 that the expense of the investigation herein directed to be made shall be paid from the appropriation contingencies of the army senator king of utah wanted to know if ultimately there will not evolve upon the federal government considerable expense for the maintenance of this park it was explained to him at considerable length that that will depend entirely upon the action of congress this bill merely directs the secretary of war to inquire into the feasibility of the project and to prepare plans which will be reported to congress for whatever action it may see fit to take congress Con greis may or may not adopt those plans it may or may not establish the park of course if a military park should be established at yorktown there might possibly be some expense attached or it might be arranged that that expense should be borne by various patriotic societies then senator king made a nice little speech on economy and resumed his seat thereupon the bill was pissed |