Ohio History Journal

Reviews, Notes and Comments      551

house and the first church established in the Ohio Coun-

try. When this property is improved it is to be trans-

ferred to the custody of the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society.

A bill introduced by Honorable Thomas L. Calvert

of Clark County appropriates $10,000 for "the purpose

of aiding in paying the cost of constructing a monument

to General George Rogers Clark and to commemorate

the battle of Piqua and birthplace of Tecumseh." This

monument is to be erected by the Clark County Histor-

ical Society and on its completion to pass into possession

of the state and custody of the Ohio State Archaeological

and Historical Society.

A bill introduced by Honorable Harvey D. Cope,

authorizing the transfer, by county commissioners, of

newspaper files to the custody of the Ohio State Archae-

ological and Historical Society is now a law. It pro-

vides that after bound newspaper files are kept for ten

years the county commissioners may transfer them to

the Society. It is believed that in time many counties

will take advantage of this act and that the library of

the Society will through the agency of this law make

substantial additions to its newspaper files.

 

 

 

WORLD WAR PAPERS

PRESENTED BY SERGEANT NEIL K. REESE

The Society is under especial obligations to Sergeant

Neil K. Reese of the United States Army, who has for-

warded valuable World War documents to our library.

In his letter dated Coblenz, Germany, February 15,

1923, he says in part:

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552       Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society Publications Upon the withdrawal of these Forces and my return to the United States, I am forwarding to you, under separate cover, my file of publications of the Third Army and the American Forces in Germany, as I believe you may be able to obtain some valuable information from the same in compiling your history for the period covered by these orders. These documents give in detail the history of this branch of the army service. They constitute the funda- mental material from which must be written the record of service of the Third Army and the American Army of Occupation in Germany. The thanks of the Society are due to Sergeant Reese, whose home address is Seville, Ohio.

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