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Special Interests - Groups & Societies => The Barracks => Topic started by: Capt. Montgomery Little on June 27, 2009, 02:23:47 PM
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SOOOO, how are we doing with this mission? You can email me at larry@gripmaker.com just to report or discuss options. See all Y'all in October in beeootifull Nebrasky.
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Capt. Little,
pm sent in here.
Yr Obt Srvt,
Actig Lt. (Naval) RCJ
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I have been working on a leter to send to posible sponsors along with some ino on the GAF and the muster. I will try to get an e-mail out to you with the letter attatched. I hope to send it out soon. I have a list of posible sponsors a couple of pages long. After sending theletters follow up phone call would be a good idea.
I'll se if I can get the e-mail to work.
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I sent our about 70 sponsor request letters with info on the GAF and the Muster. I have phone #s for some and hope to folow up in a couple weeks. If anyone wants a copy of what I sent, let me know. Or if you recieved on feel free to copy it and passs it along to any potential sponsors you know.
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Excellent work Gentlemen. I even got a request to help support GAF's 2009 Muster. Can you guys email me a list of whom you have sent requests so that we don't double up on our lists? God Bless and shoot in uniform.
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Capt Little,
The list I e-mailed to you earlier is pretty much the list of all who recieved the letter. I may have added a couple of local buisnesses but that's it.
Feel free to make and distrubute copies as you see fit.
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BowView, did you get my pm the other day?
Send me a letter as well, please.
DM
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Bow View,
Please send another email with your list. I looked for it and could not find it. Probably my fault since I have been cleaning up my computer lately so it will run faster. Sorry about that!
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Dalton,
I'll try to get one in the mail to you today. I think I already sent one to Runnin iron.
Capt. Little. I'll see if I can attatch a list here. let me know if it doesn't work.
I have recieved word from Wild West Arms and Scheels of pending donations.
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Had packages in the mail today from Brownells and Scheels. I won't give details so we can have some surprises.
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I will keep most as a surprise, too. Just let me say, we will have some GREAT prizes for the Muster this year!
But I also like anticipation, so as a teaser. . .Two of the prizes will be shadowbox displays containing period artifacts, one for the Confederacy and one for the Union.
Contents: Confederate Shadowbox
1.) Image - reproduced from Brady plate of December 15,1862. View looking across the damaged
Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac R.R. bridge with a group of Confederate soldiers on the
Fredericksburg, VA side of the Rappahannock River during the truce to bury the dead after the
Battle of Fredericksburg. The Federals withdrew back across the river during that night.
2.) Tintype, - Unknown Confederate Sergeant.
3.) Currency - $1.00 1st Issue Note, State of Alabama, 1863. Capitol at Montgomery, AL and
portrait of Governor John Shorter, second of Alabama’s three wartime Governors.
4.) Postage Stamp - Type I, 10-cent, profile portrait of Jefferson Davis engraved by John Archer.
Earliest recorded date of use is April 21, 1863. 10-cent rate over 500 miles (5-cent rate under 500
miles). Legend has it that Varina Davis disliked this portrait due to it’s marked resemblance to
Abraham Lincoln.
5.) Excavated .58 cal. Minie’ ball extracted from a rifle barrel using the worm-style of patch/ball
puller(reference photo). Excavated from private property near Fredericksburg, VA in 1960’s.
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o26/RiverCityJohn/ConfedShadBx.jpg)
Contents: Union Shadowbox
1.) Image - reproduced from Tyson Brothers plate of November 19, 1863. View looking north
along Baltimore Street (Pike) in Gettysburg on the occasion of the dedication of the Nation-
al Cemetery. On the left (west) side of the Baltimore Pike, in the foreground is the Rupp House.
Behind the Rupp House, on the same side is the Sweney House. On the right (east) side of the
Baltimore Pike are from front to back: Welty House, McCreary House, and Winebrenner
House. The lots were narrow and deep. The front of the houses faced Baltimore Street with
the rear on the opposite end. The long sides facing the camera faced the south, hence the
typical sun porches/balconies on this side.
Henry Clay Cochrane noted “Before ten we were in the saddle and assembled at the public
square for the grand military and civic procession. Mr. Lincoln was mounted upon a young
and beautiful chestnut bay horse . . . and his towering figure surmounted by a high silk hat
made the rest of us look small.”
In the far distance at the very rear of the column you can just make out two mounted figures
following the regiment, with the figure on the right noticeably taller than his companion.
(Is this a hitherto unidentified image of the President at this historical event? In 1952 one other
image was identified as Lincoln, hatless, on the Speaker’s Stand during the ceremonies.
The Gettysburg Address took but 135 seconds to deliver and no photographers were prepared
before the President had finished and sat down.)
2.) Tintype, - Unknown Union Private.
3.) Currency - $2.00 Note, Bank of Seneca Falls, NY, 1863. This period Civil War note is listed
as spurious in Standard Catalog of United States Obsolete Bank Notes, 1782-1866, James A.
Haxby , Krause Publications Inc., 1988. Listed in Haxby as S5. Counterfeit notes were not un-
common with all these regional issues.
4.) Postage Stamp - Three cent, profile portrait of George Washington. Scott Standard Postage
Stamp Catalogue, Scott Publishing Co., (Var. years). Scott #65. One of the more common
United States wartime issues. Canceled.
5.) Excavated .58 cal. Minie’ ball extracted from a rifle barrel using a screw-style ball puller
(reference photo). Excavated from private property near Fredericksburg, VA in 1960’s.
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o26/RiverCityJohn/UnionShadBx.jpg)
Each measures 12" X 16", tastefully double matted and framed in stained rustic pinewod. ;D
RCJ
(As an interesting footnote, while all the artifacts are period,- the 8 X 10 glossy copies of the two photographic images are reproductions printed off the original glass plates, courtesy of the U.S. Army Signal Corps and so stamped on the back, and date ca. 1938. Evidently between the two World Wars the Signal Corps was the caretaker for the Brady Collection and sub-collections.
I believe that most all these historical collections have been since transferred into museums and other private conservatories for preservation, so the "U.S. Army Signal Corps" stamp on the back itself gives these photos a certain historical status.
Perhaps one of our members who has better knowledge of the history of the curatorship of this collection could help fill in details.)
p.s.
Sorry for the ghost images of the Photographer and his equipment. I was very pleased with the job the Framer did and wanted to take a couple of quick snapshots. The shadowboxes look even better when viewed in person.
RCJ
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There's been quite a flurry of registrations coming in the last couple of days. I got 3 yesterday. There are now more registered than what attended last year. For those who haven't registered, please get them in soon. I want to make sure that I have all the medals engraved ahead of time so that I don't have to mail any like we have the last couple of years. Also having your registration early will help the prize committee with sponsors. We've had one vendor contact us who said he'd be willing to donate a firearm if we have enough registrants.
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Just to let all in on the fun.
If you cannot make this year's National Muster(and please try! ;)) yet want a nice way to help support it and Ft. Hartsuff at the same time, the 2009 National Muster Door Prize Committee has put together the following idea.
For $20.00 you can donate a Gift Voucher to be awarded as a prize to a fellow G.A.F. member at the Muster. These certificates will be redeemable at the store in the Visitor's Center. I can speak from experience that little gift shop has an amazing inventory of reference books and other items suitable to our organization. I was very impressed.
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o26/RiverCityJohn/GAFcertificate.jpg)
Above is a sample of the certificate.
If you are interested in sponsoring one of these very affordable donations, or want to pass this info on to a potential donor, then contact one of the Door Prize Committee people:
Gripmaker - Chairperson
Mustang Gregg
Bow View Haymaker
River City John
Or, send your request and donation directly to Col. Pitspitr (which is what any one of the Door Prize Committee will do anyway):
Jerry Davenport
45551 Road 816
Sargent, NE 68874
Your donation will be noted and you will receive a notice of Thanks as a donor from the Dept. of Missouri Adjutant.( Sorry to say that the sincere thanks will have to do, as G.A.F. does not have, to my knowledge, the 'non-profit requirement' that would allow you to claim your donation as a tax deduction.)
RCJ
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Another package from Lee precision today!
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Sounds like the door prize drawing is going to be fun!
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Col. Pitsptr,
As an addition to the prize pile, I have decided to include the "traveling tome" you started going some time back. Mr. Tibbles puts together some fine reading and I am of the opinion that it should make the rounds of Muster attendees and this is the most fair way to decide who the next recipient will be.
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Col. Pitsptr,
As an addition to the prize pile, I have decided to include the "traveling tome" you started going some time back. Mr. Tibbles puts together some fine reading and I am of the opinion that it should make the rounds of Muster attendees and this is the most fair way to decide who the next recipient will be.
Well that was certainly clear as mud! ??? ::)
I guess we'll all just have to attend to learn what this is about.
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A traveling Prize it shall be then! It would make me proud for you to share it with the other members. Buckskin and Blanket Days is one of my favorite books. I believe it should be required reading for the GAF. It seems as though I may have donated a copy to a certain General as well, whilst he was searching for the lost on one of his trips to the sand box.
I guess I should mention that I plan to donate a copy of the Fort Hartsuff DVD to the "Prize Pile".
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Pitspitr, It sounds like there's gonna be a lot fine prizes to be won at the Muster. I'm almost ready for my journey, I still have some last minute stuff to come up with.
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Pitspitr, It sounds like there's gonna be a lot fine prizes to be won at the Muster. I'm almost ready for my journey, I still have some last minute stuff to come up with.
Sounds like it.
I have to do some reloading and some more stuff to do at the range but I'm getting close.
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Congrats to Pitspitr and the Door Prize Committee for this Year's Muster. If you can work it into your schedule, come join us for the shooting, the food, the comradeship, and being able to live in an authentic barracks.
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Dixie Gun works has stepped in.
Anyone else on the Commitee have any sponsors to report?
A big CASH sponsor would be nice.
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Have a number of books, shotgun ammo, BRP bullets, HI-VIZ shotgun sights, cleaning products and still waiting for more bullets from Meister and military holsters from Oklahoma Leather. Gonna try to get more STUFF though.
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I have donations:
1.) new IW rifle sling that is Inspector and Arsenal stamped,
2.)a boxed CW DVD set,
3.)a brick of lrg. Pistol primers,
4.) Union artifact shadowbox,
5.) Confederate artifact shadowbox,
6.) $20.00 Gift voucher to Ft. Hartsuff Visitor Center,
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7.) A SURPRISE Grab-bag to be raffled off, $1.00 @ ticket,-with the proceeds to be awarded to Delmonico and his "Maryann" for performing all the cooking for the weekend.
And there is still plenty of time . . .
RCJ
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I have a few prizes to report:
A Fort Hartsuff DVD (featuring yours truly in several scenes) 8) ;)
and 2 Double Eagle derringers
Oh, and of course I've procured the "Iron Trooper" and the various medals
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Got the two shadowboxes back from the Framer and was very pleased. Added two snapshots of them to the post in here where I told about them.
(Again, forgive the reflection of myself and the equipment, in real life they are very nice looking. :-[)
RCJ
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I reckon Bow View and I have the logistics of transporting the prize firearms to Ft Hartsuff figured out now. I'm just waiting for the FFL there to contact me.
Alas, Calamity JoAnne and I cannot attend this year due to my military committments. But the prize guns WILL be there.
Mustang Gregg
Wild West Arms
www.wildwestarms.net
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Received a LARGE box of goodies from Oklahoma Leather/Don Hume products from THE TRUCK today and was highly impressed. Waiting for another shipment of bullets to arrive.
Still think it would be great if all coming would bring something of personal value to add to the pot. This would not only enlarge things but make the banquet much more meaningful.
God Bless, shoot safe and see Y'all at Hartsuff in beauteefull Nebrasky in Autumn.
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Capt. Little .....
In addition to the items I mentioned in an earlier private message, I have acquired another which I think would be a desirable acquisition for most Muster attendees - "U.S. Army - A Complete History", published by The Army Historical Foundation. Just bought it this past weekend to go through for myself and then donate to the prize table.
Quite a tome, I must say - 744 pages and seems to weigh about ten pounds or so! Chock full of excellent illustrations, it starts off in 1775 (of course) and runs through to 31 December 2004 .......
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Got a box from Midway this week to add to the list.
and I've found a couple of goodies to throw in myself.
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Well Dang, People!
It sounds like we're going to need half a day just for giving out the awards! ;) ;D ;D
When it rains it pours.
RCJ
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I have 2 books for the pile:
-Indian, Soldier and Settler, by Robert M. Utley. Many period photographs and illustrations.
-War-Path and Bivouac, the Big Horn and Yellowstone expedition, by John F. Finerty. University of Nebraska Press 1970. Original publication in 1955.
In addition I have a few Harpers Weekly illustrations of the Spanish American War, Naval scenes, the capture of Guam, an ariel view of Camp Agar just out side of Washington DC.