Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York Volume 11 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911-01-01 Excerpt: ...an average of eighty per cent, of the military duty required. 978. Application for this decoration shall be made by the person entitled thereto on Form 105, which shall require the certificate of his immediate commanding officer and of other commanding officers if the applicant has served in other organizations as to the statements of service therein contained and shall be forwarded through next superior headquarters direct to the adjutant-general of the state. An application for this decoration of a higher class than one held by the applicant shall not recite particulars of service given in former applications, but shall state that a decoration has been awarded to the applicant and its class. 979. There shall be issued with each decoration a certificate executed by the adjutant-general of the state. 980. For acts of valor performed by officers or enlisted men of the national guard or naval militia in the discharge of their duties as such, the, governor may issue the decoration for long and faithful service in solid silver, having on the obverse the words "For Valor" instead of "Faithful Service," and on the reverse the name of the recipient, his organization, the act or acts of valor performed, and the date or dates thereof; its ribbon to be of blue, watered and ribbed, silk. 081. The decoration for "Valor" shall be awarded only upon the recommendation of immediate and superior commanding officers approved by the adjutant-general of the state, who shall keep a record thereof and it shall be numbered consecutively in a series by itself. ARTICLE LIII. rUCLIC PROPERTY. 985. Public property is issued only on requisition. In making requisitions the directions on the forms used shall be strictly followed. 986. Separate requisit...