Petition for providing aid for soldiers' families

Mem. NO 15 A

Petition fromof [?o?tiers] of the 1^st Regiment Wisconsin Artillery for the passage of a [?] for the aid and support of their families

by [G. Stanum?]

18/1 [?et] by [Mr Stanum?] Com. on Militia 24/3 Rep. [back? Indef. Poat? ?]

18/1 Militia

Translation

Camp Utley Jany 16, 1862.

To the Hon. The Senate and Assembly of the State of Wisconsin.

We the undersigned volunteers of the first Regiment Wisconsin Artillery, now in Camp Utley respectfully petition Your Hon. body to pass and act fav the aid and support of our families, similar to an Act, passed by the Legislature of last year, for the benefit of the first Five Regiments. Wisconsin Volunteers.

Names on Original

Camp [Usley?] January 16^th [1862?]

An [??] [favorably?] Legislature [illegible] [illegible] Senate & Assembly in Madison, Wisconsin.

We the undersigned...[Wisconsin Volunteers in Camp Usley [respectfully?] pray...[Paragraph mostly illegible but mentioning Wisconsin Volunteers providing aid for soldier's families...]

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