§ 24. Bureau of war records; completion and preservation of the\nrecords and relics; free inspection of the same and quarters in the\ncapitol. 1. The adjutant general shall cause the chief of staff of the\nstate to establish and maintain as part of his office, a bureau of war\nrecords, in which all records in his office relating to the wars in\nwhich the state participated, and relics shall be kept. The chief of\nstaff of the state shall be the custodian of all such records, relics,\ncolors, standards and battle flags of New York troops now the property\nof the state or in its possession, or which the state may hereafter\nacquire or become possessed of. The adjutant general, upon\nrecommendation of the chief of staff, shall appoint a chief of this\nbureau, who shall hold office under his direction for six years.\n 2. The chief of staff of the state by all reasonable ways and means,\nshall complete such records and gather from every available source such\ncolors, standards and battle flags as were borne by New York state\ntroops in the wars in which the state participated, and such statistics\nand historical information and relics as may serve to perpetuate the\nmemory and heroic deeds of the soldiers of the state, and keep and\ncarefully preserve the same in such bureau.\n 3. He is authorized to request and accept from incorporated\nassociations of veterans of the different regiments, statements and\ninformation duly authenticated by them, descriptive of their colors,\nstandards and battle flags, together with the number and class of arms\nof the regiment, the date and place of muster into the service of the\nstate and also into the service of the United States, the period of\nservice, and the date and place of muster-out, the date of departure for\nthe seat of war, and the various battles and engagements and places of\nservice, including garrison duty, the time of joining brigades, corps\nand armies, with the time and nature of the service, and the names of\ncolonels of such regiments, the names of those killed in action,\nincluding those who died of wounds, and the names of those who died of\ndisease during their period of service. He is further authorized to ask\nthe cooperation and assistance of the adjutant-general of the United\nStates, and of the city, county and town authorities and officials, and\nof the Grand Army of the Republic, the Military Order of the Loyal\nLegion, the United Spanish War Veterans, the American Legion, the\nVeterans of Foreign Wars, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States,\nInc., the Catholic War Veterans, Inc., the Italian American War Veterans\nof the United States, Incorporated, the Polish Legion of American\nVeterans, Inc., Vietnam Veterans of America and of other organizations\nand persons in the state of New York and elsewhere in the collection of\nsuch other information, relics, memorials and battle flags as is\ncontemplated by this article, in order to make as complete as possible\nthe records, history and statistics of the patriotic service of the\nsoldiers of the state during the wars in which the state participated.\n 4. The chief of staff of the state is directed to cause to be\ntranscribed and kept in books of record in such bureau the historical\nfacts, information and statistics as provided above; and is authorized\nto determine a convenient size for the volumes in which such statistics\nand historical data may be bound, and to request veteran associations\nand others proposing to supply such historical data and information to\nfurnish the same on printed or manuscript sheets of a uniform size to\ncorrespond with the size of such volumes.\n 5. He is further authorized to provide locked and sealed cases with\nglass fronts, as nearly air-tight as practicable, in which shall be kept\nand displayed the colors, standards and battle flags above mentioned,\nand receive placards in duplicate, which incorporated in regimental\nveteran associations are privileged and empowered to
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