An 8' high rough cut stone monument has a large bronze plaque with the names of the men who served with Co. I 1st Regiment NY Volunteer Infantry from 1898-1899 in the Spanish-American War. On the front is the bronze emblem of United Spanish War Veterans. Below is a bronze plaque which has the image of an eagle with outspread wings holding a bundle of arrows in its right talon and an olive branch in its left talon. The eagle is superimposed over a banner that is inscribed HONOR ROLL. The plaque is inscribed:
1898 1899
CO. I. FIRST REGT.
NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
CAPTAIN AMOS E. MCLNTYRE
1ST. LIEUTENANT GEORGE E. WALLACE
1ST. LIEUTENANT ABRAHAM L. DECKER
2ND. LIEUTENANT ALBERT E. NICKINSON
CAPTAIN M.C. MAURICE ASHLEY
1ST. SERGEANT JEREMIAH E. BARNES
Q.M. SERGEANT GEORGE M. MILLSPAUGH
COMPANY CLERK IVAN D. KING
SERGEANTS:
MELVIN DUDLEY
OLIVER HILL
LOUIS F. WENTHWORTH
EDWARD MADDEN DECKER
MUSICIANS:
WARD EDWARDS JR.
WILLIAM I. FRENCH
ARTIFICER
ALEXANDER R. SKINNER
WAGONER
CLEMENT D. ATKINS
CORPORALS:
SAMUEL CAUSEMAN
HOWARD J. POWELSON
JOHN F. DUGAN
CLARENCE T. DICKERSON
CLARENCE SHAFER
JOHN I. SLITER
LUTHER VAIL
ADDISON T. WILKERSON
HALSEY E. GOULD
HARRY L. STEEDMAN
WILLIAM H. CHAMBERS
ROBINSON C. WALLACE
ARCHIBALD C.N. THOMSON
PRIVATES:
BABCOCK, FRAISE S.
BACKMAN, PHILIP H.
BALLMAN, JOHN S.
BEAKES, JOSEPH W.
BEAKES, SPENCER M.
BEAKES, WILLIAM E.
BLAKE, RALPH
BORST, LYNN L.
BURT, LINSEY
CASE, ALEXANDER L.
CLAUSON, GEORGE H.
COCHRAN, ALFRED
CODDINGTON, EDWIN A.
CONKLING, ALBERT
CONKLING, BERTIS
CONSTABLE, CURTIS
COOPERNAIL, WILLIAM I.
COX, ROBERT, J.
CROUNSE, JAMES A.
DAVEY, LEWIS J.
DECKER, JOHN E.
DECKER, JOHN W.
DICKSON, EMMETT
EGAN, JAMES G.
FRANCISCO, ALBERT
FREDRICKS, HARRY V.
FULLERTON, ABRAHAM L.
GALLAGHER, JOHN A.
GLAVIN, HENRY
GODFREY, HARLAND H.
HAWLEY, FRANK
JONES, DOKSON
JORDAN, WILLIAM
LANE, EMMETT H.
LAWRENCE, HOWARD R.
LEE, SAMUEL E.
LEEMON, JOHN E.
LOANE, WILLIAM J.
MacGOWAN, HORACE A.
MacGOWANLOUIS F.
McCRAE, WILLIAM R.
McDERMOTT, WILLIAM
MALONE, HARVEY E.
MEANEY, THOMAS
MEDRICK, FRANK S.
MILLER, JOE K.
OWEN, EMMET W.
PARET, fREDERICK T.
PARET, THEODORE D.
PHILLIPS, JAMES W.
PICKARD, CHARLES H.
PINK, WILLIAM J.
POTTER, EUGENE O.
POWERS, WILLIAM L.
REGAN, WILLIAM J.
ROBERTSON, HERBERT E.
ROBINSON, LESTER H.
ROCKAFELLOW, GEORGE H.
SCHULTZ, EDWIN M.
SCHWARTZ, CHARLES F.
SCHWARTZ, CHRISTOPHER, JR.
SEAMAN, AMOS L.
SENGSTACKENSAMUEL H.
SHAW, DACIS W.
SHAW, WILLIAM F.
SHEPARD, ROBERT L.
SHERER, FRANK
SHERMAN, HEZEKIAH H.
SHERMAN, SAMUEL R.
SUFFERN, DAVID W.
TALCOTT, WILLIAM H.
TANDY, TOM E.
TERHUNE, OSCAR
TERHUNE, ROBERT
TERWILLIGER, THOMAS M., JR.
VEBER, DANIEL
WAGNER, HARRY A.
WALTER, CHRISTIAN O.
WELLER, ALFRED G.
WHITMORE, WILLIAM F.
The back of the monument has a small plaque which is inscribed:
DONATED BY
COMPANY-I VETERANS ASSOCIATION
AND NEXT OF KIN OF DECEASED COMRADES
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ERECTED AND DEDICATED MAY 30, 1940 TO
THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO VOLUNTEERED
FOR SERVICE IN THE SPANISH WAR.
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CHARLES HENRY PICARD, PRES.
EDWARD MADDEN DECKER, SECY. WILLIAM HENRY CHAMBERS, TREAS.
WILLIAM F. BENEDICT & SON, BUILDERS