H 3543 Session 109 (1991-1992)
H 3543 Concurrent Resolution, By Harvin, Alexander, R.L. Altman, Bailey,
B.O. Baker, R.A. Barber, D.W. Beatty, G.A. Brown, H. Brown, J. Brown,
D.M. Bruce, P.M. Burch, T.M. Burriss, Carnell, Cato, Cooper, J.L.M. Cromer,
Elliott, Fair, J.G. Felder, S.R. Foster, Glover, S.E. Gonzales, J.L. Harris,
P.B. Harris, Haskins, Hayes, B.L. Hendricks, J.H. Hodges, W.S. Houck,
M.F. Jaskwhich, K.G. Kempe, M.H. Kinon, Kirsh, J.R. Klapman, Koon, Littlejohn,
C.V. Marchbanks, D.E. Martin, J.G. McAbee, McCraw, A.C. McGinnis, M. McLeod,
D.E. McTeer, Meacham, T.F. Rogers, L.W. Ross, I.K. Rudnick, Scott, Sharpe,
J.R. Shirley, P.E. Short, R. Smith, J.J. Snow, C.L. Sturkie, Vaughn, C.C. Wells,
J.M. White, J.B. Williams, S.S. Wofford and D.A. Wright
A Concurrent Resolution to commend the volunteers of the South Carolina
Defense Force, on the fiftieth anniversary of its establishment, for their
dedicated service to this State, to express that the gratitude of South
Carolina for this service is deep and lasting and to recognize this
anniversary by attending the ceremony on Thursday, March 21, 1991, at 11:00
a.m. on the south steps of the State House.
02/20/91 House Introduced HJ-7
02/20/91 House Referred to Committee on Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-8
03/06/91 House Committee report: Favorable Medical, Military,
Public and Municipal Affairs HJ-5
03/20/91 House Tabled HJ-37
COMMITTEE REPORT
March 6, 1991
H. 3543
Introduced by Reps. Harvin, Carnell, Kinon, Wofford, Rudnick, Short,
Hendricks, Fair, Houck, Hayes, D. Martin, Jaskwhich, J. Williams, J.
Harris, Burch, Marchbanks, Meacham, Gonzales, McCraw, Bruce, Cato,
Ross, Foster, Baker, Haskins, Kirsh, Glover, McGinnis, Kempe, Cooper,
Burriss, Sharpe, Sturkie, G. Brown, Beatty, Rogers, Barber, H. Brown,
Felder, Cromer, Wright, White, Smith, Koon, Scott, McLeod, J. Brown,
G. Bailey, Klapman, Wells, Altman, Snow, Vaughn, Hodges, McAbee,
Shirley, P. Harris, McTeer, T.C. Alexander, Littlejohn, Carnell, and D.
Elliott
S. Printed 3/6/91--H.
Read the first time February 20, 1991.
THE COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL,
MILITARY, PUBLIC AND MUNICIPAL
AFFAIRS
To whom was referred a Concurrent Resolution (H. 3543), To
commend the volunteer of the South Carolina Defense Force,, etc.,
respectfully
REPORT:
That they have duly and carefully considered the same, and
recommend that the same do pass:
DAVID C. WALDROP, JR., for Committee.
A CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION
TO COMMEND THE VOLUNTEERS OF THE SOUTH CAROLINA
DEFENSE FORCE, ON THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF ITS
ESTABLISHMENT, FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO THIS
STATE, TO EXPRESS THAT THE GRATITUDE OF SOUTH
CAROLINA FOR THIS SERVICE IS DEEP AND LASTING AND TO
RECOGNIZE THIS ANNIVERSARY BY ATTENDING THE
CEREMONY ON THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1991, AT 11:00 A.M.
ON THE SOUTH STEPS OF THE STATE HOUSE.
Whereas, the Armed Forces of the State of South Carolina date their
establishment from 1670 when the settlement at Charles Towne of the
Province of Carolina, was founded and the first militia was organized for
defense of the settlement; and
Whereas, for more than three hundred twenty years, the Armed Forces
of the State of South Carolina have maintained the proud tradition of
service to the people of this State, volunteering to serve both in time of
peace and in time of war, in such notable organizations and under such
trying conditions as the repulse of the French and Spanish, the invasion
of Florida and the siege of St. Augustine in 1706; the Yemassee
Uprising of 1715; Vander Dussen's South Carolina Regiment of 1740
which accompanied the forces of General Oglethorpe in the invasion of
Florida to further the security of the small settlement in Georgia;
Howarth's South Carolina Regiment of 1757 and Middleton's South
Carolina Regiment of 1760 known as "The Buffs"; and the
many local companies of mounted Rangers as well as the four county
regiments of militia who defended the ever expanding frontiers of South
Carolina from 1716 until 1761; the six regular regiments of South
Carolina Forces, The Continental Line, raised in 1775 and lost to the
British in 1780; the many South Carolina regiments of militia which
provided troops in defense of the Province and the State from 1775 until
1780 and which were reformed into three brigades under Generals
Marion, Pickens, and Sumter, serving until the departure of the British
and the Loyalists of South Carolina in 1783; the militia which
volunteered in 1807 following the Chesapeake-Leopard Affair, of whom
the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston remains; the militia which
volunteered to defend the State and Nation once more in 1812 and again
in 1846 to form the glorious Palmetto Regiment which raised its flag
over the halls of Montezuma and of Santa Ana, avenging the noble
volunteers from South Carolina who died at The Alamo; the thousands
of militia who volunteered as units and as individuals during the War of
1861-1865; and those who volunteered as units and as individuals in
1898; and
Whereas, since the early part of the twentieth century, a part of the
militia of South Carolina has been organized as the National Guard, and
the National Guard has been called to leave the State of South Carolina
in the service of the nation on four occasions and even now, many
hundreds of South Carolina National Guardsmen and women have been
called upon and are serving this country in the war in the Persian Gulf;
and
Whereas, the State of South Carolina has depended upon another
component of the militia, called first the South Carolina Militia Reserve
during World War I, the South Carolina Defense Force from 1941 to
1944, and the South Carolina State Guard, 1944 until the present time,
to defend the State and to provide military assistance to civil authorities;
and
Whereas, the South Carolina Defense Force was established on the
twenty-first of March, 1941, when Governor Burnet Rhett Maybank
signed Act 54 of the 84th General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina; and
Whereas, the South Carolina Defense Force, now the South Carolina
State Guard, composed entirely of volunteers has served in the best
tradition of its many ancestor organizations from 1941 until 1947, and
now since 1981. Now, therefore,
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate concurring:
That the members of the General Assembly upon the fiftieth anniversary
of the establishment of the South Carolina Defense Force commend the
many volunteers in this force who have served this State with dedication
and honor with no thought of recompense, joining together in the resolve
that no possible thing be left undone that would help to protect our
homeland, to express that the gratitude of South Carolina for this service
is deep and lasting and to recognize this auspicious occasion by
attending the fiftieth anniversary ceremony on Thursday, March 21,
1991, at 11:00 A.M. on the south steps of the State House.
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