Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 177, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1915 — NELSON GIFT TO NAVY LEAGUE [ARTICLE]

NELSON GIFT TO NAVY LEAGUE

Plate From Famous Admiral’s Collection Presented Under Certain Conditions. London. —A well wisher has placed at the disposal of the Navy league 23 pieces of plate which were at one time the property of Admiral Lord Nelson and bearing his arms and used by him on the Victory up to the day of his death at the battle of Trafalgar. The conditions attaching to the gift are: That a sum of not less than the equivalent of $325 for each piece of plate be raised by the Navy league, which amount shall be paid ever to the British Red Cross society and the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in equal shares, and that the plate be presented in separate pieces to such of the British warships as shall have done conspicuous service during the present war.