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FREDERICK GORDO WIGHT, Oakland, Cal. (26768). Great-grandson of Jo­seph Wight, Corporal, l\Iajor Allen's Company, Col. Rufus Putnam's Mass. Regt.

OTIS BUCKl\IINSTER WIGHT, Portland, Ore. (2758z). Great-grandson of Silas Marsh, lifer, Capt. Benj. Freeman's Company, Col. Jonathan Holman's Mass. Regt., Corporal, Col. Jacob Davis's Mass. Regt.

WARDE \VILKINS, Newton Centre, Mass. (27443). Grcat2·grandson of Bray Wilki11s, minute man New Hampshire Militia, Sergeant, Capt. Archelaus Towne's Company, Colonel Bridge's Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of Thomas Aikct~, private, Capt. Heman Aiken's Company, Col. Daniel Moore's New Hampshire Rcgt.

HEBER WILLIAMS, Scotia, N. Y. (27540). Great-grandson of Thomas Wil· Iiams, private, Col. Roswell Hopkins's Dutchess County Regt. New Yorlc Militia.

HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Schenectady, N. Y. (27541). Great-grandson of Thomas Williams, private, Col. Roswell Hopkins's Dutchess County Regt. New York Militia.

HOWARD CIIESTER WILLIAMS, Easton, Pa. (N. J. 27707). Great-grandson of William Brown, private, Capt. Caleb Bruen's Company New Jersey Artili· cers and Capt. John Craig's Company New Jersey Militia, widow pensioned; great

2·grandson of Samuel Williams, private Essex County New Jersey Militia.

JOHN EDWARD WILLIS, Chehalis, Wash. (27244). Great-grandson of Henry Thomas, private, Captains James Neal and Uriah Springer, Col. John Gib­son's Virginia Regt., pensioned.

DE 'WITT J. WINNE, Schenectady, N. Y. (27542). Great2-grandson of Frans Win11e, Jr., private, Capt. John Scott's Company Albany County New York Militia.

JOSEPH RUGGLES WORCESTER, Waltham, Mass. (27761). Great-grandson of Noah Worcester, Jr., lifer, Captain Dow's Company, Col. William Prescott's. Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of Noah Worcester, Sr., Captain, Colonel Burn­ham's Regt. New Hampshire Militia.

JAMES LONG WRIGHT, New Orleans, La. (26283). Great"-grandson of Johtt Wright, private Fourth North Carolina Continental Infantry; great'-grandson of William Sumner Battle, private Georgia Militia.

MANFRED CLINTON WRIGHT, Terre Haute, Ind. (27704). Great2·grandson of Eleazar Gilson, private, Col. William Prescott's and Col. Samuel Bullard's. Mass. Rcgts.; great2-grandson of Joel Wilcox, private Seventh Conn. Regt., Col. Heman Swift, pensioned; great2..grandson of Richard Williams, Sergeant, Capt. Albert Chapman's Company, Col. Samuel Elmore's Conn. Regt., and bombardier in Colonel Lamb's Artillery; great2-grandson of John Burroughs, Sergeant, Colonel Bellows's Regt. New Hampshire Militia; great"-grandson of Isaac Shatlitek, private, Capt. Timothy Clements's Company, Colonel Long's New Hampshire Regt.

GEORGE EGBERT YOUNG, Schenectady, N. Y. (27223). Great2..grandson of Rufus Price, Second Lieutenant Second Regt. Conn. Line, pensioned.

IRA PLATT YOUNGLOVE, Chicago, Ill. (27397). Great2-grandson ot Daniel Beckley, private, Captain Stanley's Company Second Battalion, Wadsworth's. Conn. Brigade, pensioned; great2·grandson of Nathat~ Platt, private, Capt. Elijah Botsford's Company Sixteenth Conn. Regt., Colonel Beardsley.

OFFICIAL BULLETIN OF

THE NATIONAL SOCIETY / OF THI!:

SO NS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION President General Organized April 30, 1889

Incorporated by Act of Conireu June 9, 1906 Newell B. Woodworth, Syracuse, N.Y.

Volume X DECEMBER, 1915 Number 3

Cl k Smitl sonian Jnsti· he <:ecretary General (A. Howald ar ' Published at the office of _I • ctober December, and March.

tution ), Washington, D. C .. m June, 0 ' 8 at the post-office at Washington, Entered as second-class matter, ~lay 7, 190 '

D. C., under the Act of July I 6, I 894·

t' by the General Officers, the THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN rec?rds a~ ~~~er National Committees, lists

Board of Trustees, the Executtve an o b s and important doings of d d of new mem er ' t

of members decease an h OFFICIAL BULLETIN may be u~ o State Societies. In order that t .e . the National Society archtves

. tl preservatiOn m . · S t date and to msure 1e d . f the entire orgamzatwn, ta e of ; complete history of the omgs o t d to communicate promptly

I Ch t rs are reques e · Societies and loca ap e . t d accounts of all meetmgs

G 1 'tten or pnn e h to the Secretary enera wn . f all notices circulars, and ot er or celebrations, to forward coptesd ot otify hi~ at once of dates of printed matter issued by them, an o n death of members.

OFFICIAL NOTICES.

CoNGRESS will meet at Newark, N.}., T!t)l TwENTY-SEVENTH.ANNUAL 6 The National Committee on

on fhe third Monday m ~ay, 19: ~h New Jersey Society are con­Arrangements and the commtttees o . I e ts The headquarters will

. f ffi · 1 and socta even · sidering the detatls o o eta MT Plaza and it is expected that be at Newark's new hotel,. the t Sttar_y fi ld 'Princeton, and to Tren-

. ·1 1 d to Mornstown, pnng e • k tnps wt I Je rna e . d the Revolutionary Barrac s.

1 'II be dedtcate on ton where a tab et WI f ' I I- has been issued and a ew sur-

THE NATroNAL YEAR BooK forE 9 ;, . Committee held for sale to d f the xecutt ve · plus copies are, by or er 0

1 The Year Book, 402 pages,

members of the Society at fifty cents eac 1.

2 OFFLCL\L BULLETIN

contains the usual list of offi f S cers o tate Soc· t" d C proceedings of the Portland Congress dd Ie Ies an hapter ' the and at t

· · • a resses at Portland ba pa notic meeting and banquet at San nquet

of new members enrolled from May I I I ~rancisco, and pedigrees are also for sale a few pamphlet ' . 9 4. o May IS, I9I5. There Thruston's address at the S F r.eprmts o! ex-President General

E I . an ; ranc1sco meetmg on tl "O · .

vo ution of the United State Fl " 1e ngm and mailed, or at rs cents each fo: s~ agji at 25 cents. each for single copie at expense of purchaser. pp es ordered m bulk and forwarded

MINUTES OF ME~TOIVEGMOF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BER 29, I9I5.

A meeting of the Executive Committ f . the Sons of the American R I . ee o the National Society of President General was held etvothutioUn, . duly. called by direction of the F'f ' a e mvers1ty Club F'fth

I ty-fourth street, New York Cit • 1 avenue and at I0.30 o'clock a. m. Present. py, ?dn MoGnday, November 29, 19!5,

tl . . . res I ent en era! New 11 B W

wor 1, pre 1dmg ; Mr. R. C. Ballard T e . ood-bert M. Henry of Michigan M EI hruston of Kentucky; Mr. AI­Chancellor L Jenks of Ill" '. r. d; mer M. Wentworth of Iowa. Mr

J . InOIS, an Mr John Le d M '11 .

ersey, members of the com 'tt . I . . nor ern of New F p d 1111 ee • a so VIce-President G 1 H

. un erson of Massachusetts T G enera enry of 'ew York, ex-Presidents G~ne ret~~e~ eneral John H. Burroughs Morris B. Beardsle•· of C t' ra wm · Greeley of Connecticut

o onnec 1cut Mose G 1 p • Massachusetts, and Cornelius A p I s ree ey arker, M. D .. of Louis Annin Arne of the Em ir~ ugs ey ~f. New York; President Moore U S N ·

1 . p State Society. Commander John H

• · · ., v1ce-c 1a1rman of Comm 'tt A . · Aliens, and Secretary Gener 1 A H d

1 ee on mencanization and

floor was extended to tho a . owar Clark. The courtesy of the Ti e present not members of tl .

1e minutes of the meeting of th . le committee. read and approved. e committee on July 2!. rgrs. were

fTihe SPre~ident General made a statement as to

o t 1e oc1ety. the present condition

The Secretary General reported on the w k . . the completion of the Nat' 1 y or of h1s office, mcluding

wna ear Book for I 9 • A · · r,soo copies of the book was P . t d h I::>. n edition of made of about 6•o copie . bnn e ; t e usual official distribution was

S · · ::> s • a out 700 copies wer d d

, ocieties and Chapters and tl . e or ere by State • le remamder are held f 1

per copy, as directed by the Exec t' C . or a e at 50 cents M

. . . u 1ve omm1ttee. r. Merrill, Y!Ce-chairman of th M · 1 ,. . e emona Committee, reported on

pro,.,re s made m preparation of a memorial volume to the Signers of

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the Declaration of Independence, and the Secretary General was re­quested to inform the chairman of the committee that it is authorized to continue that work under the same joint committee as heretofore.

:Mr. Wentworth, chairman of the Committee on Organization in the West, reported on progress made and suggested the importance of securing the interest of leading men in the work of the Society.

},!!r. Henry, chairman of the Committee on Organization in the Middle State , presented a report expressing the views of the several members of that committee as to the best methods of work, each of them calling particular attention to the great advantage of local Chapters. Good results have come through co-operation with the Daughters of the American Revolution. The attention of the committee was called to the plan of operations in Michigan, where several Chapters have been organized, the State Society being practically placed on a Chapter basis. The fact that 300 members of the State Society resided in Detroit and only about 50 in the remaining parts of the State naturally resulted in a feeling throughout the State that social activities of the Society held at Detroit were primarily of benefit to the Detroit members only, and that the "State" Society was in fact, if not in name, but a local Detroit affair. To remove this condition, the Detroit Chapter was organized, membership in which was optional to State members residing in Wayne County. This Chapter levied its own dues of $2 per annum and took 0\·er the conduct of all social functions in Detroit formerly given by the State Society. including monthly meetings during the winter season. The State Society continues to hold but the one func­tion-the annual meeting and banquet-and it is the intention of the State Society to hold this at different cities throughout the State, as the Society grows in strength. When it became understood that the Detroit member were no longer using the State Society as a local Society, the outside members began to evidence a willingness to co­operate which had not previously been manifest. Five Chapter haYe been organized: Detroit, 227 members; Grand Rapids, 38 members: Ann Arbor, 21 members; Mt. Pleasant, II members, and Kalamazoo; and another Chapter is being formed at Marquette.

Yice-President General Punderson, chairman of the Committee on Organization in ew England, reported that he had been in corre­spondence with members of that committee, particularly as to what effort are being made to increase membership through the formation of local Chapters. In I9I3 three Chapters were organized in Maine­at Rockland, Lewiston, and Waterville. It has long been the practice, in order to arouse local interest, to have a Vice-President for each county in that State. ew Hampshire has but one Chapter; Vermont

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none; Rhode Island 4 and Co . Chapters, two of the:n ;ecentl chnnecttcut, 7· Massachusetts has r-formed.. That Society has unJer arte.red, ~nd two more will soon b~ of further payment of annual d con;tderatwn a plan for the abolit ion definite number of years. The ut~sta~ ter memb~rs have paid for some American Revolution in N E membership of the Sons of the ab t ew ngland on Ap ·1

ou 5 per cent being new during th . n I, I9IS, was 4.0I2. of 6.szs,ooo this is about one m b e precedmg year. In a population dre M em er to I 626 me n. assachusetts, with half its ' . n, women, and chi t-parentage, has one member in 2 P?Pulatwn ~f foreign birth or able record of one member to e~:o, while .Connecticut has the remark-

In behalf of the C . 95° of Its population.

Tl ommtttee on Orga · t. .

1ruston reported tl t d . mza IOn 111 the South M 1a a etermmed effort ld , r. present season to arouse greater i . wou be made during the Southern States. nterest m the Society's work in the

Mr. Thruston, chairman of the C . plan of operations for promot' o~mt.ttee on Education, outlined a letters from members of th mg p~tnottc education and read several Mr G e committee sugo-est' . - : eorge A. Brennan, principal f o mg vanous activities. Chtcago; suggests as follows: o the Van Vlissengen School in

I. 'W_e should see that Unit . at~racttve manner in the elem ed States htstory is taught in a I t~Ils of wars and tariffs and entary school .' with less attention ton~re o the nation, the life of th more tudy gtven to the general e­an~ ~i r u

1 sefulness, etc. Hi~~~i;e'mst~~;Ibs of gdrea

1t. patriots, inv~~~i~~~

-· . e s 1ould make more f . . e rna e a 1ve. JVdshmgton's Birthdays, LexingfatnJ:5tc days, su~h as Lincoln's and n ependence Day Yorktow D on ay. Memonal Day Fla D ~es~ are celebrat~d by the Chic?'' and Thank.sgiving Da'y. Jost a:f ~h~~i~~tnanaf}ts~ ~:~~~~~ ~k~spa'~hi~~:~Y~:hr~7/~~i~n ~o~i~t~c~~t!b1ra~~!

p r.P'! n ot1c days. r soctettes m celebrating 3· atnot1c songs * * * Tl .

V~~istf·d for gene;al u e a booke o?h~~~g? loard of Education has tssengen School E,·er h I . no IC songs as sung in th

selected number of A · · Y 5~ <?O m the country sh ld · e som . 0 mencan patnottc son . ou stng a eOsmg. u~ committee can help it th' gl~ mstead of the trash that

4· ur committee can also he! 1 IS me. . urge more free eveni ng sch I fp ~Y r~commendmg our member ou.r language, but also the ~~i~ci ol: tmmtgrant~, not only to teach the~ ~etng. done admirably in Chicagop thsr~f f7hencan citizenship. This is ~en can Revo!ution leaflets. ug 1 e use of our Sons of the :>· O.ur commtttee can urge the Soci

~~Y~~i~~ ireadc~ing a busine.ss-like pa~~o~s~~~rsobo ~o mohre person311 •

1 oo aw-makers, 111 trainino- eymg t e laws, 111

.eves to put our country in a state fo our people, and preparing our-o proper defense.

X.\TIOX.\L SOCIETY, S .. \. R.

:\Ir. Jenks, chairman, and Commander Moore, vice-chai rman, of the Committee on Americanization and Aliens, reported on the general suc­cess attending the work of that committee, particularly in the prepara­tion of aliens for naturalization and in inaugurating impressive cere­monies at court when the oath of allegiance is administered to new citi­zens. Leaflet No. 2, on Naturalization, and No. 3, the Constitution, are in greater demand than ever before for use in night schools.

The President General called attention to the urgent need of teach­ing aliens to speak the E.nglish language, that they may more rapidly become real Americans, and described special efforts being made at Syracuse to that end, the city's alien residents numbering some 8,000 unnaturalized adult males and some 6,500 non-English-speaking and

5,200 illiterate persons. President General Woodworth co-operated with the Chamber of Com-

merce and the National Americanization Committee of New York in adopting a new method of reaching every non-English-speaking person in every section of the city. Forty thousand hand bills were printed in five languages-Engli sh, Polish, Italian, Yiddish, and German-which

read: :Hake Syracuse an English-speaking City.

Go To NIGHT ScHoOL AT ONcJ>.

Can you speak well? Do you want to be an American citizen? Do you want a better job? It is hard to get a job in America without Englis.h.

Go TO NIGHT ScHOOL AND LEARN IT.

Pick out the SCHOOL N!lAREST YOU in the list at the bottom of this page and go there AT ONCE.

The Chamber of Co111111Crce Bulletitl says:

'·These hand bills were distributed in factories, plants, homes, churches. schools, libraries, and offices and on the streets and at meet­ing place . Pressure was brought to bear from every possible point of contact. The co-operation of every important industrial, commercial. religious, official, educational, patriotic, racial, charitable, social, and civic agency was enlisted. Personal appeals and argtunents were made wherever possible, while racial societies were urged to pass resolutions urging their members to learn the English language and become nat­uralized citizens. The appeal was made even through the children of foreign-born parents. 'Can your father and mother speak English well?' was a question asked in IO,ooo neat folders distributed among the day­school pupils and in the libraries. 'Take this card home; it will tell them where to go to learn English' was the admonition, and inside the folder the parents were told in five languages to 'Attend the free public

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night schools. If you learn English you can more easily get a job and can get along better in America. Go to the school nearest you at once • School principals impressed upon their pupils how important it was fo~ parents to keep up with the same spirit of America with which the you nger generation was being imbued. Hospitals doctors, and immi­grant bankers got in line. The four foreign-langu~ge newspapers, pub­lished weekly in this city, carried news items and announcements of the location of the public night schools and interested their readers in other ways."

Commander 1\Ioore, of the Committee on a National Archives Build­ing, reported on the need of certain legislation in preparation for plans, and the President General outlined certain procedure to advance the work.

Mr. Merrill, chairman of the Committee on the Washington Guard, reported a form of Constitution, which was adopted, subject to the approval of a committee, consisting of the President General, the Sec­retary General, Mr. Merrill, and Judge Henry Stockbridge, appointed with power to act.

Mr. Merrill, chairman of the National Committee on Arrangements for the Twenty-seventh Annual Congress, at Newark, . ]., reported progress. A proposition to hold the Congress on May 28, 29, and 30 was considered, but the sentiment of the Executive Committee was against it. Approval of arrangements for the Congress was deferred, to be de­termined by the Executive Committee through correspondence.

Mr. Burroughs presented the following letter from the American Relief Clearing-house. It was voted that the appeal be commended to the attention of individual compatriots, and that the letter be printed in the OFFICIAL BULLETIN. Contributions to the cause may be forwarded to Mr. John H. Burroughs, Treasurer General, S. A. R., rs William street, New York City:

AMERICAN RELIEF CLEARJ NG-HOUSE.

(Comite Central des Secours Americains.)

PARIS, November 2, 1915. l\11-. JoHN H. BURROUGHs, Treas11rer Gelleml, Sous of the A111erican Revo/utio11, New l'orlt.

DEAR Sm: Between the years Iii6 and 1781 France brought to Amer­ica, during her struggle for life and liberty, aid not only with arms and fleet, but with the great sum of 45,000,000 livres ($8,167,500) . T oday, in her turn, this same France is defending from the foreign invader her lands, her homes, her life, and her liberty-the very things she helped us to win.

The American Relief Clearing-house, in the name of America, is striving to convey, in a genuine spirit of sympathy, such expressions of aid to the French people in their dark hour of stress as it is enabled, to

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. is not forgetful nor ungrate­Jd that it may be shown that. Amenca r of need. It is the ear~Jest

v~~ ~~ those who befriended her 1l1 hftipf~~uch sympathetic expressiOnS ffort of the clearing-~ouse to ~o m~ssed into history numberless mel~­

~hat when this consumldngl jar -~~ ~ndure that may be r~calle~ by t e · f assistance an Je P WI A · s with sat1sfact10n.

FJeS ~ p~ople with gratitude and by md;dcanAII sums will be put to •ren~erou > donations of mo~ey are nee of .America, to perform some go~~ use. Will you help us, m ~h~F£ri~ndship for the French people?

f grateful remembrance an acto Very truly yours, ]AM£5 R. BARBOUR.

t d that the balance on hand May Treasurer General Burroug_hs reporNe her I7 $r 703.66; disburse-

$- ,:.,... 2 · rece1pts to ovem ' ' . . d-14 I9IS, was ~>9"'..1-4 , b 17 $5 552-50 includmg $rso.so Cl e

' "', !20 58. balance Novem er ' ' ' ments, '~'"+• · •

ited to the Permanent Fund. . I k of the committee to the Treas-epted w1th t 1an s .

The report was ace ' . t the National Society. urer Genera~ for his able serv~ce~a~ard Thruston presented to the So-

Past President General ~- . . the Permanent Fund, a $r,ooo d. · t the mvestments m C "tt e ciety as an ad JtJOn o . h k of the Executive omml e

' b d The unammous t an s / 5 per cent on . ton for his generous gift.

were extended to Mr. Thrus $8 000 invested in bonds and The Permanent Fund now aggregates ,

$150 so cash at interest. t. t the resolutions adopted at . G al called atten wn o f Ed

The President ener . f t the Commissioner o uca-c with re erence o . h the Portland ongress . ate the resolutions, w1t accom-

uested to commumc h . "d tion, and he was req . f tl United States for IS consl -·b· t the President o Je panying exh1 1ts, _o .

cration and investigatiOn. d ian of the President General The committee approved the propot~e p uitable action toward accom­

to write to each State Society reqNues_mgls Archives Building in Wash-! ction of a atlOna · d I plishing the ear Y ere . f ernment records now WI e Y

ington City for the preservatiOn ~ gov

scattered and in danger of destruc_twn. ted that the President Gen-b M Punderson It was vo f the On motion Y r. . ' h State Society a copy o

d t ommumcate to eac d C era! be requeste o c d , dopted at the Portlan on-1 · n "prepare ness, a f M following reso ut10n ° b M Nathan Warren o assa-

5 as offered Y r. · ·1 gress on July 20, 191 • d d to adopt a s1m1 ar reso-h h State be recommen e . t

chusetts, and t at eac f h mmunity on that 1mportan lution expressing the sentiment o sue co

question: . 1

t" in Congress S f the Amencan Revo u 10n, h

Resoh,ed, That the ons. 0 r a 5

stem of preparedness on t. e assembled, indorse the senJihent f~le an~ the guarantee of peac~ With part of the government an t e ~~0. and policy of our RevolutiOnary honor, in accordance with the tra ltlOns ancestry.

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On motion by Mr J k . . . . en s, chatrman of th C . tzat!On and Aliens the f II . e ommtttee on Arne . ' o owmg resolutions d ncan-

"YV"he:eas there have been is . were a opted: ~a~~fe~ ~~ differet?t par~s of tt~e~:~~~ b~e to time and. are in circu­alien for :::t~:a~~~z:1 ctttzens, such publfcati~~:~l:e~~ pnmers on the citizenship; and t on and to hasten his amalgamatio~ f~t prepare. the Whe~eas, also, such publication . o Amencan

~~~ sub;ects discussed and the autl~olr~~; o~nlffi{f!lity ?f. presentation oi Whereas, also the B o eta ongm and sanction;

Labor has loaic~ll d ureau ?f Naturalization of the D tion into Am"' . Y ~n. essenttally the care of th r epartment of

Resolved Th~~~htttBenship: Now, therefore b~ lt ten and his indue-Labor be ' d e ureau of Naturalizaf ' f 1

~he7ra?~t~1:~1:~~~~b~[~~ee~;r·tif~b~~~~fi~n~;siY~n~s ,~i~n 1l!~~J~~f;b~: th~eU~~:~' Jt~~~sa ~~~Y Sof ~h~~sr~sof~1;j0~0b;t;:~t at~d t~~ ~ fudhe~red House of Represe~tatives.ecretary of Labor, and the Speak~~t ;£\~!

.An .additional appropriation of $ tnbutmg the Natio 1 y 400 was voted for printing and dio.

Th S na ear Book. • e ecretary General was d" t

Thruston on the "0 . . tree ed to furnish the address b · ngm and Evolution f th U · Y Mr. tn pamphl~t form, reprinted from the· N ? e mted States Flag." per. c~p~, 111 bulk, to State Societies an~t!Onal Year Book, at IS cents to md!Vldual members. ' at 25 cents per copy mailed

(The committee and othe the guests of the p "d r compatriots present at the meeting were

The b . rest ent General at lunch )

d. re emg no further business the . t"

a ;ourned. , mee mg then, at 4-45 o'clock,

/ A. HOWARD CLARK,

/-..r ·' Secretary Gellera/.

' ATIO AL COMMITTEES.

In the Octobe 0 N . r FFICIAL BULLETIN tJ at!Onal Committees appointed b the lere. was announced a list o f

ber rs. Since that date th f lly . Prestdent General up to Octo-appomtments ha ,.e been made·. e 0 owmg additional ·

~IORIAL Co)IMITTEE.-. Prof W C A Iidft a d G E · · · rmstrong Ed . . , n en. dward E. Bradlev . , ward Hagaman JOint .committee to co-operate wit!. are contmued as members of the the Stgners of the Declaration of\ tl~ree members of De cendants of a memorial volume of the Signers. n ependence m the preparation of

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co~!)1IT1'EE ON ORGANIZATION (PACIFIC).-Wallace McCamant, Chair­man, Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Ore.; Hon. Overton G. Ellis, Olympia, Wash.; Rawlins Cadwalader, M. D., Schroth Bldg., San Fran­cisco, Cal.; Walter D. Wynkoop, Mountain States TeL Co., Denver, Colo.; Hon. Eddy Orland Lee, Salt Lake City, Utah; Hon. William Wallace McDowell, Butte, Mont.; Judge George R. Craig, Albuquerque, N. Me:x.; Frank G. Ensign, Boise, Idaho; Hon. Albert D. Ayres, Reno, Nev.; Dr. Charles A. Van der Veer, Phceni:x, Ariz.; Arthur Hedley

Doane, Cheyenne, Wyo. CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (WEST).-Elmer M. Wentworth, Chair­

man, Des Moines, Iowa; Kossuth K. Kennan, 1017 Wells Bldg., Mil­waukee, Wis.; Charles H. Bronson, 48 E. 4th St., Saint Paul, Minn.; George F. Rich, Grand Forks, N. Dak.; F. M. Mills, Sioux Falls, S. Dak.; Herbert M. Bushnell, Lincoln, Nebr.; A. K. Rogers, Topeka,

Kans.; Capt. E. D. Hadley, Des Moines, Iowa. CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (MIDDLE STATES) .-Albert M. Henry,

Chairmau, 1201 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich.; Louis A. Bowman, Room 1333, 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.; Edward L. Harris, 67I9 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; Robert H. Tyndall, 2014 N. Meridian St., Indianapolis, Ind.; Thomas Stephen Brown, IIOI Berger Bldg., Pitts­burgh, Pa.; John R. Weeks, 756 Broad St., Newark, N. J.; Frank St.J. Sidway, Buffalo, N. Y.; Col. George A. Elliott, Equitable Bldg., Wil­mington, Del.; T. M. Maynadier, 2I7 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md.

CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (NEW ENCLA ND).-Henry F. Punder­son, Cha·irma11, 2I Riverview St., Springfield, Mass.; Frank E. Wood­ward, Wellesley Hills, Mass.; Wilson H. Lee, New Haven, Conn.; Rev. Howard F. Hill, Concord, N. H.; Philip F. Turner, 48 Exchange St., Portland, Me.; Arthur Preston Sumner, 639 Grosvenor Bldg., Prov­idence, R. I.; Frederick S. Pease, Burlington, Vt.

CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (SouTH).- William K. Boardman, Cumberland Tel. and Tel. Co., Nashville, Tenn.; John B. Hundley. lat. Bank of Ky., Louisville, Ky.; Neal M. Leach, New Orleans, La.; Arthur B. Clarke, 39 Merchants' Nat. Bk. Bldg., Richmond, Va.; Henry L. Bryan, State Dept., Washington, D. C.; Wilber H. Young, Austin, Texas; D. R. Luttrell, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Clement Blount, Pensa­cola, Fla.; Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark.; E . A. Harrington, Greens­boro, N. C.; Dr. Edward Carroll James, Richmond College, Richmond, Va.; Col. Chalmers M. Williamson, Jackson, Miss.; Gen. J. W. Whiting,

93I Government St., Mobile, Ala. CoMMITTEE ON AMERICANIZATION AND ALIENS.-Chancellor L. Jenks,

Chair111a11. Suite JIOI-4, 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.; Commander

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John H. Moore, U. S. N. (retired), Vice-Chainuan, The Wyoming. Wa hington, D. C.; Thomas Stephen Brown, IIOI Berger Bldg., Pitts­burgh, Pa.; Samuel Judd Holmes, M. D., Burke Bldg., Seattle, Wash.: Judge Harvey F. Remington, Rochester, N. Y.; Rev. Frederick S. Pen­fold, Racine, Wis.; Edwin S. Crandon, Evming Trauscript, Boston. Mass.; Edward M. Hall, Jr., Engineers' Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio; Alfred Coit, New London, Conn.; Dr. Samuel Denham Barnes, Honolulu, H. T.

ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP, OCTOBER I TO NOVEMBER JO, I9I5.

The~e was enrolled by the Registrar General from October I to November 30, I9IS, a total of I6S new members in 26 State Societies, as follows : Colorado, 4; Florida, 8; Illinois, 44; Indiana, 3; Iowa, I ; Kentucky, 6; Louisiana, I; Maine, I; Maryland, 4; Massachusetts, IS; l\!ichigan, I; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, I3; New York, 27; Ohio, 6; Oklahoma, 2; Oregon, I; Pennsylvania, 6; Philippines, I; Rhode Island, 5; South Dakota, 2; Tennessee, I; Texas, I; Utah, 3; Virginia, 2; Washington, s.

VDOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES.

])he Arizona Society has issued notice of an oratorical contest, open t6' the members of the senior and junior classes of the high schools of Arizona, on one of the following subjects:

r. America's opportunity to help or influence the nations of the world.

2. Our nation's relation to the Latin-American republics. 3· Opportunities for patriotism in times of peace. Local contest will be held under the local school authority, and

winner of each local contest will be invited to come to Phcenix for a Public State Contest.

The prizes at this State contest will be $20 and $Io in gold re­spectively, each prize to be accompanied by an appropriate medal.

The committee in charge of the contest is President Roy H. Thomas, Secretary Charles A. Van der Veer, and ]. R. Jenkins of Phcenix.

The California Society participated in the celebration of "George Washington Day" at the San Francisco Exposition on November IS. Col. ]. C. Currier was chairman of the Executive Committee, of which Mr. William H. Crocker, Dr. J. Mora Moss, Mr. W. ]. Dutton, and other compatriots were member . Secretary Thomas .'\. Perkins and other compatriots served on the Continental Ball Committee. The occa-

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A-t' clcs of Con federa-. the anniversary of the signing of the I I

s~on bwa~he thirteen original State:. - . held in Festival Hall, when ttOn Y · t. exerctses \\ et e · · pre

h fternoon patno tc 'd t of the Exposttton, -In t e a C ker Vice-Prest en S f the

Compatriot Wi~::o~;tio~ocmedal was presented top~~~ Eor; ~dams. . ded A com . . I speakers were : . . . ff

st . . Revolution. The pnnctpa G Charles A. Woodru ' Amencan . d Neutrality," and en.

"Washmgton an d the Flag" on S A. on "George Washington an t Co~lmittee of the Sons of U.U~on ~he invitation of thed~~ra~=:~~esrs of the American R~vol~­the American Revolution ank let in the Continental Ball , held tlnbt e

00 people too par · g The ce e ra-tion about 2,5 I2 o'clock in the evemn . " t the Cali,fornia Building from 9 to d b t of all the special "days a .' e of the largest an es twn was on .

Exposition. d tl following officers: Pre t-C PTER has e\ecte 1e M · Herbert TnE SAN DIEGO HA . . First v/e-President, a)Or .

d t Ernest Claudius Htckma~' p dent, Charles Shubael Curle~ ' enF, N G C .. Second Vtce- re en 'F klin Pierce Reed; Hts-

R •ay, 1 . . ' W . ht· Treasurer, •ran M l I · \11 Henry ng ' W'k ff Ross; ars 1a . Secretary, • en M D . Registrar, Pete 1 °

· Fred Baker, · ·' d tonan, . U s. A., retire . Capt. Roger B. Bryan, . . . . through its five local

t' tes its acttvtt1es, 1 The Colorado Society con Int. C I do Springs, Greeley, anc

F rt Collms, 0 ora · d 'th other Chapters at Denver, o St t Society not affiliate WI ' . M mbers of the a e

Grand JunctiOn. . e . he one at Denver. I8 Cha ters are assoctated wtth t ver Chapter, on November . A~ the monthly meeting of th~ Dend address on "Medical Prac-

. J p Willard dehvere an Compatnot ames . "

tice Today and Yesterday. . d with IS members, on

THE GRAND J uNCTION CHAPTER ~vas or~:~~~\;resident, Charles Lin-6 d elected the followmg offi . . W E Page Orchard

October I an . . Vice-Prestdent, · · ' M · coin Nichols, Grand JunctiOn' . ..< easurer Charles B. Rich, 533 am

· Secretar) -1 r ' Mesa Grand J unctwn;

stree;, Grand Junction. . f th Board of Managers, · At a meetmg o e H

., The Connecticut Soclety. N vember 24, Capt. Clarence . T ft New Haven on 1 0 J of Hart-held at the Hotel a • ' and John M. Parker, r.,

Wickham, Senator Louis R. Cheney, f Bridgeport, Gen. E. S. Greeley, ford Judge Morris B. Beardsley o ppointed a committee for the and 'wilson H. Lee of Ne"': Ha~en;;~~c~pal Art Society of Hartford State Society to confer wtth t e ld C'ty Hall in ew Haven. relative to the preservati~n of :h~h~ me~ting wa the appointment of

Another important actton o

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Wilson H. Lee a d G Morris B. Beardsl:y ofen. ~eorge H. Ford of New . a Revolutionar at . Bndgeport a committee Ha, en and ] udge Capitol for a s~a~u/~~t to the Commission on th:os surgest the name of

The meeting ope dlere. cu pture at the State

t~le Hotel Taft at J;~:n after the members of the bo tJon from Bridge . A vote was taken of ard had lunched at ton's Birthday atp~:t ~embers to hold the annu~~c~ptance of the invita­of Hartford was ap; . ~tel Stratfield, Bridgeport a~quet on Washing­the vacancy caused b om ed a member of the Bo .d arry R. Wi ll iams of Hartford ] d y the death of the late M ar of ;\1anagers to fi ll of th N . . u ge Beardsle ayor Edward W H

e atJOnal So · t Y gave an account f h · ooker Th cJe Y at Po tl d o t e Ann I C e following com . .r an ' Oregon, July I ua ongress

United St t mumcatJon has b 9, 20, and 2I a es: een sent to the p. 'd · Th B J esJ ent of the

e oard of M ~merican Revolutionan~gers of .the Connecticu . . d4, ~9r~, appointed th~ u~d m.eetmg held at Ne! ~ociety, Sons of the

B~:rdo ot~.he ~~~tddfo~t~te:r~h~k~ean c~;P~!~ti~~ito e~;~~~sot~ ~~vp~~s~~ toJ;:d silmt and wisdome~st~h~l~ national defe~~e on the part of the · 1e problems v h · 1 ounders of · ~l~e:rbicularly desirabl: i~ lthonfronted them a~~hegby~rhnmfent,. directed

een expended t . e ~resent world . . Jr. o this nati

;:;;~ d~~ b;,;'~~;,j;•~;;e!:o~~~h';" ,~,~~ "E~~:;~~:;,,;;;;::• ;:;,d !h':"i~ kinde recent experience ofmong Jts most ardent ecl~~ho .formerly dif-. ness and lo,·e cann peaceful peo les ampJons.

ng:hts against avarice ao~d be :elied upon al~ne t has demonstrated that (mred to msure the . crune, but that s o protect them in th . e s ble sings of a b:~Joyment of those right~me strong means are :;~

existence we believe . eficent government and .. We have had the ri ~~;~ritin olt:r citizenshfpJSsh~e~~fJsabry that ~very ~~ao:d;[ !o safegua~d j~; . IS liS duty to b e tramed to a . . very creed and

~~~~1 ~~nht~tion of those bl~~!i~la;sed \V offer sacrifi~:!nifttc understanding

~~h~ch n~~::~~:)~~?Jed~~e~:~~t~~~i ~~~r t~.e~t~.~alb:~~~~~ri\1i:! I~~c;s;~;f'ta:~r o~ R WISe are sure to be t . IS Jme to guard a . presenta-

espectfully submitted se It. gamst the evils Pr 'd WILSON H L est ent, Connecticut So : EE, CJetj• S A R

EARNEsT c 's · · . · IJI.!PSON. SEnJOUR C. LooMIS Cltair111a 11 of c' .

l\JoRRI B B Olltllllf/ee · · EARDSLEY. .

THE CoL. ]EREMIAH W at the residence of p . ADSWORTH BRANCH held . ber 28, and a ll 't ffi resident Andrew ] . Slo . Its annua l meeting · l s o cers per, Ill Hartf d mg was an address b J were re-elected. T he chief . or ' on Octo-

y udge George D A id e\ ent of the meet · en of B t -os on, who made an

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urgent appeal for a return to the old principles of individual honesty

in business, politics, family, and religion. The meeting was the first which the Society has held this fall, and

the member "·ere the guests of President Sloper at the dinner which preceded it. About 250 members attended. Secretary Charles G. Stone reported that the Chapter now has 3o8 members and a balance in the

treasury of $s6r.42. /The District of Columbia Society held its regular monthly meeting

on No,·ember 17, when Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N., retired, President of the Society, appealed to Sons of the American Revolution to be ready at all times to stand for true American principles, and urged the supreme importance of adequate national defense against all who may threaten our country. He introduced the following resolu-

tion: R esolved, That we, members of the District of Columbia Society of

the Sons of the American Revolution, are in hearty sympathy with, and will give our best efforts to support, the policy of the government as represented in the statement of the President of the United States: "\Ve feel justified in preparing ourselves to vindicate our right to inde­pendent and unmolested action by making the force that is within u:

ready for assertion." .\ dmiral Chester spoke convincingly and at length in support of the

above resolution, asked its consideration, and moved its adoption. Col. Gilbert C. Kniffin and Commander John H. Moore heartily seconded the motion and the resolution was unanimously carried.

The Empire State Society held its regular meeting on October 19. at the Waldorf-Astoria. New York City. at which the names of 23 new members were read and those present were introduced to the com­patriots present. The budget for the expenses of the coming year was unanimously passed as presented by the Finance Committee.

T he President announced the names of a committee to represent the ociety at the celebration on October 29 at the stadium of the College

of the City of New York, in honor of the men who will cast their first vote at the next election. On motion by Compatriot Joseph M. Bacon. it was voted that the Society put itself on record as being in favor of preparedness, and that a committee of three be appointed to draw up a resolution to that effect. The motion was enthusiastically approved. and the committee, Col. Oliver B. Bridgman, Joseph M. Bacon, and George H. Griffin, prepared and presented the following resolution:

Resoh·ed, That this Society is heartily in accord with the sentiment as expressed by the President of the United States in ad,•ocating a

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more a<;lequate army and nav ' f r h and whtch shall command the) o t e proper defen e of our cou stand for the upholding of tl res,pecdt of all nations. We at all t.ntry, request th t C le 1an s of the p ·d ' tmes of th. a ongress, realizing the feelings a rest ent, and earnest!;

•s country at large, will act acco d' I s expressed by the people r mg Y and \\'tthout delay

The resolution was adopted unanimous! an . . . to be sent to the President of th U . Y d coptes of tt directed the city. Compatriot Col. John ~ ~/:ed States an? the daily papers of Valley Chapter made . . . ooman, Prestdent of the Moha k

II . ' a rousmg patnotlc add f w co atton was served. ress, a ter which the usual

On Ocrober 30 th s · h e octety presented to f . t e New York State Nautical h I one_ o the pnze winners of graduating exercises held . I c oo a pair of binoculars at the

P 'd ' 111 t 1e rooms of tl M · · '

rest ent Louis Annin Am k' le £ arttlme Exchange On October ?9 a "C't' esl~a mg the presentation speech '

- 1 1zens11p R · · at the Adolph Lewisohn -Stad· e~eptwn to First Voters" was held York, under the general ausp :urn of .~;e College of the City of New New York." President Lo . lAces ~ he League for Immigrants of · C u1s nmn -\mes tlve ommittee of Citizensh· D C. '.as a member of the Execu-t'

1 1P ay omm1ttee d h

ac lve Y participated in the rece t' S . an ot er compatriots s · P IOn ons of the A • ervmg as escort to the sp k 'T •• mencan Revolution

t . . ea ers he prog · 1 pa notlc airs by the People' Ch . I . ram mc uded singing of the progress of American sd ora Umo~ of 350; motion pictures of h

1. emocracy L 1 • G t e tfe of Washington and A . ' mco n s ettysburg address

cit' h' menca-the land f ' . tzens tp ceremonies, with address b F . o peace and plenty;

SIOner of Immigration. welcome Y. redenc C. Howe, Commis­the City of New York and ddby Prestdent Mezes of the College of was read from Preside~t W'l a ress by Adolph Lewisohn. A Jette; L~uis F. Post, Assistant Se~r:~~~ . Addresses were deliYered by Hon. Mitchel, Mayor of New York p \ ~f _Labor, and Hon. John Purroy there was flag-raising and pledge a t~~tc .tableaux were presented, and

The twenty-sixth annual b o a egtance by fir t ,voters. Hotel, New York, on Saturda~~~~:~i~vas held at the Waldorf-Astoria was by ~he Chaplain, Frank Oliver Ha~· ovember 20. The invocation by President Louis Annin A G '_D. D .. and address of welcome were given by P~esident Gen;r~l N e~ve~~~~s from the National Society General Mrs. William Cu . . Woodworth , and President D h mmmg tory present d

aug ters of the American ReYolut' e greetings from the :;renry _A. \Vise-\Vood, member of :~;· , Addr~s es wer~ made by Hon. Amenca: Its Policies ancl Def ,c.Hs. :\a\T Advisory Board on

"Th enses . o J I S , on e P litician in America, c1 H n.

0111 a~· les of Buffalo Treasurer General of Persia on, .. ~n . on. \V. Morgan Shuster, late

' · atJ()nal Common Sen e" AJJ k '· · n spo e

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of the necessity of the nation's preparedness for the protection of our

territory and institutions. On the evening of December 3, 1915, the Society attended the Vita-

graph Theater, New York City, to witness the photo-play "The Battle Crv of Peace." The Daughters of the American Revolution joined with the Sons and occupied the entire lower part of the house, making

a party of nearly 400 persons. Gov. Charles S. Whitman of New York became a member of the

Society on December 3, 1915. THE RocHESTER CHAPTER, at its annual meeting, on October 18,

elected the following officers: Presiden Charles E. Ogden; Vice­President, W. H. H. Rogers; Secretar)I(Raymond G. Dann; Treasurer, John Howe; Registrar and Historian, Col. F. Judson Hess; Chaplain , Rev. Melville R. Webster; Managers, Edward R. Foreman, William J. .McKelvey, Edward D. Putnam, and Frederick W. Yates.

A talk on national defense and the organization of the regular army was given by Capt. Frederick W. Heinrichs, Jr., and a report on events at the Annual Congress of the National Society at Portland, Oregon, was given by Judge Harvey F. Remington, the retiring presi-

dent. For the next few months the Chapter will devote special attention to work among the foreign-born, taking up the idea of spreading th(

knowledge of English among recent immigrants.

TnE CoL. CoRNELIUS VAN DYCK CHAPTER of Schenectady on N ovem­ber 2~ tendered a reception to President General Woodworth on the occasion of the visit of the Liberty Bell to that city. President George C. Moon of the Chapter appointed on the Liberty Bell Reception Com­mittee Compatriots Alonzo P. Walton, Charles H. Huntley, F. R. Champion, and De Witt Veeder. It was estimated that 20,000 people marched past the bell during its brief stay. A sermon on the Liberty Bell, "A Silent Sacred National Relic," was delivered by Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. L. Reilly on Sunday, November 21. On December 1 the Chapter held its regular quarterly meeting, at the rooms of the Historical Society, Gen. Charles L. Davis, Vice-President, presiding. A paper was read by Compatriot Charles H. Huntley on "The Melting Pot."

THE YRACUS£ CHAPTER participated in a most enthusiastic reception of the Liberty Bell on November 24. It was chiefly through the efforts of President General Woodworth, President of the Syracuse Chapter, that the journey of the Liberty Bell was routed through part of 'ew York State. Sixty thousand persons viewed the bell during its stay in Syracuse, and the ovation there accorded that historic relic is said

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to h_ave been the greatest . t . contment "Th d t recetved during its . States still I e I emonstration showed that 'f JOurney across the demonstratio~a:veas learts that are capable of d~te tzens ?f the United man of the M 'one of ~entiment only." Mr. vJ senttment, for the

G . ayor s commtttee on tl . oodworth was chai reat mtere t has b 1e receptiOn. r-

of r een aroused in S a tens, as described yracuse in the A . . National Exec t' C on. a previous page in m. t mencamzation

( u tve ommtttee. mu es of meeting of

The Ha ·· wanan Society N portant matters Th on ovember 6 took actio t the study of th~ . . e first was the promotion of a n oward t:vo im-high-school age I }f::s San? duties of citizenship a~:~;me to Stimulate American Revoiution octety _has decided, with the D yohung folk of on b' co-operatmg to ff . aug ters of the gro:pss~/~t conne~ted with citizens~i;r ;,~e;tesl of ~rizes for essays

. oney pnzes each t . . P an ts to off pnzes, and five th. d ' . o constst of one first . er two prizes will b ff tr pnzes-al( in cash. Th fi pnze, two second h e o ered to pup'! h e rst group fo · h

igh-school grades .of th ~ s "! o are attending the high hr etg t ad;~ntage of studies in ci~ics.erntory, who are supposed to s~aovo~s t~~ o e second group, also of ei ht . r:;I:~ ~~h~o~ng folk of high-:cho:r

1:;: ~h~he same value, will be

of the y Mo sC. For these persons, Paul St I aCr~ _not attending the . · · · A., will off . ee e, thzenship s m order that th . er spectal courses of I ecretary for such e) may have a chance to r ectures and classes

. an essay prize. It . d . P epare themselves to ' as posstble of ts estgned to inte compete .alien descent w~oung folk in this subject, esp:c~s~I as large a number

Regarding the o~;ig~~c~sft~~s have not specialized ainy Aa;~~~g t_hose of -of the H .. ts movement D S tcamsm.

. awawm Society, says: ' r. . D. Barnes, President

. Thts !~latter of instruct" .. m the tdeals of A . mg new Ctltzens and ·t· bl menca · · ct tzens f ,. -pro em of increas· . n ctttzenship has lo b o a ten descent It has weighed hmg .tlmportance. ng een recognized as a

all over the count/.avt Y o~ the minds of the S zens and citizens ~f cal?patgns for the instructins and Daughters and -patriotic societies L ahen parentage have be on of naturalized' citi­General Thruston. ur ~st wmter we received ~n I s~arted by these two met and decided to t 'f:n~ us to embark on tl . .e ter from President a e tt up. 115 Important work. We

/The nr · mots Society h ld . Auditorium Hotel Ch' e tts annual Yorktown Da b· attendance of 27 , tcago, on the evening of 0 t yl anquet, at the

J k 7 members and c 0 Jer 19 \Vt.th

en s, presided a toast guests. The President , an master Ch 1 · • Chancellor L. . ap am John Timothy Stone. D. D.,

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offered the invocation. Addresses were made on "A Message from Revolutionary Days," by William Mather Lewis, Mayor of Lake For­est; "Activities of the Sons of the American Revolution," by President General Newell B. Woodworth, and "Present-day Responsibilities of American Citizenship," by Ron. William J. Calhoun, former Minister

of the United States to China. Twenty members of the Board of Managers met President General

Woodworth at luncheon at the University Club on October 19, when br ief addresses were made by Compatriots Jenks, Noyes, Stone, Lau-

man, McClary, and Woodworth. The annual business meeting of the Society was held, at the Audi-

torium Hotel, Chicago, on December 3, in commemoration of the ad­mission of Illinois into the Union. About 125 members were present, including a considerable group of new members, some from down-State communities. The following officers were elected: President, Henry W. Austin, 47 Lake street, Oak Park; First Vice-President, Fred A. Smith; Second Vice-President, Hugh S. Magill, Jr., Springfield, Ill.; Secretary, Louis A. Bowman, Room 1333, 30 N. La Salle street, Chi­cago; Treasurer, Henry R. Kent, Fort Dearborn National Bank, Chi­cago; Historian, George A. Brennan, 24 W. noth place, Chicago; Registrar, James Edgar Brown, 1253 Conway Building, Chicago; Chap­lain, Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D., Chicago; Sergeant-at-Arms,

Ernest F. Manrose, 3045 N. Western avenue, Chicago. The report by Secretary Bowman reviewed the activities of the year,

the twenty-fifth year of the Society. One hundred and fifteen new members were enrolled, a decrease of 30 as compared with the year preceding, due to depressed conditions of business. The present active roll is 1,o65 members, a net gain of 100 during the year.

The Board of Manager~ held eight business meetings, usually at-tended by 20 to 25 members. At the headquarters a library is main­tained readily accessible for reference on all business days. The Springfield Chapter had several celebrations. The Oak Park Chapter held one of the most interesting banquets in the eleven years since its organization, when addresses were delivered by the State Society President and ex-Governor- Deneen. This Chapter has continued its effective work of increasing interest in the study of American history by the students of the grade schools by awarding prizes for excellence in work in writing essays upon themes relating to the American Revo-

lution. A number of organizations in Chicago have made use of the National Society leaflets in the education of immigrants and their preparation

for naturalization.

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Tl · · _,e pnnctpal address at the annual me . Pohsh descent-Mr. John S Sl .b. k" ct!ng was by a young man of Chicago-upon "Polish p .f . <t t_ns t,_ edttor of the Prec Polalld of Th dd ar tctpatwn tn the A . R e a ress was a schol

1 . mencan evolution "

d. ar Y presentatiOn of d" · . ·

ce mg and during the A · con tttons 111 Poland pre · mencan Revoluti01 d · -mteresting manner the ·

1• an settmg forth in an

t Important part taken b p I" h

s ruggle for the independence of A . ' Y o ts people in the B · f menca. ·

ne remarks were made b b I

· Y a num er of con t. · amp e time for social hour I h 1pa tJOts, and th ere was

f h ' unc eon and friend! · ·t · ·

o t e old and new membe ' Y VISt atwn on the part TI rs.

1e organization of the Ill" . C G d f

mots ommander f th W uar o the Sons of the A . . Y

0 e ashington

th d. · mencan Revolution · ·

e 1rectlon of Compatriot B . . C IS progressmg under f I C en)amm Allin b wna ommittee on the vV h. . ' a mem er of the N a-

Th G . as mgton Guard. e uard IS to be composed of II

of the Sons of the American R I ~ sons or grandsons of members evo utwn or boys oth . I" . are not yet of legal age It li . erwtse e tglble who . was at lrst mtended to d . I 10 years of age, but it has now b d . a lntt on y boys over age. It is not only desirable b t I . e~7 ec!ded to admit all under legal early to appreciate the patr,io~c 11~ ,_{ fi;tlng, that the boys should learn the sentiments which prompted s~m ~f our _forefathers and to know Revolution. le se -sacnfice and heroism of the

The Kentucky Society held its annual bt . . at the Pendennis Club L . "II tstness meetmg and banquet

' omsvJ e, on Octo be. TI , cers were elected all but

0 "d

1 20· 1e following offi-' ne res1 ents of L · ·1

R. Carter, Herndon-Carter Co . F" tv· p OU.ISVI le: President, Allen Hume of Frankfort. Second V. '. _:prs .tdce- rest dent, Dr. Edgar Erskine · T . ' JC<;""" res1 ent J R T dd T mg; htrd Vice-President Jol C S ' · oss

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Fourth Vice-President F ' k G111 M. trother, Intersouthern Building. A • ran aus Penn 1 · L" '

lex. Woodruff Tippett U S. T ' . _Y vama mes; Secretary, Wood, 417 W. Main str~et ." R .. rust Bmi?mg; Treasurer, Geo. T.

. ' eg1strar, Ben) La B p a ,·enue; Htstorian, Geo. D. Todd B 1 . · ree, 2924 ortland Richard H. Coke 1425 St J , e gravta Apartments; Surgeon Dr. Thomas 526 w St c" at! ·. ames court; Chaplain, Rev. Frank M

' · · 1enne street · Mr. John Barrett Rundle the · · · .

of the Society during the y:;r an;etmng ~restdent, reviewed the work the National Society at Seattle p rtelpordte on the Annual Congres of · h" ' or an and San F a · I mg IS report, Mr. Hundley said: ' r nclsco. n clos-

We wish to see the people of our . large more thoroughly imbued with lov~ofmumty and our country at

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our flag, and to show their disapproval of tl our It~nd "J~nd reverence for eagues. le an 1-m1 ttary and kindred

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While we do not believe in fostering a belligerent spirit nor peace-at­any-price idea, yet we believe in educating our young men in the art of war and to be trained, prepared, and willing to face any emergency when

their country calls them. \Ve believe in extending a welcome hand to the foreigners coming in ; but when once naturalized and the oath of allegiance taken, it should he so impressive that they will ne,·er give expression to un-American

and seditious ideas. President General Newell B. Woodworth was the guest of honor at

the banquet. In his address he urged the continued support of the Kentucky Society in the movement to secure national legislation for a suitable building for preserving records relating to the history of the nation. He advocated improvement in the conditions surrounding the naturalization of aliens and spoke in favor of a closer observation of the Society's flag laws. Erection of monuments to commemorate Revo­lutionary events was a work in which members of the Kentucky Society

should throw all energy. Miss Ethel De Long described the settlement work in the Kentucky

mountains, and showed that the people of the mountains are descend­ants of the men who fought in the Revolution. She vividly pictured life in the Kentucky mountains, and told of the work being done by the Pine Mountain Settlement schools in educating the youth of Harlan

County. The Liberty Bell was enthusiastically received by the people of Louis-\"ille on November 22, most of the 30,000 school children of the city paying patriotic homage to that precious relic. The Kentucky Society of Sons of the American Revolution distributed several thousand copies of an 8-page leaflet, prepared by Compatriot R. C. Ballard Thruston, relating the history of the Bell, particularly in connection with the

Declaration of Independence.

The Louisiana Society on November 20 paid homage to the Liberty Bell as it passed through ew Orleans, and it was viewed by many thousands of citizens and school children. Members of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution formed part of the guard of honor. During the ceremonies the famous painting of the "Spirit of 'i6" was represented by I. J. Fowler, Thomas Dimitry Norvell, and

Rene de Touches Des Forges. The Maine Society. The Rockland Chapter celebrated Yorktown

Day, October 19, by holding its annual meeting at Crescent Beach cot­tage. The following officers were elected: President, Jarvis Crockett Perry; Vice-President, Alan Laurence Bird; Secretary, Lorenzo A. Robinson; Treasurer, Homer E. Robinson; Historian, Edward Anson

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Butler; Directors, the President and Oscar Holmes Tripp, and Ar . Secre~ary and ]. Walter Strout read the letter of General K~:t~ Ste~e.ns Littlefield. Col. E. K Goulet the surrender of the B .t. I detai1111g the battle of Yorktown a d F' n IS 1 troops a d l\1 p n •Jske's account of that memorabl , n r. erry read the historian

e event.

The Maryland Societ has . hart, Aubrey Pearre Jr YE aSppoSmted Layton F. Smith, J D Igle

h ' ., nas tockb 'd . . -na an, Jr., as a committee to . n ge, and John H. K Shan-

. f secure the co . socie Ies, fraternal and business . . -~peratwn of all patriotic a more dignified use of our nati~nga~mzat~ons m the city and State for ner .. Over fifty organizations were an . em-the Star Spangled Ban­meet111g held at the Belvedere H t 1 notified and sent delegates to a a ~opy of a bill to be introduce~ ~n ot~ De_cember 8: At this meeting action was unanimously end d e City council was read Th d orse and the . · e cee. and to notify the National Soci committee empowered to pro-action be taken by th S . . ety, recommending that · .1

. . o er tate Societies Th b'll . s1m1 ar City ordmance, is as follows: · e

1 • 111 the form of a

S£CTION r Be it ord · d That the "Star s ame b·y the mayor ond cit · the same shall nofb~gplld Bdai~ner" o~ any part thi'r~~fmctl ulf B_altimorc, or at b · aye 111 the city of B 1 · or se ectlon from hall, r:s~~ufaunthco:ntef~ainment! or in an/ :hr:a~:e in any Pi!blic place, entire and sep;rate ~~ne tothich the public is ii~vi~~d movmg-picture gled Banner" o 1pOSI Ion or number n h ll , except as an

~l~e aP~~~~s?~n~e~ft1~ryP~ft ;~~~ree~~Yo~:C!~~ii;J;o~ ~he ~=n:~ta; P1f;~d upon conviction th his f sbctwn shall be guilty ~f Any .Prson vwlating State shall be finer~~t efore a court of. competen~ J.~~~~ de!l1~anor, and

more than one hundred dollar:Is Ictwn of this

Under section 2 of the bill th . theater, etc., permitting m .. e owner, proprietor, or manager of like penalty usicians to perform as above ~· b' an\' . · s su )ect tn

It will be recalled that the National • . . !alo Congress, May 2, I908, on m . Executive Committee at the Buf-I:ed the President General to co:~on_ by Co~mander Moore, author­Clans and music publishers urgin t~mca_te With associations of musi­played by orchestras and bands g . at m the medleys so frequently ~o-~ any part of it should be includne~th~ th_e "Star Spangled Banner" :1 ge at _once acted under the fore . . residen~ General Henry Stock­t / Amencan Federation of Musici=~~n~ aut~onty and at a meeting of a ter, the following resolution was ado~t:~~ 111 St. Louis shortly there-

Resolved That th 1 · bers of th~ Am . e eaders of all bands and o. from all medley~n~~;e~e~erJ;ion of Musician~.cl~~~tr;s, who are mem-

y ands or orchestra d eques~ed to omit 5 un er their direction

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the "Star Spangled Banner," or strains taken from it, and to encourage, on all appropriate occasions, the rendering of the national anthem as a separate and distinct feature.

The Massachusetts Society Board of Managers held its monthly meeting on Kovember I2, at Springfield, as the guests of Vice-Presi­dent General Henry F. Punderson, President of the George Washing­ton Chapter, and in the evening attended the meeting and dinner of that Chapter at the Nyasset Club-house. The attendance was the largest the Board ever had. Addresses were made by Pre$ident Frank E. Woodward of the State Society, Vice-Presidents Charles F. Read and \Vebster Bruce, Secretary Herbert W. Kimball, Historian Genera! Philip Reade, and Cha,Plain Rev. Lewis W. !-licks. Mr. Punderson was

toastmaster. On November I3 the Board was entertained at Northampton by the

Seth Pomeroy Chapter, so members and guests attending a dinner at Hoyden's restaurant. Dr. F. H. Smith, President of the Chapter, pre­sided. Addresses were made by President Frank E. Woodward, Vice­President General Punderson, Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge,

George W. Cable, and others. .\t a patriotic service in the Unitarian Church on Sunday, ovember

14, Chaplain Hicks preached a sermon suitable to the occasion. In the ceremony of trooping the colors, the reveille was sounded by Gen. Philip Reade, and the flag of the nation, with 48 States represented upon it, was brought in by a detachment of I Company, and a flag represent­ing the original thirteen States was brought in by a detachment of

soldiers. The Massachusetts Commandery of the Washington Guard is being

fully organized, and a diploma (13 by IS inches) has been prepared for issuance to members, to be signed by the President of the Massachu­setts Society of Sons of the American Revolution as Honorary Com­mander. The diploma bears portraits of George Washington, Samuel

Adams, and Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. THE BosToN CHAPTER met, at Young's Hotel, on October 30, the

2oth anniversary of its organization and the rssth meeting of the Chap­ter. Addresses were made by Compatriot George Ernest Bowman and other former Presidents. At the rs6th meeting, on November 20, a paper was read by Compatriot Marshall Putnam Thompson on "The Struggle for American Independence in the House of Commons."

THE FRANCIS LEWIS CHAPTER. Down to August IJ, 191S, Norfolk County, Mass., the home and final resting place of two Presidents of the United States, had no Chapter of the Sons of the American Revo-

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lution, when a charter was then granted to Isaac Newton Lewis of Walpole for a Chapter, called by him "the Francis Lewis Chapter of Walpole, Mass.,'' in memory of a Signer of the Declaration of Inde­pendence.

On October 19, by invitation of President Lewis, the members of the Board of l\Ianagers of the Massachusetts Society were guests of the Chapter at the celebration of the fall Field Day. On arrival at East Walpole, the visitors proceeded to the high school in Walpole, where the whole school turned out and sang patriotic songs. Mr. Lewis read them an account of Cornwallis's surrender, and President Frank E. Woodward of the State Society made an address, which was followed by addresses from Rev. Lewis W. Hicks and Gen. Philip Reade. Other schools were then visited and songs were sung by their pupils, and the party stopped to view the bronze equestrian statue of "The Pioneer," presented to the town by Mr. Lewis. The day closed with a banquet at Mr. Lewis's stone castle in the woods.

./!'he Michigan Society.-THE DETRorr CHAPTER held a meeting. at the Hotel Cadillac, on December 3. Professor Florer, President of the Ann Arbor Chapter, urged adequate preparedness for national defense. He recalled that Washington, in taking leave of official life, had urged four cardinal principles of national stability, among which was an ade­quate peace establishment, meaning thereby adequate national defense. He added that the American people had dropped far away from Wash­ington's conception in this respect, and urged his heare rs to do all pos­sible to reinculcate the ideas of Washington in the minds of American youth.

Resort should be made to the public educational system, thought Pro­fessor Florer, to re-establish the undivided American sentiment in favor not only of the rights of man with respect to life. liberty, and the pur­suit of happiness, but of the rights of nations, th e freedom of the seas, and international equity. These ideas, he urged, it i the duty of Amer­ica to maintain, if need be, by organized force.

Charles H. Leonard of Grand Rapids, Vice-President of the Kent Chapter, was present and spoke briefly. He said the Sons of the Amer­ican Revolution in his part of the State were active and successful in arousing sentiment in behalf of national preparedness. L. H. Barnum, Pontiac, Presiden t of the Oakland Chapter, and Compatriot Frank W. Fletcher of Alpena were also present. Albert M. Henry reported on the National Convention of the order, held in San Francisco.

Judge Harry A. Lockwood, Pre ident of the Detroit Chapter, nam ed for the year, among other committees, the following: X ational de­fense, Truman H. ewberry, Gen. Charles A. Coolidge, U. S. A., Col.

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J I. G Dickinson, Harry l\1 AI er Capt. u Ian . . . H A Janes Capt. Fred · g ' . C McMath Wtlham H. · Oscar · ' II . · FranciS · ' 1 • 11 tt William P. - a Ins, S Homer E. Pars la ' l\[ Jewe , . F d ick S tearns, . . H~Itton, Jerome H. Remtc~, . re er nd Alien Campbell; Patriotic ~eg~s-E noch Smith, Henry P. WilhamDs, aJei·ome James Turner, Fredenck f.

C S"bl y James · ' lation, Frank . I e '. 1 d Harry H. Conant.

J e H B1s 10p, an · h b t Harward, erOltl . R "d n Iovember 9, Wit a ou THE KENT CHAPTER met, at C?rand F::~e; ~mbassador T. J. O'Brien

embers and guests attendmg. . . l·n particular the Japanese,. 40 m · 1 " d1scussmg f I "American Dip omacy, . H said he was surer o ~po <e on 1 · 1atwn e

;,·hom he considers a peace- ovlmg 'ful i~tentions toward this country, h t Japan has no 1arm b ar between nothing than t a d"d t believe there would e any w ds

and repeated that he I no t of our own making. Japan nee the United States and Japan excep . .

u. as a friend, not as an enemy. t American methods of appomtmg ~1· O'Brien does not favor presen I ld be less appointing of men

he~ 8iplomatic Corps, and feels therel:e~o~oo seriously and assume _the . t out of college, who take tl:emse t and more serious appmnt­:~~\~s of a minister while y~t a th_lrd ~~~~e aa~;irs, whose culture, general

ments of men of. expene~~\ ~~ta~dard of intelligence commend th~n~ k W ledge of affairs, and Ig . "t Is In spite of the grea e

no · · foreign capi a · · b fore to the important duties m . tions have to submit to e preparation diplomats of fo~ei~Brl~:n feels that the Ameri~an. system reaching the higher posts!, ML ? adnJinistration ought not Ill I tis eflf to

I t c 1ange 111 • hd a rom is better, except t 1a a ' . . , ambassador's Wit raw . . · f a mm1ster s or b oad 1s hm-he sufficient reason or k of the government a r

. es the wor his post; that m many cas

dered by the change. N mber r6 at Ann t Tuesday, ove ' . · 1

THE WASHTENAW CHAPTER me. f discussion was "The Ongma H 11 The top1c o Arbor, in Newberry a ;, . .

Location of Ann's Arbor. A b a member of the Michigan So-Col. Henry S. Dean of Ann. rOor, b r8 1915. Colonel Dean. was

" 1SgS d1ed cto er ' f h Umver-cietv since January IJ, ' Chapter· Regent o t e - f tl Washtenaw ' G A R 18~p a charter member o Je D t eilt Commander, · · ·• -· . 8 1908· eparm

sity of :.\Iicl11gan, I 94- ' b 29

gave a re-. the evening of Novem er G

The New Jersey Soctety on k . honor of President en-T Cl b Newar ' In b f ception at the Down own u ' . associate officers and mem_ ers o

era! Newell B. Woodworth an~ his ho had been in session 111 ew the National Executive Comm.lttee,pw "dent General Woodworth there

. 1 d Besides res I h ( 12~) York City dunng t 1e ay. G 1 x-Governor Murp Y ~ ' P ·d ts enera --e 1 ( IVV\) were present six Past resi en ( """-) Judge Beards ey I,~, ' ) M Pugsley 1yvv ' General Greeley ( 1903 ' r ·

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Doctor Parker (I9II), and Mr. Thruston (1913, 1914)-President Henry of Michigan, President Jenks of Illinois, Mr. Wentworth of Iowa, and Mr. Merrill of Executive Committee, Historian General Pier­son, and Secretary General Clark. The reception was attended by more than 200 members of the New Jersey Society, including delegations from Chapters at Elizabeth, Orange, Newark, Ridgewood, Summit, and Morristown.

The guests were welcomed by President W. I. Lincoln Adams, master of ceremonies, and President E. Allen Smith of the Newark Chapter. Mr. John Lenard Merrill led in the pledge of allegiance to the flag as the national colors and the banners of the State Society and Chapters were brought to the front and saluted. Before the supper brief speeches were made by Compatriots Woodworth, Thruston, Pugsley, Parker, and other guests of the evening. Mr. Woodworth said that one of the menaces of the country today is racial influence upon community life. He declared all else save that having the spirit of Americanism should be eradicated, and that foreign customs and speech have no place in our national life. He said he believed absolutely in the declaration of Pat­rick Henry: "I am not a Vit·ginian, but an American." He declared that we need not only mental but physical preparedness, and we must ever be on our guard if we are to be true to our heritage.

"Are we proving ourselves worthy descendants of noble sires?" asked i\fr. Thruston. "Are we advancing our patriotism as we should; our real love of country? I think not. We want strong, virile men to up­hold that which the men of '76 fought for. We do not want war, but I do not believe in peace at any price."

Tne PARAMUS CHAPTER met at Ridgewood on October 4. President Cornelius Doremus presided, and an illustrated lecture was given by Mr. Burton H. Albee, ex-President and Secretary of the Bergen County Historical Society, who is an authority on "old-time" Bergen County, and has a fine and large collection of views of the landmarks of old Bergen that still exist. Among these is the old John Zabriskie home­stead at New Bridge, on the west bank of the Hackensack River, and takes us back to the Revolutionary days. At the close of the war the New Jersey legislature presented the house to Baron Von Steuben in recognition of his services during the Revolution. It afterward passed into the hands of the original owner.

The Ohio Society. The Western Reserve Society met, at the Hollen­den Hotel, Cleveland, on Nevember 29, when patriotic addresses were delivered. December 7 the Anthony Wayne Chapter met at the Boody Hou-se, Toledo, when Compatriot Andrew ]. Snell gave an account of the Annual Congress at Portland.

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- b en active itL presenting fl_ags _to the di~-The Oregon Soctety ha e h'ch have J. urisdictton m naturalt-

1 tilieS~~w 1 ili ferent courts throug 1~U . d t 1fcCamant presented the flag to ~ zation proceedings. rest en ~ October 28. The flag was presente Polk County Court at Dallas o . I t . the Federal Court on October by Compatriot Wm. D. Wheelwng 1re~:nted at Eugene by Compatriot 30 and the same day a flag was _P 't Court for Lane County. On H~lmus W. Thompson to the ClrcuOt on City to the Circuit Court

fl Presented at reg h 0 n November I a ag was C N !\Ic-\rthur of t e rego b Congressman · · - h f Clackamas County Y 1 c· 't Court for Multnoma

Of t d to t 1e !!'CUI -Society. Six flags were presen e .,... ·ember 2. The presentatiOn

· l'ff t departments, on •' 0 ' · A L Count\', in tt c t eren . l f the Oregon Soctety: - . was ~adc by the follo,~ng ~~e;~,~~~u; Gen. Chas. F. Beebe, E. D. Mills, Robert T. Platt, - .

Baldwin, and M. C. Geor~e. l d'fferent counties presentations wtll be ·' s the courts convene 111 t 1e I l . l has J. urisdiction of nat­,., . erv county w 1tc 1 h

made until every court 111 _ev - fl The flags were secured thro_ug uralization i presented wtthh a. ag. f the Committee on DecoratiOnS

. B E Sanford c atrman o Compatnot · · 'f 'lk ith hand-embroidered stars. at the Congress, and are o st . ;~at "the most gratifying feature _of

President McCamant repo_rts h' l are receiving from the dtf-. I rattan w IC 1 we I' . the incident IS t 1e co-ope the flag in natura 1zatton

. . Tl ey all agree to use . · fcrcnt circtttt JUdges. 1 k the naturalization proceedmgs tn proceedings and to ende~vo;, to ma e .

the future more impresstve. l No,•ember 3 the naturaltza-' t at Sa em on ' · In Judge Galloway s cour , . , , the men who swore allegtance el-)' tmpressl\i e, as t d \)v tion ceremony was v b t'ful silk flag presen e -

d b eath the eau t [ to the United States stoo end Tl presentation address was by 1- r. Compatriot Winthrop H_amm~n . ~e of acceptance of the flag, Judge Hammond. In concludmg hts speec

Galloway said: . b for noble impulses. This emblem stands for the best tiT~ ~~ho: f~dividual in w!lc;>Se ~lea rt

for that which is good a~d ;:ue. for law and order, for CIVIC vt_r~ue : there is no reverenc~ f?fi JUS tce,Patriotism is a matter of ever).; ~~f it has a perverted Slgm cfance. 'ty and adversity. It proves t se . d ar 0 prospen . hfe, of peace an w _ • fl •

5 true meanmg. .

In· an unfailing dev~t10n_ to our f a~s and calling our best tmpul es \0 -Let u . then, lookm~ mtof tts d citizenship. Its rich red ~epresen ts

witness, learn the duttes. o goo otless white tand for mcorrup -the blood of heroi~ sacn~ce. ~tspottical righteousness. And th~ starf ible justice, for soctal punty, ank t gether a striking representatiOn ° fixed in their field of blue n~a e ~it , . the calm strength of harmonJ.?us ut 1-~~ the oath of allegtance, and to

To you, my friends, who ave t ~~u to realize and feel that you are, those who wish to _d_o so, \7 t~:~reatest nation on earth. You are not and aspire to be, ctttzens o

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and cannot be German, French. English, or any other hyphenated American citizens. You are simply citizens, possessing all the rights and privileges of any other citizen, whether native or foreign born.

The Oregon Society has published a pamphlet containing a list of members and the sermon on "Ancestry and Family Ideals," delivered by Chaplain John H. Boyd, D. D., on Sunday evening, July r8, at the meeting of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revo­lution.

r The Philippine Society held its annual banquet and meeting, at the Army and Navy Club, on the Luneta, Manila, at 8.30 p. m., on Saturday, October 23, 1915. Lieut. Col. Ernest Hinds was the honor guest. Prof. .\ustin Craig delivered an address on "The J nfiuencc of America in the Orient," in which he sa id :

. \ntecedent to the Revolution by a few years, in 1762, Great Britain captured Manila. Then the Filipinos found a government more free and efficient than that of Spain. In 1784, three years after the sur­render of Cornwallis, the American flag was first seen on a merchant vessel which stopped at Manila on the way to Canton. These events, with the American trade which had grown up, especially with Japan, notably at Nagasaki, after the middle of the nineteenth century, made a great impression here, and the Filipinos learned of a democratic go,·ernment still more free than what they had felt in the past. Three American consuls have died in the Philippines, the monument to one all have seen near the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Jose Rizal's writings show how he and others were attracted by the democratic ideas of the new world. So the Philippines were, to a great extent, already prepared for the Americans in I8g8, for they had seen them before, had heard of them more often, and so welcomed in their advent a better era and the actual existence of democratic government. The Filipinos are much more able to as imilate its ideas as a part of the United States than many suppose.

The Society elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, Frank Lee Strong; Vice-President, Austin Craig; Registrar­Treasurer, H. Lawrence Noble; J\,fembers of the Board of Manager , Charles K. Bradbury, Edwin Bingham Copeland, and the Hon. Thomas Atkins Street. The Hon. Charles S. Lobingier, judge of the United States Court for China at hanghai, was made Honorary President in remembrance for his untiring work for the Society. The Hon. Thomas A. Street was elected delegate to represent the Society at th e next Annual Congress of the ~ational Society.

The new President, Frank Lee Strong, is a veteran of the Civil War, having served in the Charleston blockade. He was educated at Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., and, having passed the examination for civil engineer, was detailed with Admiral Dewey's fleet , and was present at

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. 1 d of the Frank L. Strong Machin-£ ~r .1 He ts now lea the taking o l'v am a.

ery Company . "d t is associate professor of Oriental History The new Vl~e-Presl en hili ines. The Hon. Thomas Atkins S~r_eet

in the University of the p PP "tt of the government for compthng is a member of the Code Commt I~~ands passed since American. occu­and readjusting th_e l~ws of Ithe H L Noble, again elected Regtstrar-

t. n of the Ph!ltppmes. 1- r. . . d . ember of the Faculty pa IO ffi ·nee 1912 an ts a m f h Treasurer, has held o ce st T . s Dr. Copeland is dean o t e

f the University of the Plu tpp:_ne . L a Province. Mr. Charles o . I . l Los Banos agun . I t College of Agncu ture a h fi c·amara de Comercto n er-K. Bradbury is a member of t e rm

nacional de Albay. . ll d 38 members since it organization, The Philippine Soctety has enro e

in I9II· . 1 meeting at Nashville, on The Tennessee Society held tt~ annuffia . Pre~ident Edward A.

d h followmg o cers. ' W October r8, an~ electe. t e . d t for East Tennessee, Maj. John . Lindsey, Nashvtlle; Vlce~Prest e~ t for Middle Tennessee, Jas. N. Faxon, Chattanoog~; Vtce~Prestf e; West Tenne see, William Lawson Cox, Cookeville; Vtce-Prestdent mo K Boardman, Cumberland Te~. and Wilhoit, Memphi.s; Secretary, W W. E. Metzger. Nashville; Registrar, Tel. Co. Nashville; Treasurer, . p f St George Sioussat, Nash-

' 1 '11 H stonan ro · · D John C. Brown, N as lVI e; t ' D D Nashville. Surgeon, r. · R J I Vance · ·• ' ville· Chap lam, ev. as. · '

Paul' De Witt, Nashville. . 1

fi st of $ro and the second It was decided to offer two pnzes--:ttt1e bry pupils of the different

b t ers to be wn en · · 1 of $s-for the es pap S f Tennessee on a htstonca . · · · the tate o educational mstl~utwns m b . the Ex~cuth·e Committee. subject to be dectded upon ) . . f the

d n the occasion of the vtslt o The Utah Society was honore o t f former Governor Heber

Libertv Bell Committee by the appomtmdetf1 o1er President Hon. C. P. . . Edd . 0 Lee an orn

A-f. Wells, President ) . Official Committee of seven to_ we_l~ome Overfield as members of the B 11 the occasion of their vtstt to the committee in charge of the e ~n d the Bell during its stay of

0 100 000 people v1ewe d -1 Salt Lake City. ver • Tt and civic parade ha as t s

ix hours in Salt Lake, and tl~e m~.arJ1ester Wallace, U. S. N. The marshal Compatriot Lieut. Step 1Cn I "lmd 1 1 ia Official Committee was

. 1 b t lo the p 11 a e P 1 . f Ut h invocatiOn at t 1e anque J Episcopal B1shop o a · · t Rt Rev Paul ones, . f

rendered by Compatno · · p 1 d Congress by the electiOn o . h ed at the ort an . f The Soc1ety was onor . of Salt Lake Ctty, as one o

Compatriot Samuel Culver Park, :\fa)Or the Vice-Presidents General.

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In proportion to the population of the S of the mo t active societies ·n tl U . tate, the Utah Society is one

The Uta! S . 1 le mted States. . l ociety has communicated t . R .

ators m Congress a req e t f . o .Its epresentaiii'es and Sen-

hi. u s or consideratiOn of th ·

esta Ishment and erection f . N . . e Importance of the may be preserved and prot~ct;~ s~~~~n~J ~~C~Ives Building, in which ments as .may prove to be the wisd e\o utiO~ary and other docu­such a building. om of Congi ess to have placed in

. The Vermont Society has published it vise~ to September I, I9IS, .a pamphlet of s86Y ear Book a~ d. Roster, rc­ceedmgs of the annual t' pages, contammg the pro-! d' ' mee mg at Montpelier F b

c u mg reports of officers sketches f d e ruary 17, I9IS, in-tion, B~-Laws, and memb~rship roll~ of ~~ea~ed .members, the Constitu­proceedmgs at the dedicatio f e ociety, and reports of the

n o markers at Wi k' V I9I4, and at East Randolph Vt A noos I, t., July 30,

· ·• ugust r8, 1914.

. The Washington State Society contin . aliens, particularly at Seattle v· p .ues active work among the Holmes is chairman of a lat. J'I ce-. resident General Samuel Judd th y I ura IzatiOn committe .

e : M. C. A., which has started sch l f e: co-opei:atmg with carrymg on efforts to prepare tl ~? s or teachmg English, besides lectures and quizzes The \· le a Iens for naturalization through

d . · en Ire course for prospect' ..

ere m ten weeks and the 1 . Ive Citizens is cov-e asses are runnmg during the entire year.

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IN MEMORIAM. /

hA:\C llo\'1' DE~ED1CT1 District of Columbia Society, died November s, _1915.

CHARLES Aucu~ TUS BovNTON1

District of Columbia Society, died September s,

1915· (~EORGE D. CALLEN, New Jersey Society, died November 2, 1915 . \\'JLLI AM L. CHADBOURNE, Massachusetts Society, died October 23, 1915. CHRISTOPHER CLARK~, Massachusetts Society, died November .zo, t915.

ORLA:<DO E. CoNDIT, New Jersey Society, died October 29, I9I5· Col. HENRYS. DEAN, Michigan Society, died October IS, 1915. JfARWOOD DunLEY, Empire State Society, died October -, I915· ~YL\"ESTER CLARK DuNHAM, Connecticut Society, died October 26, 1915.

IIENJH!IN RICE ENGLISH, Connecticut Society, died December 4, 1915.

II. CL.<RK FoRo, Ohio Society, died August 23, I9IS. \\'tLLlAM L. Fox, Massachusetts Society, died November tJ, 1915. RoBERT L. FRYER, Empire State Society, died October 20, 1915 . 11f.XJAM IN StMPSON GRAVES, District of Columbia Society, died ~ovemher 9, 191 s. (;EORGE W. HrLL, New Hampshire Society. died November to, 1915. CHRISTOPHER \V. IloRR, Vice·President of Washington State Society, died Octo·

her 15, 1915. \\'ALTER HowE, Brigadier General U. S. A., retired , District of Columbia Society,

died i'!O\'ember 8, I9I5. WILLIAM WALDO IIvnE, Connecticut Society, died October JO, 1915. Rt•FvS A. LANE, Massachusetts Society, died November 11, 1915. ~\NDREW AoGATE LIPSCOMB, District of Columbia Society, died August 15, I9I5. STEPHEN CoLLINS 1\1cCANDL£SS, Pennsylvania Society, died July 4, I9I5· HENRY RuTGERS ~1IZN'ER, JR., Michigan Society, died August 25, I9I5. CHARLES W. MosEs, Michigan Society, died October I7, 19I5. ~!ARKS PRENTICE ~IossHOLDER, California Society, died October -, I915. GRIDLEY T. NASH, Massachusetts Society, died November J, 1915. :'<ATHANIEL C. NASJI, Massachusetts Society, died October 10, 19I5. :'<ELSON C. NEWELL, Massachusetts Society, died November 6, I9I5. THOMAS S. PH£LPS, Rear Admiral U. S. N., retired, Massachusetts Society, died

. ·ovember 3, 1915. ERASTUS G. PuTNAM, New Jersey Society, died October I, I9I5. JoHN J. RocHESTER, Financial Secretary of Louisiana Society, died November IO,

1915. Hon. FRANK \V . ROLLINS, ex·Governor of New Hampshire, died October 26, I9I5. GEORGE IsH AM ScoTT, Empire State Society, died October 29, I9I5· ELLIOTT TRUAX SLOCUM, Michigan Society, died November 20, I9I5· Col. ARTHUR BRADFORD SPINK, Rhode Island Society, died November J, I915. SAMUEL BURLIN STANDISH, Michigan Society, died November 6, 19I5. GEORGE M. STERNBERG, Surgeon General U. S. A., retired, District of Columbia

Society, died November J, I9I5· JoHN H. STuDLEY, Massachusetts Society, died December 5, 1915. GEORG£ M. T. TAYLOR, Pennsylvania Society, died July 20, I9I5· nr. DwiGHT TR.<CY, Connecticut Society, died October J, I9'5· SA><Uf.L JensoN \VILSON, l\lichigan Society, died November 4, I915.

30 OFF!CI.\L BULLETIN

/ECORDS OF 165 NEW MEM BERS ENROLLED BY THE REGIS­TRAR GENERAL FROM OCTOBER I TO NOVEMBER 30, 19 15.

GEORGE ADDLEi\L\N, Chicago, Ill. (27602). Great-grandson of Perci,•al Hall, Surgeon·, :\fate, Col. Ebenezer Learned's Mass. Regt.

WILLIA:\1 HENRY ALEXA:\TDER, New York, N. Y. (27640). Great"-grandson of Thomas Alexa"d", Captain, Col. Israel Chapman's Third Mass. Regt .. pensioned.

F MALCOT<i\1 ANDERSOX, Chicago, Ill. (27601). Great0-grandso n of Oliver Ra,.da/1, private, Col. John Jacobs's :.\lass. Regt., pensioned .

RANDALL A DERSON, Chicago, Ill. (27400). Great0-grandson of Oliver Ra"­dall, private, Col. John Jacobs's Mass. Regt., pensioned.

ALBERT HENRY RANDOLPH ATWOOD, Chicago, Ill. (27399). Great-grand­son of Joseph Aht•ood, prh·ate, Col. Samuel \Vyllys's Third Regt. Conn. Line.

FRANCIS JOHN ARTHUR, chenectady, N. Y. (27647). Great2-grandson of Joh11 Smith, Lieutenant, Col. , \rtemus Ward's Regt. Mass. Militia; great3-

grandson of Ephraim Doolilllc, Colonel Mass. Militia.

FRANCIS ~lcNEIL B.\CON, JR., New York, N. Y. (27641 ). Great-grandson of Rufus Baco11J private in Sutton Company Mass. l\1ilitia.

JAMES FREDERICK BACON, Short Ilill , N. J. (N. Y. 27642). Great-grandson of R11{11s Baco11, private in Sutton Company Mass. Militia.

ERr EST NE\\'TON B.\GG, \\'est Springfield, Mass. (27934). Great2-grandson of Joel Ely, private, Col. Ebenezer \Vood's Third Regt. Vermont Militia.

ABNER HAROLD BARKER, :.\Iedford, :\lass. (27772). Great2-grandson of Joseph Kimball, Corporal, Capt. Je>>e Page's Company :\fass. ::llilitia.

EDGAR RICHARDS BARKER, Pro,·idence, R. L (27182). Great-grandson of Jesse Ricltards1 prh·ate, Col. Ebenezer Franci s's :\Iass. Regt. and other service; great2-grandson of Edu•ard Richards, Member of Committee of Safety, Attle­boro, 11Jass.; also private, Colonel Carpenter's Mass. Regt.

HOWARD TURNER BARNES, :\fontreal, Canada (Mass. 27775). Great2-grand­son of Job Turner~ private, olonel Bailey's Mass. Regt.; great3-grandson of loll" Turuer, private, Col. \\'illiam Weston's Company Mass. Militia.

FRANCIS E. BATES, P awtucket, R. L (18113). Supplemental. Great2-grandson of Elisha A'•ery, private, Eighth Conn. Regt., Col. Jedediah Huntington.

PURDY FAITOU'l'E BENEDICT, Roselle, N. J. (27797). Great•-grandson of Joseph Be,.edict, Captain Fourth Regt. New York Continental Line.

HUGH BRENT BENTON, New York, N. Y. (27832). Great-grandson of Felix Beu/o11, private Berkshire County Mass. Militia, pensioned.

FRANK LESLIE BERGEN, Burlington, Colo. (Ill. 27603). Great-grandson of George Redmon, private and waggoner, Colonel Pinckney's South Carolina Regt. and Colonel Richardson 's North Carolina Regt. , pensioned.

HARRY EMERSON BICKNELL, Northampton, :\Ia s. (20223). Supplemental. Great•-grandson of Nathaniel Bick71ell, Ensign serving as private in Col. Edward Mitchell's :\!ass. Regt.

N.\TJOX.\L SOCIETY, S .. \. R.

N y (2 634). Great•-grandson of

RT J'RANCIS BLAIR, Schenectady, : · b. ,' Conn Regt., pensioned; HERBE G al \\ ater ury s · d

H 't Scofield, Third Sergea nt , .ener f 'Mary First Lieutenant Seco n a" (t • f James Ha ys, father o .~. '

great--grandson o 1' p nna i\liht1a. Northumberland County Batta 1011 e . ( - 2") Great•-grandson of Salllltel

ISDELT Leominster, l\Iass. 219 I . FRED F. BLA '' 1 McCobb's l\lass. Regt.

D uncan, Surgeon, Col. Samue y (27644). Great"-grandson of

RD S'fALEY BLOOD, Kenmore, N. . R gt New York Jllilitia. WILLA . t Second \lbany County e · G •

Reuben Simonds, pnva e : R I (97 58). Supplementals. reat--WELTER BOWE ' Prov1dence, . . Car enter's i\lass. Regt.;

CIIARL~~on of lobe= Bullock, C~ptain.' Col. fT~~~:n~~ecla~tion of the Cit~zens grant'- randson of David Martm, S~gn~r do of Alexander Sampson, S1gne; grea g 76· great--g1an son 6· great--of Providence, '' .. \ug .. s, 17 C·t" ns of Providence," Aug. s, I77 ,' Rl de

f the "Declaration of the 1 1Ze S eant Col. Archibald Crary s to o f Charles Laurens Bo_gmau , erg ' grandson o I 1 d Regt ( ) Supplementals. Great-s an · N BO\VEN Providence, R. J. 9759 · • 11' ss Regt.; RD MARTI • Th Carpenters ,a ·

RICHA n of ]abe= Bullock, Captain, Col. t"7,~eclaration of the Citizens gran~~orandson of Dat•id l\1ortin, Si~n~r odf t ':f Alexander Sampson, Signe.r great g 6 . great--g1 an son 6 . great-­of Providence," Aug. s, 1~7 C·f ens of Providence," Aug. s, CI77 ,' Rhode

f the "Declaration of t e 1 1Z eant Col. Archibald rary s o d f Charles T....aureus Bogmall} erg ' gran son o d f I sland Regt. , 1 d Ohio (27732). Great•-gran son. 0

WAL KER FARRINGTON BRA~LEY, ~:,:y:~'s and other Vermont Compan1es, Eber Bradley, fifer, Capt. 'I homas

. d 6) Great•-grandson of pens10ne · L nn ;\1ass. (2792 · EDWARD FORTESQUE. BREED, o; ~remiah Hall's Mass. Regt.

Lawrence Litchfield, Lteutenant, C . J l\1 (27935)- Great'-grandson of

FRANK LE~IS BRIGG~, ~nt;~h~r;:..~~~·wa/:s~lass. Regt.; g~eat•-g~:.;;:~~ :! Jacob Broggs, Corpora, o. Col John Daggett's Mass. Regt.' grea t . real'· Be,jamin Skinller, pnvate, . . C I John Daggett's Mass. Reg . • g •

f Seth Richardso71 , Jr., pnvate, ol. C I Isaac Dean's' Mass. Regt.; great-o dson of Seth Richardson, Corpora • oJ. . h Wbitney's Mass. Regt. gran F I private Col. osta I grandson of Thomns rene 1, ' ( 68 ) Great•-grandson of Jo '"

D F ·ak Springs Fla. 20 9 · KENNETH BRUCE, e um B tt'~ ?.lass. Regt., April 19, 1775·

Bruce, Sergeant, Col. James arre ' ' ( 8-6) Great•-grandson of Stephen ULL North Bend \\ash. 27 I .

E MERSON K. B • C~unty Penna. l\Iilitia. Balliet, Colonel Northampton GTON Richmond, Va. (22997)· Great"-grandson

ROBERT McCARTHY BULLIN • . y· · · Infantry. f

of 1 ohu Price, pnvate ,rg•ma ( 828). Great•-grandson o ULLIS Syracuse N. Y. 27 d

H \ROLD EDMUND B • C ~ tal Infantry pensione · • . t Eleventh ontmen ' d of

Ephraim Wood, pnva e . Jl.ld (278"1). Great-gran son BURGESS Balbmore, · 0 f 6

CH ARLES HAMILTON ' f 111 land Council of Sa ety, 177 · E . n Member o ary • dson Michael B11rgess, ns1g ' ·n Fla (20693). Great--gran

J OSEPH HALLETT BURROUGT:IS, kac~~01';~r:lina Brigade, on staff of Brevet of John Berriell , Brigade MaJor or Major General Lachlan Mcintosh. ·n Fl (2o6g2). Great'-grand-

RICH .(\RD BERNARD BU~ROUG~S, ~:~~o~:~o~ina ~-rigade, on staff of Brevet son of Jo/w. Berrien.J Bngade MaJor Major General Lachlan Mcintosh.

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CJl.\IU,E \\'ELLINGTOX BURT. Brookline, ~lass. (27928). Great'-grandson of Israel Richardso11, Captain Sixth Hampshire County Regt. 1-lass. Militia.

CHESTER LE ROY C.\I:\T, Syracu e, X. Y. (27643). Great0-grandson of Jabc= .4mold, private, Col. David Ilitchcock's Rhode Island Regt., Ensign Second Rhode Island Battalion; great'-grandson of Caleb Ar11old, Member of War

ommittees, Deputy Rhode Island Assembly.

GJ·:ORGE ANGUS CAliiERO:\T, Maywood, Ill. (22234). Supplemental. Great­grandson of Elisha ll'oodr11ff, Sergeant, Col. Israel Chapman's Regt. ~lass. :\lilitia.

ROBERT Fl"J;!'():\' C.\XJXJ~. Louisville. Ky. (26595). Great'-grandson of Peter Carnine (Co11ine), Sergeant New Jersey Line~ pensioned.

GEORGE E:\1ERSON CILLEY, New York, N. Y. (27648). Creat'-grandson of Cutting Ct"llcy, Captain New Hampshire :\1 ilitia.

HAROLD JOSEPH CLARK, Oklahoma City, Okla. (23074). Great'-grandson of 1/arnton Janse1l K1rickc1·bockcr, Lieutenant, Colonel Graham's New York Regt., I776.

HENRY BAYARD CLARK, Elizabeth, N. J. (zngo). Great3-grandson of Charles Pettit, Assistant Quartermaster General Continental Army, by Act of Congress, March 2, I778.

HENRY CLAY CLEMENT, JR., Captain U. S. Army, Callands, Va. (N. Y. 27645). Great-grandson of A<lam Clemc11t, Captain Bedford County Virginia Militia.

ALFRED CORDON CLEVELAND, Olongapo, P. I. (24963). Great3-grandson of Samuel Adams, private, Colonel !-looker's Conn. Regt.

R,\Y FRANK CODDINGTON, Chicago, Ill. (278I7). Great'-grandson of Jlatthias SPiu.ni11g, private Essex County New Jersey ~filitia.

CLARENCE FISKE CONNER, Detroit, Mich. (27461). Great3-grandson of Wil­liam Humphrey, Captain, Colonel \\'ingate' New Hampshire Regt.

JAMES WALTON COOPER, Walla \\"alia, \\"a b. (27878). Great-grandson of John Cooper, private, Colonel Roebuck's South Carolina Regt.; great2-grandson of lames C.'·estmtt, private South Carolina liilitia; great!!·grandson of Jolrn McCoun, Brigade 1\Iajor, Payma ter Lanca ter County Penna. :\1ilitia.

NELSON JAY COTTINGTON, Chicago, Ill. (27604). Great-grandson of Isaac Burgess,, private, Col. John Smock"s :\Ionmouth County Regt. New Jersey Militia.

WILLIAJ\1 ~IcKISSACK CROOK, Beaumont, Texas (25I18). Great'-grandson of William Parham, private Third \ "irginia Continental Regt.

JOHN CHURCHILL DA:\10 , Salt Lake City, Utah (25997). Great-grandson of Benjami" Damou, private 1\Iass. Troops, pensioned.

CHARLES GATES DAWES, Evanston, Ill. (276o6). Creat2-grandson of William Da·wes, accompanied Paul Revere on his famou s ride.

RUFUS CUTLER DAWES, Evanston, Ill. (27605). Great2-grandson of William Dawes, accompanied Paul Revere on his famous ride; great2-grandson of Jo11as Holden, Jr., Corporal Mass. :\iilitia; great3-grandson of Jonas Holden, private, Col. Abijah Pierce's Mass. Regt. ; great2-grand on of Manasseh Cutler, Chaplain, Col. Ebenezer Francis's ~lass. Regt.; great'-grandson of William Parker, Second Lieutenant Second Essex County Regt. ~lass. :\1i!itia ; great•-

NATIO~.\L SOCIETY, S. ,\. R. 33

. John Black's Company )lass. )Jin_ute d of .Joron Gates, pnvate, Capt. f 'V'I/' I Bartlett Fir.t Lieu-

gran "'on . _. t3-grandson o " 1 ran ' . _I. '[en marched ,\pnl 20, I 77o' grea d d by Capt John Bartlett, penswneu .• . ' . "II d n" comman e . R t )..las:; tenant Brigantme amp e ' . C I nel Eighth Essex County eg . • ' ... great'-grand~on of fl enry H ernck, o o

;\!ilitia. 1 . N J ( 277g9). Creat'-grandson of John RR Y DOBBIXS, :\Iontc a~r, · · ...

TOIL · GE · C unty New Jersey :\lthba. . - Ha,.d, :Major of Cape May o C dson of Sterile" Groz•er, pnvate

ZI DODD Orlando. Fla. (20696). reat-gran ~)! • . d

Conn. )lilitia, pen-·wne . 8 ) Great::!-grand on of TholllaS , Dl'Nll \:\I Evanston, Ill. (27 I2 • f Eb

1c·cr

\\ ILLIAll II USE l . • '. I '" de's ?.lass Regt.; great'-grandson o e> ~ . t Col Natl1ame vva • . Colby, pn~a e. . New Hampshire Militia '777·1778-Webstcr, aptam . N J (

27788).

CONOVER DUNN Chnton, . . \\ ILLIA::\1 . t Fir•t I-lunte~don County Regt. New Drmn 1 pnva e -

Great-grandson of lsuac Jersey )Jilitia and other

service. :I I d ( 2• 707 ). Great-grandson of 'JILIAM CO.\TES DURTL\:\1, Terre I auted, ~ . ty' Battalion Penna. Militia.

\\ • ' . Eighth Cumherlan oun f Josef'/< Dickson, pnvate . I ( 76·6) Great-grandson o

ER s· X Ctty owa 2 , . ,. . . FR,\NCIS GASSAWAY DY ' :~~niel B~rrell' Company First Regt. \ trguua

Samuel Dyer, matross, Capt .. Na Artillery, Col. Charles Ilarnson.

YGERT Phc.enix N Y. (27635). J!.\RRY A11ENZO D . C l Peter Bellinger's Tryon

rich Staring, Captam, o.

Great-grandson of }-[ cin­County Regt. New York

)lilitia. •D\V,\RDS Dorchester, )Jass. (27773). FR.\NCIS ~L\RSIIALL E C 1 \bijah Pierce's :\las.. Regt.;

Grandson of great-grandson

Ebcne::er Edzvards, ~nvateC 1 o El~azar Brooks's i\Iass. Regt. of Epilraim Fl111t, pnvate, o. p (27I3I). Supplemental.

ESilLEMAN J• Crafton, a. 'lTt'a SIL.\S KENDRICK . k' Jr ., rivate Lancaster County Penna. " I ' ' .

Great'-grandson of M<ehael Joe '. ., p I ( 6 ) Great•-grandson of Ben-S FARWELL Chicago, II. 27 07 .

JOliN CIIARLE . ' D 'd Hobart's New Hampshire Regt. jam in A /len , pnvate, Col. avl (111 6oS). Great-grandson of

ON R ell New Mex. · 2 7 . 1

l · . WILLIS II. FERGUS ' ' osw ' J M'litia and Conbnenta ,tne. - E County New ersey ' R t . Jolm Pierson pnvate ssex . C I Job Cushing's Mass. eg.'

, f St pi ,. Cook pnvate, o . Pa great-grandson o e '" I, d C lone! of :\Ionongabela Rangers, .

f D 1 ·el McFaran, o • f great'-grandson o a>' I ( 8 ) Great'-grandson o

OD FISHER Providence, R . · 2 7 1 4 · T. )L\RSIIALL ELWO .' 1 E hraim Wheelock's Regt. Mass. Mt Iba.

Samuel Fisher, Captam, Co . p r N H (25392) . Great'-grandson of D \RWIN JOliN FORSAITH, Mancheste.' . f .Safety of Chester, New 1-Iamp-

- Hatt!lew Forsaith, Chairman of Committee o te Col Isaac Wyman' s Regt. ~hire; great~!.grandson of Jol_w. fluntoou. pnva ' .

Xew Hampshire Militia, penswned. 6) Creat'-grandson of Isaac h t d N \". ( 2764 ·

\\'ILLL\:\1: COX FRA?.-lE, Sc enec ~ y, .R gt New York Militia. Roosa Captain Second Albany ounty e . • d n of Jacob France

' W 1 ( 877) Great--gran so ROWE FRANCE, Seattle, as 1' 27 . v k Militia.

T S h Jer's Regt. New >or b private. Col. Plu •P c uy 6 ) Great'-grandson of loco

CTL\RLES MILTON FRENCH, Chicago, 'III(.T~2i~ti:~h) Mass. Regt. I - C I J mes Scammon s

Foster, Chap am, o · a . '" 1 (z7•-o). Great-grandson

I th Yakima "a> 1· -o J).\ \"Ill HURLBERT F~ENCI ' or C untv New J ersey :\lilitia.

of Da"!id French, pnvate Somerset o -

34 OfFICL\L BULLETIN

LEWIS _FOSTER GIFFORD, Chicago Ill Let<'ts, Sergeant and Corp I C' . (27610). Great•-grandson of £1 .. I Whitney's ~lass. Regt. ora' apt. Seth Stower's Company, Col. Jo:~;~

BR.\DFORD GILL, Chicago Ill ( ''a.te, Col. Josiah \Vhitne; 's "ias:7~:) .. Grreat'-grandson of Asa Waters, pri-pnvate, Col. Theophilus Cotton's ~~ gt.,Rg eat3-grand on of William Bradford

JIE:-<RY , • ass. egt. , · GLEN, Schenectady N \ ' ( 8 ) C 1 1 •r ' · · 27 34 Creat2-grandso 11 f s o one ryon County New York i\fl'l't' . o anwel Clyde,

IIOR \'. I Ia . S 1 IO CATES GLEN, Schenectady N y ( 8 ) amnel Clyde, Colonel T. C ' . . 27 33 . Creat'-grandson of

EllEN B.\ILEY GO , ~yon ounty New York Militia. Weeks prival "~ER, ZKankakee, Ill. (278o6). Creat'-grandson of lib

' e, . 3JOr enas Winslow's ).J R cnc::cr :\ORBORXE RUSSEL GRAY Lo . . • a~s. egt.

George Cra. C . . ' uiSnlle, I,y. (26So3). J' aptam Third Virginia Regt.

Great~-grandson of

EDGAR CRAX\'ILLE GU 'N R I F

' IC 1mond Va (22996) G • sou ·rayscr. private Virginia :\1ilitia. ' . . reat--grandson of Jack·

CHARLES 11.\Ri\IAN W t 0 I

. • a ertown, S. D. (27283) C • g e, pnvate Delaware 1\Iilitia. . reat--grandson of A le.rander

CII.\ RLES 'J'A YLOR HARRIS Cleveland, Ohio .4sahcl Harr is, private, Lieut' Le . ' (27734). Great-grandson of

\\'ILLLni COLBY HEAP Ch' . muel Whites Company Vermont Militia.

J · • 1cago, Ill (2·8z6) G • <leutenant. Capt. Peter Colli ' ' . reat -grandson of Jolm Hall

C n s ompany 'e H h ,

ol. Joseph Cilley's Regt. 1780-I78I. w amps ire i\lilitia 1775, private,

PHILIP_ TITUS HEARTT, Montclair N J • • hennah Heartt private F I D ' . . C-779,). Great•-grandson of Ne-

DEXTER IIISCO~ 0 o'~rt 1 utchess County Regt. ew York Militia "' , range, .~. J. (N y 2 6 ) G ·

Tappen, First Major, Col. Charles .De. witt~3 . reat-grandson of Christopher of Committee of Safety, Delegate New y s New Yo~k Minute 1\Ien, ~!ember

ARCl!JB.\LD JOSEPH IIODG.ES . ork Provmclal Congress. J

1 , Ch1cago, Ill ( 6 ) G •

osep' Pepoon, Sergea nt Twelfth C R . 27 13 . real--grandson of IJOR.\CE IIOL~1ES D 1 onn. egt., Col. Joseph Hosford .

' a ton, Ill (•7612) G t" d p1·ivate, Col. Ebenezer Sprout;s i\f R. rea --gran son of Joseph Holmes pr' ' t C I T ass. egt.; great'-grand f p '

:'a e, o . heophilus Cotton's 1\Iass. Regt. son o eleg Fallllce,

S.nllJEL BROWN IIUDDLESTON · S II

'T 1 ' Dubhn, Ind (2 ) C - c ' ~ llddleston, private Bristol County Mass. Mili~~09 . reat-grandson of

Rl.i SELL WE:-<TWORTII HUDGINS K y . son of Breu·ster Higley, 3d, Sergea:t ~~~ T~rk, N. Y.' (2~637). Great'-grand­ber of Committee of Safety. great• ' d . omas Lees \i ermont Regt., Mem­Company (Train Band) I i~ut Co;gr~In sdo~ of _Thomas Porter, Captain Fourth

' < · · ea e s Fifteenth Regt C M' .. JOilN li!ERTON HYDE B · onn. zht1a.

H d ' rooklyn, N '{ (27826) G • y e, Lieutenant Colonel Third B k. h.' C . reat·-grandson of Calef> er s tre ounty Regt ~1 "IT .

GEORGE BOW"IAN JOSLY . · · ass .• 1 1t1a. S

1 p . N, Sprmgfield, Mass (2 9 ) C • et ' e~rce, Captain II h' C · 7

29 · reat--grandson of D 'd ' . amps Ire ounty Mass MTt' avr nrzchols, private in Ilolde C . J J 13; greaf:?.grandson of

KARL JUN n ompany Mass. Jl!ilitia. ?BLUTH, ]R., Louisville, Ky. (26· 6) G "

Clark, Lieutenant Colonel Eighth v· . . Ji . reat--grandson of Jo,.atlta•" )Jay 12, 178o. 4 JrgtnJa egt., taken prisoner at Charleston

N.\TIOK.\L SOCIETY, S . A. R . 35

]AlliES EDW.\ RD KELLEY, s~merville, Mass. (27930). Great-grandson of Aaroll Kelley, private, Capt. Timothy Langdon's Company Mass. Militia.

ERYIN FAXON KEliiP, Chicago, Ill. (27614). Great'-grandson of Thomas Fnxo11,

private, Col. David Wells's ~~ass . Regt. and other service.

ARTHU R li!URR.\Y KIKGSBURY, Conde, S. D. (27284). Great2-grand on of

Asa Ki,.gsbllr_\' , Sergeant Conn. Militia. FREDERI CK IH.i GII KNICKERBOCKER, Salt Lake City, Utah (25996). Great•­

grandson of Reuben Loomis, Captain Connecticut Line.

RICH ARD PINK KEY LAKE, i\Iemphis, Tenn. (i\Id. 25574) . Great2-grandson of

B e11jami11 Keene, Captain Dorchester County :Maryland Regt.

JONATHAN GUY LATDIER, Chicago, 111. (27615). Great2-grandson of Jo11atha11

Latimer, Colonel Connecticut lllilitia. DON.\LD CURTIS LEACH, Portland, llle. (26068). Great

3-grandson of Isaa c

Pridham, private, Colonel Long's New Hampshire Regt. ; great3-grandson of Satha11 Safford, private, Capt. Zadock Buffington's Company l\lass. ~Iilitia; great•-grandson of Henry Somerby, Sergeant, Capt. Gideon Woodwell's detach­ment ::llass. l\Iilitia; great•-grandson of Thomas Curtis, Jr., private No. Yar­mouth Company ::llass. i\Iilitia; great•-grandson of William Prescott, Captain, Col. Jonathan ~!Ol1lton's New Hampshire Regt. ; great-

4grandson of Elisha

Cummiugs, private, Capt. James Shepard's Company Iew Ilampshire 1\lilitia; great•-grandson of Eli C11rlis, private, Col. Theophilus otton's Mass. Rcgt. ; great'-grandson of Sam11el No)•CS, Jr., private, Col. Edmund Phinney's Thirty­third )lass. Regt.; great<-grandson of Sam11el No)•es, Captain, Col. Edmund

P hinney's Thirty-third Mass. Regt. ::IIARVI N HARRISON LEWIS, Louisville, Ky. (26597). Great•-grandson of

Aaro11 Lewis, Colonel of \Vashington County Virginia Militia; great3-grandson

of Jol111 So11th, private Virginia Militia, Kentucky Division, Capt. John Hol­der's Company in i\Iadison County, Ky., near Boonesborough, June 10, 1779; great

2-grandson of James P . Barnett, private North Carolina Militia, pensioned.

ROBERT BALLANTINE LITTELL, Summit, N. J. (26854). SupplementaL Great2-grandson of Nathaniel Bou11ell, Jr., private Eastern Battalion Morris

County New Jersey Militia. EDWARD LOUIS MACWITHY, East Orange, N. J. (07511). Incorrectly given

"Macurthey" in October Bulletin. Great'-grandson of Peter W)•ckoff, private, Captain Stout's Company, CoL Jacob Hyer's Middlesex County Regt. New

J ersey Militia. W ALTER VALEN "McDUFFEE, Springfield, Mass. (27931). Great

2-grandson of

Daniel McDuffee, Captain, CoL Stephen Evans's New Hampshire Regt. FREDERICK II. MAciNTIRE, Philadelphia, Pa. (27148). Great

2-grandson of

Jesse Uaclntirc, Second Lieutenant Third Hampshire County Regt. Mass.

Mi litia. LEWIS FREEMAN McLAUGHLIN, Geneseo, Ill. (17546). Supplementals. Great

2-grandson of Comfort Freema11, Sergeant, CoL Jacob Davis's Mass.

Regt.; great•-grandson of Nathaniel Walker, Lieutenant Fifth Worcester County Regt. }.fass. lllilitia; great2-grandson of Elka11ah Li·11col11, Sergeant, Col. Isaac

Dean's Mass. Regt. CA::IIERON MAcLEOD, Westwood, )lass. (27774). Great2-grandson of Natha11iel

Cto111, First Lieutenant, Capt. )loses Harvey's Hampshire County Company

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JOHN LACEY ROB¥, Salt Lake City, UtaJt (25995). Great"-grandson of Ezekiel Fla>rders, private, Capt. Peter Kimball's Company, Col. Thomas Stickney's Regt. New Hampshire Militia.

WAL'l'ER M. ROGERS, Michigan City, Ind. (Ill. 27623). Great'·grandson of Jo/111 Allen, Captain, Col. John Waldron's Regt. New Hampshire Militia.

ALONZO BAILEY ROOT, Springfield, Mass. (27933). Grandson of Joseph Root, First Lieutenant, Colonel Chapman's Regt. Conn. :\1ilitia; great-grandson of Timothy Root, Captain, Maj. Elisha Sheldon's Regt. Conn. Light Horse.

FRANK TAYLOR ROWLAND, Greenville, Ill. (Pa. 27146). Great'·grandson of Henry Rowland, private Third Lancaster County Battalion Penna. Militia, 1779; great'·grandson of John Mitchell, private, Capt. James \Vright's Com­pany, Col. John Stevenson's Penna. Regt., 1778; great'·grandso n of Robert M1<rdock, private, Capt. Jonathan Jones's Company First Penna. Battalion, 1776, Col. John Philip De Haas.

JAMES WILLIAM ROWLAND, Franklin, Pa. (27144). Great-grandson of Henry Rowland, private Third Lancaster County Battalion Penna. Militia, 1779; great-grandson of John Mitchell, private, Capt. James \\'right's Company, Col. John Stevenson's Penna. Regt., 1778; great-grandson of Robert Murdock, J>rivate, Capt. Jonathan Jones's Company First Penna. Battalion, 1776, Col. John Philip De Haas.

WILL.\RD J.\COB ROWL.\ND, Pittsburgh, ·Pa. (27145). Great'·grandson of Henry Rou•la11d, private Third Lancaster County Battalion Penna. :\Iilitia, 1 779; great'·grandson of John Mitchell, private, Capt. James \V right's Com­pany, Col. John Stevenson's Penna. Regt. , 1778; great'-grandson of Robert Jlfurdock, private, Capt. Jonathan Jones 's ompany First Penna. Battalion, 1776, Col. John Philip De Haas.

S.niUEL DURHAM ROYSE, Terre Haute, Ind. (27708). Great-grandson of Solomon Royse, private and Indian spy, Capt. John !!inch's Company, Colonel Tlarret's Maryland Regt.; great'-grandson of Joseph Dickson, private Eighth Cumberland County Battalion Penna. :\Iilitia.

HENRY J .\MES SCOTT, Philadelphia , Pa. (27r47). Great'-grandson of Da<·id Knott, :\Iember of the Committee of Obsenration at Shrew bury, New Jersey.

BENJ.\;\U, NORTON SCUDDER, JR., Xewark, N. J. (27786). Great'-grandson of Tim othy Jayne, Captain First Northampton County Battalion Penna. :\lilitia.

EUGENE TUTTLE SCUDDER, Newark, N . J. (27787). Great'-grandson of Timothy JaJ•ne, Captain First Northampton County Battalion Penna. Militia.

HOW.\RD ,\LLEN SHEDD, ew York, X. Y. (Ohio 27733). Great•·grandson of Oliver Shedd, private, Col. Jonathan Reed's Mass. Regt.; great"-grandson of Ebcnc:cr Farley, Lieutenant, and great'·grandson of BeJJ,jamin, Farley, private, Capt. Reuben Dorr' Company, Col. \\'m. Prescott's ;\fass. Regt and in Xew Hampshire 1\Iilitia.

:ME.\D Z.\CCIIEUS SHELDON, Altamont, N. Y. (27636). Great'-grandson of Jonatltau Sheldon, seaman, 1\fass. service, prisoner on prison ship at Rhode Island, exchanged 1777.

FREDERICK WILLL\~1 SHORT, Chicago, Ill. (2781o). Great'-grand on of Daniel Kellogg. private, Col. Kehemiah Beardsley's Regt. Conn. :\Iilitia.

ELI.TOTT S~!ITJI. New Rochelle, N. Y. (27638). Great'·grandson of Joseph Tit co mb, private, Capt. Moses Newell's Company Ma s. Seacoast Guards.

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) Great·grand-;on of Le1•i l \RLOW S~IITH, Springfield, ~lass. (27936 ·

FRED I ' . t Col George Williams' Mass. Regt. Harlotv, pnva,.~; . R Providence, R.I. (z7r8s). Great3-grandson

WI TFIELD SCOI f SOLO;\ION, J ·•• h Philadelphia County Battalion Penna. of Marti" Sense,.del"fer, pnvate Fourt

Militia. ( 6 ) Great'-grandson S V \R~U:\1 STEPHENS, Jacksonville, Fla. 20 9' .

PIIIXEHA ' • ' L" t Colonel Bridge's ~[ass. Regt. of Ebcnc.=cr Varnum, teutenan ' ., Creat3· randson of

FRANK FILL~IORE STOOPS, Chattanooga, Tenn. (-7901). p nna g Militia. Joseph Sherer, Captain Fourth Lancaster County Battalion e . -

CI. Ill (27811). Creat•-grandson of Ebene.er WALLACE ST_REET~~· 1 '~alg~, 's Regt. New Hampshire Militia.

Streeter, pnvate, o one s 1 ey G randson of Dau iel ' ,E WILKINS SWIFT, Seattle, Wash. (27249_)· reat·g

GEORG . C 1 el Nicholas's New llampslllre Regt. lf'ilsoll , J)nvate, o on N H ( 393) Great'-grand,on of

D-\\'ID .\R'fiiUR T.\GG.\RT, Manchester, . f . f:;,. of. Chester New IJamp-.. Jfaft/te7.t' Forsaitll, Chairman of Commtttee o a . '

shire. ) Great:l.grand~on of - TON CR.\IGIIE.\11 '!'H \TC!:.:.R. Chicago. _I_ll: (2;624 .

BUR . d tain North Carolina 1\Ilhtla. Robert Cratgiiea ' ap y (N H.

2• 376). Supplementals.

GEORGE JL\L.:iEY THOMPSON, Brook!!"• .S . d. Ul te0r Countv Regt. New

f 1 b • Halsev pnvate econ -Great'-grandson o a e. f- s·l-- liS Halsey private First Orange County York )[ilitia: great:J-grandson o z ,all . ,

Regt. ::-lew York i\Iilitia. Ridge, Ky. (26592). Great-grand-ARCIII!l .\LD EUGENE 'J'H0:\1 01\, Lincoln · f a coating

N Jersey :.\lilitia and Captam o son of John ThomsOH, Jlrivate ~ ew

sloop, pensioned. Great'-grandson of Wi//ium

JoliN ~IORGAN TIPTON, s1 ringfield, Ill. (27625). . d

. ... . C 1 Richard Parker's Virginia Regt., pensiOne . . . T1ptou, pnvate, o. C cat- randson of Be~rjamin TIS-

MARK N. TISDALE, utherl::'· Or~. ((2;s::P)~nd::t) ~ompany ;\fa'". i\lilitia. d I . te Capt Isaac I hayet s n

o e, pnva • · · kl N y ( 27830) Great'-grandson FREDE:RIC PERCIV.\L TUTJIIL~ •. Br~o /;~ C~un;y Reg!. New York ~filitia.

of James T11thill , Jr., private 1 htrd u o G d 1 of Edward LE 0 k p k Ill (278ot). reat·gran so•

EDWIN ORLANDO VAl .~?. a ar", .dson of Wilson Ro,.•soll, Jr., private, Vaile, private 1\lass. ~lllltla; great--gra_n_. Cat>l. Robert Taft's ompany Mass. :\fihtla.

N DOREN East Orange N. J. (27798). Grcat-grandgon Clf.\RLES LUTHER VA .

1 ' S~merset Co~nty Xew Jersey ~lilitia; great-of Abraham Vall Dore>I, pnvate I Ad" t lt Brevet Captain, Second Xew grandson of Luther f!alscy, Regunenta JU 31 ,

Jersey Battalion. ) Great'-grandson of ABR.\:\[ GR.\NT \ '.\N I!OUTE~, ~ew~r.k, ~"<~~~~n~27~~~v. Jersey State Troop,.

Jollll Speer, Lieutenant, Captam raig s o ) Creat~-grand-AN IIOUTEN Newark, N. J. (27794 ·

!lERTlFRT WHITFIELD V : . • C N w Jersey State ~ son ... of Jolw Speer, Lieutenant, Captalll Crazg s ompany e

Troops. . N J ( 96) Great'·grand-G'"'ORGI' \' \N \\"ICKLF \'OORIIEES. Somervtlle, ' . N. 277 . ~lilitia and

'' ' ' • • )l"lvate Somerset County ew Jersey . son of LJtcas Voorhees, I of Stef'hC>I r·au r'oorlues (father of Eva), pn\•ate minute man: greatZ-grandson New York State :\lilitia.

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.\LEX \XIlER Rg~ISOX \ f J \',\LLING, Newark, N. J (,-- , • o ol/11 Stillr<'cll Quartcnnaster F•rst ~!on no th-- ( ' . ,, g.). Great--grandson ::\iilitia. · · 1 u ounty Regt. New Jersey

.\LOXZO PAIGE \\'ALTON S I 4

,1

, c 1encctady N y ( • 76 ) G • . n·nt · ' ebic, pri\'atc Second Alban C ' . . - so . real--grandson of

CJI.\RLES A. WARREN Cl' y ounty Regt. Ne"· Vo•·" Militia. f

1 • 11cago, Ill. (24131 ) s 1 . ,

o ames Warren drumme C I J . upp emcnta. Great'-grandson J FRO ::'liE TH0::\1AS ~VEBST;~ ~~·· onathan Brewer's Mass. Regt. .

Webster, Sergeant J\fajor \Vh't ucalg,o, ~II. (27802). Grcat'-grandson of David

IL\RRY ::\TUSSINA ~ELLIVER •;o;n' sOklcw Hampshire Rcgt. Tf'clher, First Lieutenant Tb.' d uBsa, a. (23075). Great'-grandson of .411

\\ " ucks County Battal' p

lf,LI.\::\1 PARKER WHITNEY C . •on cnna. Militia. F d , h1cago Ill ( 278 ) G rce om Chamberlain Capta'n c I s· J • OJ . reat:'l-gr=tndson 0

CIL\RLES JUDSON W;LLIA::\~ ' o. •meon ~ary's 1\Iass. Re""' son of Herudon H S, JR., Jacksonville, Fla. (,oo tin ental State Tro:pr:lsond(andG ::\Iary Murphey), Capt in

un er eneral Greene i T h grca~-grandson of Archibald Murphey, nloncl ~ o•rt~ t

g,ra·n· son of John Farrar~ Captain Nonl rv' ' I lllhp Ta_,•lor, Captain Sixth Nor•h C ro "• R•

Gr at ra roHr a ( n-

.. olina; 1t a; greats.

grandson of

JOSEPH NICHOLAS WILSO T I C t · >::tnt • Ky ( ·6s94J ar er, pn\•ate Secor F ,t Ftft . . . . rcat-grar.dson of Joseph FR.\NK T. WT LO \ C! eenth V~rg•ma ll ts., pemioned.

C • IC "'" · TIJ (278tJ) Great• d .~plain, C amnl s Mass. Re~. --gran son of Daniel Eames,

".\~~ E~ BO 1 r \\'ORSHAM, Paris, lll. (2 8 ) G • ""'•CJIS Bo private N th b I 7 04 . reat--grandson of

S ' or urn er and County p J\1 ' 1' .

. \::\IUEL COPP WORTHEN E enna. 1 1ha.

G • ast Orange, N. J. ( )

real-grandson of Bradstreet G 'I . 27408 . Supplemental 'I I ' man, pnvate Capt Ja !I'll' , I amps lire :'llilitia- great-grand f S • , mes ' s Company New Safety of Lebanon' J\Ie L' t son ° C am~el Copp, Member of Committee of :\IT . ' ., teu enant, aptatn Drew's C N . '•t•a; great-grandson of Jolt~~ Blaisd II . ompany ew Hampshire Regt.; great-grandson of Joseph Good ~ ';nvate, Col. Jacob Gerrish's .Mass. Regt. wm, ergeant, Col. Joseph Storer's ::\lass.

ROI .\UIY \\'ORTl\JAN Ch' R I • Jcago, Ill (27818) G t' d •PI' eyca. prh·ate Middlesex Count .. ' J . re~. -gran son of Jacobfts

FRED PHILO WRIGHT 0 y ew ersey :'IJ•htm. W . I • swego, N y (2-829) G •

ng II, pril'ate, Colonel Herrick's Re t. \' ' . . :e.at--grandson of Jo/m Peter Wright, Captain and Rec 't' ~ffi ermont ;\IJhtla; great•-grandson of Dennington County \'ermont ~ul\'·"g R cer Rhode Island Militia, Member of semb1y. . 'J Ja, epresentattve. in \"ermont General As-

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THE NATIONAL SOCIETY 01" THI!:

SONS OF THE AM.ERICAN REVOLUT ON President Genetal

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Organized April30, 1889 Incorporated by Act of Consreu June 9, 1906

Volume X MARCH, 1916 Number 4

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