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FREDERICK GORDO WIGHT, Oakland, Cal. (26768). Great-grandson of Jo OFFICIAL BULLETIN seph Wight, Corporal, l\Iajor Allen's Company, Col. Rufus Putnam's Mass. OF Regt. OTIS BUCKl\IINSTER WIGHT, Portland, Ore. (2758z). Great-grandson of THE NATIONAL SOCIETY / Silas Marsh, lifer, Capt. Benj. Freeman's Company, Col. Jonathan Holman's Mass. Regt., Corporal, Col. Jacob Davis's Mass. Regt. OF THI!:
WARDE \VILKINS, Newton Centre, Mass. (27443). Grcat2·grandson of Bray Wilki11s, minute man New Hampshire Militia, Sergeant, Capt. Archelaus SO NS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION Towne's Company, Colonel Bridge's Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of Thomas Organized April 30, 1889 Aikct~, private, Capt. Heman Aiken's Company, Col. Daniel Moore's New President General Hampshire Rcgt. Newell B. Woodworth, Syracuse, N.Y. Incorporated by Act of Conireu June 9, 1906 HEBER WILLIAMS, Scotia, N. Y. (27540). Great-grandson of Thomas Wil· Iiams, private, Col. Roswell Hopkins's Dutchess County Regt. New Yorlc DECEMBER, 1915 Number 3 Militia. Volume X l k Smitl sonian Jnsti· HENRY T. WILLIAMS, Schenectady, N. Y. (27541). Great-grandson of Thomas he <:ecretary General (A. Howald C ar ' Published at the office of ctober December, and March. Williams, private, Col. Roswell Hopkins's Dutchess County Regt. New York _I • Militia. tution ), Washington, D. C.. m June, 0 ' 8 at the post-office at Washington, Entered as second-class matter, ~lay 7, 190 ' HOWARD CIIESTER WILLIAMS, Easton, Pa. (N. J. 27707). Great-grandson D. C., under the Act of July I 6, I 894· of William Brown, private, Capt. Caleb Bruen's Company New Jersey Artili·
cers 2and Capt. John Craig's Company New Jersey Militia, widow pensioned; great ·grandson of Samuel Williams, private Essex County New Jersey Militia. t' by the General Officers, the THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN rec?rds National Committees, lists JOHN EDWARD WILLIS, Chehalis, Wash. (27244). Great-grandson of Henry a~ ~~~er Board of Trustees, the Executtve an o b s and important doings of Thomas, private, Captains James Neal and Uriah Springer, Col. John Gib d d of new mem er ' t son's Virginia Regt., pensioned. of members decease an h OFFICIAL BULLETIN may be u~ o DE 'WITT J. WINNE, Schenectady, N. Y. (27542). Great2-grandson of Frans State Societies. In order that t .e . the National Society archtves Win11e, Jr., private, Capt. John Scott's Company Albany County New York . tl preservatiOn m . · S t Militia. date and to msure 1e d . f the entire orgamzatwn, ta e of ; complete history of the omgs o t d to communicate promptly h t rs are reques e · JOSEPH RUGGLES WORCESTER, Waltham, Mass. (27761). Great-grandson Societies and loca I C ap e . t d accounts of all meetmgs of Noah Worcester, Jr., lifer, Captain Dow's Company, Col. William Prescott's. G 1 'tten or pnn e h Mass. Regt.; great2-grandson of Noah Worcester, Sr., Captain, Colonel Burn to the Secretary enera wn . f all notices circulars, and ot er ham's Regt. New Hampshire Militia. or celebrations, to forward coptesd ot otify hi~ at once of dates of printed matter issued by them, an o n JAMES LONG WRIGHT, New Orleans, La. (26283). Great"-grandson of Johtt Wright, private Fourth North Carolina Continental Infantry; great'-grandson death of members. 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. OFFICIAL NOTICES. 2 Mass. Rcgts.; great -grandson of Joel Wilcox, private Seventh Conn. Regt., CoNGRESS will meet at Newark, N.}., Col. Heman Swift, pensioned; great2..grandson of Richard Williams, Sergeant, T!t)l TwENTY-SEVENTH.ANNUAL 6 The National Committee on Capt. Albert Chapman's Company, Col. Samuel Elmore's Conn. Regt., and on fhe third Monday m 19: New Jersey Society are con bombardier in Colonel Lamb's Artillery; great2-grandson of John Burroughs, ~ay, ~h Arrangements and the commtttees o . I e ts The headquarters will Sergeant, Colonel Bellows's Regt. New Hampshire Militia; great"-grandson of . f ffi · 1 and socta even · Isaac Shatlitek, private, Capt. Timothy Clements's Company, Colonel Long's sidering the detatls o o eta MT Plaza and it is expected that New Hampshire Regt. be at Newark's new hotel,. the t Sttar_y fi ld 'Princeton, and to Tren- . ·1 1 d to Mornstown, pnng e • k GEORGE EGBERT YOUNG, Schenectady, N. Y. (27223). Great2..grandson of tnps wt I Je rna e . d the Revolutionary Barrac s. Rufus Price, Second Lieutenant Second Regt. Conn. Line, pensioned. ton where a tab 1et WI' II be dedtcate on f IRA PLATT YOUNGLOVE, Chicago, Ill. (27397). Great2-grandson ot Daniel ' I I- has been issued and a ew sur- Beckley, private, Captain Stanley's Company Second Battalion, Wadsworth's. THE NATroNAL YEAR BooK forE 9 ;, . Committee held for sale to d f the xecutt ve · Conn. Brigade, pensioned; great2·grandson of Nathat~ Platt, private, Capt. plus copies are, by or er 0 The Year Book, 402 pages, Elijah Botsford's Company Sixteenth Conn. Regt., Colonel Beardsley. members of the Society at fifty cents eac 11. 2 OFFLCL\L BULLETIN N.\'flON.\L OCIETY, S . •\. R. 3 contains the usual list of offi f S cers o tate Soc· t" d C the Declaration of Independence, and the Secretary General was re proceedings of the Portland Congress dd Ie Ies an hapter ' the · · • a resses at Portland ba quested to inform the chairman of the committee that it is authorized and at t pa notic meeting and banquet at San nquet to continue that work under the same joint committee as heretofore. of new members enrolled from May I I I ~rancisco, and pedigrees :Mr. Wentworth, chairman of the Committee on Organization in the 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 West, reported on progress made and suggested the importance of . an ; ranc1sco meetmg on tl "O · . securing the interest of leading men in the work of the Society. E vo Iution of the United State Fl " 1e ngm and mailed, or at rs cents each fo: s~ agji at 25 cents. each for single copie },!!r. Henry, chairman of the Committee on Organization in the Middle at expense of purchaser. pp es ordered m bulk and forwarded 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 MINUTES OF ME~TOIVEGMOF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. results have come through co-operation with the Daughters of the BER 29, I9I5. American Revolution. The attention of the committee was called to the plan of operations in Michigan, where several Chapters have been A meeting of the Executive Committ f . the Sons of the American R I . ee o the National Society of organized, the State Society being practically placed on a Chapter basis. President General was held etvothutioUn, . duly. called by direction of the The fact that 300 members of the State Society resided in Detroit and F'f ' a e mvers1ty Club F'fth1 only about 50 in the remaining parts of the State naturally resulted I ty-fourth street, New York Cit • avenue and in a feeling throughout the State that social activities of the Society at I0.30 o'clock a. m. Present. py, ?dn MoGnday, November 29, 19!5, . . . res I ent en era! New 11 B W held at Detroit were primarily of benefit to the Detroit members only, wor tl 1, pre 1dmg ; Mr. R. C. Ballard T e . ood- bert M. Henry of Michigan M EI hruston of Kentucky; Mr. AI and that the "State" Society was in fact, if not in name, but a local Chancellor L Jenks of Ill" '. r. d; mer M. Wentworth of Iowa. Mr Detroit affair. To remove this condition, the Detroit Chapter was . InOIS, an Mr John Le d M '11 . organized, membership in which was optional to State members residing J ersey, members of the com 'tt . I . . nor ern of New F p d 1111 ee • a so VIce-President G 1 H in Wayne County. This Chapter levied its own dues of $2 per annum . un erson of Massachusetts T G enera enry of 'ew York, ex-Presidents G~ne ret~~e~ eneral John H. Burroughs and took 0\·er the conduct of all social functions in Detroit formerly Morris B. Beardsle•· of C t' ra wm · Greeley of Connecticut given by the State Society. including monthly meetings during the o onnec 1cut Mose G 1 p • Massachusetts, and Cornelius A p I s ree ey arker, M. D .. of winter season. The State Society continues to hold but the one func Louis Annin Arne of the Em ir~ ugs ey ~f. New York; President tion-the annual meeting and banquet-and it is the intention of the Moore U S N · . p State Society. Commander John H State Society to hold this at different cities throughout the State, as • · · ., v1ce-c 11a1rman of Comm 1'tt A . · the Society grows in strength. When it became understood that the Aliens, and Secretary Gener 1 A H d ee on mencanization and floor was extended to tho a . owar Clark. The courtesy of the Detroit member were no longer using the State Society as a local Ti e present not members of tl . Society, the outside members began to evidence a willingness to co 1e minutes of the meeting of th . le committee. read and approved. e committee on July 2!. rgrs. were operate which had not previously been manifest. Five Chapter haYe been organized: Detroit, 227 members; Grand Rapids, 38 members: Tihe SPre~ident General made a statement as to Ann Arbor, 21 members; Mt. Pleasant, II members, and Kalamazoo; o f t 1e oc1ety. the present condition and another Chapter is being formed at Marquette. The Secretary General reported on the w k . . the completion of the Nat' y or of h1s office, mcluding Yice-President General Punderson, chairman of the Committee on wna 1 ear Book for I • A · · Organization in ew England, reported that he had been in corre r,soo copies of the book was P . t d h 9 I::>. n edition of made of about 6•o copie . bnn e ; t e usual official distribution was spondence with members of that committee, particularly as to what · · ::> s • a out 700 copies wer d d effort are being made to increase membership through the formation ,S ocieties and Chapters and tl . e or ere by State • le remamder are held f 1 of local Chapters. In I9I3 three Chapters were organized in Maine per copy, as directed by the Exec t' C . or a e at 50 cents . . . u 1ve omm1ttee. at Rockland, Lewiston, and Waterville. It has long been the practice, M ,.r. Merrill, Y!Ce-chairman. of th e M emona· 1 Committee, reported on in order to arouse local interest, to have a Vice-President for each pro,.,re s made m preparation of a memorial volume to the Signers of county in that State. ew Hampshire has but one Chapter; Vermont OFFICI.\L BULLETI::>r X.\TIOX.\L SOCIETY, S ..\. R.
none; Rhode Island 4 and Co . :\Ir. Jenks, chairman, and Commander Moore, vice-chairman, of the Chapters, two of the:n ;ecentl chnnecttcut, 7· Massachusetts has r- Committee on Americanization and Aliens, reported on the general suc formed.. That Society has unJer arte.red, ~nd two more will soon b~ cess attending the work of that committee, particularly in the prepara of further payment of annual d con;tderatwn a plan for the abolition tion of aliens for naturalization and in inaugurating impressive cere definite number of years. The ut~sta~ ter memb~rs have paid for some monies at court when the oath of allegiance is administered to new citi American Revolution in N E membership of the Sons of the zens. Leaflet No. 2, on Naturalization, and No. 3, the Constitution, are ab t ew ngland on Ap ·1 ou 5 per cent being new during th . n I, I9IS, was 4.0I2. in greater demand than ever before for use in night schools. of 6.szs,ooo this is about one m b e precedmg year. In a population The President General called attention to the urgent need of teach dre M em er to I 626 me n. assachusetts, with half its ' . n, women, and chi t- ing aliens to speak the E.nglish language, that they may more rapidly parentage, has one member in 2 P?Pulatwn ~f foreign birth or become real Americans, and described special efforts being made at able record of one member to e~:o, while .Connecticut has the remark- Syracuse to that end, the city's alien residents numbering some 8,000 In behalf of the C . 95° of Its population. ommtttee on Orga · t. . unnaturalized adult males and some 6,500 non-English-speaking and 1ruston reported tl t d . mza IOn 111 the South M Tl 1a a etermmed effort ld , r. 5,200 illiterate persons. present season to arouse greater i . wou be made during the President General Woodworth co-operated with the Chamber of Com- Southern States. nterest m the Society's work in the merce and the National Americanization Committee of New York in Mr. Thruston, chairman of the C . adopting a new method of reaching every non-English-speaking person plan of operations for promot' o~mt.ttee on Education, outlined a in every section of the city. Forty thousand hand bills were printed in letters from members of th mg p~tnottc education and read several five languages-Engli sh, Polish, Italian, Yiddish, and German-which Mr G e committee sugo-est' . - : eorge A. Brennan, principal f o mg vanous activities. read: Chtcago; suggests as follows: o the Van Vlissengen School in :Hake Syracuse an English-speaking City.
I I. 'W_e should see that Unit . Go To NIGHT ScHoOL AT ONcJ>. 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 Can you speak well? o the nation, the life of th more tudy gtven to the general e Do you want to be an American citizen? an~ ~i r usefulness, etc. Hi~~~i;e'mst~~;Ibs of gdrea t. patriots, inv~~~i~~~ Do you want a better job? -· . e s 11ould make more f . . e rna e a 11ve. It is hard to get a job in America without Englis.h. JVdshmgton's Birthdays, LexingfatnJ:5tc days, su~h as Lincoln's and n ependence Day Yorktow D on ay. Memonal Day Fla D Go TO NIGHT ScHOOL AND LEARN IT. ~es~ are celeb rat ~d by the Chic?'' and Thank.sgiving Da'y. Jost a:f Pick out the SCHOOL N!lAREST YOU in the list at the bottom of this page ~h~~i~~tnanaf}ts~~:~~~~~ ~k~spa'~hi~~:~Y~:hr~7/~~i~n ~o~i~t~c~~t!b1ra~~! and go there AT ONCE. p r.P'! n ot1c days. r soctettes m celebrating The Chamber of Co111111Crce Bulletitl says: 3· atnot1c songs * * * Tl . V~~istf·d for gene;al u e a booke o?h~~~g? loard of Education has '·These hand bills were distributed in factories, plants, homes, churches. schools, libraries, and offices and on the streets and at meet tssengen School E,·er 5 h I . no IC songs as sung in th somselected . numb0 er of A mencan· · patnottcY ~ · O.ur commtttee can urge the Soci was a question asked in IO,ooo neat folders distributed among the day ~~Y~~i~~ ireadc~ing a busine.ss-like pa~~o~s~~~rsobo ~o mohre person311 111 school pupils and in the libraries. 'Take this card home; it will tell • oo aw-makers, 111 trainino- eymg t e laws, .eves1 to put our country in a state fo our people, and preparing our- them where to go to learn English' was the admonition, and inside the o proper defense. folder the parents were told in five languages to 'Attend the free public 6 7 OFFICI.\L DULLE'I'I N ,\1'IONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. . is not forgetful nor ungrate night schools. If you learn English you can more easily get a job and Jd that it may be shown that. Amenca r of need. It is the ear~Jest can get along better in America. Go to the school nearest you at once • v~~ ~~ those who befriended her 1l1 hftipf~~uch sympathetic expressiOnS School principals impressed upon their pupils how important it was fo~ ffort of the clearing-~ouse to ~o m~ssed into history numberless mel~ parents to keep up with the same spirit of America with which the ~hat when this consumldngl jar -~~ ~ndure that may be r~calle~ by t e younger generation was being imbued. Hospitals doctors, and immi · f assistance an Je P WI A · s with sat1sfact10n. grant bankers got in line. The four foreign-langu~ge newspapers, pub FJeS ~ p~ople with gratitude and by md;dcanAII sums will be put to lished weekly in this city, carried news items and announcements of •ren~ e rou > donations of mo~ey are nee of .America, to perform some the location of the public night schools and interested their readers in use. Will you help us, m for the French people? other ways." go~~ f grateful remembrance an ~h~F£ri~ndship acto Very truly yours, ]AM£5 R. BARBOUR. Commander 1\Ioore, of the Committee on a National Archives Build ing, reported on the need of certain legislation in preparation for plans, t d that the balance on hand May Treasurer General Burroug_hs reporNe her I7 $r 703.66; disburse- and the President General outlined certain procedure to advance the - ,:.,... 2 · rece1pts to ovem ' ' . . d- work. 14 I9IS, was $ ~>9"'..1-4 , b 17 $5 552-50 includmg $rso.so Cl e ' "', !20 58. balance Novem er ' ' ' Mr. Merrill, chairman of the Committee on the Washington Guard, ments, '~'"+• · • ited to the Permanent Fund. . I k of the committee to the Treas- reported a form of Constitution, which was adopted, subject to the epted w1th t 1an s . approval of a committee, consisting of the President General, the Sec The report was ace ' . t the National Society. retary General, Mr. Merrill, and Judge Henry Stockbridge, appointed urer Genera~ for his able serv~ce~a~ard Thruston presented to the So- with power to act. Past President General ~- . . the Permanent Fund, a $r,ooo . · t the mvestments m C "tt e ciety as an ad dJtJOn o . h k of the Executive omml e Mr. Merrill, chairman of the National Committee on Arrangements ' b d The unammous t an s for the Twenty-seventh Annual Congress, at Newark, . ]., reported / 5 per cent on . ton for his generous gift. were extended to Mr. Thrus $8 000 invested in bonds and progress. A proposition to hold the Congress on May 28, 29, and 30 was The Permanent Fund now aggregates , considered, but the sentiment of the Executive Committee was against $150 so cash at interest. t. t the resolutions adopted at it. Approval of arrangements for the Congress was deferred, to be de . G al called atten wn o f Ed The President ener . f t the Commissioner o uca- termined by the Executive Committee through correspondence. with re erence o . h the Portland congress . ate the resolutions, w1t accom- Mr. Burroughs presented the following letter from the American uested to commumc h. "d Relief Clearing-house. It was voted that the appeal be commended to tion, and he was req . f tl United States for IS consl - panying exh1·b· 1ts, t_o the. President o Je the attention of individual compatriots, and that the letter be printed in the OFFICIAL BULLETIN. Contributions to the cause may be forwarded cration and investigatiOn. d ian of the President General to Mr. John H. Burroughs, Treasurer General, S. A. R., rs William The committee approved the propot~e p uitable action toward accom street, New York City: 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 AMERICAN RELIEF CLEARJ NG-HOUSE. ington City for the preservatiOn ~ gov scattered and in danger of destruc_twn. ted that the President Gen- (Comite Central des Secours Americains.) b M Punderson It was vo f the On motion Y r. . ' h State Society a copy o ommumcate to eac d C PARIS, November 2, 1915. era! be requeste d t o c d , dopted at the Portlan on- l\11-. JoHN H. BURROUGHs, · n "prepare ness, a f M following reso1 ut10n b M Nathan Warren o assa- Treas11rer Gelleml, Sous of the A111erican Revo/utio11, New l'orlt. ° gress on July 20, 191 5• as offered Y r. d d to adopt a s1m1· · 1ar reso- DEAR Sm: Between the years Iii6 and 1781 France brought to Amer h h State be recommen e . t ica, during her struggle for life and liberty, aid not only with arms and chusetts, and t at eac f h mmunity on that 1mportan fleet, but with the great sum of 45,000,000 livres ($8,167,500) . T oday, lution expressing the sentiment o sue co in her turn, this same France is defending from the foreign invader her question: . t" in Congress lands, her homes, her life, and her liberty-the very things she helped f the Amencan Revo1 u 10n, h us to win. Resoh,ed, That the S ons. 0 r a stem of preparedness on t. e 5 The American Relief Clearing-house, in the name of America, is assembled, indorse the senJihent f~le an~ the guarantee of peac~ With striving to convey, in a genuine spirit of sympathy, such expressions of part of the government an t e ~~ 0. and policy of our RevolutiOnary aid to the French people in their dark hour of stress as it is enabled, to honor, in accordance with the tra ltlOns ancestry. 8 OFFICL\L BULLETIN NA'fiONAL SO IETY, S . . \. R. 9 . On . motion by Mr . J en k s, chatrman . of th C . co~!)1IT1'EE ON ORGANIZATION (PACIFIC).-Wallace McCamant, Chair tzat!On and Aliens ' the f o II owmg. resolutionse ommttteed on Arne ncan-. man, Northwestern Bank Bldg., Portland, Ore.; Hon. Overton G. Ellis, "YV"he:eas there have been is . were a opted: Olympia, Wash.; Rawlins Cadwalader, M. D., Schroth Bldg., San Fran ~a~~fe~ ~~ differet?t par~s of tt~e~:~~~ b~e to time and. are in circu cisco, Cal.; Walter D. Wynkoop, Mountain States TeL Co., Denver, alien for :::t~:a~~~z:1 ctttzens, such publfcati~~:~l:e~~ pnmers on the Colo.; Hon. Eddy Orland Lee, Salt Lake City, Utah; Hon. William citizenship; and t on and to hasten his prepare. the amalgamatio~ f~t Wallace McDowell, Butte, Mont.; Judge George R. Craig, Albuquerque, Whe~eas, also, such publication . o Amencan N. Me:x.; Frank G. Ensign, Boise, Idaho; Hon. Albert D. Ayres, Reno, ~~~ sub;ects discussed and the autl~olr~~; o~nlffi{f!lity ?f. presentation oi Nev.; Dr. Charles A. Van der Veer, Phceni:x, Ariz.; Arthur Hedley Whereas, also the B o eta ongm and sanction; I Labor has loaic~ll d ureau ?f Naturalization of the D Doane, Cheyenne, Wyo. tion into Am"' . Y ~n. essenttally the care of th r epartment of CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (WEST).-Elmer M. Wentworth, Chair Resolved Th~~~htttBenship: Now, therefore b~ lt ten and his indue- man, Des Moines, Iowa; Kossuth K. Kennan, 1017 Wells Bldg., Mil Labor be ' d e ureau of Naturalizaf ' f 1 waukee, Wis.; Charles H. Bronson, 48 E. 4th St., Saint Paul, Minn.; ~he7ra?~t~1:~1:~~~~b~[~~ee~;r·tif~b~~~~fi~n~;siY~n~s ,~i~n1l!~~J~~f;b~: George F. Rich, Grand Forks, N. Dak.; F. M. Mills, Sioux Falls, S. 1 0 Dak.; Herbert M. Bushnell, Lincoln, Nebr.; A. K. Rogers, Topeka, th~eU~~:~' Jt~~~sa ~~~Y Sof ~h~~sr~sof~ ;j0 ~ b;t;:~t at~d t~~ ~ fudhe~red Kans.; Capt. E. D. Hadley, Des Moines, Iowa. House of Represe~tatives.ecretary of Labor, and the Speak~~t ;£\~! CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (MIDDLE STATES) .-Albert M. Henry, Chairmau, 1201 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit, Mich.; Louis A. Bowman, .An .additional appropriation of $ tnbutmg the Natio 1 y 400 was voted for printing and dio. Room 1333, 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.; Edward L. Harris, 67I9 Th S na ear Book. • Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio; Robert H. Tyndall, 2014 N. Meridian St., e ecretary General was d" t Thruston on the "0 . . tree ed to furnish the address b Indianapolis, Ind.; Thomas Stephen Brown, IIOI Berger Bldg., Pitts · ngm and Evolution f th U · Y Mr. tn pamphl~t form, reprinted from the· N ? e mted States Flag." burgh, Pa.; John R. Weeks, 756 Broad St., Newark, N. J.; Frank St.J. Sidway, Buffalo, N. Y.; Col. George A. Elliott, Equitable Bldg., Wil 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 mington, Del.; T. M. Maynadier, 2I7 W. Lafayette Ave., Baltimore, Md. (The committee and othe CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (NEW ENCLA ND).-Henry F. Punder the guests of the p "d r compatriots present at the meeting were son, Cha·irma11, 2I Riverview St., Springfield, Mass.; Frank E. Wood The b . rest ent General at lunch ) . re emg no further business the . t" ward, Wellesley Hills, Mass.; Wilson H. Lee, New Haven, Conn.; a d;ourned. , mee mg then, at 4-45 o'clock, Rev. Howard F. Hill, Concord, N. H.; Philip F. Turner, 48 Exchange St., Portland, Me.; Arthur Preston Sumner, 639 Grosvenor Bldg., Prov / A. HOWARD CLARK, idence, R. I.; Frederick S. Pease, Burlington, Vt. /-..r ·' Secretary Gellera/. CoMMITTEE ON ORGANIZATION (SouTH).- William K. Boardman, ' ATIO AL COMMITTEES. Cumberland Tel. and Tel. Co., Nashville, Tenn.; John B. Hundley. lat. Bank of Ky., Louisville, Ky.; Neal M. Leach, New Orleans, La.; N In . the Octobe r 0 FFICIAL BULLETIN tJ at!Onal Committees appointed b the lere. was announced a list o f Arthur B. Clarke, 39 Merchants' Nat. Bk. Bldg., Richmond, Va.; Henry ber rs. Since that date th f lly . Prestdent General up to Octo- L. Bryan, State Dept., Washington, D. C.; Wilber H. Young, Austin, been made·. e 0 owmg additional appomtments· ha ,.e Texas; D. R. Luttrell, Oklahoma City, Okla.; Clement Blount, Pensa cola, Fla.; Fay Hempstead, Little Rock, Ark.; E . A. Harrington, Greens Co)IMITTEE.-. Prof W C A boro, N. C.; Dr. Edward Carroll James, Richmond College, Richmond, ~IORIALa d G E · · · rmstrong Ed Iidft. . , n en. dward E. Bradlev . , ward Hagaman Va.; Col. Chalmers M. Williamson, Jackson, Miss.; Gen. J. W. Whiting, JOint .committee to co-operate wit!. are contmued as members of the 93I Government St., Mobile, Ala. the Stgners of the Declaration of\ tl~ree members of De cendants of CoMMITTEE ON AMERICANIZATION AND ALIENS.-Chancellor L. Jenks, a memorial volume of the Signers. n ependence m the preparation of Chair111a11. Suite JIOI-4, 30 N. La Salle St., Chicago, Ill.; Commander ll 1£'1'\' S \ R. IO OFFICIAL BULLBTIJ\' ~.\'1'10.\'.\L OC · ' · ·. A-t' clcs of Con federa- John H. Moore, U. S. N. (retired), Vice-Chainuan, The Wyoming. . the anniversary of the signing of the I I Wa hington, D. C.; Thomas Stephen Brown, IIOI Berger Bldg., Pitts s~on bwa~he thirteen original State:. - . held in Festival Hall, when ttOn Y · t. exerctses \\ et e · · pre burgh, Pa.; Samuel Judd Holmes, M. D., Burke Bldg., Seattle, Wash.: h fternoon patno tc 'd t of the Exposttton, - Judge Harvey F. Remington, Rochester, N. Y.; Rev. Frederick S. Pen In t e a C ker Vice-Prest en S f the Compatriot Wi~::o~;tio~ocmedal was presented top~~~ Eor; ~dams. fold, Racine, Wis.; Edwin S. Crandon, Evming Trauscript, Boston. . ded A com . . I speakers were : . . . ff Mass.; Edward M. Hall, Jr., Engineers' Bldg., Cleveland, Ohio; Alfred st . . Revolution. The pnnctpa G Charles A. Woodru ' Amencan . d Neutrality," and en. Coit, New London, Conn.; Dr. Samuel Denham Barnes, Honolulu, H. T. "Washmgton an d the Flag" on S A. on "George Washington an t Co~lmittee of the Sons of ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP, OCTOBER I TO NOVEMBER U.U~on ~he invitation of thed~~ra~=:~~esrs of the American R~vol~ JO, I9I5. 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 The~e was enrolled by the Registrar General from October I to Cali,fornia Building from 9 to d b t of all the special "days a .' e of the largest an es November 30, I9IS, a total of I6S new members in 26 State Societies, twn was on . as follows : Colorado, 4; Florida, 8; Illinois, 44; Indiana, 3; Iowa, I ; Kentucky, 6; Louisiana, I; Maine, I; Maryland, 4; Massachusetts, IS; Exposition. d tl following officers: Pre t- C PTER has e\ecte 1e M · Herbert l\!ichigan, I; New Hampshire, 2; New Jersey, I3; New York, 27; TnE SAN DIEGO HA . . First v/e-President, a)Or . Ohio, 6; Oklahoma, 2; Oregon, I; Pennsylvania, 6; Philippines, I; d t Ernest Claudius Htckma~' p dent, Charles Shubael Curle~ ' enF, N G C .. Second Vtce- re en 'F klin Pierce Reed; Hts- Rhode Island, 5; South Dakota, 2; Tennessee, I; Texas, I; Utah, 3; R •ay, 1 . . ' W . ht· Treasurer, •ran M l I · \11 Henry ng ' W'k ff Ross; ars 1a . Virginia, 2; Washington, s. Secretary, • en M D . Registrar, Pete 1 ° · Fred Baker, · ·' d tonan, . U s. A., retire . VDOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES. Capt. Roger B. Bryan, . . . . through its five local t' tes its acttvtt1es, The Colorado Society con Int. C I do Springs, Greeley, anc1 ])he Arizona Society has issued notice of an oratorical contest, open F rt Collms, 0 ora · d 'th other Chapters at Denver, o St t Society not affiliate WI t6' the members of the senior and junior classes of the high schools of ' . M mbers of the a e Arizona, on one of the following subjects: Grand JunctiOn. . e . he one at Denver. I8 r. America's opportunity to help or influence the nations of the Cha ters are assoctated wtth t ver Chapter, on November . world. A~ the monthly meeting of th~ Dend address on "Medical Prac- Compatn. ot J ames p . Willard" dehvere an 2. Our nation's relation to the Latin-American republics. 3· Opportunities for patriotism in times of peace. tice Today and Yesterday. . d with IS members, on Local contest will be held under the local school authority, and THE GRAND J uNCTION CHAPTER ~vas or~:~~~\;resident, Charles Lin- winner of each local contest will be invited to come to Phcenix for a 6 d elected the followmg offi . . W E Page Orchard October I an . . Vice-Prestdent, · · ' M · Public State Contest. coin Nichols, Grand JunctiOn' . ..< easurer Charles B. Rich, 533 am The prizes at this State contest will be $20 and $Io in gold re Mesa Grand J unctwn;· Secretar) -1 r ' spectively, each prize to be accompanied by an appropriate medal. stree;, Grand Junction. . f th Board of Managers, The committee in charge of the contest is President Roy H. Thomas, · At a meetmg o e H ., The Connecticut Soclety. N vember 24, Capt. Clarence . Secretary Charles A. Van der Veer, and ]. R. Jenkins of Phcenix. 1 0 held at the Hotel T a ft • New Haven ' onand John M. Parker, J r., of Hart- The California Society participated in the celebration of "George Wickham, Senator Louis R. Cheney, f Bridgeport, Gen. E. S. Greeley, Washington Day" at the San Francisco Exposition on November IS. ford Judge Morris B. Beardsley o ppointed a committee for the Col. ]. C. Currier was chairman of the Executive Committee, of which and 'wilson H. Lee of Ne"': Ha~en;;~~c~pal Art Society of Hartford Mr. William H. Crocker, Dr. J. Mora Moss, Mr. W. ]. Dutton, and State Society to confer wtth t e ld C'ty Hall in ew Haven. other compatriots were member . Secretary Thomas .'\. Perkins and relative to the preservati~n of :h~h~ me~ting wa the appointment of other compatriots served on the Continental Ball Committee. The occa- Another important actton o 12 13 . OFFICL\L BULLET! NXriON.\L SOCIETY, S . . \. IC Wilson H. Lee a d G Morris B. Beardsl:y ofen. ~eorge H. Ford of New . urgent appeal for a return to the old principles of individual honesty a Revolutionar at . Bndgeport a committee Ha, en and ] udge in busin ess, politics, family, and religion. Capitol for a s~a~u/~~t to the Commission on th:os surgest the name of The meeting was the first which the Society has held this fall, and The meeting ope dlere. cu pture at the State the member "·ere the guests of President Sloper at the dinner which t~le Hotel Taft at J;~:n after the members of the bo preceded it. About 250 members attended. Secretary Charles G. Stone tJon from Bridge . A vote was taken of ard had lunched at reported that the Chapter now has 3o8 members and a balance in the ton's Birthday atp~:t ~embers to hold the annu~~c~ptance of the invita of Hartford was ap; . ~tel Stratfield, Bridgeport a~quet on Washing treasury of $s6r.42. the vacancy caused b om ed a member of the Bo .d arry R. Wi ll iams /The District of Columbia Society held its regular monthly meeting of Hartford ] d y the death of the late M ar of ;\1anagers to fi ll on No,·ember 17, when Rear Admiral C. M. Chester, U. S. N., retired, of th N . . u ge Beardsle ayor Edward W H President of the Society, appealed to Sons of the American Revolution e atJOnal So · t Y gave an account f h · ooker Th cJe Y at Po tl d o t e Ann I C to be ready at all times to stand for true American principles, and e following com . .r an ' Oregon, July I ua ongress urge d the supreme importance of adequate national defense against all United Sta t es: mumcatJon has b een sent to the9, 20,p. and'd 2I · Th B J esJ ent of the who may threaten our country. He introduced the following resolu- e oard of M ~merican Revolutionan~gers of .the Connecticu . . tion: d4, ~9r~, appointed th~ u~d m.eetmg held at Ne! ~ociety, Sons of the R esolved, That we, members of the District of Columbia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, are in hearty sympathy with, and B~:rdo ot~.he ~~~tddfo~t~te:r~h~k~ean c~;P~!~ti~~ito e~;~~~sot~ ~~vp~~s~~ will give our best efforts to support, the policy of the government as toJ;:d silmt and wisdome~st~h~l~ national defe~~e on the part of the represented in the statement of the President of the United States: · 1e problems v h · ounders of · "\V e feel justified in preparing ourselves to vindicate our right to inde ~l~e:rbicularly desirabl: i~ 1lthonfronted them a~~hegby~rhnmfent,. directed pendent and unmolested action by making the force that is within u: een expended t . e ~resent world . . Jr. o this nati ready for assertion." ;:;;~ d~~ b;,;'~~;,j;•~;;e!:o~~~h';",~,~~ "E~~:;~~:;,,;;;;::• ;:;,d !h':"i~ .\ dmiral Chester spoke convincingly and at length in support of the kinde recent experience ofmong Jts most ardent ecl~~ho .formerly dif- above resolution, asked its consideration, and moved its adoption. Col. . ness and lo,·e cann peaceful peo les ampJons. Gilbert C. Kniffin and Commander John H. Moore heartily seconded 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 . the motion and the resolution was unanimously carried. e s ble sings of a b:~Joyment of those right~me strong means are :;~ The Empire State Society held its regular meeting on October 19. existence we believe . eficent government and .. We have had the ri at the Waldorf-Astoria. New York City. at which the names of 23 ~~;~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 new members were read and those present were introduced to the com ~~~~1 ~~nht~tion of those bl~~!i~la;sed \V offer sacrifi~:!nifttc understanding patriots present. The budget for the expenses of the coming year was 1 unanimously passed as presented by the Finance Committee. T he President announced the names of a committee to represent the ~~h~ch n~~::~~:)~~?Jed~~e~:~~t~~~iR WISe are sure to be t~~~r . t~.e~t~.~alb:~~~~~ri\IS Jme to guardi:! a I~~c;s;~;f'ta:~r . presenta-o~ espectfully submitted se It. gamst the evils 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 Pr 'd WILSON H L EE, est ent, Connecticut So CJetj•: S A R vote at the next election. On motion by Compatriot Joseph M. Bacon. SEnJOUR C. LooMIS EARNEsT c· 's IJI.!PSON.· · . it was voted that the Society put itself on record as being in favor of Cltair111a 11 of c' . l\JoRRI B B Olltllllf/ee preparedness, and that a committee of three be appointed to draw up a · · EARDSLEY. . resolution to that effect. The motion was enthusiastically approved. THE CoL. ]EREMIAH W and the committee, Col. Oliver B. Bridgman, Joseph M. Bacon, and at the residence of p . ADSWORTH BRANCH held . George H. Griffin, prepared and presented the following resolution: ber 28, and all 't ffi resident Andrew ]. Slo . Its annual meeting · l s o cers per, Ill Hartf d mg was an address b J were re-elected. T he chief . or ' on Octo- Resoh·ed, That this Society is heartily in accord with the sentiment y udge George D Aid e\ ent of the meet as expressed by the President of the United States in ad,•ocating a · en of Bos t on, who made an- N.\TIONAL SO IETY, S. A. R. 14 OFFICL\L BCLLETI:-\ of the necessity of the nation's preparedness for the protection of our more a<;lequate army and nav ' f r h and whtch shall command the) o t e proper defen e of our cou territory and institutions. stand for the upholding of tl res,pecdt of all nations. We at all t.ntry, On the evening of December 3, 1915, the Society attended the Vita- request th t C le 1an s of the p ·d ' tmes of th. a ongress, realizing the feelings a rest ent, and earnest!; graph Theater, New York City, to witness the photo-play "The Battle •s country at large, will act acco d' I s expressed by the people r mg Y and \\'tthout delay Crv of Peace." The Daughters of the American Revolution joined with the Sons and occupied the entire lower part of the house, making The resolution was adopted unanimous! an . . . to be sent to the President of th U . Y d coptes of tt directed a party of nearly 400 persons. the city. Compatriot Col. John ~ ~/:ed States an? the daily papers of Gov. Charles S. Whitman of New York became a member of the Valley Chapter made . . . ooman, Prestdent of the Moha k . ' a rousmg patnotlc add f w Society on December 3, 1915. co atton was served. ress, a ter which the usual II THE RocHESTER CHAPTER, at its annual meeting, on October 18, h On Ocrober 30 th e s octety· presented to f . elected the following officers: Presiden Charles E. Ogden; Vice t e New York State Nautical h I one_ o the pnze winners of President, W. H. H. Rogers; Secretar)I(Raymond G. Dann; Treasurer, graduating exercises held . I c oo a pair of binoculars at the John Howe; Registrar and Historian, Col. F. Judson Hess; Chaplain, 'd ' 111 t 1e rooms of tl M · · ' P rest ent Louis Annin Am k' le £ arttlme Exchange Rev. Melville R. Webster; Managers, Edward R. Foreman, William J. On October ?9 a "C't' mg the presentation speech ' - 1 1zens11pesl~a R · · .McKelvey, Edward D. Putnam, and Frederick W. Yates. at the Adolph Lewisohn -Stad· e~eptwn to First Voters" was held A talk on national defense and the organization of the regular army York, under the general ausp :urn of .~;e College of the City of New was given by Capt. Frederick W. Heinrichs, Jr., and a report on New York." President Lo . lAces ~ he League for Immigrants of events at the Annual Congress of the National Society at Portland, · C u1s nmn -\mes tlve ommittee of Citizensh· D C. '.as a member of the Execu- Oregon, was given by Judge Harvey F. Remington, the retiring presi- t' 1P ay omm1ttee d h ac lve 1Y 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 dent.For the next few months the Chapter will devote special attention to t . . ea ers he prog · 1 pa notlc airs by the People' Ch . I . ram mc uded singing of work among the foreign-born, taking up the idea of spreading th( the progress of American sd ora of 350; motion pictures of Umo~ knowledge of English among recent immigrants. t h e tfe. of Washington and Aemocracy . ' L mco 1n •s G ettysburg address cit' 1 h' menca-the land f ' TnE CoL. CoRNELIUS VAN DYCK CHAPTER of Schenectady on N ovem . tzens tp ceremonies, with address b F . o peace and plenty; ber tendered a reception to President General Woodworth on the SIOner of Immigration. welcome Y. redenc C. Howe, Commis 2~ the City of New York and ddby Prestdent Mezes of the College of occasion of the visit of the Liberty Bell to that city. President George was read from Preside~t W'l a ress by Adolph Lewisohn. A Jette; C. Moon of the Chapter appointed on the Liberty Bell Reception Com R. L~uis F. Post, Assistant Se~r:~~~ . Addresses were deliYered by Hon. mittee Compatriots Alonzo P. Walton, Charles H. Huntley, F. Mitchel, Mayor of New York p \ ~f _Labor, and Hon. John Purroy 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 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. Bell, "A Silent Sacred National Relic," was delivered by Rt. Rev. Mgr. J. L. Reilly on Sunday, November 21. On December 1 the Chapter Hotel, New York, on Saturda~~~~:~i~vas held at the Waldorf-Astoria held its regular quarterly meeting, at the rooms of the Historical was by Chaplain, Frank Oliver ovember 20. The invocation ~he Ha~· Society, Gen. Charles L. Davis, Vice-President, presiding. A paper by President Louis Annin A G '_D. D .. and address of welcome was read by Compatriot Charles H. Huntley on "The Melting Pot." were given by P~esident Gen;r~l N e~ve~~~~s from the National Society General Mrs. William Cu . . Woodworth, and President THE YRACUS£ CHAPTER participated in a most enthusiastic reception D h mmmg tory present d aug ters of the American ReYolut' e greetings from the of the Liberty Bell on November 24. It was chiefly through the efforts :;renry _A. \Vise-\Vood, member of :~;· , Addr~s es wer~ made by Hon. of President General Woodworth, President of the Syracuse Chapter, Amenca: Its Policies ancl Def ,c.Hs. :\a\T Advisory Board on that the journey of the Liberty Bell was routed through part of 'ew "Th enses . o J 0111I S , on e P litician in America, c1 H n. a~· les of Buffalo York State. Sixty thousand persons viewed the bell during its stay Treasurer General of Persia on, .. ~n . on. \V. Morgan Shuster, late in Syracuse, and the ovation there accorded that historic relic is said ' · atJ()nal Common Sen'· e"· nAJJ spo k e 17 lo OFFICL\L BULLET!:'\ NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. to h_ave been the greatest .t . contment "Th d t recetved during its . offered the invocation. Addresses were made on "A Message from States still I e I emonstration showed that 'f JOurney across the Revolutionary Days," by William Mather Lewis, Mayor of Lake For demonstratio~a:veas learts that are capable of d~te tzens ?f the United est; "Activities of the Sons of the American Revolution," by President man of the M 'one of ~entiment only." Mr. vJ senttment, for the General Newell B. Woodworth, and "Present-day Responsibilities of G . ayor s commtttee on tl . oodworth was chai reat mtere t has b 1e receptiOn. r- American Citizenship," by Ron. William J. Calhoun, former Minister of r een aroused in S a tens, as described yracuse in the A . . of the United States to China. National Exec t' C on. a previous page in m. t mencamzation Twenty members of the Board of Managers met President General ( u tve ommtttee. mu es of meeting of Woodworth at luncheon at the University Club on October 19, when The Hawanan ·· Society N brief addresses were made by Compatriots Jenks, Noyes, Stone, Lau- portant matters Th on ovember 6 took actio t the study of . . e first was the promotion of a n oward t:vo im- man, McClary, and Woodworth. th~ The annual business meeting of the Society was held, at the Audi- high-school age I San? duties of citizenship to Stimulate }f::s a~:~;me torium Hotel, Chicago, on December 3, in commemoration of the ad American Revoiution octety _has decided, with the D yohung folk of on b' co-operatmg to ff . aug ters of the mission of Illinois into the Union. About 125 members were present, gro:pss~/~t conne~ted with citizens~i;r ;,~e;tesl of ~rizes for essays including a considerable group of new members, some from down-State . oney pnzes each t . . P an ts to off communities. The following officers were elected: President, Henry 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 W. Austin, 47 Lake street, Oak Park; First Vice-President, Fred A. h e o ered to pup'! h e rst group fo · h Smith; Second Vice-President, Hugh S. Magill, Jr., Springfield, Ill.; igh-school grades .of th ~ s "! o are attending the high hr etg t Secretary, Louis A. Bowman, Room 1333, 30 N. La Salle street, Chi ad;~ntage of studies in ci~ics.erntory, who are supposed to s~aovo~s t~~ cago; Treasurer, Henry R. Kent, Fort Dearborn National Bank, Chi cago; Historian, George A. Brennan, 24 W. noth place, Chicago; o e second group, also of ei ht 1. r:;I:~ ~~h~o~ng folk of high-:cho:r :;: ~h~he same value, will be Registrar, James Edgar Brown, 1253 Conway Building, Chicago; Chap of the y Mo sC. For these persons, Paul St I aCr~ _not attending the lain, Rev. John Timothy Stone, D. D., Chicago; Sergeant-at-Arms, . · · · A., will off . ee e, thzenship s m order that th . er spectal courses of I ecretary Ernest F. Manrose, 3045 N. Western avenue, Chicago. for such e) may have a chance to r ectures and classes The report by Secretary Bowman reviewed the activities of the year, . an essay prize. It . d . P epare themselves to ' the twenty-fifth year of the Society. One hundred and fifteen new as posstble of ts estgned to inte compete .alien descent w~oung folk in this subject, esp:c~s~I as large a number members were enrolled, a decrease of 30 as compared with the year preceding, due to depressed conditions of business. The present active Regarding the o~;ig~~c~sft~~s have not specialized ainy Aa;~~~g t_hose of -of the H .. ts movement D S tcamsm. roll is 1,o65 members, a net gain of 100 during the year. . awawm Society, says: ' r. . D. Barnes, President The Board of Manager~ held eight business meetings, usually at- tended by 20 to 25 members. At the headquarters a library is main . Thts !~latter of instruct" .. m thebl tdeals of A menca. mg ·new · Ctltzens and ct·t· tzens f ,. tained readily accessible for reference on all business days. The -pro em of increas· . n ctttzenship has lo b o a ten descent It has weighed hmg .tlmportance. ng een recognized as a Springfield Chapter had several celebrations. The Oak Park Chapter held one of the most interesting banquets in the eleven years since its all over the count/.avt Y o~ the minds of the S zens and citizens ~f cal?patgns for the instructins and Daughters and organization, when addresses were delivered by the State Society -patriotic societies L ahen parentage have be on of naturalized' citi President and ex-Governor- Deneen. This Chapter has continued its General Thruston. ur ~st wmter we received ~n I s~arted by these two effective work of increasing interest in the study of American history met and decided to t 'f:n~ us to embark on tl 11. .e ter from President a e tt up. 5 Important work. We by the students of the grade schools by awarding prizes for excellence in work in writing essays upon themes relating to the American Revo- /The nrmots · Society h ld . Auditorium Hotel Ch' e tts annual Yorktown Da b· lution. attendance of 27 , tcago, on the evening of 0 t 0yl anquet, at the A number of organizations in Chicago have made use of the National 7 members and c Jer 19 \Vt.th Society leaflets in the education of immigrants and their preparation en k s, presided a toast master guests.Ch 1 · The President• Chancellor, anL. J . ap am John Timothy Stone. D. D., for naturalization. I9 NATIONAL SOCI"E:'l'Y, S. A. R. 18 OFFICIAL BULLF.TIN While we do not believe in fostering a belligerent spirit nor peace-at Tl_,e pnnctpal· · address at the annual me . any-price idea, yet we believe in educating our young men in the art of Pohsh descent-Mr. John S Sl .b. k" ct!ng was by a young man of war and to be trained, prepared, and willing to face any emergency when Chicago-upon "Polish p .f . Butler; Directors, the President and the "Star Spangled Banner," or strains taken from it, and to encourage, Oscar Holmes Tripp, and Ar . Secre~ary and ]. Walter Strout on all appropriate occasions, the rendering of the national anthem as a read the letter of General K~:t~ Ste~e.ns Littlefield. Col. E. K Goulet separate and distinct feature. 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 The Massachusetts Society Board of Managers held its monthly •Jske's account of that memorabl , n r. erry read the historian e event. meeting on Kovember I2, at Springfield, as the guests of Vice-Presi dent General Henry F. Punderson, President of the George Washing The Maryland Societ has . hart, Aubrey Pearre Jr YE aSppoSmted Layton F. Smith, J D Igle ton Chapter, and in the evening attended the meeting and dinner of h ' ., nas tockb 'd . . - na an, Jr., as a committee to . n ge, and John H. K Shan- that Chapter at the Nyasset Club-house. The attendance was the largest . f secure the co . socie Ies, fraternal and business . . -~peratwn of all patriotic the Board ever had. Addresses were made by Pre$ident Frank E. a more dignified use of our nati~nga~mzat~ons m the city and State for Woodward of the State Society, Vice-Presidents Charles F. Read and ner.. Over fifty organizations were an . em-the Star Spangled Ban \Vebster Bruce, Secretary Herbert W. Kimball, Historian Genera! meet111g held at the Belvedere H t 1 notified and sent delegates to a Philip Reade, and Cha,Plain Rev. Lewis W. !-licks. Mr. Punderson was a ~opy of a bill to be introduce~ ~n ot~ De_cember 8: At this meeting toastmaster. On November I3 the Board was entertained at Northampton by the actiond was unanimously end orse d and thee City council. was read · Th e cee. and to notify the National Soci committee empowered to pro- Seth Pomeroy Chapter, so members and guests attending a dinner at action be taken by th S . . ety, recommending that · .1 Hoyden's restaurant. Dr. F. H. Smith, President of the Chapter, pre . . o er tate Societies Th b'll1 . s1m1 ar City ordmance, is as follows: · e • 111 the form of a sided. Addresses were made by President Frank E. Woodward, Vice President General Punderson, Lieutenant Governor Calvin Coolidge, S£CTION r Be it ord · d That the "Star s ame b·y the mayor ond cit · George W. Cable, and others. the same shall nofb~gplld Bdai~ner" o~ any part thi'r~~fmctl ulf B_altimorc, .\t a patriotic service in the Unitarian Church on Sunday, ovember or at b · aye 111 the city of B 1 · or se ectlon from 14, Chaplain Hicks preached a sermon suitable to the occasion. In the hall, or in an/ in any Pi!blic place, r:s~~ufaunthco:ntef~ainment! :hr:a~:e ceremony of trooping the colors, the reveille was sounded by Gen. 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 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 represent ~l~e aP~~~~s?~n~e~ft1~ryP~ft ;~~~ree~~Yo~:C!~~ii;J;o~ ~he ~=n:~ta; P1f;~d ing the original thirteen States was brought in by a detachment of 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 soldiers. more than one hundred dollar:Is Ictwn of this The Massachusetts Commandery of the Washington Guard is being fully organized, and a diploma (13 by IS inches) has been prepared for Under section 2 of the bill th . theater, etc., permitting m .. e owner, proprietor, or manager of issuance to members, to be signed by the President of the Massachu like penalty. · usicians to perform as above ~· s su b')ect an\' tn setts Society of Sons of the American Revolution as Honorary Com mander. The diploma bears portraits of George Washington, Samuel It will be recalled that the National • . . !alo Congress, May 2, I908, on m . Executive Committee at the Buf- Adams, and Maj. Gen. Henry Knox. I:ed the President General to co:~on_ by Co~mander Moore, author THE BosToN CHAPTER met, at Young's Hotel, on October 30, the Clans and music publishers urgin t~mca_te With associations of musi 2oth anniversary of its organization and the rssth meeting of the Chap played by orchestras and bands g . at m the medleys so frequently ter. Addresses were made by Compatriot George Ernest Bowman and ~o-~ any part of it should be includne~th~ th_e "Star Spangled Banner" other former Presidents. At the rs6th meeting, on November 20, a :1 ge at _once acted under the fore . . residen~ General Henry Stock paper was read by Compatriot Marshall Putnam Thompson on "The t / Amencan Federation of Musici=~~n~ aut~onty and at a meeting of Struggle for American Independence in the House of Commons." a ter, the following resolution was ado~t:~~ 111 St. Louis shortly there- THE FRANCIS LEWIS CHAPTER. Down to August IJ, 191S, Norfolk Resolved That th · County, Mass., the home and final resting place of two Presidents of bers of th~ Am . e 1eaders of all bands and o. from all medley~n~~;e~e~erJ;ion of Musician~.cl~~~tr;s, who are mem- the United States, had no Chapter of the Sons of the American Revo- y ands or orchestra d eques~ed to omit 5 un er their direction f 22 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 23 lution, when a charter was then granted to Isaac Newton Lewis of l\1 AI er Capt. J u IIan. G . Dickinson,. . Harry H Walpole for a Chapter, called by him "the Francis Lewis Chapter of A Janes Capt. Fred · g ' . C McMath Wtlham H. · Oscar · ' II . · FranciS · ' 1 • 11 Walpole, Mass.,'' in memory of a Signer of the Declaration of Inde tt William P. - a Ins, S Homer E. Pars la ' pendence. l\[ Jewe , . F d ick S tearns, . . H~Itton, Jerome H. Remtc~, . re ernd Alien Campbell; Patriotic ~eg~s- On October 19, by invitation of President Lewis, the members of the E noch Smith, Henry P. WilhamDs, aJei·ome James Turner, Fredenck f. S"bl y James · ' Board of l\Ianagers of the Massachusetts Society were guests of the lation, Frank C . I e '. 1 d Harry H. Conant. e H B1 s 10p, an · h b t Chapter at the celebration of the fall Field Day. On arrival at East Harward, J erOltl . R "d n Iovember 9, Wit a ou Walpole, the visitors proceeded to the high school in Walpole, where THE KENT CHAPTER met, at C?rand F::~e; ~mbassador T. J. O'Brien the whole school turned out and sang patriotic songs. Mr. Lewis read embers and guests attendmg. . . l·n particular the Japanese,. them an account of Cornwallis's surrender, and President Frank E. 40 m · 1 " d1scussmg f ~po I .. )I' .\TIOX .\L SOCIETY, S ..\. R. 25 24 OFFICIAL BULLETIN - b en active itL presenting fl_ags _to the di~- Doctor Parker (I9II), and Mr. Thruston (1913, 1914)-President The Oregon Soctety ha e h'ch have J. urisdictton m naturalt- 1 tilieS~~w 1 ili Henry of Michigan, President Jenks of Illinois, Mr. Wentworth of ferent courts throug 1~U . d t 1fcCamant presented the flag to ~ Iowa, and Mr. Merrill of Executive Committee, Historian General Pier zation proceedings. rest en ~ October 28. The flag was presente son, and Secretary General Clark. The reception was attended by more Polk County Court at Dallas o . I t . the Federal Court on October than 200 members of the New Jersey Society, including delegations by Compatriot Wm. D. Wheelwng 1re~:nted at Eugene by Compatriot from Chapters at Elizabeth, Orange, Newark, Ridgewood, Summit, and 30 and the same day a flag was _P 't Court for Lane County. On Morristown. H ~lmu s W. Thompson to the ClrcuOt on City to the Circuit Court fl resented at reg h 0 n The guests were welcomed by President W. I. Lincoln Adams, master November I a ag was P C N !\Ic-\rthur of t e rego Congressman · · - h of ceremonies, and President E. Allen Smith of the Newark Chapter. f Clackamas County b Y c· 't Court for Multnoma Of t d to t 11e !!'CUI - Mr. John Lenard Merrill led in the pledge of allegiance to the flag as Society. Six flags were presen e .,... ·ember 2. The presentatiOn · l'ff t departments, on •' 0 ' · A L the national colors and the banners of the State Society and Chapters Count\', in tt c t eren . l f the Oregon Soctety: - . were brought to the front and saluted. Before the supper brief speeches was ~adc by the follo,~ng ~~e;~,~~~u; Gen. Chas. F. Beebe, E. D. were made by Compatriots Woodworth, Thruston, Pugsley, Parker, Mills, Robert T. Platt, - . and other guests of the evening. Mr. Woodworth said that one of the Baldwin, and M. C. Geor~e. l d'fferent counties presentations wtll be menaces of the country today is racial influence upon community life. ·' s the courts convene 111 t 1e I l . l has J. urisdiction of nat ,., . erv county w 1tc 1 h He declared all else save that having the spirit of Americanism should made until every court 111 _ev - fl The flags were secured thro_ug be eradicated, and that foreign customs and speech have no place in our uralization i presented wtthh a. ag. f the Committee on DecoratiOnS . B E Sanford c atrman o national life. He said he believed absolutely in the declaration of Pat Compatnot · · 'f 'lk ith hand-embroidered stars. rick Henry: "I am not a Vit·ginian, but an American." He declared at the Congress, and are o st . ;~at "the most gratifying feature _of that we need not only mental but physical preparedness, and we must President McCamant repo_rts h' l are receiving from the dtf- ever be on our guard if we are to be true to our heritage. the incident IS. t I1e co-ope rattan w IC 1 we the flag in naturaI' 1zatton . . . Tl ey all agree to use . · "Are we proving ourselves worthy descendants of noble sires?" asked fcrcnt circtttt JUdges. 1 k the naturalization proceedmgs tn i\fr. Thruston. "Are we advancing our patriotism as we should; our proceedings and to ende~vo;, to ma e . real love of country? I think not. We want strong, virile men to up the future more impresstve. l No,•ember 3 the naturaltza- ' t at Sa em on ' · hold that which the men of '76 fought for. We do not want war, but I In Judge Galloway s cour , . , , the men who swore allegtance el do not believe in peace at any price." tion ceremony was v -)' tmpressl\i e, as b t'ful silk flag presen t e d \)v - d b eath the eau t [ Tne PARAMUS CHAPTER met at Ridgewood on October 4. President 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 Cornelius Doremus presided, and an illustrated lecture was given by Hammond. In concludmg hts speec Mr. Burton H. Albee, ex-President and Secretary of the Bergen County Historical Society, who is an authority on "old-time" Bergen County, Galloway said: . b for noble impulses. and has a fine and large collection of views of the landmarks of old This emblem stands for the best tiT~ ~~ho: f~dividual in w!lc;>Se ~le a rt Bergen that still exist. Among these is the old John Zabriskie home for that which is good a~d ;:ue. for law and order, for CIVIC vt _r~ue : stead at New Bridge, on the west bank of the Hackensack River, and 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 prospen . takes us back to the Revolutionary days. At the close of the war the hfe, of peace an w _ • 0 fl • true meanmg. . 5 New Jersey legislature presented the house to Baron Von Steuben in In· an unfailing dev~t10n_ to our f a~s and calling our best tmpul es \0 recognition of his services during the Revolution. It afterward passed -Let u . then, lookm~ mtof tts d citizenship. Its rich red ~epresen ts into the hands of the original owner. 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 ° The Ohio Society. The Western Reserve Society met, at the Hollen fixed in their field of blue n~a e ~it , . den Hotel, Cleveland, on Nevember 29, when patriotic addresses were the calm strength of harmonJ.?us ut 1-~~ the oath of allegtance, and to delivered. December 7 the Anthony Wayne Chapter met at the Boody To you, my friends, who ave t ~~u to realize and feel that you are, Hou-se, Toledo, when Compatriot Andrew ]. Snell gave an account of those who wish to _d_o so, \7 t~:~reatest nation on earth. You are not the Annual Congress at Portland. and aspire to be, ctttzens o OFFICIAL B LLETIN NA'l'IONAL SOCIETY, · A. R. . 1 d of the Frank L. Strong Machin- and cannot be German, French. English, or any other hyphenated ~r .1 He ts now lea the taking o £ l'v am a. American citizens. You are simply citizens, possessing all the rights and privileges of any other citizen, whether native or foreign born. ery Company . "d t is associate professor of Oriental History The new en hili ines. The Hon. Thomas Atkins The Oregon Society has published a pamphlet containing a list of Vl~e-Presl S~r_eet in the University of the p PP "tt of the government for compthng members and the sermon on "Ancestry and Family Ideals," delivered is a member of the Code Commt passed since American. occu by Chaplain John H. Boyd, D. D., on Sunday evening, July r8, at the I~~ands and readjusting th_e l~ws of Ithe H L Noble, again elected Regtstrar- meeting of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revo t. n of the Ph!ltppmes. 1- r. . . d . ember of the Faculty lution. 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 r The Philippine Society held its annual banquet and meeting, at the f the University of the Plu tpp:_ne . L a Province. Mr. Charles o . I . l Los Banos agun . I t Army and Navy Club, on the Luneta, Manila, at 8.30 p. m., on Saturday, College of Agncu ture a h fi c·amara de Comercto n er- October 23, 1915. Lieut. Col. Ernest Hinds was the honor guest. Prof. K. Bradbury is a member of t e rm .\ustin Craig delivered an address on "The J nfiuencc of America in nacional de Albay. . ll d 38 members since it organization, the Orient," in which he sa id : The Philippine Soctety has enro e . \ntecedent to the Revolution by a few years, in 1762, Great Britain in I9II· . 1 meeting at Nashville, on captured Manila. Then the Filipinos found a government more free The Tennessee Society held tt~ annuffia . Pre~ident Edward A. and efficient than that of Spain. In 1784, three years after the sur d h followmg o cers. ' W render of Cornwallis, the American flag was first seen on a merchant October r8, an~ electe. t e . d t for East Tennessee, Maj. John . vessel which stopped at Manila on the way to Canton. These events, Lindsey, Nashvtlle; Vlce~Prest e~ t for Middle Tennessee, Jas. N. with the American trade which had grown up, especially with Japan, Faxon, Chattanoog~; Vtce~Prestf e; West Tenne see, William Lawson notably at Nagasaki, after the middle of the nineteenth century, made Cox, Cookeville; Vtce-Prestdent mo K Boardman, Cumberland Te~. and 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 Wilhoit, Memphi.s; Secretary, W W. E. Metzger. Nashville; Registrar, Tel. Co. Nashville; Treasurer, . p f St George Sioussat, Nash- American consuls have died in the Philippines, the monument to one ' 1 '11 H stonan ro · · D all have seen near the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Jose Rizal's John C. Brown, N as lVI e; t ' D D Nashville. Surgeon, r. writings show how he and others were attracted by the democratic ville· Chaplam, · R ev. J as. I · Vance' · ·• ' ideas of the new world. So the Philippines were, to a great extent, Paul' De Witt, Nashville. . fi st of $ro and the second already prepared for the Americans in I8g8, for they had seen them 1 It was decided to offer two pnzes--:ttt1e bry pupils of the different before, had heard of them more often, and so welcomed in their advent ers to be wn en · · 1 a better era and the actual existence of democratic government. The of $s-for the b es t pap S f Tennessee on a htstonca . · · · the tate o Filipinos are much more able to as imilate its ideas as a part of the educational mstl~utwns m b . the Ex~cuth·e Committee. United States than many suppose. subject to be dectded upon ) . . f the d n the occasion of the vtslt o The Society elected the following officers for the ensuing year: The Utah Society was honore o t f former Governor Heber President, Frank Lee Strong; Vice-President, Austin Craig; Registrar Libertv Bell Committee by the appomtmdetf1 o1er President Hon. C. P. Treasurer, H. Lawrence Noble; J\,fembers of the Board of Manager , . . Edd . 0 Lee an orn A-f. Wells, President ) . Official Committee of seven to_ we_l~ome Charles K. Bradbury, Edwin Bingham Copeland, and the Hon. Thomas Overfield as members of the B 11 the occasion of their vtstt to Atkins Street. The Hon. Charles S. Lobingier, judge of the United the committee in charge of the e ~n d the Bell during its stay of States Court for China at hanghai, was made Honorary President 100 000 people v1ewe d - Salt Lake City. 0 ver • Tt and civic parade ha as t1 s in remembrance for his untiring work for the Society. The Hon. ix hours in Salt Lake, and tl~e m~.arJ1ester Wallace, U. S. N. The Thomas A. Street was elected delegate to represent the Society at th e marshal Compatriot Lieut. Step 1Cn I "lmd 1 1 ia Official Committee was next Annual Congress of the ~ational Society. invocatiOn. at t 11e b anque t lo the p 11 aJ e P 1 Episcopal B1shop. o f Ut a h · · t Rt Rev Paul ones, . f The new President, Frank Lee Strong, is a veteran of the Civil War, rendered by Compatno · · p d Congress by the electiOn o . h ed at the ort1 an . f having served in the Charleston blockade. He was educated at Phillips The Soc1ety was onor . of Salt Lake Ctty, as one o Academy, Andover, Mass., and, having passed the examination for civil Compatriot Samuel Culver Park, :\fa)Or engineer, was detailed with Admiral Dewey's fleet, and was present at the Vice-Presidents General. 29 28 OFFICL\L DtJLLETIK :-1.\TLOX.\L SOCIETY, S. A. R. 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- IN MEMORIAM. / . u s or consideratiOn of th · esta Ishment and erection f . N . . e Importance of the hi hA:\C llo\'1' DE~ED1CT 1 District of Columbia Society, died November s, _1915. may be preserved and prot~ct;~ s~~~~n~J ~~C~Ives Building, in which CHARLES Aucu~ TUS BovNTON District of Columbia Society, died September s, 1 ments as .may prove to be the wisd e\o and other docu utiO~ary 1915· such a building. om of Congi ess to have placed in (~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. . The Vermont Society has published it ORLA: . ·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. S.nllJEL'T BROWN IIUDDLESTON1 ' Dubhn,· Ind (2 ) C Captain Stout's Company, CoL Jacob Hyer's Middlesex County Regt. New - S c II' ~ llddleston, private Bristol County Mass. Mili~~09 . reat-grandson of Jersey Militia. 2 Rl.i SELL WE:- .\LEXf \XIlERJ Rg~ISOX \ \',\LLING, Newark, N. J (,-- , • OFFICIAL BULLETIN o ol/11 Stillr<'cll Quartcnnaster F•rst ~!on no th-- ( ' . ,,g.). Great--grandson ::\iilitia. · · 1 u ounty Regt. New Jersey 01" .\LOXZO PAIGE, \\'ALTON, S c I1encctady N y ( • 76 ) G • THE NATIONAL SOCIETY . 4 n·nt ·' 1 ebic, pri\'atc Second Alban C ' . . - so . real--grandson of CJI.\RLES A. WARREN Cl' y ounty Regt. Ne"· Vo•·" Militia. 01" THI!: f • 11cago, Ill. (24131 ) s 1 . , o 1 ames Warren drumme C I J . upp emcnta. Great'-grandson J FRO ::'liE TH0::\1AS ~VEBST;~ ~~·· onathan Brewer's Mass. Regt. . OF THE Webster, Sergeant J\fajor \Vh't ucalg,o, ~II. (27802). Grcat'-grandson of David SONS AM.ERICAN REVOLUT ON Organized April30, 1889 IL\RRY ::\TUSSINA ~ELLIVER •;o;n' sOklcw Hampshire Rcgt. President Genetal Tf'clher, First Lieutenant Tb.' d uBsa, a. (23075). Great'-grandson of .411 Incorporated by Act of Consreu June 9, 1906 " ucks County Battal' p Newell B. Woodworth, Syracuse, N.Y. lf,LI.\::\1 PARKER WHITNEY C . •on cnna. Militia. \\ F d , h1cago Ill ( 278 ) G Number 4 Capta'n I J • OJ . reat:'l-gr=tndson 0 MARCH, 1916 rce om Chamberlain c s· Volume X CIL\RLES JUDSON W;LLIA::\~ ' o. •meon ~ary's 1\Iass. Re""' son of Herudon H S, JR., Jacksonville, Fla. (,oo Gr at ra Published at the office of the Secretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Insti tin ental State Tro:pr:lsond(andG ::\Iary Murphey), Capt in roHr a ( n- tution), Washington, D. C., in June, October, December, and March . un er eneral Greene i T h .. olina; Entered as second-class matter, May 7, 1908, at the post-office at Washington, grca~-grandson of Archibald Murphey, nloncl ~ o•rt~ t 1t a; greats. g,ra·n· son of John Farrar~ Captain Nonl rv' ' grandson of D. C., under the Act of July 16, r894. I lllhp Ta_,•lor, Captain Sixth Nor•h C ro "• R• JOSEPH NICHOLAS WILSO T I C ar t er, pn\· •ate Secor F ,t >::tntFtft • Ky . ( ·6s94J . . . rcat-grar.dson of Joseph THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN records action by the General Officers, the FR.\NK T. WT LO \ C! eenth V~rg•ma ll ts., pemioned. Board of Trustees, the Executive and other National Committees, lists C • IC "'"· TIJ (278tJ) Great• d .~plain, C amnl s Mass. Re~. --gran son of Daniel Eames, of members deceased and of new members, and important doings of ".\~~ E~ BO 1 r \\'ORSHAM, Paris, lll. (2 8 ) G • State Societies. In order that the OFFICIAL BuLLETIN may be up to Bo private N th b I 7 04 . reat--grandson of ""'•CJIS ' or urn er and County p J\1 ' 1' . date, and to insure the preservation in the National Society archives . \::\IUEL COPP WORTHEN E enna. 1 1ha. S • ast Orange, N. J. ( ) of a complete history of the doings of the entire organization, State real-grandson of Bradstreet G 'I . 27408 . Supplemental 'IG I ' man, pnvate Capt Ja !I'll' , I amps lire :'llilitia- great-grand f S • , mes ' s Company New Societies and local Chapters are requested to communicate promptly Safety of Lebanon' J\Ie L' t son ° C am~el Copp, Member of Committee of to the Secretary General written or printed accounts of all meetings :\IT . ' ., teu enant, aptatn Drew's C N . '•t•a; great-grandson of Jolt~~ Blaisd II . ompany ew Hampshire or celebrations, to forward copies of all notices, circulars, and other Regt.; great-grandson of Joseph Good ~ ';nvate, Col. Jacob Gerrish's .Mass. Regt. wm, ergeant, Col. Joseph Storer's ::\lass. printed matter issued by them, and to notify him at once of dates of death of members. ROI R .\UIYI \\'ORTl\JAN• Ch'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 OFFICIAL NOTICES. Peter Wright, Captain and Rec 't' ~ffi ermont ;\IJhtla; great•-grandson of Dennington County \'ermont ~ul\'·"g R cer Rhode Island Militia, Member of The Twenty-seventh Annual Congress will be held at Newark, semb1y. . 'J Ja, epresentattve. in \"ermont General As- N. ]., May IS and 16, 1916. The headquarters will be the Hotel Robert Treat, Park Place, Newark, where the first business session will con vene, at 10 o'clock, Monday morning, May IS- Compatriot Washington Irving Lincoln Adams, President of the New Jersey State Society and chairman of the State Committee on Arrange ments, and Compatriot John Lenord Merrill, member of the National Executive Committee and chairman of the National Committee on Arrangements, announce that the New Jersey Society is anxious that every State shall be fully represented at the Congress. All delegates