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FRANK E. WIEDEMANN, Terre Haute, Ind. (27720). Great2-grandson of John Heiser, private, Capt. John Doyle's Company Sixth Regt. Penna. Continental Line. ARTHUR VERNE WIGGIN, Crawford, Nebr. (28390). Greats-grandson of Gad S11tli/f, Sergeant, Captain Buckley's Company Conn. Militia and other service.
AMBROSE SPENCER WIGHT, Spirit Lake, Iowa (28219). Great2-grandson of William Farnsworth, private Sixth Albany County Regt. New York Militia. CHARLES ALONZO WILDER, Cleveland, Ohio (28641). Great-grandson of Reuben Wilder. private, Capt. William Greenleaf's Company Mass. Militia and other service, pensioned; great'· grandson of A sa Wilder, private Mass. Militia. ARCHIBALD M. WILLARD, Cleveland, Ohio (28909). Great-grandson of Samuel Willard, Captain, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt.; great2-grandson of Jonathan Willard, private, Col. Ira Allen's Vermont Regt. LOUIS WILLIAM WILLIAMS, Brooklyn, N. Y. (28458). Great'-grandson of Jonathan Paulding Horton, Major First Westchester County Regt. New York Militia. OFFICIAL BULLETIN ROBERT LEE WILLIAMS, Governor of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Okla. (28106). Great-grandson of Jo11atltan Williams, private Conn. Troops, 1778. 01'" JAMES CAROTHERS WILLSON, Louisville, Ky. (288o1). Greats-grandson of Matthew Wil/so11, Captain Augusta County Virginia Militia. THE NATIONAL SOCIETY FREDERIC NEWHALL WILSON, New York, N. Y. (28460). Great•-grandson of Adam Wheeler, Captain Sixth Regt. Mass. Continental Line. 01'" THI!: HERBERT WINANS, Trenton, N. J. (28719). Great2-grandson of John Winafls, Sergeant, Col. John Nicholson's New York Regt. and Sheldon's Light Dragoons, pensioned. SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION CHARLES BARTON WOOD, Olympia, Wash. (27883). Supplemental. Great President General , Organi•ed Apri[30, 1889 grandson of Hezekiah Wood, private Fourth Westchester County Regt. New Elmer M. Wentworth, Des Moines, Iowa. York Militia. Incorporated by Act of Congress June 9, 1906
CHARLES ALBERT WOODRUFF, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. (28737). Volume XI DECEMBER, 1916 Number 3 Great-grandson of Oliver Woodruff, private Fourth Company First Conn. Regt. .EDWARD DAY WOODRUFF, Salt Lake City, Utah (I1629). Supplemental. 2 Published at the office of the !'ecretary General (A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Insti Great -grandson of Jesse Hotchkiss, Physician Conn. Troops, died in service latlon), Washington, D. C., in June, October, December, and March. September 29, 1776; great3-grandson of Gideon Hotchkiss, Captain Conn. Light Horse, Member of Committee of Inspection. Entt·red as second-class matter, 1\llay 7, IQo8, at the post-office at Washington, D. C., under the Act of July r6, 1894. CHARLES B. WORTHEN, .East Orange, N. J. (28867). Greats-grandson of Sam- 1tel Worthen, Member of Committee of Safety of Weare, N. H., private, Col. Daniel Moore's New Hampshire Regt. THE OFFICIAL BuLI.ETIN records action by the General Officers, the HENRY B. WORTHEN, .East Orange, N. J. (28862). Great2-grandson of Samuel Worthe11, Member of Committee of Safety of Weare, N. H., private, Col. Board of Trustees, the Executive and other National Committees. lists Daniel Moore's New Hampshire Regt. of members deceased and of new members, and important doings of MANFRED CLINTON WRIGHT, Terre Haute, Ind. (27704). Supplementals. State Societies. In order that the OFFICIAL BuLLETIN may be up to 2 Great -grandson of Josiah Wright, Jr., Corporal, Colonel Greaton's and Colonel date, and to insure the preservation in the National Society archives Jackson's Mass. Regts.; greats-grandson of Josiah Wright, Sr., private, Colonel Dike's and Colonel Mcintosh's Mass. Regts. of a complete history of the doings of the entire organization, State Societies and local Chapters are requested to communicate promptly NATHANIEL CURWEN WRIGHT, 'foledo, Ohio (28643). Great'-grandson of Nathaniel Wright, Ensign, Col. Jonathan Chase's New Hampshire Regt. to the Secretary General written or printed accounts of all meetings or celebrations, to forward copies of all notices, circulars, and other CLINTON CHAMBERLIN YEMANS, Whitehall, N. Y. (28454). Great•-grandson of Simeon Carpenter, private, C'lpt. 'l'imot}jy Busq's Company, Col. Joseph printed matter issued by them, and to notify him at once of dates of Marsh's Regt. Vermont Militia. death of members. 2 OIIFJCL\L BlJT.U:TI :\ NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 3
OFFICIAL OTICES. Certain State Societies were reported delinquent in payment of annual dues. The Twenty-eighth Annual Congress will be held at _·ashy iiJc The report was accepted and the President General, Secretary Gen Tennessee, on the 21st and 22d of 1Iay next. The headquarters wili eral, and Treasurer General were requested to take steps to adjust the be at the Hotel Hermitage, where the business meetings will be held. accounts of delinquent Societies. Among the entertainments planned will be an old-fashioned barbecue The Secretary General reported the enrolment of 750 new members to be given for the Congress by the Tennessee Daughters of the Amer~ since April I, 1916, and a present total active membership of 14,8oo. ican Revolution. Plans are being made by members of the Empire The National Year Book for 1916 was printed in an edition of 1,250 State and New Jersey Societies for special parties to begin the trip to copies, the usual official distribution was made to General and State Nashville some days in advance of the Congress, stopping en route officers, Congress delegates, and a list of libraries, and about 400 copies visiting several historic points. Details of the Congress will be givc1; were sold to State Societies, Chapters, and members. The net cost of In the next BULI,E'!'IN. the Year Book to the National Society was $r,r6o, as compared with $r,3r8 for the 1915 volume. The cost of the OFFICIAL BULLETIN for The Traveling Banner will be awarded at the Nashville Congrcs, June and October was reported as $r,r62, compared with $1,244 in 1915. to the State Society of one hundred or more members that shows the The Secretary General's report was accepted and he was instructed greatest percentage of gain in membership during the Society year to hold any remaining copies of the 1916 Year Book for sale at 75 ending March 31, 1917. cents each in paper covers and $r cloth bound. The Syracuse Banner will be aivarded to the State Society enrolli ng As Secretary of the Memorial Committee, the Secretary General I the largest numher of new members during the year, regardless of Silt reported progress in the preparation of the Memorial Book on the or percentage. Signers of the Declaration of Independence. The joint committee having the work in charge met at the Harvard Club, New York, on November 17. The committee consists of Mr. R. C. Ballard Thruston \; MINUTES OF MEETING OF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. (chairman), Mr. A. Howard Clark, and Col. George A. Elliott of the NOVEMBER 18, 1916. Sons of the American Revolution, and Mr. Charles Thornton Adams A meeting of the Executive Committee, duly called by order of the (Secretary), Judge Albert McClellan Matthewson, and Mr. Gordon President General, was held at the Hotel Martinique, New York Cit). Woodbury of the Descendants of Signers. The preparation of biog at 2 o'clock, on Saturday afternoon, November 18, 1916. Present; raphies has been evenly divided between the two organizations. President General E. M. Wentworth, presiding; Mr. Newell B. Wood Mr. Curtis, Mr. Henry, Mr. Wentworth, and Mr. McCamant, chair worth of Syracuse, N. Y.; Mr. Albert M. Henry of Detroit, Mich.; men of divisions of the Organization Committee, reported on work Mr. Chancellor L. Jenks of Chicago, Ill.; Mr. John Lenord Merrill of accomplished in their several jurisdictions. The membership is in East Orange, N. ]. ; Mr. Lewis B. Curtis of Bridgeport, Conn.; 1Ir creasing in most parts of the country, but several Societies, particularly Louis Annin Ames of New York City, the full membership of thl' in the South, need to be aroused to greater activity. The formation committee; also Mr. Wallace McCamant of Portland, Ore., and Secre of local Chapters has been of great advantage everywhere and several tary General A. Howard Clark of the Advisory Committee; and Trcas new ones are being formed. urer General John H. Burroughs. Mr. Ames, chairman. reported on the work of the Committee on The minutes of the meeting of the committee on May 17, 1916, wert Education. He slated that the Empire State Society had been instru read and approved. mental in having the public schools in the city of New York display The Treasurer General reported balance in General Fund May II. the American flag on all school days from sunrise to sunset, and had 1916, $8,JJI.03; receipts to November 14, $1,139-47; disbursements. also secured on the school day prior to Washington's Birthday, Lin $5,28o.8r; balance, $4,189.69. The disbursements include the purchase coln's Birthday, and Memorial Day a patriotic ceremony for a half of a $r,ooo 4 per cent bond on account of the Permanent Fund invest hour of the opening morning school session, and on June 14, Flag Day, ment, which now amounts to $ro,ooo in ..t. 4%, and ;:; per cent honds. an hour exercise dc,·oted to the history of the Flag and to the objects for \rhich it stand~. 4 OFFICIAL BUL1.ETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 5
Since I9IJ the Department of Education of the city of New York description of his visit to New York, see Martha]. Lamb's "History of has observed May 5 as the anniversary of the ratification by Congre the City of New York." Suitable for a reading. As guest of the 55 nation, Lafayette visited the principal cities and old battlefields, and of the Treaty of Alliance between. France and the United States, 1·n held reunions with old comrades. Congress voted him $2oo,ooo and a ord er to perpetuate and keep ahve the memory of the Treaty of Al- township in Florida (24,000 acres of land) as a partial recompense for liance between this country and France, and of Washington's friend hi s services. 1825: ] une 17, Lafayette laid cornerstone of Bunker Hill monument. Visited Mount Vernon. Left, after a q months' visit. in the Marquis de Lafayette. Mr. Ames presented a copy of Circula; the .. Brandywine." named for the battle in which he had been wounded. No. 21, issued by the Department of Education, and suggested that the 1834: May 20, Lafayette died. Executive Committee indorse this work and suggest to the various JJuoks of Referellcc: john Fiske's "History of the American Revo State Societies and local Chapters that they use their influence for a lution"; Mrs. Martha ] . Lamb's 'History of the C1ty of New \ ork''; similar exercise to be held in the public schools in the various States Guizot-Martin's "A Popular History of France"; Washington Irving's "Life of George Washington"; E. S. Brooks's "True Story of La and localities in which the State Societies and Chapters are organized. iayette"; A. H. Burton's "Lafayette, the Friend of American Liberty"; Hezekiah Butterworth's ''American Knight of Liberty" (story); James DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, 1' Hf: CITY OF NEW YORK. Otis's "With Lafayette at Yorktown" (story). Short sketches of his life will also be found in two other books in use in school libraries, General Circular No. 21, I9I2-I9IJ. Edward Everett Hale's "Boys' Heroes," and "Revolutionary Stories Retold from St. Nicholas," page I44. A definite account of Lafayette Office of the City Superintendent of Schools. in America for adults is the Hon. Charlemagne Tower's "Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution," two volumes. Yours respectfully, FEBRUARY I, 19IJ. To the Principals of Schools. WILLIAM H. MAXWELL, City Superi11tende11t of Schools. LADIES :"ND GENTLEMEN: Actin_g on the su~mes~ion of the Empire State Society, Sons of ~he Amer!can Revolution, 1t has been decided to celebrate, ~t the opemng exe~c1ses of the older children, on May 5, Mr. Ames further called attention to inaccurate statements in some I91~. the anmversary of the ratification by Congress of the Treaty of of the text-books on American history and suggested that the Execu Alhance between Fran~e and the United States in 1778, in order to tive Committee request the State Societies and local Chapters to co perpetua~e and keep ahve the memory of the Treaty of Alliance be operate in an examination of history text-books used in public schools tween th1s country and France, and of Washington's friend the Marquis de Lafayette. In preparation for these exercises I suggest a few facts of the country, and if any errors be found to write to the author or whi.ch may be helpful to you in making your program: Treaty of publisher suggesting corrections, and that a copy of the correspondence Alltance, _negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, signed in Paris February 6, be sent to the chairman of the Education Committee of the National 1778; ratified by ~ongress May 5, 1778 .. France was the first power to Society. acknowledge the mdependence of the Umted States. Aid was rendered by :france _in money, men, equipment, and fleet. Bcuefits of the French Mr. Ames further suggested that the Education Committee be au Allta11ce; Its effe_ct on England. Fren~h _aid shortened struggle. La thorized to prepare a leaflet to be mailed to the various State organiza fa)•ette m Amenca: Lafayette most distmguished of foreign officers tions and Chapters suggesting work along these lines and recommending who came to help. a course of historical reading for our compatriots. He moved that an Lafayette fitted up a ship at his own expense, loaded it with militarv stores, set sail April 26. 1776, taking with him De Kalb and eleven othe-r appropriation not to exceed $roo be granted to the Education Committee officers. 1777: Battle of Brandywine. La fayette wounded. 1778: Bat for its work during the ensuing year, and further suggested that the tle of Monmouth. Lafayette warned Washington of treachery and name of the committee be changed from the Committee on Education cowardice of Lee. 1777-1778: Conway Cabal. Lafavette's Jovalty to to fhe Committee on Patriotic Education. Washington very effeCtive. 1779: In February Lafayette returned to The report of the Committee on Education was accepted and the France to urge the sending of a strong and efficient force of trained soldiers to help Washington. 178o: April. Lafayette returned to United suggestions therein were approved. States. 178o: July ro, Rochambeau arrived with an army. 1781: Amer It was voted that an appropriation of $roo, or so much thereof as ican prospects brig·hten after period of despair. 178r: October 19, may be necessary, be made for the work of the Committee on Educa Yorktown. Aid given by Lafayette. Rochamheau's army and French tion. fleet. Life of Lafayette in France. I824: Visit of Lafayette bv invi tation of Congress. August IS, landed in New York. For a good It was voted that the Executive Committee recommend to the Board 6 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 7 of Tru tees an amendment to the By-Laws changing the name of the National Society, current simplified spelling to as large an extent as · Committee on Education to Committee on Patriotic Education. maY be deemed expedient, and to suggest like custom by State Societies The President General called attention to the recent adoption of flag and local Chapters. The petition was referred to the Committee on ceremonies in the schools of New Orleans through the influence of the Americanization and Aliens, to report at the next Annual Congress. Sons of the American Revolution, and other members of the committee The President General reported on the present condition of the mentioned like action in various cities (see pages 14, 15, herein). National Society as observed by him during visits to sixteen of the Mr. Jenks, chairman of the Committee on Americanization and State Societies since the Newark Congress. Enthusiastic receptions, Aliens, reported on work among the aliens, particularly in Illinois, dinners, and other functions were given in his honor in Maine, Massa Utah, Oregon, Connecticut, Washington State, and Hawaii. Great chusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland, the District of Columbia, progress is being made in the organization of schools for fitting aliens Utah, and in other States, and everywhere the Sons of the American to acquire naturalization and in showing them the very great impor Revolution seemed to be aroused to the need of present-day individual tance of at once securing a knowledge of the English language. Mr. activity in patriotic work. Ames told of activities in New York City and Mr. Woodworth of There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 4-45 Americanization work in Syracuse. Mr. Henry earnestly reviewed o'clock. activities among the great foreign population in Detroit, the Sons of (The members of the Executive Committee and the Advisory Com the American Revolution co-operating with other organizations in pro mittee were the guests of President General Wentworth at luncheon moting the early and thorough education of aliens in the principles of at th e Hotel Martinique, and in the evening were the guests of the American institutions and in the language of this country. It was Empire State Society at its annual banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria recommended that foreign-language newspapers print the news also in Hntel.] English in parallel columns, in order that aliens may more speedily A. HowARD CLARK, become familiar with the nation's tongue. Mr. McCamant reported on Secretary General. the presentation of flags by the Oregon Society to the district and county courts of Oregon having jurisdiction over naturalization. Mr. Jenks reported further on the greatly increasing demand for V ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP. copies of the National Society leaflets Nos. I, 2, and 3, especially No. J. From October I to November 30, 1916, the Registrar General en the Constitution of the United States. rolled IS8 new members in 26 State Societies, as follows: California, The report of Chairman Jenks was accepted, and it was voted that 19; Colorado, 3; Connecticut, I6; Idaho, 3; I!linois, I4; Iowa, 5; $I,soo, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be appropriated for Kansas, 2; Kentucky, I; Maine, I; Massachusetts, 12; Minnesota, I; the work of the Committee on Americanization and Aliens. New Hampshire, I; New Jersey, I8; New York (Empire State), 24; Reports of progress were made by Mr. Woodworth, chairman of Ohio, 6 ; Oklahoma, 3; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 5; Rhode Island, 3; Committee on Local Chapters, and by Mr. Merrill, Governor General South Dakota, 3; Tennessee, I; Texas, I; Utah, 2; Vermont, 2; Vir of The Washington Guard. ginia, I ; Washington, 7. Mr. Curtis presented for consideration proposed amendments to the Constitution and By-Laws, recommended by the Connecticut Society. dividing the country into five vice-presidential districts and electing a DOINGS OF STATE SOCIETIES./ Vice-President General from each district. The Executive Committee The <;afifornia Society commemorated the I3Sth anniversary of the approved the amendments in general form for action by the next Annual surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown by holding a dinner at Key Route Congress and the Board of Trustees. An amendment of the By-Laws Inn, Oakland. The after-dinner program included a discussion of the was suggested to provide for the filling of possible vacancies among question : "Should the plan of universal military training be compulsory the general officers by the Executive Committee. in th e United States?" Compatriot Henry Breckenridge, former As Mr. Jenks presented a petition, signed by H. W. Austin, La Verne W. sistant Secretary of War, and Robert Crowell Root made addresses on Noyes, Chancellor L. Jenks, and thirty-six others, asking the Executive the subject, followed by five-minute talks by others. Twenty-one new Committee to adopt, in the official correspondence and printing of the 8 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 9 members recently have been proposed for this Society, and it is a commt"ttee to make arrangements for the. erection of .a boulder andI notable fact that so many of the applicants, in their ancestry papers, bl t in honor of Daniel Bissell, the Wmdsor Revolutionary spy. t trace their lineage from early Massachusetts patriots. ta. e posed to place the boulder near the Ellsworth H ouse, m. w·m d sor. IS pro B. 11' . and place thereon a tablet giving a record of tsse s servtces. The Colorado;Society has published an issue of "The Spirit of '76," THF. GENERAL SILLIMAN BRANCH gave a reception and banqu~t in reviewing the lctivities of the State Society and Chapters. On Sep honor of President General Wentworth at the Stratfield Hotel, Bndge- tember 10 the Chaplain, Rev. Jesse Penney Martin, delivered an ad n the evening of November I7, attended by about 300 members dress on Lafayette. The Society is active in the instruction of aliens por t • O L . B and lady guests. President Frank E. Blakeman presente.d Mr. ewts . who are to be naturalized, in the laws, usages, and institutions of th~ tis as toastmaster. Past President General Cornelius A. Pugsley country and the fundamental principles of American citizenship. Cur · 1 · delivered an address on "Preparedness." He said that 1t w~s t 1e at~ American flags have been presented to several schools and a general of his life to see the young men of this country take an mte.rest m effort is being made to cause the flag to be raised and to continually political life. Americans, he said, were not hyphenated, nor dtd t~ey float from every school-house in the State. A new Chapter is being want to be, and he predicted that should this coun~ry be at war wtth planned for members in the southern part of the State. another nation, every nationality that was true Amencan at ~eart would THe DENY£& CHAPTER held monthly luncheons during the summer at join under the Stars and Stripes and fight for Uncle Sam JUSt as our the Auditorium Hotel. At the September meeting Rev. Dr. Martin forefathers did. gave a talk on camp life and on influences that contribute to the making "I believe in preparedness," said the speaker, "but for peace and not of a soldier. At the October meeting Compatriot Milligan discussed for war. Being properly prepared for war is the surest sign that. peace the immigrant problem and the importance of educating the aliens. will reign. It is the duty of the President to enter upon a pohc.y of preparedness, not for war, but that war shall be prevented. Nat~o.nal Tae GRAND ]UNCTION CHAPTER, with a membership of I8, organized a year ago, has undertaken the instruction of aliens in naturalization, defense should be above politics and should never be used as a pohttcal and the result of this work was clearly shown in a recent court exam issue. I sincerely hope that the present war across the water will ination of three applicants for citize'nship. mean the dawn of a brighter day, that will result in the disarmament of all nations and an international peace forever. May we hope that The Connecticut Society Board of Managers were the guests of the United States by her influence and power will prove an important Vice-President George F. Burgess at a luncheon at the New Haven factor in bringing about the peace of the world and keeping ~t." Country Club on October IO. A charter was granted to a new Chapter :\I r. \Ventworth called particular attention to the non-parttsan char at Salisbury under the name of the Colonel Elisha Sheldon Branch, acter of the Sons of the American Revolution and to the powerful with thirteen charter members. An invitation was accepted from the influence of the Society in arousing patriotism. Addresses were made Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth Branch to hold the annual dinner of the hy Judge Morris B. Beardsley, former President Gener~l of the .Na State Society at Hartford on Washington's Birthday, I9I7. tional Society; Louis Annin Ames, member of the Executtve Comm.tttee of the National Society and President of the Empire State Soctety; THE CoLONEL ]EREMIAH WADSWORTH BRANCH was entertained b) its Mrs. ~[ary K. Fones, Regent of the Mary Silliman. Chapter o~ the retiring President, Andrew ]. Sloper, at a supper at the Hartford Club Daughters of the American Revolution, and Mayor Chfford B. Wtlson, on October 25. An address on conditions in :Mexico was given by Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut. Edward H. Thompson, United States Consul at Yucatan for twenty-five years. The following officers were elected: President, Herbert H. The District> of Columbia Society held its opening meeting of the White; Vice-President, ] qlm M. Parker, ] r.; Secretary-Treasurer. season at Rauscher's on the evening of November I$. Compatriot Charles G. Stone; Chapl.afn, the Rev. Dr. Francis Goodwin; Necrolo John S. Barker read a paper on the Newark Congress, giving the gist, Leverett Belknap ; Auditor, Edward W. Beardsley. impressions of a first attendance as delegate at an Annual Congress At a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Branch on Novem of the National Society. Mr. Ernest L. Thurston, Superintendent. of ber 22 Harry R. Williams and F. Clarence Bissell were appointed a Public Schools, delivered an address on the "Education of the Ahen NATIOK.\L SOCIETY, S. A. R. II 10 OFFICIAL BULLETIN the race hatreds, class prejudices, and national antagonisms into f.or Citizenship," r~viewing par~icularly ~he. work accomplished in that "neutral" Americans ~~as of a sudden. made a Pil;ramount issue. . . hne, through the mght schools 111 the Dtstnct of Columbia • Pres'd1 ent It required a long ttme for the nation to reahze that naturaltzat10n General. . . Wentworth was guest of honor and spoke of the pat no· t'tc and .\mericanization were not synonymous. You knew it, I knew it. achvttles and achievements of the Society throughout the countr . It was considered for well-nigh a decade in our Society congresses before ~efi~ite actio~ w~s taken .. S~ch was the national contide\lce !n A brief address .was made b~ President John Edward Kirbye, D. o.: our civtc vtrtues, fatth 111 the pnnctples of the fathers, and behcf m of the Iowa octety.. Precedmg the meeting, about thirty present and our form of government, that we, as a people, seemed to depend upon past officers gave a d111ner at the Army and Navy Club in honor of Providence alone to remO\·e the scales that the alien might recein• the the President General. lights of American liberty with the rights of American citizen hip. The Sons of the Am rican Revolution actively started its American The Society has issued a pamphlet of 68 pages, giving a li st of ization work among the aliens in 1908. Since then other organiza officers from 1890 to 1916, a list of present members, with addresses tions-the National, State, and municipal governments-have joined in and date of election, and the Constitution, By-Laws, and Standing the work of teaching the aliens the rights, duties, privileges, and im- Order. munities of citizenship. The Committee of Americanization and Aliens has direct charge of this work, perhaps the most important al}~ imperative of our activitie . The ~mpire State Society met at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, Ne11 certainly so if based upon present necessthes. York Ctty, on the evening of October 17 and listened to an illustrated The Sons of the American Revolution believe the children, alien or lecture by Commissioner Frederick C. Sutro on the Palisades Interstate native born, should have equal opportunity for education. for the de Park, which was followed by a dramatic presentation of "Nettie.'' velopment of character, for the refinement of manners, the readjust ment of cu. toms, the harmonizing of habits, in that nursery of de The 27th annual banquet in commemoration of the evacuation of New mocracy, the .\merican public school. If po:erty handicaps th~ parent. York by the British army was held at the Waldorf-Astoria on Novem the public must a sume the burden to provtde the normal cluld wtth ber r8, attended by about 250 members and lady guests. Preceding the the same opportunities given to the subnormal and vicious. I ntelli banquet there was a reception in honor of the President General and gence is easier to deal with than ignorance; the future of the Repuhltr demands and depends upon a trained and intelligent citizenship-Amer members of the Executive and Advisory Committees of the National ican in thought, tongue, and habit. The National Committee on E~lu ociety. cation, under the chairmanship of your President, Mr. Ames, is devotmg The program, which included patriotic music, was as follows: In much time and thought to this subject. vocation by Rev. Frank Oliver Hall, D. D., Chaplain of the Empire I must not burden you longer even to mention and commend the various committees and State Societies for their work toward a broader, State Society; address of welcome by President Louis Annin Ames; better Americanism. Numbers count in general influence and proper greetings by President General Elmer M. Wentworth; Mrs. William efforts should be made to increase our membership, but the individual Cumming Story, President General of the Daughters of the merican enthusiasms achie,·e the fine t result. Revolution; Mrs. Everett M. Raynor, President General of the Daugh From the far-Hung outposts of American ideals and American im;ti- ters of the Revolution; Miss Katharine Clinton Carville, State Regent tutions compatriots zealous in the performance of National duty and jealous of National honor are aroused as never before. of the Daughters of the Revolution; toasts on "The Army" by Maj Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. A., and "The Navy" by Rear Admiral THE CoRNELIUS VAN DYcK CHAPTER of Schenectady in Non:mber Nathaniel R. Usher, U. S. N.; addresses on "A Chaplain on the Mexi presented two American Hags to the high school of that city. In can Border," by Rev. S. Parkes Cadman, D. D., and on "Washington, accepting the gift, Miss Eunice Rice spoke for the students and Presi the Gentleman," by Hon. Wallace McCamant, President of Oregon dent George C. Moon responded for the Chapter. The ceremony took Society. place in the corridor of the county building. President General Wentworth said in part: Miss Rice said that the Hags were particularly acceptable to the The leaven of lineage is at work in the mass of American citizenship. school, a it has never before owned emblems that could be used in the The real American-the American in thought, tongue, temperament, exercises of the school on patriotic holidays. That they were the gift and tradition-is quietly, consistently, and persistently making hi in- 0f the Chapter was also of interest. fluence felt. * * * Mr. 1Ioon read from the Year Book of the Sons of the American . There has been and is a vast amount of alien prejudice and national Ignorance to contend with. The failure of the melting-pot to fuse Revolutinn as follows: I2 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIOK.\L SOCIETY, S . . \. R. 13
;(e felieveGiidl inth~rnatiC!nal g?od will: We have always stood for It Hotel on December 4· After-dinner addresses were made by President an , P .ease o , t IS nation WI 11 remam steadfast in the maintenanc~ General Wentworth on "Duties and Opportunities of the Sons of the of the Ideal. W,e pray for the time when the war drums beat no Ion cr American Revolution," and on "Illinois'' by Compatriot Charles S. and th.e federatiOn of man in the parliament of the world shall beco~ a reality. B~:~t .tha~ dr.eam IS useless un!ess you maintain a loyalty t~ Deneen, former Governor of Illinois. the democr~tic Inshtutw.ns and Ide~ls which have been handed down to The annual report of Secretary Bowman showed a present member us and which have their symbol m the Stars and Stripes that wa,·. ship of I,o87. Officers were elected as follows: President, Henry W. over us as a people. e Austin, 2I7 Lake street, Oak Park; First Vice-President, Fred A. The Daughters of the American Revolution entertained the Chapter Smith; Second Vice-President, Dorr E. Felt; Secretary, Louis A. at the Glen-Sanders Mansion, Scotia, on Friday evening, November 2 ~. Dowman, Room 1333, 30 N. La Salle street, Chicago; Treasurer, Henry R. Kent; Historian, George A. Brennan; Registrar, James Edgar The. Idlrlfu"Society issued a circular note on October 20 announcing Brown; Chaplain, Rev. Frederick L. Selden, D. D.; Sergeant-at-Arms, the third annual medal contest for patriotic essays by high-school Ernest F. Manrose. students. Three medals will be awarde!,l.-gold, silver, and bronze-for the best essays dealing with the c_au~s"'~f the American Rev?lution. The Iowa Society has completed the distribution of twenty-five The essay must be on one of ty subJects presented by this commit medals for the best work in the study of history of the United States tee and shall contain not less than r,soo nor more than 3,000 words. hy students in high schools of the State. It shall be the original work, both in thought and composition, of the A new Chapter is in process of formation at Cedar Rapids. contestant, who shall be a regularly enrolled student of some high On September 3 the Society observed Lafayette's Birthday by hold school of this State. ing patriotic exercises at Des Moines. President ]. Edward Kirbye, The subjects announced are: (I) "How English Ideas Caused the D. D., presided. President General Wentworth delivered an address American Revolution"; (2) "How French Ideas Caused the American on a "Better Americanism." Compatriot John D. Denison spoke on Revolution"; (3) "How Dutch Ideas Caused the American Revolution"· the "Influence of Lafayette." "He was one of the world's greatest (4) "How Colonial Ideas Caused the American Revolution"; (5) "Ho~ examples of men who fight not for themselves, but for their fellow the Troubles in the Governments of Separate Colonies Caused the men." American Revolution"; (6) "How the Actions of Individuals Caused THE BEN FRANKLIN CHAPTER met at Des Moines on October 12. the American Revolution"; (7) "How the French and Indian War when an address was given by Dr. Elmer E. Higley on the ruins of Caused the American Revolution"; (8) "How English Tyranny Caused the cliff-dwellers in southern Colorado. the American Revolution"; (9) "A Debate (Imagined) Between a Tory Leaving Boston for J:Ialifax, in March, 1776, and a Patriot"; (ro) "A The Ken ucky Society, at its annual business meeting in Louisville, Debate (Imagined) Between Colonists (Either of the Older Settle on October 19, elected the following officers: President, Rev. Frank ments or of the Frontiers) on First Learning of the Declaration of Morehead Thomas, 526 W. St. Cat)lerine street, Louisville; Ist Vice Independence." President, J. Stoddard Johnston, Jr., 417 W. Main street, Louisville; The Illinoki'ociety held its annual Yorktown Day banquet at the 2d Vice-President, Dr. Edgar Erskine Hume, Frankfort; 3d Vice Auditorium Hotel, Chicago, on October I9, with an attendance of 325 President, Gilmer Speed Adams, Columbia Building, Louisville; 4th members and guests, the largest banquet ever held by the Society. Vice-President, Jerome Harold Bentley, Paducah; Treasurer, George Senator Harry W. Austin,- President, presided as toastmaster. Chaplain Twyman Wood, 417 W. Main street, Louisville; Historian, George John Timothy Stone pronounced the invocation. Addresses were made Davidson Todd, I479 S. Third avenue, Louisville; Secretary, William on "The Spirit of Nathan Hale," by Samuel P. Thrasher, and on Henry Crutcher, Starks Building, Louisville; Registrar, Benjamin "Cornwallis, Britain, America," by Hon. J. A. MacDonald, editor of La Bree, Starks Building, Louisville; Surgeon, Dr. Walker Bourne The Globe, Toronto, Ontario. Gossett, Weissinger-Gaulbert Building, Louisville; Chaplain, Rev. The annual meeting, in commemoration of the g8th anniversary of C'harles Ewell Craik. Christ Church Cathedral, Louisville. the ac!mission of Illinois into the Union, was held at the Auditorium \s the Kentucky Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revo- L.j. OFFlCI.\L BULLETIN ;;.iATION.\L SOCIETY, S. A. R. IS
lution were to hold their conference in Louisville on October 25 and 26 uary 2 1, anniversary of the birth of Stonewall Jackson; February 12, the Sons of the American Revolution decided to hold a reception fo; anniversary of the birth of Lincoln; February 22, anniversary of the birth of Was?ington; April 2, anniversary. of the birth of JeffersBaltimore, on all the public schools of this parish: October 12, anniversary of thl th e evening of October 19, to celebrate the anniversary nf the burning discovery of America; January 8, anniversary of the Battle of Ne11 of the brig Peqqy Stewart in Annapolis Harbor. President Wentworth was the guest of honor, and about 145 members and guests The Massathusetts Society held its annual Field Day at Plym_outh were present. President John Milton Reifsnider presided. In closing October 12. A special car conveyed a company of about mnety his address on the characteristics of the patriots of the period of the on mbers with ladies to Plymouth, sometimes called the "Mecca of Revolution, Mr. Wentworth said: ~:erica. " They were met by a reception committee consisting of John As Sons of the American Revolution, our mission and onr duty is to w. Churchell and Wm. T. Way and guided to Pilgrim Hall, the famous promote and protect those qualittes and principles which are distinctly Pilgrim Rock, the Church of the F!rst ~arish, where an addr.ess w.as and distinctively American-qualtties which spring from and tend to made by Hon. Arthur Lord, the H1stonan of Plymouth; Bunal H1ll, ward the acceptance and development of those ideals which character ized our ancestors, for which they dedicated life, fortune and honor the Howland House, built in r666, and to the National Monument to principles, privileges, duties, and sacrifices, which must make America~ the Forefathers. After the dinner at the Samoset Hotel, an address citizenship the highest honor than can be conferred upon humanity. was made by Rev. Frederic W. Perkins of Lynn. Mr. ]. B. W. Gardiner, formerly Lieutenant Eleventh U. S. Cavalry, The Board of Managers of the Massachusetts Society, together with and now a military writer, delivered an address on "The Present Situ President General Wentworth, Vice-President General Philip F. Turner ation of the Great War." of Maine, President Louis Annin Ames of the Empire State Society, The officers and Board of Managers of the Maryland Society enter and Lewis R. Curtis of Bridgeport, members of the National Executive tained the President General for three days, from the morning of Committee, were the guests of the Berkshire County Chapter at Pitts October 19 to the evening of the 21st, visiting the many historic places field on October 24 and 25. in Baltimore and Annapolis. A number of dinners and luncheons and At the business meeting of the Board a number of new members other functions were given in his honor. were elected and routine business was transacted. The Society has published its Year Book showing the activities of The members attended the afternoon session of a State Convention the Society during the year ending April r, 1916, including an account of Daughter~ of the American Revolution on the 24th, and in the of the unveiling of the monument to Gen. Mordecai Gist, erected by eveninrr there was a joint banquet of the "Sons" and "Daughters," with the Society in Charleston, S. C., with a picture of the monument. an att:ndance of about 250. The speakers at the banquet included The Society prepared and secured the adoption by the City Council President General Wentworth. Vice-President General Turner, Presi of Baltimore of an ordinance to dignify the use of the Star Spangled dent \Voodwarcl of the State Society, and President Root of the Berk Banner, the national anthem. This was deemed particularly fitting shire Chapter. because the anthem had been written by Francis Scott Key in Balti On the morning of the 25th the Board of Managers and other guests more. The ordinance became a law on July 6, 1916. The ordinance were given an automobile ride in the vicinity of Pittsfield, and at 12.30 provides: o'clock there was a luncheon at the Hotel Wendell, attended by about liftv members of the Society. President William L. Root of the Berk That "The Star Spangled Banner" shall not be played, sung, or ren shi~e Chapter presided as toastmaster, and addresses were made by the dered in the city of Baltimore in any public place, or at any public entertainment, or in any theater or moving-picture hall, restaurant or President General, Mr. Ames, Mr. Curtis, Mr. Bruce, and Mr. Shepherd. cafe, except as an entire and separate composition or number, without The party was entertained by the George Washington Chapter at embellishments of national or other melodies; nor shall "The Star ~pringfield on the evening of October 25. Spangled Banner," or any part thereof. or selection from the same. be A luncheon in honor of the President General was given at the City played as a part or selection of a medley of any kind; nor shall "The Club. Boston, on October 26, by the State Board of Managers and the Star Spangled Banner" be played at or in any of the places mentioned for dancing or as an exit march; and whenever and wherever practi Presidents of Chapters of the Massachusetts Society. Speeches were cable. the musicians, performers. or other persons shall stand while made bv Edwin S. Crandon, Dr. Moses Greeley Parker, Judge Edward playing. singing, or rendering "The Star Spangled Banner." Any per C. Battis, and Luther Atwood. Mr. Wentworth spoke of the impera son violating the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a mis tive need of educating the aliens. He said: demeanor, and upon conviction thereof before a court of competent jurisdiction of this State shall be fined not more than one hundred One of the most important practical ~atrioti~ ~c!ivities. of this ~ociety doiiars. is to instil Americanism and the Amencan spmt mto altens }andmg on our shores, and this is so gigantic a task that only the Amencan people I8 OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCll~TY, S. A. 1{. would dare to attempt it. ::\o foreigners should hav~ the rights of American citizens other than those who use the Enghsh language as ~New Jersey Society, on Saturday afternoon, October 14, pre their speech both in their business life and in th~ir .home life. I ~o not sented to Rutgers College a tablet commemorating the services of those believe that any newspaper should be pnnted w1thm the boundanes of students of Rutgers College who took part in the Revolution. The the United States in a foreign language unless the reading matter is tablet was placed upon the wall of the Old Queens Building. It was supplied with an English translation. presented by Prof. William Clinton Armstrong, chairman of the Cortl mittee on Monuments and Memorials, to President W. I. Lincoln The Mi~gan Society carries on its principal activities through the local Chapters, which have greatly increased the general interest in the Adams, who in turn presented it to Rev. W. H. S. Demarest, D. D., president of the college, who accepted it on behalf of the college. The Society. tablet was unveiled by Frederick Frelinghuysen, Jr., great-great-grand THE DETROIT CHAPTER held its annual meeting at the Hotel Cadillac son of Maj. Gen. Frederick Frelinghuysen, first tutor of Queens Colleg<:, on October 14. The principal address w s given by the retiring Presi and great-grandnephew of Theodore Frelinghuysen, President of dent, Judge Harry A. Lockwood, on" nditions in the South American Rutgers College. Republics," as observed by him dur· g his recent visit. Reports were On November I a reception was held in honor of President General presented by Secretary Raymond . Van Syckle, showing the progress Elmer M. Wentworth at the Washington Restaurant, Newark. Besides of the Society, and by Historian William Stocking. Committee reports the President General, there were present Mr. Louis Annin Ames, were presented by the various committees as follows: :Membership, President of the Empire State Society, and Mr. Lewis B. Curtis, for Richard H. Fyfe; Patriotic Education. ]. Remsen Bishop; American mer President of the Connecticut State Society, both members of the ization of Aliens, Frederick ll. Smith; ~ ational De fen e, Col. Oscar A. National Executive Committee. About 150 members were present. Janes; Patriotic Legislation, Frank C. Sibley ; Flag. Hugh C. Chedester; Addresses were made by the three guests of the evening. :Memorial, Julius E. Thatcher. On November II a large party motored from Newark to Somerville The following officers were elected: President. Dr. Stephen H. and presented to the Trustees of the Wallace House, Washington's Knight; \'ice-President, William P. Holliday; ecretary, Raymond E. Headquarters, a flag-pole and flag. Prof. William Clinton Armstrong, Van Syckle; Treasurer, Frank G. Smith; Hjstorian. William Stocking; as chairman of the committee, presented the flag to President W. I. Chaplain, Rev. Jos. A. Vance. Lincoln Adams, who in turn presented it to Mr. John Lenard Merrill, President of the Board of Trustees of the Wallace House, who ac !CENT CH.\P'l'ER, at Grand Rapids, began its winter activities with a cepted it in behalf of the Trustees. "\t the conclusion of the exercises complimentary dinner giYen to the members by President Charles the party motored to Plainfield and presented a charter to the Wash-. Carroll Follmer. U. S. Senator William Alden Smith was the speaker ington Rock Chapter. The charter was accepted on behalf of the of the evening. The Chapter has planned monthly meetings during the Chapter by Judge William N. Runyon, who made an eloquent address. winter to be held at the homes of the different members. At the first The exercises were held in the parlors of the Crescent Avenue Pre by meeting. on November 14, Charles M. Alden spoke on "Facts lead~ng terian Church. up to and the causes of the American Revolution"; at the meetmg Receptions to the Traveling Banners won by New Jersey at the last December 12 Dr. Ralph H. Spencer will speak on "The French and the Congress have been held by all the Chapters of the State, and in every American Revolution"; at the meeting January II William T. P. rase the banners have been received with enthusiasm. Twenty new Spooner will speak on "The Germans and the American Revo~ution:•; members have been elected during September and October, and a large at the meeting February 13 Judge C. R. Collingwood of Lansmg \~Ill number are expected to be elected during December. A gold ceremonial speak on "The Irish and the American Revolution"; at the mee~mg badge of the National Society has been offered to the member securing March 13 Lucius Boltwood will speak on "The Dutch and the Amencan the most applicants for membership during the year rgr7, and a gold Revolution" and at the meeting April 17 Daniel T. Paton will speak on plated badge to the member securing the next iargest number of appli "The Pole~ and the American Revolution." The monthly meetings last cants. State officers are excluded from the contest. winter did much to create enthusiasm among the members, resulting in Secretary John R. Weeks is arranging for a trip to attend the Con quite a number of new applications for membership. g-ress at Nashville, Tennessee, next May. The plan is to leave New 20 OFFICIAL BULLET!!\ 1 ATIONAL SOCIETY, S. A. R. 2! York on Sunday eyening, ~lay 13, arri \·ing at , a hville the follow 111g The Virginia Society commemorated Yorktown Day at the West- Sunday, May 20. The trip will include a day at Gettysburg, a visit to nd Club Richmond, on October 19, when an address on the tllO rela ' ,, . Luray Cavern, the Great Natural Bridge, a day and a half at Asheville "Surrender at Yorktown, October 19, 1781, was delivered by Judge a visit to Chattanooga, Chickamaugua Park, Missionary Ridge, and Lunsford Lomax Lewis, and the birth of Lafayette, September 3, 1757, Cookout Mountain. The return trip will be by way of Cincinnati, was commemorated by an address by Col. Jennings Cropper Wise. The arriving in New York Friday morning, May 25. An invitation will be ,\merican flag was hoisted over the Capitol, and the colors were ~!so extended to the members from the New England States, New York, displayed from the windows of the City Hall in honor of the occasiOn. New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Columbia to participate in the trip. THE PARAMUS CRAPn:R, at its quarterly meeting, at Ridgew'ood, on October 20, authorized the awarding of the annual prize to the high school student preparing the best historical essay. IN MEMORIAM. / The Chapter now numbers fifty-two members. KENDALL L ..\CHORN, :.\lassachusetts Society, died August JI, I9I6. After the business session, the Rev. I. ]. Lansing, D. D., of Ridge GEORGE J. BASCOM, Empire State Society, died November I, I9I6. wood, addressed the members on "Holland's Influence on the Fathers FRAKK WESLEY EoLANDE, Connecticut Society, died October IS, 1916. of the American Republic." In analyzing the forces which brought the JoNATHAN C. BoNNEL, New Jersey Society, died November 24, I9I6. CHARLES WETTER DowEN, Rhode Island Society, died September IS, 1916. Pilgrims to the shores of New England in r62o, Dr. Lansing presented CHARLES S. BRADLEY, District of Columbia Society, died November 8, I91b. a brief survey of the political and religious activities of the age, and CHARLES \V. P. BROCK, M. D., Virginia Society, died October I9, 1916. showed that all the movements of the times, whether of States or Is.uc WATTS BROOKS, Connecticut Society, died October I7, I916. armies, were in entire subordination to religious purposes, which re IIENRY :.\!oRRIS DRowN, Empire State Society, died :.\-lay 8, I916. suited in the persecutions in England against religious freedom and FREDERIC DRUNEL, Secretary of Maine Society, died December s, 1916. CHARLES EDWARD CHENEY, D. D., Illinois Society, Chaplain General oi the Na· caused the English as early as 1593 to flee to Holland. He reviewed tiona! Society I890 to I897, died November 15, 1916. what they learned in Holland and the principles and institutions they IIoR .• cc J)Ans, Vice-President General National Society 1901, President California brought to America. Society I899, died July I2, I9I6. EDGAR·'"""" DuNNING, New Jersey Society, died July 7, 19I6. D. C. FARRAR, Pennsylvania Society, died August 7, I916. The North Dakota Society held its annual meeting at Fargo on CHARLES NoEL FLAGG, Connecticut Society, died November Io, 19I6. November 16. There was a good attendance and a great deal of en JoHN HAI: SHERMAN LE\'ERIT BL/\IR, Tacoma, Wash. (28933). Gt·eat-grandson ol Jacob Blatr, private. Col. David Moseley's Third Hampshire County :\fa". Regt. foECORDS OF 158 NEW MEMBERS ENROLLED BY THE REGISTRAR 3 ( GENERAL FROM OCTOBER I TO NOVEMBER 30, 1916. JOHN NELSON JH,OOD, San Francisco, Cal. (29101). Grcat -grandsou ol Thomas Graul, private, Col. John Glover's Fourteenth Ma5'. Continental H<•gt HAROLD L. BOND, Maldtn, Mass. (28797). Creat0-grandson of Aaron Do7•is JOHN PERRINE ABBOTT, Buffalo, N. Y. (~9022). Great3-grandson of Hetu·J private, Capt. Lewis \Vhitney's Company, Colonel Wheelcck's Ma". Rcl(t.: Perrit~.c, minute man New Jersey "froops. great-grandson uf .-!arc>• Dads, Jr., pri,·ate, Col. Benjamin Hawe''' \In". ELLSWORTH ALDEN AKERLY, Spokane, Wash. (2893~). Grcat0-grandson ol Regt. Jouatha1< La>1don, member of New York Provincial Congress and Council of ·\:\IASA WESTCOTT BOSWORTH, Newton, :'lfass. (~S;go). Great"-grand""' Safety, Lieutenant Colonel Dutchess County ;\lilitia. of Benjamin Bosworth, Major, Col. Nathaniel Martin's Rhode Island Regt CHARLES LEWIS ALBERTSON, Waverly, N. Y. (29010). Great-grandson of RICHARD CARLTON BOURNE, Cleveland, Ohio (28923). Great'-grandson ol Abraham Hardiug. Captain, Col. \Villiam Allison's Orange County Rcgt. New Ja-nes Smith. private, Capt. James Davis's Company Mass. Sea Coast Guard,. York Militia. ' FREDERIC A BOYLE. East Orange, N. J. (28988). Grcat3-grandson of James CHARLES ALLEN .\:- \\'ILLL\:\1, THEADORE DOOLITTLE, Sioux Falls, So. Oak (27294). Great HARRY FULLER IL\:\IILTON, Newport, Vt. (27489). Great3-grandson of grandson of AmJJi Doolittle, Ensign :\!ass. Minute 1\len. .Vatha>& Hamilton, Captain Fourth Worcester County Regt. Mass. Militia. WILLI.\:\1 CONNELL DYER, Salem, Ore. (2905r). Great'·granclson of Eber~· lL\URICE A. HAMILTON, Winlock, Wash. (28934). Great-grandson of Rufus e::cr Jessup, Surgeon and Ensign Conn. Troops. llamiltou, private, Capt. Asa Danforth's Company Mass. Militia. HARL,\N P. EASTMAN, Arrowrock, Idaho (27013). Great'-grandson of Tim JOH~ WALKER HANNA, Winfield, Iowa (28223). Great-grandson of David oth)• Eastma11, private, Capt. Thomas Knowlton's Company Conn. Militia. McCollom, minute man Morris County New Jersey :\1ilitia and Line. CHARLES BLISS EL:\fER, Port Che ter, N. Y. (29007). Great-grandson of GEORGE ,\MOS IIAR;\fAN, Lancaster, Ohio (28921), Grandson of Georg• Harma>&, private Virginia Militia. lJ'ad Elmer, private, Col. David Wells's Hampshire County Regt. :\iass. Militia. CIL\RLES MITCHELL ESTABROOK, New York, N. Y. (29016). Great' FRED GOULD HARRIS, New York, N. Y. (Ohio 28924). Great'-grandson of A sahel Harris, private Vermont Militia; great'-grandson of Da>&iel Rowle::;, grandson of Nehemiah Estabrook, private, Col. Timothy Bigelow's :\lass. Regt. private New York troops, pensioned; great3-grandson of Silas Tucker, private GEORGE IRA EVERETT, New York, N. Y. (29014). Great"-grandson of :\lass. :\lilitia. .'\iatham'el Brale)'1 Fir~t I,ieutenant privateer brig ''Reprisal," on prison ship ''Jersey.'' ]t\~JES ROSS TI.\RRISON, Salisbury, Conn. (27975). Great-grandson of John Dod~;e, Corporal and Sergeant, Colonel Ashley's and other Regts. Mass. Militia. HERBERT DEXTER FIELD, San Diego, Cal. (29105). Great-grandson of Moses Field, private, Col. David WeJis's Mass. Regt. J.\RED FRANCIS HARRISON, Salisbury, Conn. (290•6). Great'-grandson of J olm Dodge, Corporal and Sergeant, Colonel Ashley's and other Regts. ~ass. EDWARD 'l'. FLANAGAN, North Cambridge, :\lass. (28792), Great'-grand,on Militia. of Abraham Hill, private Fifth :\iass. Continental Regt.; great-grandson of WALTER RUTHVEN HAWES. Chicago, Ill. (28953). Great2..grandson of Thomas (;utter, Corporal Thirty-seventh Regt., Lieutenant Colonel Bond. ~la». Da>ucl I/awes, Captain, Col. Samuel Ilolden Parsons's Conn. Regt. IJORACE BRAYTON Pittsburgh, Pa. (28592). Great"-grandson of FLE~IING, FR.\1\'KLIN SMITH HILL, Brooklyn, N. Y. (29n18). Great'-grandson of Isaac 1fatthcw Dill, County Lieutenant, and Colonel Fifth York County Battalion· Chandler, private, Colonel Weisenfel's New York Regt. Penna. Militia; grcat'·grandson of Richard Cr·ain, officer of Cumberland County Penna. ~lilitia. GEORGE HENRY HIMES, Portland, Ore. (28424). Great-grandson of Oliver Bailey, Corporal Mass. Militia. JOSEPH SHERMAN FRELINGIIUYSEN, Raritan, ~- J. (28875). Great-grand· son of Frederick Frcli,glwysc,, :\Iembcr of New Jersey Provincial Congress RUFUS :\I. HITCH, Chicago, Ill. (28962), Great-grandson of Matthew Pitcl&, and of Continental ongres,, Colonel of First Somerset County Battalion New Jr., private Ninth Conn. Regt., Colonel \Vooster. Jer'<'Y :\filitia. .\T.FRED BAYLIES HODGES, Taunton, Mass. (28794). Great-grandson of .lo. CHESTER NEVILLE JONES, Summit, N. J. (26125). Supplemental. (.rcat' WILLIAM AYER McKINNEY, Chicago, III. (28957). Great8-grandson of Seth grandson of Ebe11e::er L)•011, private Essex County New Jersey Militia. Nelson, Lieutenant, Capt. Levi Aldrick's Company, Colonel Whitney's Mass. FRANK HERBERT JONES, Montclair, N. J. (28991). Great2-grandson of Peter Regt. De Mun, private, Capt. Coonrad Ten Eyck's Company Second Somer•et CHARLES AURELL ~icli1ILLAN, Paris, Ky. (288o4). Great"-grandson of County Battalion New Jersey Militia. lames Jl!cJfillan 3 private Virginia Frontier Troops; great~grandson of Rawling ARTHUR LIVINGSTON KELLEY, Providence, R. I. (272oo). Great2-grandson Williams, private Fourth Virginia Regt.; great3-grandson of John Gay, of Mica}ah Kelley, private, Colonel Mooney's New Hampshire Regt., pensioned. private Second Virginia Regt. JOHN ALLEN KING, New York, N. Y. (29019). Great2-grandson of Alexander IIENRY PURCELL MAGILL, River Forest, III. (28954). Great-grandson of Spotswood, Colonel Second Virginia Regt.; great"-grandson of Fielding Lewis, Charles Magill (and l\Iary Buckner Thruston), Colonel Virginia State Regt.; Jrt, Captain Virginia Militia; great'-grandson of Fielding Lewis, Sr., Brigadie• great•-grandson of Charles Mynn Thmston, Colonel Virginia Continental Line. General Virgina Militia, Superintendent of Fredericksburg Arsenal. JERr.MIAH LELAND MANNING, Plainfield, N. J. (28990). Great3-grandson JOSEPH LIBBEY KING, San Francisco, Cal. (29108). Great-grandson of of Andrew Man11i11g, private N.ew Jersey Militia. Francis King, private Ninth Regf. Penna. Continental Line; great-grandson of GEORGE ADAMS MARTIN, San Rafael, Cal. (29110). Great"-grandson of John Libbey, private, Col. Joshua Wingate's New Hampshire Regt. Edward Emerson, Lieutenant Colonel Third Lincoln County Regt. Mass. ROBERT COURTNEY KING, East Orange, N. J. (N. Y. 29oo8). Great-grand· 1Ii!itin. son of Andrew Demi11g, matross Mass. Militia. THEODORE FRELINGHUYSEN MERCER, Norfolk, \'a. (28879). Great•• McKINLEY WESLEY KRIEGH, Washington, D. C. (Kan. 26995). Great" grandson of Jasper Latham, matross and private Conn. Militia. grandson of John Mintun, Sergeant Major New Jersey Continental Line. RICHARD KIRBY MILES, Lakeville, Conn. (29029). Great2-grandson of ROBERT SMITH LA MOTTE, JR., San Anselmo, Cal. (29109). Great-grandson Samuel .Ui/es_, private First Conn. Regt., marine on Calley "Whiting." of Robert Smith, Captain New York Militia and Colonel Malcom's Continental Regt. WALTER AUGUSTUS MORTON, Newark, N. J. (28978). Great'-grandson of £/nathan Wheeler, private. Capt. James Booth's Cavalry Company Fourth Regt. Conn. :\1ilitia. OFFICIAL BULLETIN NATIONAL SOCIETY, S . A. R. JOSEPH ROBERTS NOEL, Oak Park, Ill. (28958). Great·grandson of lolan ALBE RT SCHOOLEY, Chehalis, Wash. ~28,938). Great-gr.andson of Sa11 ARTHUR P~LIO:G WADSWOR'l'Il, Grand Junction, Colo. (28064). Crew. I MORTIMER WHITE, Clucago,. Ill. (N · J · 2 89 8 5 ) · Great'-grandsonMTf of grandson of Peleg IVads•v<>rlh, Brigadier General Mass. Militia. ABEJohn ' F ortnan, Captain First Monmouth County Regt. New Jersey 11 1a. CHARLES LOUIS WAKEFIELD, Dallas, Tex. (28697). Great2..grandson of Ca tain of Grenadiers Third Monmouth Regt. . . Thomas Wakefield, private, Capt. Noah Abraham's Company Cumberland J WHITE Waterloo, Iowa (z8,.4). Great-grandson of BeiiJO>nH< County Penna. Militia. ~ JOS;0 "t Captain Li~utenant, Colonel Craft's Mass. Regt. IRA JOSEPH WALDECK, Cleveland, Ohio (29151). Great2·grandson of Darling Shaw, private Mass. troops, pensioned. E~~· NELSON WHITING, Montclair, N. J. ~~8.868). S_!'p;t~::::~f EUGGreat-gran d son o £ Josiah Hammolld. .'. private Conn. ::\11ht1a; great-g a FREDERICK EWELL WALKER, Seattle, Wash. (28936). Great•·grandson ot William Durkee, private Conn. M11ttta. Charles Ewell, Brigade Major Virginia Line. JACOB WILEY, Hackettstown, N. J ..( " 8 97 6) · Grandson of Jolin Wiley, private ROBERT WOODHULL WALKER, Vallejo, Cal. (29"4). Great•-grandson of New Jersey Continental Line, pensiOned. I Natha11iel Woodlut/1, Brigadier General New York Militia, President of Provin. TIMBROOK WILSON, Elizabeth, N. J. (21978). Supplem:~t~ · cia! Congress; great"-grandson of 1¥illiam Rogers, Captain Conn. Brigantine RICHARD d f Isaac Roll Quartermaster's teamster in New Jersey M1ht1a. "G::n. \Vashington"; great3·grandson of .lsa Parke,·, Captain, Colonel Pres. Great"·gran son o • J h cott's ::\fass. Regt.; great'-grandson of Simou Par,er, private, Col. Art emu; LEROY D!\NIEL WINTERS, Chicago, Ill. (2896J). Great•-grandson ofp o " Winter;, private, Capt. Peter Grubb's Company Lancaster County enna. Ward's Mass. Regt.; great'-grandson of John Hastings, Sergeant, Capt. Robert Andrew's Company Mass. Militia; great'-grandson of Jo11as Stour ~1ilitia. 1 G t• private, Capt. Edmund Munroe's Company Mass. Militia. :\.RCHIBAI D l\1. WOODRUFF, Newark, N. J. (28362). Suppleme; t·~-;. rea · · of Solomon Boyle, private Morris County New Jersey t 1 1a. ALBERT EDWARD WALSWORTH, Rome, N. Y. (Conn. 29037). Great' grandso~ 1 grandson of James Walworth, private, Col. \Villiam Shepard's Mass. Regt .. 1 EY WOODRUFF, Chicago, Ill. (28961). Great-grandso~. _of Lieutenant Cumberland County New York Militia. FR."J;c~ric~ ~~o;l;_v, fifer, Colonel Ashley's Berkshire Cnunty Regt. Mass. M11tha. ( 6) Great"-grandson of DONALD JUDSON WARNER, Salisbury, Conn. (29038). Great3-grandson of ROBERT THOMSON WOODRUFF, Lynn, ::\fass. 2912 · Jolm Dodge, Corporal and Sergeant, Colonel Ashley's and other Regts. Ma,s. Pere:: Graves, Captain Mass. Militia; great--gran• d son of Amasa Graves, Militia. Sergeant, Col. Ezra May's Mass. Regt. DONALD TICKNOR \VARNER, Salisbury, Conn. (29039). Great"-grandson of HORACE CHESTER WYMAN, Manchester, N · H · ( 2539 6) · Great-grandsonMT . ofd Luke Camp, Member of Committee on Military Affairs, Ensign Fourteenth Hosea Sturtevant, private, Capt. Amos Cogswell's Company Mass. . 1 tba an Regt. Conn. Militia. other service, pensioned; great:!-grandson of Church Sturtcva·nt, prtvate, CoL JOHN ELLIOT'!' WARNER, Alameda, Cal. (29115). Great-grandson of Jolw Thomas Lothrop's l\tass. Regt. . . p ( 86 ) Great"-grand•on of Jon a· Wamer, private, Col. Enoch Hale's New Hampshire Regt.; great'-grandson of SAMUEL OLAF WY:N' ]!;, Phcemxv1lle, a. 2 95 . . Penna. Militia. Amos Eastman, private, Capt. Reuben Dow's Company, Col. William Pres· than WJ•nne, private Second Chester County Battahon cott's Regt.; great-grandson of Nehemia/1 How, private, Col. Asa Whitcomb's CHARLES REUBEN YOUNGS, Summit, N. J. (28992). Great"-grandson of Regt.; great•-grandst'll of Samuel How, private, Col. James Reed's New Vathan Benjamin. ;\s ociator from Southold. Suffolk County, New York, Hampshire Regt.; great'-grandson of Jolw Gle1111e, private, Col. Ebeneze I.ieutenant Colonel ::\filitia, 1775. Bridge's Twenty-seventh Mass. Regt. PHILIP WELLS WARNER, Salisbury, Conn. (29040). Great"-grandson of John Dodge, Corporal and Sergeant, Colonel Ashley's and other Regts. ll!ass. Militia. CHARLES ALBERT WATROUS, Des Moines, Iowa (28220). Great2..grandson of A11stin H'atrous, private, Col. Charles \Vebb's Seventh Conn. Regt.; great'· grandson of John Backus. Sergeant, Colonel Simonds's MaS<. Regt. and other service, pensioned. PHILIP BERN:\l{D \\".\TROUS, Chicago, Ill. (Iowa 28221). Great"-grandson of Austin TVatro11s, private, Col. Charles \Vebb's Seventh Conn. Regt.; great'· grandson of John Bac,us, private, Colonel Simonds's Mass. Rcgt. and other service, pensioned. BYRON SPRAGUE \V.\TSON, Providence, R. I. (27199). Great•·grandson of Moses Pears011, Sergeant, Col. Edward \Vigglesworth's Mass. Regt., pensioned. PAUL WEGEFORTTT. San Diego•• Cal. (29116). Great'-grandson of .Hoses McC/ea11. Captain Sixth l'enna. Battalion. T.i,•utenant Colonel York County )filitia.