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Ouarterlv Bulletin. National Societv Sons of the American Revolution C::ONTENTS TilE PRESIDENT GENERAL'S MESSAGE BUY • ON TO ROCHESTER • A TRIBUTE TO J. EDGAR HOOVER • OF COURSE YOU KNOW-OR DO YOU? • ADDRESS OF WILLIAM S. BENNET At Oswego Chapter Installation • A MESSAGE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR AND DEFENSE • THE NATIONAL S. A. R. LIBRARY .AND Donations nnd Boom Reviews • EVENTS OF STATE SOCIETIES STAMPS • OFFICIAL FLAG CODE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA • ADDITIONS TO MEMBERSHIP AND RECORDS OF NEW MEMBERS • IN MEMORIAM • STATE AND CHAPTER OFFICERS Number 3 PRESS OF JUDD & DETWEILER, INC., WASHINGTON, D. C. Volume XXXVII January, 1943 General Officers Elected at the Williamsburg, Virginia, Congress, June 3, 1942 Board of Trustees, 1942-43 President General • THE General Officers and the Past Presidents General, together STERLING F. MuTZ, 1304 Sharp Building, Lincoln, Nebraska with one member from each State Society, constitute the Board of Trustees of the National Society. The following Trustees for Vice Presidents General the several States were elected June 3, 1942, at the Congress held ARTHUR C. Dow, ]R., 45 Otis Hill Rd., Hingham, RoY V. BARNES, 813 Catalpa St., Royal Oak, Mich. at Williamsburg, Va., to serve until their successors are elected at :Ill ass. Great Lakes District (Michigan, Illinois, and Wis the Congress to be held in 1943. New England District (Maine, New Hampshire, consin). Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Con necticut). CHARLES D. REED, 1322 23rd Street, Des Moines, Ia. MONTANA ALABA~ES CRENSHAW, 1004 1st Nat'! Bank Bldg., RusH W. BuRROUGHS, Helena. RICHARD V. GOODWIN, Hotel Plaza, New York City. North Mississippi District (Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska). Montgomery. NEBRASKA Norlh Atlantic District (New York and New Jersey). ARIZONA JoEL A. PIPER, 1731 D St., Lincoln. BERT E. UNDERWOOD, 1916 East 5th St., TucsoD. NEW HAMPSHIHE WILLIAW ]. AIKEN, 150 Gordon Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. BKNJAWIN H. POWELL, 824 Littlefield Bldg., Austin, WILLOUGHBY A. COLBY, Concord. Texas. Mid Atlantic District (Pennsylvania, Delaware, ARKANJ:.sFRANCIS VtNSONHALER, Little Rock. NEW JERSEY Maryland, and District of Columbia). South Mississippi District (Missouri, Kansas, Arkan CALIFORNIA H. PnscoTT BEACH, 376 lJpper Mountain Ave., sas, Olr.Jahoma and Texas). E. HUBERT STEELE, 3286 Kempton Ave., Oakland. Upper Montclair. A. HERBERT FoREMAN, Western Union Bldg., Norfolk, COLORADO NEW MEXICO Va. FRANK M. KEEZER, 2849 Vrain Street, Denver, Colo. SPENCER CoLE, 1009 U.S. Nat'! Bank Bldg., Denver. DR. C. KEITH BARNES, 413 S. Wellesley Ave., South Atlantic District (Virginia, North and South Albuquerque. Rocky Mountains District (Arizona, New Mexico. CONN 'i~'!:.liRUTH. SPAULDING, 15 Hillside Road, New Carolina, Georgia, Florida). Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana). NEW YORK London. FRANCKLYN HoGEBOOK, 12 40 Pacific St., Brooklyn, FRANK W. ZIEGLER, Chamber of Commerce, Nashville, DELAWARE New York. Tenn. HAROLD L. PuTNAM, 456 Hillsborough Ave., San JosEPH L. PYLE, 311 Industrial Trust Bldg., Wil NORTH CAROLINA Soulhern District (Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Mateo, Cali!. mington. WILLIS G. BRIGGS , Raleigh. Tennessee). Pacific Coast District (California, Nevada, Wash DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA NORTH DAKOTA ington, Oregon and territories of Alaska and MILO C. SuMMERS, 4501 Lowell St., N. W., Wash ELMOUR D. LuM, Wahpeton. ]OHN B. CAMPBELL, 903 S. Main St., South Bend, Ind. Hawaii). ington. FLORIDA OHIO Central District (West Virginia, Kentucky, Ohio DR. EDGAR L. LATHAM, 107 5 Lincoln Ave., Toledo. and Indiana). ]AMES A. AusTIN, Box 1414, Atlantic Beach. FRANCE OKLAHOMA Chancellor General MARQUIS DE CHAWBRUN, 3 Rue Taitbout, Paris. ]. GARFIELD BuELL, Mayo Bldg., Tulsa. Secretary General GEORGIA OREGON HENRY R. DuTCHER, 315 Genesee Valley Trust Bldg., DAVID D. MYl<lls, Alhens. VICTOR FINCH, Seaside. Rochester, N. Y. J. FRANK BARTLETT STEELE, 1227 16th Street, N. W., HAWAII PENNSYLVANIA Washington, District of Columbia. IDAHO EuGENE C. BoNNIWELL, 101 W. Carpenter Lane, Genealogist General ALBERT H. CoNNER, Soulhem Bldg., Washington, Philadelphia. D. C. RHODE ISLAND Treasurer General ILLINOIS MAHLON M. GowDY, 19 Dewey St., Providence. Ross K. CooK, 173 Renshaw Avenue, East Orange, DEAN LAKE TRAXLER, 10 S. La Salle St., Chicago. GEORGE S. ROBERTSON, 1508 Fidelity Building, Balti N.J. INDIANA SOUTH CAROLINA more, Maryland. RoBERT L. MoORHEAD, 724 N. Meridian St., Indian WALTER J. BRISTOW, Columbia. apolis. SOUTH DAKOTA Chaplain General IOWA SAMUEL HERRICK, Washington, D . C. Registrar General DR. ]. A. GOODRICH, 4018 Kingman Blvd., Des TENNESSEE REv. MARION T. PLYLER, Durham, N. C. Moines. RoBERT S. HENRY, Transportation Bldg., WashiDJ FRANK B. STEELE, 1227 16th Street, N. W., Washing UNSAS toB, D . C. ton, D. C. BENJAMIN F. E. MARSH, 1500 Jewell Ave., Topeka. TEXAS Librarian General KENTUCKY ]AMES C. ]ONES, Scottish Rite Temple, Dallas. Historian General RANSOW H. BASSETT, Starb Bldg., Louisville. UTAH McDONALD MILLER, 1227 16th St. N. W., Washing LOUISIANA GEORGE ALBERT SWITH, 4 7 East S. Temple Street, W. MAC. ]ONES, P. 0. Box 344, Richmond, Va. ton, D. C. BENJAMIN R. FRANKLIN, 715 Maritime Bldg., New Salt Lake City. Orleans. VERMONT IIIAINE HENRY B. DICKINSON, St. Albans. WM. D. VEAZIE, 34 Tremont St., Portland. VIRGINIA EXE£UTIVE £0MMITTEE, 1942-43 IIIARYLAND WALTER B. LIVEZEY, Newport News. EDWARD D. SHRINER, Frederick. WASHINGTON IIIASSA CHUSETI'S LEAVENWORTH KERSHAW, Tacoma. eTIIE following were nominated by the President General und con liENRv L. BLANCHARD, 106 Main St., Brockton. WEST VIRGINIA IIICUIGAN GEORGE W. TAVENNER, ]R., Box 590, Parkersbur1. firmed by the Board of Trustees at Williamsburg, Va., June 3, 1942. LLOYD D . SwtTH, 731 Grand Marais, Grosse Pte. Par Jr.. WISCONSIN ]OHN E. DICKINSON, 555 Highland View Drive, IIINNESOTA West Bend. WILLIA~I J. AIKEN, PHtsburgh, Pa. LAl'llENS l\1. HAMILTON, The Plains, Va. HERBERT T. PARK, 738 McKnight Bldg., Minne- LOUIS ANNIN AMES, New York, N. Y. ALLEN L. OLIVER, Cape Girardeau, 1\lo. apolis. WYOMING CUFTON P. CLAHK, Washington, D. C. SMITH L. 1\lULTEH, South Orange, N. J. IIIISSISSIPPI HARRY C. PuRCELL, Box 94, Cheyenne. WALLACE UALL, Detroit, 1\llcb. G. RIDGELY SAPPINGTON, Ualthnore, 1\Id. PERCY L. CLIFTON, Jackson. III ISSOURI 1 (The names of General Officers will he found oa STERLING F. 1\tUTZ, Pre&itler~t Ger~eral Chairman, Ex OJ}iciu ALLEN L . 0Lrvn, Cape Girardeau. !he second cover page.) The Sons of the American Revolution Magazine quarterly Bulletin of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Publfabed at Wa&hin&ton, D. C., in July, October, January and April. Entered aa aeeond-ela18 matter March 81, 1924, at the poat·office at Washington, D. C., under the act of Auguat 24, 1912. National Headquarters, 1227 16th Street, N. W., Wuhin1ton, D. C. Telephone, District 8490 National Society of The Sons of the American Revolution Organized Aprfl 30, 1889. Incorporated by act of Congre.. , June 9, 1906 President General, Sterling F. Mutz, 1304 Sharp Bldg., Lincoln, Nebr. Qualifications for Membership (Extract from the Constitution) ANY MAN shall be eligible to membership in the Society who, being of the age of eighteen years or over and a citizen of good repute in the community, is the lineal descendant of an ancestor who was at all times unfailing in loyalty to, and rendered active service in, the cause of American Independence, either as an officer, soldier, seaman, marine, militia man or minute man, in the armed forces of the Continental Congress or of any one of the several Colonies or States, or as a Signer of the Declaration of Independence, or as a member of a Committee of Safety or Correspondence, or as a member of any Continental, Provincial, or Colonial Congress or Legislature, or as a recognized patriot who performed actual service by overt acts of resistance to the authority of Great Britain. Application for membership is made on standard blanks furnished by the State Socie ties. These blanks call for the place and date of birth and of death of the Revolutionary ancestor and the year of birth, of marriage, and of death of ancestors in intervening genera tions. Membership is based on one original claim; additional claims are filed on supplemental R ochester's Newest Public Edifice papers. The application and supplementals are made in duplicate. The Central Unit of the R ochester Museum Ple a se address all communic ations f o r The Sons of the Ame ric an R evolution 1\-lagazine to Fra nk B. S t eele, Erected by Edward R ausch Editor, 1227 16th S tree t , N. W., Wash ington, D. C. All Genealogical inquiries should b e addressed to the negistrar General. COJ'Y F OR APRIL ISSUE DUE l\IARCH 1, 194 3. Volume XXXVII January, 1943 Number 3 assurance of World peace. A World legislature--never. And yielding our sovereignty Message of President-General: only to the extent necessary to enforce the decisions of the World Court is quite enough until the World is better educated to assume added responsibility. MY DEAR COMPATRIOTS: Whatever new World may emerge after this war should be based upon a juridical Our Society appears to be making progress. Committees. have laid the~r plans and foundation and not upon any political arrangement and should be infused with a strong appear to be working with enthusiasm. T~is should be pleasi~g to all National, Stat~, spiritual stream based upon the proposition that "we should do unto others as we should and Chapter officers. In the main, cooperatiOn has been splend1d. If the volu~e o_f mall be done by." Without this the structure will fail and with it even a faulty one may coming to my desk is any criterion, I feel sure the reports at Rocheste~ w1ll ~hsclose succeed. that our Compatriots are doing very constructive war work as well as mcreasmg our These are the problems to be decided by the members of our Society, Senators, membership.