fi sun\trs sn! lFstrf otg TFU[lettn lFutlisbe! by tbt @enersl @ourt of tbe @rbet WILLIAM C. CLAGHORN, CslrnueN, ButmrrN Conurtrpe, 1524 CHESTNUT Srnmt, PlttrloBlpgln.
Vor.. v, Mev, 1932. No. 3.
Lr. Cor-. JoHN BIon Rtcn.tnus Golernor-GemeraL oJ the Ordsr F-ouxnrRs exr P,rrnrors BuLrErrN.
General Court Meeting on May 14, 7932. This u'i1l be held in the Jefferson Room of the \,Iavflor','er Hotel, \\rashington, D. C., at i0 A. \'I. Standard Time. Associates of the several Societies are invited to be present, at the luncheon at 12 noon, Standarcl Time. Send your check for $1.50 (if -vou will attenrl) to Sarrruel Herrick, 1705 K Stleet. After the t'neeting, an autornobile lrip li11 be given those present, to \It. Vernon aud Arlington Cerle- ter1.. As lhc Pennsylr'ania Railroad have a rcduced fare il shoulcl be an inccntive to consider thc trip. \Vc firrcl thjs reduced fare is thc price of a one u'ay trip, ltlus ten irer cent. Irol exar.nplc, onc u'a.v fronr Philadelphia t
Presentation of Oil Paintings. The Arlington House, at Arlington Cemeterr', sor-netirnes knotvn as t1-re George \Irashington Parke Custis house, or the General Lee \,Ian- sion, is being redecorated by the United States Government. The old paintings u'hich folrr-rerl1' gracecl the rvalls are being copied and the replicas I'i11 be prescntcd lo thc Governnrent by the follon'ing Societies: Societ-v of thc Cincinnati-portrait of l,Iajor General I-afa1'ette, fronr the original b]' Charlcs \Vilsor-r Pcale. General Societl' of Colonial \\rars-portlait of George \\rashington, fror.n thc original b,v Charles \Viison Pealc. Order of Irounclers arrd Patriots of Amcrica-porlrait of Dleanor Parke (Nciiie) Custis, fLonr copv of original bv Gilbcrt Stuart. Genelal Socicll' Sons of the Rcr.olutiorr-portrait of Gcneral Henr'1' (i,ight tlolsc llarl') Lec, l'ronr colrv of Gilltcrl Stu:u't, 1;ollrait hr- Bcnianrin \\rest. FouNor,ns aNn Parnrors,Bur-r-rrrN.
A ceremonl, rvili be held for the unveiling of these portraits, to u'hich the officers of the various Societies mentioned rvi11 attencl, on Aprii 30, 1932, at 3 P. \'I. One of the speakers rvi1l be Prof. Arthur Adanrs, of Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., formerly Got'ernot General of the Order. The portrait rvhich constitutes our contribution to the Gorternment is being painted and framed at a cost of set'en hundred do1lars. Walter Gilman Page of N'Iassachusetts is the artist, and the picture is being copied at N'Iartha's Vineyarcl, N'Iass.
The California Society. The tenth annual meeting of the California Society lvas held at the Alexandria Hotel, Los Angeles, on the evening of Nlarch 18th. The meeting rvas preceded b1' 1L" annual dinner at t'hich the principal address rvas by Past Governor Orra Eugene \'Ionnette, his subject, "Tench Tilghrnan, the Yorktor,vn Paul Ret'ere." Our first governor, Wiliis N{ilnor Dixon. to1c1 of the principal worid events during the first ten years of his life, 1846 1856. The Secretary's report shon'ed our membership to be 34, the same as one year ago, and the Treasurer reported that there \vas a smali increase in the cash assets of the Society.
The follorving offlcers rvere elected for the year 1932-1933:
Governor . . . Dr. Daniel Leland Ransorn Deputy Goternor . . Nathan Wilson Stowell Chaplain . .Wi1lis \{ilnor Dixon Secretary . .Lansing Glenn Lytle Sayre Treasurer . .Alfred Lee LathroP States Attorile\t...... Orra Eugene Nlonnette, LL.D. Registrar . .Burnham Robert Creer' Genealogist .Paran Flint Rice H'istorian . . George Ira Herrick Councillors rq32 rg35...Abram Cross Denman Albert, DeWitt Gibbs Frederic Thomas Woodman Councillor r Q3o r 933 (to fii1 the unexpired term of Wiiliarr Borvne Hunnervell, deceased) Co1. Andrerv James Copp, Jr. F ouNoBns eNo Perntors Bur,lnrrN.
The Massachusetts Society. Thc annual nreeting of this Societv u,as ireld on "\,Iassachusetts Charter Da-v," Friclar', l,Iarch 4,1932, at 6 P. 1,I., at the Parker House, Boston. The several officers nade their annual reports, ancl the election for the cor.ning vear rcsulted as fo11on's:
Gournor . . . Dr. \,Iaudcc Worcester Turner Deputy Goternor . . Hon. Ralph Caieb Estes
Cha.plain. . . . . George Copp Warren
Secretary.. . . . Co1. Air-in Richards Bailev 7-reasurer . .Ilerbert Henry Page States Attortrc),...... George Hollister llron'n Reg.istrar ..Lt. Col. John l3ion Richards Genealogist . Henry Vaughan 'lha1.er Historiatt . .lllmer E11st'orth Parmenter CoutciLlors r932-r935 . .Albert Washington illlis Co1. Albert \Vatson Forman Charles llndicott Patch Thc r-rerv Olficers u.cre installecl, anrl after the Salute to the lr1ag, thc clinncr u'as hcld aL 6.30 P. X{.
The addtess was b-y Colonel Ddgar Erskine Hunre, u'ho during the \\rorld War hacl commancl of thc United Statcs Arlr.ry Hospitals u'ith the Ro1'a1 Italian Arrll', \\rar Zone, Italr'. Colonel Hume has long knou'n Italr-. Before the \Vorlcl \\rar, as a ].oung graduate of Johns Hopkins, he s'cnt to Ital-vfor furthcr studv and graduated at the Roval Universit)' of Rorle. After-rvards sen'ing as an Assistant in the Policlinico. \\rhen Italy n'as visited b-v the terriblc earthquake in -fanuarl' 1915, the American Anrbassador, the late Thon'ras Nelson Page, organizecl a rclief expedition, on u'hich Dr. Hume rvas in chargc of all nredical relief. In recognition of his u'ork Dr. Hurr,e u'as citecl in the Arlbassador's dispatches to the State Department, and deco- rated b.v the King of Ital-v. Later l'hen Italrr entered the World \\rar, Dr. Hunre volunteered as a Surgeon. Returning to America in 1916, he enterecl the United States Armv \,Iedicai Corps, and after service in the \\rar Departn.rent during mobilization, lvas sent back to Italy, this tirle in colnmand of Base Hospital 102. This hospital rvas ex- pandecl b-v thc addition of Italian personnel to form a con-rposite hospital center, and treated rvounded and sick frorr-r thc Fourth and Sixth Italian Armies. During the battlc of Vittorio Veneto he sup- plied clressing stations ancl surgical teams for dut1. u'ith the Third, FouNoEns exl Parnrors' BurrrrtN.
Fourth, Sixth, Eighth and Tenth Italian Arnries, himself directing the rvork of these units under fire, ancl s,as au.arded the Croix de Guerre and trvice cited in American Olders for braverr.. In 1919 the hospitals were returned to Ar-nerica, but Colonel Hurre rvas detached from the organization, and l'ent to Selbia ivhere he became Comn-rissioner for the American Red Cross, directing the u'ell knoll'n canrpaign against t1'phus fever. For his work in Ital.v and Serbia the War Departr.nent alarded 1-rim the Distinguished Service \,Iedal, and he u'as also honored by the late enen-ries for the care of theil r,ounded fo11ou'ing the Armistice. He is nol' Instmctor of N,Iedical Troops ii'ith the \,Iassachr:rsetts and Nerv Harlpshire National Guarcl. He rvas formerlv Deputy Governol of the Order of Founders and Patriots in the District of Columbia and is at present Presirlent of the Society of the Cincinnati irr the State of \rirginia.
Nnll, trRr,rsBRS RDPORTED BY THI' REGISTRAR:
EI)\\TARD STEPHEN NIOULTON, Gen. \o. 2058, Xlass. Soc. 160. 1317 Trrnxs Ho.rl Brru.olxc;, Founcler ancestor, \\ril1irLm \Ioulton, PHovrloxcn, R. I., Hampton, N. H., 1639. ,7 ccountunt. PlLlriot rLncestor', Stcphcn X'Iou1ton, Rehoboth, Ilass.
EI)\\TI\ \\IILSON FARR, Gen. No. 2059, trIass. Soc. 161. Lrcror, Tsx.cs. Founder alnccstor, Thon-ras Flrrr, Essex Co., Ilass., bcforc Nor.ernber 6, 1654. Patriot iLncestors, \Vi11iam Furr and Jonathan F:Lrr', Chester'ficld, N. H. Supplementur-t. I III)\\'IN \\'II-S{ )\ F-\RR, ()en. No. 2059, \'Iass. Soc. 161. I l.r,t;r'\,'l'ri\.r.. Itounder rLncestor, '\aron Stark, Ston- II ingtorr, Conn., befolc Janr.rarl' 2, ] 1 653-+. P:Ltliot lLnccstor, Nathan Stirlk, Grci- ton, Conn.
ED\YARD ,\RTHUR RIRCH, Gen. No. 2060, \Iass. Soc. 162. Arurxcron, Xl.rss. Founcler anccstor, John PrLgc, Water'- to*'n, \{ass., before October 19, 1630. Plitriot ancestor, Len.rucl Page, Surrlt, \. H.
JOSnPH FI{riI) rIORSD, Gcn. No. 2061, \,LL,ss. Soc. 163. Pnl,r,rpsrunc, K,lx., Iroundel anccstor, Anthony NIorsc, l?etired Bonker. \ertl,ttry, \l:L*s., 16.1.i. Iratriot zLnccstor, Danicl llorsc, Bridge- rvatcr, N. H. 6 F'ounnrns aNo Parnrors BurrruN.
NECROLOGY
The Massachusetts Society. MAJOR HARRY LEE BAGLEY onc of our bclovcd members died at his home in Boston, on \Ionc1ay, February tho eighth, 1932. He *.:rs Commanclcr of the l'usilicr Vetrrrau Association fol three ycars, anrl prior to thiLt u'ir.s Adjutant for sixteen vears; ir member of thc Ancicnt and Honourable Arti11er1' Company for' ninctecn ycars; Prcsident of the Nerv Englancl Alumni of the Zeta Psi Fraternity; Rorvcloin Collcge '94, and mcmber of Borvcloin Collcge Club; Univcrsity Club; Army ancl Navy Club of Boston; 32nd clegree Nlason; Alcppo Tcmple Nl.vstic Slrrinc; Sons of the American Revolution; anti ]lassachusetts Societ-v of thc Order of the Founders ancl Patriots of Amcrica. N,Iajor Harry l-ce Bagle-v \vas a. man of forceful ancl decicled character and his counscl in affairs of m:rny of the organizations ti'ith u'hich he rvas associatcd rvas oftcn sought. Therefore be it llesolted,, tl"rat in thc clcath of Nlajor Harly Lee ts:rg1cy, tl.rc \{iLssachrt- setts Socicty of thc Orcler of thc FoLrnc'lers anrl Patriots of Amcrica has lost a valuable membcr; one l.ho rvas 1ovec1 by ail; his sterling qualities being most appleciated by thosc rvhosc' good fortune it 'was to hrlr.e bccn t lo.elJ- rr*socirrtt tl rvitlr Jrim; \Vc rviil evcr rniss him; ancl bc il further llesobed, that tl-rcse Resolutions be sprcacl upon thc recorcls of thc Societl', and that a copy of thc same be presentecl to his famiiy. REV, ELWIN LINCOLN HOUSE, S.T.B, D.D. Tl.rc Rev. I)r. Horrsc c1iec1 on January 19,1932, at Scott's Biuff, Nebraska. \\thi1c holding a very srlccessful mccting at thc First \{etl-rodist Church of Scott's B1uff hc contlactecl influenza rvhich developed into pneumonia :rnr1 hc passecl a$ia-v in fir'c rlays. His \Iassacl-rusctts Societv number l'tLs 15-l ancl his Nation"rl numberr rias 2044. He nas a c1erg1'man, author, and lcctu.rcr, holding thcse deglees: A.B. from llarvard, S.T.B. frorn Boston Univcrsitv School of Thcolrgy, D.D. flom Furman. He leavcs a t'ife erncl t$'o sons, Elmer Dhvin ancl Arthur Evcrett. His plrstoratcs \\.cre at Boston, N{ass., Hcnniker, N. H., Skorvhcgan, ILLine, Portizrncl, )LLinc, r\ttleboro, \'Iass., Providencc, R. I., PortlLncl, Orcgon, Spokane, Washington. He s'as :r Trustec of Pacific Unir-crsit-v, Forest Glove, \V:rshington, trrrl ol Pacific Tl-reological Scminzrly, Bcrkel:1', Californirr. He servccl as Chaplain of .5th N'Iass, Reg. U. S. \ro1s., in Spanish-American trVar, Hc l.as a mcmbcr of the Sons of the Revolution and a 32nd clegrec Nla-"on. Was truthor of the folkrl'ing books: The Psychology of Orthodoxy, The l,Iind of God, Thc Drama of the Face, The Glor.v of Going On, Hog'to Hcal Onc's Se1f, The Supreme Christ, Thc Wor1c1's Gleatest Things, ancl manv pamphlets on rcligious and psvchologicrrl subjects. Hc itarl a great succcss as a preachcr and lecturer. llis home rvas at Hoocl River, Orcgon. IiouNonns ann Pernrors Bulr-errN.
The District of Columbia Sociely. HON. DAVID JAYNE HILL Hon. David Jayne Hill, D. C. No. 10, and \ational \umber 1.535, dietl Ilarch 2, 1932, aftcr an illnoss of eight da1's, at his housc 1745 Rl"rode IslrLnd Avenue, \\rashington, I). C., s,hele irc hiLcl livccl alone fol the past live ycars. Dr. Hill u'as 81 yeirrs of agc. He rvas born at Plainfield, \erv Jcrscy, June 10, 1850, son of Rcr.. DiLniel T. ancl Lydia Ann (Thompson) Hi1l. His founrlcr rLncestoL rl.as John Hill, of Dover, N. H., anrl his revolutioniLry ancestor rvas Isa:Lc Hi11, of thc san,e city. Hc originally becarnc a membcr of thc Pennsyh'aniiL society transfelring his rncmbel- ship to the District of Columbia socictl on its formation April 6, 1926, thus becoming a charter mer.nbel of this brancl'r. An account ol the life of Dr. Hill natura111' fal1s into thlee parts,- rLs an eclucrLtor, as il cliplomat, in both of rvhich-he plal-er1 an..,t".,pti,,r'rri11y brilliant p:Lrt, and in retirernent, rvhcn his fricnc1s rverc givcn am1;1e olrpor- trlnity to appreciatc his chiLrrLctcr ancl fricndship. He gladu:rter1 f rom tl-re Univcrsity at Lcs'isburg, Pa., later knorvn:rs Rurkncll University, uith thc tlegree of A.B., in 187.1,:Lnr1 of A.NI., in i877. Fivc v.er.s after graclrraiion ancl rvhen but 29 -u-eals of iLge hc betlrnre Presi,lint c,f thu universitr', scrr.ing until 1888, rvhcn hc becamc Plcsiclenl of thc Univelsrtl. of Rochcster, from l'1.rich hc rcsignc-d in 1896 to onter l1pon.t cliplomatic c:rLccr. During thcsc years l.ris arlministraticin s'as markcrl by :L cluict fir'ln- ncss thal causecl his facult-v iLnrl his stnrlcnt boclv to lespei't hii leiLrning :Lnc1 ability ancl fricnilship. Tl-rroughout his lifc hc s':rs a plolific n'riter. In 1877 befc-rle ente'ring upon his unir.elsity dutics hc u'totc a Lifc of \\rashington lrr.ing ancl E1c- rnents of Rl-retoric, irncl thc follorving 1.e:rr a l,ife of \Yilli:rru CLrllen Blvent and tl.re Sciencc of Rhetoric. His crdy m:Lstcry of tht' scicncu of Rheioric perhiLps cxplains in part l-ris cham as iL n'riter and spcakr:r. \\thilc Presiclcnt at Bucknell hc rvrotc the Ultimate Grounil of Knon-ing ar.rd Being, 1883, Elements of Ps1'chology, 1886, the Social InflLrence of Chris- tianity ancl the Principlcs and Fallacies of Soci:rlism, 1888, anrl at Rochestcr appealerl his Cenetic Philosophy, in 1893. I.rom 1896 to 1899, he spent his time in studl' at thc Univelsitv oi Bcrlin, the Univcrsity of Palis, and the trco1e Librc clcs Sciences Poiiticpros at Paris, studying the Public LiLrvs of Duropc. In 1898, he rcturned to this country, on the ciL11 of Presirlent \{cKinlcy, und for five years hc rvas Assistant Sccretary of Statc uncl:r John Hav, sc'rving scveral long periods of tin,e lis Acting Secrctrrrl', during thc sickness of thc Sccrctar-v. He rvas a mcrrber of the I,-irst Phiiippinc Comrnission anrl irlLrl gcneral ovc-rsight of thc Pan AmcriclLn Congrcss at trIexico Citv. He plcpareil the con.rprohension orrtline for thc School of Oon.rpaltLtir.e .|rrrisprurlencc anrl l)iplom:Lcy opcncrl in connecticin l'ith Colrrrnbian Univclsitv, now Gcorge \Vashington Universitl', in rvhich hr: scrvecl rluring thcse )'c.u's.t-s Profcssor of European Diplomacy. A bettel founclation for a diplom;Ltic ciLrccl w.ts ncvcl posscsscd b1. anyone and rvhen Dr. Hill rvas callccl for serrrice he l'as reacl1r. From 1903 to-1905 he was Envoy Extlaorrlinary ancl Nlinistel Plt'nilroientirry ,,f the United St:rtcs tci Srvitzerlancl :rnc1 from 1905 to 1908 to the Netherlirnils. From 1908 to 1911, hc u'as Ambassaclor llxtr:rorclinarl':rnc1 Nlinistcr Plcni- potentiary to Germany, rcsigning for no expressccl c,iure l)rlt to thc r'(gtut of cr.erybod.v. In 1907, u'hen in thc Nethcrlancls, he u.as namecl a rlclcgatc to thc Scconrl Itcircc Corfcrcnci':Lt tlt'HlLguc, lL llrLrrl )('r,,f thc l)r'r'nlrricnt r\rlrrrinislrlrtivc Council ot thc Illrgur: Triltrrrral. l)rrring thest: vclrrs ltc B FouNlrns eNo Parnrors Bur,r-Bun.
founcl timc to l'ritc Intcrnational Justice; A Problem of Finance; Thc c;;;;rii; tin.l Realization of Ncritrality; and the Life an6 \\rorks .f Fii"" t'r.il"-, io-iqiij, Thc Contrmlorirv Devtlopmtnt oi !itll"-'t'y' in'ibO+. He prepared e History o[ Dilrlomacy in th. Irlt('rn:rtlonil l)e\-clol)- ;.,;i; E,irori",'6f":n;ch tht' first on t[re Strugglt'of Urrivcrs:r1 Iimpir.' ,,ro"ri",f i" '19b5, en.l ,,' ."""n,1 'olum.'uni,i-.', rlr. Il.Lririi.llnenl of Tt rritolirl Sbvereignry, itPli('ared in 1006. Since-hii riiirernerrt in lq11 1rr, .'ent lris tim,'mninly.in \\':rsltingturr, lni."-itGnttv lccturing on Diplomrrty irl Johns F{olkins.Univcrsltl.' t'or-ull-- iii" Unit"rsiiv end thF Boston Universitl' Lru' Sch.ul' httt Llevutlngflu\'lI .i"rris'iiri"'it lii"rri.:, His thir-d'volume .,f thu History.nf qtglg- il."". the Dil'l,,rnacy",o.t. oI rlrc Agr.of .\lrsulirtisrrri npl,r'nr(,1 in 191-]; \\'ori,i "niiif"fOrganiz:ttion lis Affr't lr''l lrl' the Nlrture ol llre '\lorl!rn ilittt' ln ibii'.:.riliil-;ai-ir,,n.tatc.1 into French and Gcrman; the Peopl_e's.-()o'crn- -\vlrar jn 1q1o; llrc Rebrril,ling of ,o*,' i" iqls;- i.,r,.ri,.,,nirm is ir, _ E;;;,,. in'i'',pi""';,,"-.i tSt;, both of t6e 6st nirme(l v01l1nt s :tlso tr:tn'litte'l lrlto F;;li;; th" Koi."t, in 1918; anrl Prescnt Pro6lcrns in I,'ort'ign'"i"'iqfq. P"1ic1', in 1919. tr"' rook :rn il(.ti\.e l)rrt in thr. fig1t ,gttin.t. aslngnizing tllt' '\:trions. \\'1111 governmonL:ll Le,,s,1e uf SintT lht'n ht' kcpt in.clos,' tutl(h :rs be'fore- ;;i"i;:";il;".i",,f.uir, L't his'en ieasecl to.movc _r.pid1y "as Policiei u1,1,"ut"i1 in 1920, and the Problerr.rs of a Worltl A;;i;;;-w;t1.1 They,.rtre C;il-i; iqji.- Hl. booki'mahe interesting rc.,li'.tg. ^chrttrLc- i"r;^l,f i,u'"-.i.,,*.'.. oi .l ylL., :r tivrrcity in- rc'lrtir,n,. e l,ul ,l 'ling fulth ul intr.nsr.feeling,:r fr:rrrknt.ss (,I s1:rl(mcnt, \\lllcll 1s ablr.' le.lrlcsi, lln'l alI times""m. borclers-on the contot-ttious' I"i"rl""t",it iuottt-r has treen recognizcd 5v _sevcr,l u'i'ersities. The (lesr.ec o{ l,L.D. rvas (.onlcfr('1l rr'un liirn 1,r'_-Urrirn" (',lgrtr L'ni't rsiry, i' .1882, irt:,Ii,'t';i;r.liu F"*.ytu,,ni. :rn'1 l'lJ' Univ''rsitv in 1902 lnd ;+ ;i;;;;il c.ii"c;"i i" ietS; ir.',ii .i u'c.L' bv Buci