VOL. LXXII, NO. 3 WINTER 1978 WASHINGTON AT VALLEY FORGE C. Brumidi, artist, citizen of the U.S. "Treaties are like pie-crust-intended to be broken." The alarming results of 3be PRESIDENT GENERA(S MESSAGE the violation of the Salt I accords by the Soviet Union are set forth in an ar­ 9!Je SONS ticle by former Secretary of Defense, of the from Baltimore, Maryland Melvin R. Laird, in the December 1977 AMERICAN issue of the Reader's Digest, pages 97- I 0 I, entitled ''Arms Control: The REVOLUTION Your President Texas on December 15 for its celebration of Bill of Rights Russians are Cheating.": MAGAZINE General has offi­ Day. All of these meetings were well attended, the President Mr. Laird gives the data in regard to cially visited a General's addresses well received and in all instances im­ the te ting of the SAM.5 missiles to number of District pressive hospitality was extended to the President General upgrade its anti-aircraft missile system Conferences, State and Mrs. Barnes. to an ABM system, the production of a THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION MAGAZINE Society Confer­ Next year, until the ational Congress in Louisville on new intercontinental missile-the The SAR magazine is published qua11erly by The National Society of The Sons of the ences, and Chapter May 26 to June I, every available week-end has a speaking SS-16, as well as the SS-20. The sub­ American Revolution at $2.00 per year. Second class postage paid at Washington, D. C. and meetings since his engagement for your President General. Unfortunately, it marine construction yard on the White at additional mailing offices. Official publication of SAR, 2560 Huntington Avenue, induction as Presi­ has been necessary to decline several invitations because of Sea and the Khabarousk submarine Alexandria, Virginia 22303. Lt. Gen. Herman Nickerson, Jr. Editor. dent General of the these prior engagements. Your President General enjoys construction yard in Siberia have been National Society. these visits to our Compatriots and is quite pleased with the covered by canvas and planking placed EDITOR'S NOTES His first official reception he has received. over intricate lattice-work to prevent We would appreciate use of the ad­ you can recommend for us to publish visit was to the Gen­ A an editorial comment, the National Society, as its first the United States from counting and dress change form on the reverse of the please end it to your Editor. eral Philemon Tho­ Resolution passed at the Congress in Milwaukee, wa di­ studying missile launch tubes. It is un­ mas Chapter at clear how much of a military advantage mailing label. When you move please With the publishing of this WINTER rected to the retention by the United States of its sovereign Issue, we are back on schedule. We Baton Rouge, Lou­ rights in, and jurisdiction over, the Panama Canal and the Soviet Union has gained by these notify us promptly of your change of isiana on July 12, violations of the Salt I accords, but it is address. This will save your Society announce deadline dates (tentative) for Panama Canal Zone. This issue is of immediate and vital the next four i sues: 1977, to confer the importance and was the subject of comment in the President clear that the Soviet Union is deter­ money. Gold Good Citizen­ General's Message in the Fall 1977 issue of the SAR mined to gain decisive military When a Compatriot dies we publish ship Medal upon the Magazine, with particular reference to the excellent article superiority over the United States by his name in the column "IN whatever means. MEMORIAM." We, the living, can Honorable Joe W. by Compatriot Jerry A her, National Chairman of the SA R Issue Deadlines in 1978 Sanders, Chief Jus­ Americanism Committee. on page 38 of the Summer Issue of Mr. Laird also points out that not­ help by notifying the Headquarters of deaths so that we can memorialize our WILSON KING BARNES tice of the Louisiana the Magazine. There is an excellent and definitive article in withstanding hard times in the Soviet Spring firm 28 February PRESIDENT GENERAL Supreme Court, the November 1977 issue of the DAR Magazine, beginning economy during the past four years, the Compatriots. We have had Compatri­ Summer tentative 2 June designated as the at page 872, by Mrs. Phylis Schatly, National Chairman of Soviet Union is currently allocating at ots unmemorialized for several years Fall tentative 28 August Man of the Year by that Chapter. This was a most enjoyable National Defense of the NSDAR, entitled: "What's at least 17 per cent of its gross national only discovering the fact through the Winter tentative 28 November and rewarding meeting. Stake in the U.S. Canal at Panama?" It is recommended product to the military in contrast to an return of the SAR Magazine. Please With the e deadline dates for sub­ Your President General and Mrs. Barnes attended the reading for Compatriots of the National Society, SAR. All allocation by the United State of less as ist us. mission of material, we hope to mail as Atlantic Middle States Conference held on July 29-30 at Compatriots, as individuals, are urged, in accordance with than six per cent of its gross national We hope you liked the histo1ical follows: Wilmington, Delaware at the beautiful Hotel Du Pont. Resolution I, "to demand of the President, the Senate and product. In the modernization of its sketch of Brigadier General David Spring I April 1978 Foreman in the Fall Issue. We seek Compatriot Carl F. Bessent, Vice President General for the the House of Representatives that there be no relinquish­ ground forces, the Soviet Union is out­ Summer I July 1978 Atlantic Middle States District, presided at the business ment or surrender of sovereign rights and jurisdiction over spending the United States by a ratio of more historical articles. If you have Fall 2 October 1978 such a piece of writing or know of one meeting which was a well-planned, productive meeting. the Canal and Zone ... "This requires immediate attention. three to one! It is apparent from these Winter 2January 1979 Your President General was the principal speaker at the Also of vital importance for the security of the Nation and developments that the Nation will be in banquet held the evening of July 30. His address was well grave danger unless the expenditures of the preservation of its sovereignty, is Resolution No. 6 "Na­ THE COVER received. For a full account of this meeting, see page 15 of tional Defense," found on pages 19 and 20 of the Fall Issue the United States are substantially in­ the Fall 1977 issue of the SAR Magazine. of the Magazine. This Resolution urges the members of the creased as urged by Resolution 6. All A lunette painted by Constantino On September 9 to II, your President General attended National Society "to express their support of an adequate Compatriots, as individuals, should Brumidi high on the walls of the old the Des Moines Di trict Conference over which Compatriot national defense budget by a decrease in non-defense spend­ forthwith proceed to see to it that Reso­ Senate Committee Room on Military Lyman D. Tout, the Vice President General for the North ing and an increase in total defense spending and their up­ lution 6 is implemented. Affairs. As well as we can determine Mississippi District ably presided, consisting of the SAR port for the following programs: (I) the Trident subma1ine; this is only the second time it has Societies in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, Iowa and (2) the B I Bomber; (3) the Cruise mis ile; (4) the antiballistic (];~C..~ IN THIS ISSUE been reproduced. It was titled by Nebraska. At the Membership Workshop on September 10, missile system; (5) the modernization of the American Navy CHAIRMAN LANGE Brumidi evidently with Washington's The Padre Says ............................. 4 words in mind: " We have this day no there was much constructive work together with an excellent to be equal to or superior to the Soviet Navy; and (6) ASKS YOUR HELP address from Mrs. Henry Wallace. the State Regent of the adequate tactical air forces, missile systems and modern Genealogical Inquiries ................. 4 less than 2873 men in camp unfit for Iowa Society, DAR. There was a dinner in the evening at ground forces." The National Society maintains a In Memoriam .................................. 4 duty because they are barefooted which your President General was the principal peaker. The most important function of the Federal Government listing of the locations of the graves of Valley Forge ................................... 5 and otherwise naked." (Dec. 23, Three of the State Societies SAR from the New England is to provide for the defen e of the Nation. It is obvious that Revolutionary War veterans. In some Compatriots in the 1777). The two soldiers with Wash­ District held a meeting at Concord, New Hampshire on Sep­ without adequate military capability, the United States is left cases, these records contain additional Public Eye ................................... 6 ington may be Brumidi's conception tember 16 and 17. In spite of inclement weather the meeting open for destruction or blackmail by its enemies. This must data such as rank, service, death date New Members ................................ 7 of Steuben and Lafayette. Practically was well attended and profitable for SAR work. Your Presi­ never happen. It is our duty as members of the National and even photos of the gravestone. Our Chapter & State News .................. 9 all decorations in the Capitol Build­ dent General and Mrs. Barnes thoroughly enjoyed this meet­ Society to see to it that it never does happen.