, 1885-11-01
Sons or AMERICA.
Washington Camp No. I Of wyoming
Instituted Last Night.

Instituted Last Night.
On the train from Denver last night
came Gen. Sidney A. Shepherd. national
secretary of the P. o. S. A. Gen. L. K.
Stimson, grand lecturer of Colorado, and
Mr.. Il. j. Adams, state secretary for
Colorado. Their mission was that Of in
stituting in this city a camp of the Patri-
otto Order of Sons OF America. The
charter membership here was twenty-six,
and the enrolled members met at Masonic
temple at s p. m. and received the first
two degrees. there being three in all, the
red, white, and blue, or camp council and
~commandery. According to the laws of
the order a commandery cannot be insti-
tituted until six months have elapsed.
After the institution of the camp and
council, the officers were installed as fol
lows.
I. Nj. Fisher, past president; j. W.
Fisher, president c. p. Leary, vice pres
identi John T. Deweese, master of forms
and ceremonies; s.. Mcfarland, conductor;
j. II. Goddard, inside guard; s.. A.
Bristol, outside guard; Il. f. Leibey,
financial secretary; T.. p. Snow, secretary;
d. l.. RAIDER, chaplain; S. Mcfarland,
DR.. Quinby and j.. II. Goddard, trustees.
After the ceremonies of the evening the
visiting officers and the members of the
new camp partook of a delicious lunch,
served in the usual excellent style of
Ramsey.
The Patriotic Order Sons of America
has now assumed a position of power and
influence, which not only gives a guarantee
of its ability to endure the changes and
shocks Of time and fortune, but to WELD a
controlling hand in shaping the future
career Ofour nation, and especially through
its stern and indomitable rules to pro-
tect the common school system of our
land from bigoted and illegal influence.
Its immediate benefits are home benev-
%olence, the care of its sick, the burial of
its dead, the protection of and assistance
to all connected with it who may be in
need.
1t fosters a patriotic love of country
which impels a constant and vigilant
watch over all the country's laws and lib
critics, and affirms its determination that
they shall neither be broken nor con
temned with impunity by home traitors or
| olion nolcoptontu
The order has no PARTISAN political
claims, obligations or intentions. The
constitution is plain and easily understood,
contradicting none, but sustaining all Of
the constitutional laws of our country.
The order was first organized in Phila.
delphia Dec. 10, 1877. but prior to the
war its organization was imperfect and its
progress consequently slow, the ramifca-
tons not extending much beyond the mid
die states. When the war broke out a
general enlistment of the members com.
PEELED its entire suspension. In 1866 the
order wa recognized and placed upon a
more substantial basis, and its member
sup INV BUN " ioNdAc Il camp III every
town in the United States. 1t has for it,
objects the inculcation of pure American
principles; the opposition to foreign inter
f%erences with state interests in the United
States of America; the cultivation of q
fraterla love- the preservation of the
constitution of the United States, and the
propagation of free education.
There are those who, without reading q
word of its laws and tenets, at c con
clude that the order is something Of .
Know Nothing character, which is, oil
course, a mistake. On the contrary, ii
desires to foster the proper kind of immi.
grafton from other countries to tins, but
is decidedly opposed to having the pena.
and pauper ships of the old world emptied
upon our shores, and it proposes to pro
tect free schools, the foundations Of
good government, from the tamperine
hands of anybody. These and the cult
%vation of American patriotism are ltschie.
pillars.