St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-25
SONS OF The REVOLUTION
Society to Incorporate the Men OF
Revolutionary Ancestry.
STORY OF ITS ORDINATION.
Patriotic and Social Purposes are the
Aim Of the Ass03ia-
lion.


Revolution will organize Tomorrow at a
meeting called for the chamber of COM
meree at p. m. The society will be
| organized under the auspices of the
National SOeiRty Of the Sons of the
American Revolution. William o. Nc
DOwell, of New Jersey, vice president
at large, is in the city stopping at the
Ryan. His visit here is TO organize the
Minnesota society, ard last evening he
issued notice requesting the following
named gentlemen to attend the meeting
in the chamber of commerce tomorrow,
which, by the way, is the anniversary
of the battle of Trenton.
Gov. W. r. Merriam. Gen. Il. H. Slbley,
Senator c. X. Davis. Fred DTiseoli, Gen. r.
W. Johnson, <. w. Smslley. L. b. Clark, A.
S. Tallmadge. D. L. Noyes Hon. E. L.
Drake, Gen. John b. Sanborn. Judge c. E.
Flaudrau. Judge Greenleaf Clark. Col j. Il.
Davidson. Capt. e. ". Hackett, T. Cochran
Jr. S Sherin, w. "A. II. Taylor, Gen. G.. c.
An irews, Capt G; FL; M0ftett. Gen. G. L.
b Hodge Rev. E. d. Mel, Judge r. K. Mel
son, Stanford Newell. j. ). Sewall, HI. P. Up
ham, Judge W. Wiikin, G. 4. Young Gen. j.
W. Bishop c. Nichols. OF st. Paul: r. C.
Benton. Hon. Z. NJ. Wilson, Judge Atwater.
senator WashbUrn, s. E. Adams. Hon.
Dorilus Morrison. Hon. E. w. Winter
G.. c. Cochran. ex-Gov. j. s. Pills
bury, c. A. Pillbury, of Minneapolis; Col.
A. S. Morgan, Hon. G. II. Graves, of Duluth
Hon. Z. ". Durant Of saltwater; Solomon
Cogswell, S. Cemstoek. Of 0watonna: j. b.
Wakefield. OF Blue Earth City: S. B. Jenni
son, Of Red Wing; Judge W. Mitchell. of
WinOna.
Every citizen OF Minnesota, whose
ancestors in the Revolutionary war that
resulted in the establishment of the
Tn. rNf he nd
the birth of the constitutional Govern
ment of America, is invited to attend
this meeting. Mr.. Mcdowell will be in
attenIance. and he would be pleased to
have any descendant of Revolution
airy soldier, sailor, Oh StatioHer, COM
municate with him in care of the chamb-
er of commerce. or at the Ryan hotel,
St. Paul
There is already 5000 members in the
National society. In Massachusetts,
there are at least 10000 men entitled to
membership. Careful estimates have
placed the sons of the American rev0lu-
ton at about one-half of the population
of the country to-day. Mr.. Mellow I'll
is particularly enthusiastic In speaking
| of this National saeiety of Sons of the
American revolution. He spoke as
follows:
Immediately after the close of the
Revolution the officers of the American
army gathered together at the SUCCESS
| ton of Gen. Knox ard organized the
| Order of Cincinnati. Each one of the
members contributed q months pay to-
ward the organization, and proposed to
| make the society permanent by the adj
! mission as membeaS of the oldest sons
| by the male side of original officers.
! The celebration of the events of the
| Revolution have since that time been
largely in the hands of this society. At
| the commencement of the second Gen.
| fury of this republics history, descend
| ants of Revolutionary soldiers, at the
| suggestion of the Alta Californian, met
| in the Palace hotel at San Francisco
| and participated in the centennial par
| ade July 4. 1885, as a distinct body.
| They then formed themselves into the
| California Society of Sons of Revolu-
| tiOnary SireS.
Later, on the occasion of the celebra-
| ton of the centennial of the evacuation
of New York by the British, few de-
| scendants of Revolutionary soldiers
| gathered in the long room of Frances
| hotel where Washington had spoken
his farewell to his fellow officers after
the close of the war. and here organ
lied the New York Society of Sons of
|
| celebration of the centennial of Wash
ington's inauguration, at the invitation
of the New jersey Society of Sons of
the Revolution, delegates from societies
| then formed i'll twenty-one states. met
| and organized national society, which
! is now composed of the president of
each state society, one delegate-at-large
| and another from each state society for
| every 100 or fraction over fifty of its
| membership. The motion to organize
| the national society was made by del
| egate from Massachusetts and seconded
by delegate from South Carolina. In
! organizing the enthusiastic association,
the delegates stood around the table as
| Washington and his officers had done
in the same room on the occasion of his
farewell address.
Each of the organized states have
selected as their annual meeting day
the anniversary of some leading battle
| of the Revolution. 1t is expected that
the Tennessee society will select the
| anniversary of the battle of Kings
Mountain. State societies have been
organized in California, New Jersey,
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont
New Hampshire, New York, Pennsyl.
vania, South Carolina. Alabama. Ken.
lucky, Ohio, Indiana. Missouri and Ar.
| kanSaS. and other societies are now
forming in every state and territory OF
the Union. in France and in the Sand
witch Islands.
The necessary qualifications for adj
mission to membership are that the
applicant shall be descended from al
ancestor that assisted, while acting il
any of the following capacities. in es
tabiishiug American independence
during the war of the Revolution, 9
military or a naval officer, soldier or q
sailor. an official in the service of any
one of the thirteen original states OF
colonies. recognized patriot who rem
dered material service to the cause Of
independence.
1t may be stated that the president Of
the national society Is W. Seward Webb
of Snelburn, Vt.