The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1892-05-06


Sons of Revolution.
Gen. A. w. Greedy of Washington, in
behalf of his society, offered resolutions
tending to pave the way for fraterniza-
ton with that society. The resolutions
were not put before Eugene J. Hill
offered resolutions appointing Jonathan
G. Trumbull president of committee,
to be composed of one member from
each State, to confer with the Sons
of the Revolution, with the OBJ
ject of effecting union. The resolu-
ton was unanimously carried. Ex-Gov.
Green of New Jersey threw the first
cold water on the attempt at union by
opposing the giving of power to the
committee. He said that he wanted to
fraternize with the other society, but
that the Sons of the Revolution had
spurned the Society of the American
Revolution and that it was the part of
the other society to make the first step
toward peace.
Champion S. Chase warmly favored
peace. He declared that there was one
Revolutionary war and there should be
one society.
Gen. Breckenridge made a peppery
speech, and wanted to know if the other
society wanted peace. If they wanted
war he was ready to give it to them.
A short address was made by Acting
Mayor Arnold of New York, which was
responded to by Chairman Porter. The
motion to furnish the President-G General
of the rival society a copy of the resolu-
ton of Mr.. Hill of Connecticut was car
ried by 3S to 16.
From the Free Press we conlense
Relating to petitions for membership, it
says: "The first step is to trace back
ones lineage by as many lines as possible
to the times of the Revolution, Family
| bibles, the memory of relatives, the
records of towns and counties, wills of
| the deceased, etc., must be consulted.
| The man or woman who once begins
upon this fascinating search will never
! stop until he discovers whether he has
an ancestor or not.
"For proof of service of an ancestor
recourse must be had to existing records
in the 13 original States or in Washing
ton. Several States have published
books, none of them absolutely COM
plete, but all of them exceedingly valu-
able. New Hampshire has published
four Volumes of rolls of her troops in
the American revolution. Copies can
be had from Otis G. Hammond, Con-
cord, n. H. Vermont has no book, but
does possess the records of service, and
enquiries should be addressed to Theo-
dole S. Peck, Acknowledgement. Massa-
chusetts has never issued a book, but
has a great mass of documents, indexed,
and an inquiry addressed to the secre-
tary of the commonwealth, Boston,
Mass, will receive attention. Rhode
Island, Connecticut, New York, New
Jersey and Pennsylvania have books,
"At Washington there is great mine
of material. There are over three hun
dred volumes of manuscript papers and
records in the State department and in
the pension bureau there are over 20C
volumes more of muster and pay rolls
and similar documents. The files in the
case of the 81, ,069 Revolutionary pensions
are exceedingly valuable for proof of
service"
The society's archives show that de,
scendants of nearly all the signers of the
Declaration of Independence are in the
membership, as well as those of the
hundreds of famous soldiers and sailors
who led the American army and navy to
victory. Registrar General Goode said
that he had exercised a rigid scrutiny of
papers before issuing certificates for
badges and State officers should verify
the papers before transmitting them to
the national officers.
The following officers were elected /:
President General, Gen. Horace Porter
Vice-Presidents, Gen. Jonathan Trum-
bull of Connecticut, Gen. j. G. Brecken-
ridge of the District of Columbia, Hen
ry NJ. Shepherd of Illinois, Gen. Theo-
dore S. Peck of Vermont and Paul Re
we're of New Jersey.
Honorary Vice e-President- General, G..
NJ. Depew, Thomas +. Bayard, Cen
Bradley T. Johnson. Secretary General,
A. Howard Clark, Registrar-G General,
DIR. George Brown Goode; Treasurer.
General, G. w. Haskins; Historians
eral, Henry Hall; Surgeon General, DR..
Aurelius Bowen; Chaplain General,
Bishop Charles T.. Cheney;
| A resolution of thanks tU the retiring
Secretary General and presentation of a
badge were voted Gen. A. w. Greeley
proposed that ritual be adopted for
the initiation of new members.
The thanks of the society were voted
to the Mayor and Board of Alderman of
the city of New York for the use of the
City hall and the Congress adjourned.
The banquet at Delmonico's was a
fine affair. Chauncy NJ. Depew presided.
Among the speakers were ex-Secretary
Bayard, Chas. A. Dana and Gen. Porter.
! We note from Vermont there were Sena-
tor Redfield Proctor, Robert j. Kimball,
Charles S. Forbes, Theodore S. Peck.
! Albert b. Chandler, William A. Crombie,