The daily morning journal and courier., 1894-07-27
CONN ECTICUT BRANCH
of the Society ofths Cineinnati-its Coming
 Meeting in Litchfeid.

of the Society ofthe Cineinnati-its Comihs
 Meeting in Litehfeid.
 Rev. A. N. Lewis writes to the Litch- Held Enquirer as follows;
 The Connecticut branch of this ven- erable and iliustrious order is to hold social meeting at LitehAeld in septem- Der or October. and 1t is thought that an historical account of the society VIII interest the raaders of the Enquirer We begin. therefore. in this number n series Of sketches of the general and Connecticut society.
 The Connecticut society was organ izsd at West Point. N. Y.. in the Con necticut line of the Continental army July (. 17s3. On account of political ops position 1t became dormant" July |, 1894. It was revived July {. 1888 by General Dwight Morris. Major Nathan Greene Pond, Honorable Augustus w.. Merwin, Rev. A. N. Lewis and others, and restored by the general society at the triennial meeting at Boston, June l4, 1ssS Beginning in 1888 with Tour members, 1t now has forty and fund of over s6.0O0.
 The original Litchfield members In 17ss were: Lieutenant Aaron Bull. Cap tain Jesse Grant. (ancestor of U. $. Grant, CD Lieutenant Ephraim kirpy' Captain James Morris. Gather of Gen eral Dwight Morris. president Of the Connecticut society," P. M. G. John Pierce, jr., Captain William Stanton. Major Benjamin Talmadge. Captain Elijah Wadsworth.
 The eldest lineal male descendants Of the above officers are eligible for mem- bership in the Connecticut society.
 Wash .ngton was the first president general of the order from 17S3 to his death. He was succeeded by Alexan- der Hamilton of NY, 1sO0-1SO5: Charles Cotesworth Pinckney of s. C., 1s0b-lS25; Thomas Pinckney of s. C., 1S25-1S29; Aaron Ogdan of N. J., 1s29-1S3s: Morgan Lewis of N. Y, 1S39-1S44; William Pop ham of N. Y, 1S44-1S48; Henry A. 5. Dearborn of Mass, 1s4S-1S54; Hamilton Fish of N. Y, 1S54-1S93. All the above, but the last, were officers of the revolu- ton.
 The presidents of the Connecticut so- ciety have been: Major-General Jede- diah Huntington, 17S3-17S4; Major Gen eral S. H. Parsons, 17s4-17S7; Colonel Jeremiah Wadsworth, 17S7-1793; Colonel Ebenezer Huntington, 179a-1796; Major Benjamin Talmadge of Litchheld, lfS6- 1901; General David Smith, 1SO1-1SO3; General Joseph Walker, 1SO3-1So4; Gen eral Dwight Morris, 1SSS@
 The officers for 1S94-1S95 are: General Dwight Morris. president: Colonel George Bliss Sanford, U. s. A.. Litch- field. vice president; Major Nathan Greene Pond, Milford. treasurer; Hon. orable Augustus w. Merwin, Wilton' secretary; Rev. Alonzo Norton Lewis, New Haven, chaplain; Honorable Charles Isham, New York city, histor- ian. The Honorable. Morris w. Sey- mour of Litchfield is a member of the society.
 The "order," or jewel, is an American or bald eagle of gold or white enamel The talons grasp olive branches, the leaves, in green enamel, forming a wreath above it's head. The eyes are Of precious stones. Upon it's breast and back are borne shields, with figures of Cincinnatus and three Roman senators offering him the dictatorship, the sun rising, city with open gates, two hands clasping heart, and other sym bols with the following legends: "Vir- tutis Premium" (the reward of valor,) "Esto Perpetual" may it be perpetual) and "Omnia Reliquit Servare Rempub- licam" Che left all to serve the repub- lic) which is the motto of the society. The jewel is suspended from blue rib bon edged with white, the two colors symbolizing the alliance of France and the United States. The ribbon is IF inches wide, and the eagle 11a inches long by 1H wide. It may be Qawfully) worn attached to the left lapel of the coat; or on the left breast of the coat or suspended by the ribbon from the neck, but in no other manner, and nev' CT without the ribbon.
 The diploma is of parchment, 20 inch es in length, by 1872 in breadth. The plate (which is still preserved was en- graved in France by J. J. le Veau, from a drawing by August le Belle. Cuts o1 the eagle and the diploma will be giver in the next article. A. N. l..