The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-06-03
PATRIOTIC SONS OF AMERICA.
Branch of Order Sons of the Amer
lean Revolution.
Gratitude Expressed Over Prospect OF
Society in Hawaii-Another Glor-
ious Star Added to the Flag.

Mesgrs. A. F. Judd, Peter c.
Jones, H. ". Severance, committee
appointed to confer with National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution relative to forming a
branch in Honolulu, received the
following letter by the Picking:
tIn response to your favor of April
10Th, which has just been received, L
will state that / have full authority,
and do hereby, empower you TO Instl-
tute and organize Society OF the sons
of the American Revolution in the
Hawaiian Islands. Said Society will
rank, when founded and admitted by
our National Board, as an integral
part of our National Society, and CO.
equal with each of our several State
Societies.
"This authority was sent informally
some time ago, to one OF your mem
hers. and is now confined in you as
committee.
"AIlOw me to explain in point or
two concerning the modus operandl.
Applications to membership may De
made on the blanks, which you have
prepared, a copy of which was kindly
l.
made in duplicate and sworn to. When
fifteen men have been found eligible to
membership, we would be pleased to
have YOU organize and send one copy
of each of the first fifteen applications,
n cow of YOUR constitution and the
roll of officers and managers elect OF
YOUR Society, either to me or to the
Hon. Franklin Murphy, Secretary
General, Newark, n. j., with formal
r. n SnOInfU
the Sons of the American Revolution.
Our National Board will cause the ap-
plications to be examined, and, II lin
cal descent of fifteen members IS found
to be shown, the Society Will be
promptly recognized. You will notice
that the first fifteen members are re-
ally admitted by our National Society:
After that, however, your own Doafd
will admit all future members, suoJecC
only to the supervision OF our Regls-
trar General, to whom you are to send
one copy of every application: me
Registrar General is charged with the
duty of making sure that eligibility is
proved. 1t is by this supervision that
the eligibility of our whole member
ship is fully assured. The National
Society will not attempt to pass upon
social acceptability of your members.
It is your right to do that; but this
national examination of applications,
to make sure that eligibility is proved,
has been of great advantage to State
Societies, because it frequently re-
lieves them of responsibility in deli
cate cases, as, for instance, where some
man of very high position, a personal
friend of the officers of the local Soci-
ETY., applies for membership, without
being fully able to prove eligibility.
"Every member of our Society in
fhis country is deeply gratified that
there is prospect of branch of our
brotherhood in Hawaii. We are with
the patriotic men who have established
the independence of Hawaii, heart
and soul, and we hope the day is not
far distant when, if it meet with the
approval of the founders OF your Re
public, Hawaii shall herself add one
glorious star to the flag of the United
States. Yours respectfully,
HENRY HALL,
Chairman, Org. Comm. S. A. r.