The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
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panion BODY TO the Soclety oa .nns ~ oficers OF
'nS S year age, in March, ls9S, the he s sDsss ,S Ss
ieedsrablp OF Mrs, William Gerry Slade OF tm.s
city for women OF New England birth or Or iphno,
aiiferent states. and IL Is believed that New
England women arc ,9t 2 teInpeInnsu ,nooether
will move them rhs 70 local S,na arSsnnnisstion now mum
Iers about $50. Its annual dinner US ne'n; ~
propriately enough, on the anniversary vi Nv
Before last year was old the Children of The
American Revolution, came into ne,dif f;;,u9b.
ters Of the American Revolution. arc elislnio
from birth to membership. or. rs " ~ oimetW' oPp
ssnliiers Of tie American Revolution. Any son
or Daughter OF the American Revolution may
reetors Of tho general society are Mrs Mary
Harrison Mckee ard Mrs. John W ros nSs;
Mrs. Ferdinand J., Earle TrTaG nn"wn ma a. the
Washington Heights Society, Z. a. IL. ~ nhI
its BIRTH in Gen. Earle's home the oia IuIn as
place, where Washington used the grtht NH ~
a council room. There Il. n society In Illinois
aud one In Kentucky, and an appliGation ZOE
Capt. Kendrlck. who is now stationed at Fort
Logan. Col. In the New York society there are are
seyenty:ave members; and The there o S{ e eOU OF the h
society are the acquisition OF knowledge OF
American history. and any patriot,c wo,N 'n n".
deavor TO Influence oil other children and
youths to the same purpose. TO place u cor oi
tnO lDttlhThItOn ~ initDtllht'iSO - - -
propriate place, and to hold the American nag
sacred above every other flag on earth.
Another OF last years societies II the Oruer Oh
Washington, for male descendants Of those
persons who held civil or military Office between
The newest society heard from up to the hour
OF writing was organized last week. ~ is maae
up of descendants OF people VINO settled IN Ino
colonies between 1907 and 1907. or WITHIN u
half century after the settlement OF jamestown;
Va, and whose families aided the ContinentaI
forces in the struggle against England. II was
at first proposed TO call the society the ORDER
Of Colonial Founders aud Revolutionary Pa.
a tfi9 soin ,4S1Iy' having G%t pprnesssSSpTtssdi i the tile, and
the society was finally named the order OF
Founders and Patriots, ioo7,r3n." r N; re-
among those interested In the new organization.
An organization not always thought OF as one
bodies, because its name does not necessarily re-
call events OF the colonial days, but which never
is the Huguenot Society, organized in 1883; 1t
is made up of descendants of HuRuenot famliies
who came to America prior to 1881.
Tho Mayflower Descendants, male and female
descendants of the passengers on the MaynoWer
in 1920, was organized on Dec. 22. ls94.
Although. as the dates OF organization show,
the great upspringing Of these patriotic histori;
cal-hereditary societies. began in the centennial
years, the earlier years of this century were not
great wars have occasioned each the formation
Of some such society; The Cincinnati f9li9wed
on sept. IA. 1914, the Military Society of the
War Of 1872 was established by officers of the
bIluy dIll navy WIZ lti Ioughb III NAV "
The soCiety's object was to inspire among mem
bers and among the American people the patri-
otto spirit of those who, during that war. de-
Tended their rights against hostile encroach-
ments, and to cause to be the prin-
ciples for which the war Of 1872 was fought;
Original and hereditary mem bcrs were provided
years who should have descended lineally from
an ancestor, as the p!roDosttns. who, II surviving,
would have been eligible to original mem ber-
ship. In default OF such. the nearest IN collat-
eral line might be admitted. In 1892 n New
YORK OrunniZAtiOn of this society was eStuD-
lished. The seal of the society depicts the nc
ton between the trigate United states and
ON Oct. IL, 1s47, the Aztec Club of lS47 was
founded. Its members are surviving officer. Of
the Mexican war and lineal descendants
through the oldest male line.
In 1889 was formed the Medal of Honor Lee
of the civil war of ls6l-5. whose Gallentry was
recognized by vote OF Congress, and their male
and female descendants.
male line Of officers of all the, foreign wars of
this country we're organized in 1894 into the
States. On Wednesday of week before last u
National Commandery of this order was formed
on the Fourth OF july. 1890. the Naval Order
of the United States was instituted. 1t Is for
officers of the United States navy and their eld-
AS long ago as 1898 the st. Nicholas Society
was organized for male descendants OF, natives
back as May u, 1915, the Holland Society was
Incorporated for male descendants in direct
male line Of a Dutchnan resident in America
prior to 1913.
1t is probable TINT not only a great number OF
the general public; but also some Of the mem
hereditary" or revolutionary societies. hear
ing ',Tammany Hal" spoken of daily in poll
one of the oldest American patriotic societies.
and is peculiarly identified with the American
the Delaware Chief being canonized that his
votaries might have an equal standing with the
St; Andrew, st. Patrick; and St. George people,
~ I . Guit -tkrna on ND nl bU m tr1nlGfnrar Gnnn
after the peace Of 1888, to oppose the tendencies
which it was feared by some the hereditary
couraged. The Cincinnati was looked upon by
some as fostering almost an order OF nobility In
tn tn's c oo1p.rs: sn this sle sen afmeseni IT'S WI ris IIes'S 1sTe
patterned on the lines of the aborigines' Gus
toms. and 1t set out to DO democratic and Ameri-
can AS against aristOcratiC and Old World. 1t
annualc celebration was regarded as a holiday.
OF the two factions in New York, those who
favored II plenty OF authority in the Federal
Government and those who opposed too much
Of the State, tho States side was natu-
rally Tammany's, and, in alliance with JET
ferson, Iammeny BECAME an important polit-
%ticnlariy a political organization, but included
II is nembership were men of 81 parties. In
Columbian Order, and touk an active part in
politics, working for the democratic still as
Government. Tammany Hall, IN common par
lance. or the DemocraticSRepublican General
COMMITTEE or the CITY OF New y ork, is not the
Tammany Society. but an otfshoot OF it. The
society rents rooms in the Tammany Hall build
Ing TO the General Committee: The Tsmmany
Society gathered together such of the remains
as could be found of the American patriots who
suffered and died in the British prison ships
and reinforced them In BrooKlyn n.
There has recently been formed the Society OF
Descendants OF Colonial Governors. 1t had it's
beginning in Kentucky. but New Workers have
received invitations to become members.
Among organizations of Il kindred nature
which the projectors of the union building have
invited to JOIN In their enterprise they have not
asked Tammany nor the kentucky Society, are
the Patriot CLUB OF this city, whose aim Is to in
struct the children of foreigners in the princi-
pies, OF American governments; the American
Authors Guild, because it collects historical
manuscripts; the Trustees of Scenic and His
toric Places and Objects, tho American Histor-
ical Association, and the New York Historical
Society. the GeneaioRical and Biographical So
ciety, and the Holland Danes. There is some
societies going in, IL Is said.
The movement on the part of tho several
societies looks to the erection OF a S4UO. 900
building, to be. put up by the united
societies Tor their own use, sevcrally and in
common, having both quarters to serve the bus
mess and social purposes OF the Individual
pryun ion inna daily and a $50 IN -,