The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1896-10-20

Ihe 0un OF OctODer, ll6l. On tne llth
the second parallel was only 300 yards
from the forts. The 14th witnessed
an assault when the French and Amel-
leans each captured redoubt. The
Americans were led by no less per-
sonage than Alexander Hamilton.
Lafayette had command in the
American army. The cannonade con.
tinued. BY the 10th the British forti-
! fications were almost destroyed and
most of their guns dismounted. An
attempted escape by the British by
night to Gloucester point was defeat
e6 by a storm which destroyed their
boats. On the 10Th of October. the
day we this evening celebrate, Lord
CORVALLIS surrendered. The allied
armies were drawn up in two lines,
the French, headed by Rochambeau,
on one side, and the Americans, head
ed by Washington, on the other, and
the British troops marched out be-
tween the two and laid down their
arms, Washington forbidding any
huzzas and saying that history would
do the huzzaing. To the French were
surrendered the two British frigates
and twenty transports that remained.
To the Americans were surrendered
1000 prisoners (2OO0 of which were
wounded) 235 pieces of cannon, 5000
stands of arms, 90 regimental colors.
The British loss was $50 and the allies
| 800.
"It is said that the humiliation to
Lord CORVALLIS was so great that he
remained in his house and sent his
sword to Washington by the hand of
| General O'Hara. Washington offered
| it to General Lincoln to alleviate his
modification on surrendering at
Charleston.
"Another tradition is that Washing.
ton offered the sword to Lafayette,
who declined it. The eXcitem ant in
the colonies was intense. The news
spread from town to town and state
to state. Church bells were rung and
the cry swept along to Philadelphia
60 o'clock in the morning and Corn
,yallis is taken.'"
Miss Lawrence next read in very
pleasing manner a part of James Rus
sell Lowell's famous 'Commemoration
Ode f.... f~"
Chief Justice Judd then introduced
the speaker of the evening, Capt Ma
than Appleton, as the vice president
of the Massachusetts Society, Sons Of
the American Revolution.
Capt. Appleton prefaced his remarks
by saying that he was one of three
vice presidents, there being one presi-
dent and three vice presidents of the
Massachusetts Society. Henry Cabot
Lodge was one and the late DR.. Foste-
another. A successor had doubtless
latter.
Speaking of the Sons of the Revoln-
tion in general Capt. Appleton said
societies of the kind were of compar-
atively recent origin and growth.
They had sprung up within the past
ten to twenty years. OF course an eX-
ception was to be found in the Gin
cinnati Society, which had its origin
far back near to the time of Washing
ton. 1t, however. is aristocratic and
exclusive, the membership being con-
IN a iorin fn1 inh
composed it, alone.
OF ell the societies of descendants
of the men who took part in the
American Revolution the Sons were
the most popular, the most general
and the strongest. 1t might seem Il
little strange that the society should
have been formed in California, but
such was the case. In 1875 society
of Sons of Revolutionary Sires was
started and on July A, 1876, ''Centen-
nial Day" was permanently organ
lied. This was the pioneer society of
the Sons of the American Revolution.
The speaker could see California,
with her former sons, beckoning to
Hawaii to come over and become a
new star in the constellation of States.
The Sons of the Revolution was
society existent in New York. Efforts
had been made by the Sons of the
American Revolution to effect q union
with this body, but without success,
1t was perhaps better so. The speaker
considered the name of the larger
society much more convenient, espec-
tally in foreign lands, to designate
the revolution meant. Other societies
were those of descendants of the Co
lonial Warriors. These were interest
ing from an historical standpoint In
the French and Indian war the Amer