The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-01-04
SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.
omcers of the Georgia Organization
Recently Elected.

Recently Elected.
The final steps in the organization of the
Georgia Society of Colonial Wars have
been perfected, under the charter which
was secured at the meeting of the general
council held in New York, Nov. 10.
The society is composed of those de-
scended from persons who took part in
the public affairs of the colonies or fought
in the various wars In which the colonies
engaged previous to the revolution, the
object being TO perpetuate the memory of
these events and of the men, who, in mil
itary, naval and civil positions of high
trust, assisted in the establishment, de-
Tense and preservation of the American
colonies.
The charter under which the Georgia So
ciety has just been permanently organized
was obtained at the meeting of the
general council in New York. upon an APP
plication presented by Mr.. ]. A. G. Car
son. formerly a member of the Maryland
state society, and signed besides by the
following gentlemen: F. F. Jones, Will
liam W. Gordon, Jr., DR.. T. P. Warning,
William r. Leaken, Gen. Henry r. Jack
son, Savannah; Hugh V. Washington,
Macon; Robert C. Nicely, Waynesboro;
Capt. w. d. Grant, John w. Grant, John
A. Whitner, DR.. Hugh Hagan, Col. John
T. Glenn, j. NJ McAllisters Charles f.
Whitner, Anthony S. Byers, Atlanta;
Richard H. Earl Marietta; j. Randolph
Anderson, John II. Kinzie and Murray l..
Screven, Savannah.
The general society was organized May
9, 1898, m New York city, and has made
rapid progress. There are now nineteen
state societies, with a membership of over
1900.
The officers of the Georgia Society elect
ed at the organization meeting held re-
gently in Savannah are:
Governor-John Avery Gere Carson, Sa-
vannah.
Deputy Governor-Anthony Stoddard
| Byers, Atlanta.
Lieutenant Governor-Hugh Vernon
| Washington Macon.
Secretary-John Harris Kinzie, Savan-
nah.
Treasurer-Francis Fitch Jones, savan-
| nah.
Registrar-Wiiam Ridgley Leaken, sa-
vannah.
Observation-Disclosures Frank whitner, At
! lanta.
Chaplain-Vacant
! Chancellcr-Wm. Washington Gordon,
Jr., Savannah.
! Surgeon-Thomas Pinckney Waring, NJ.
| D., Savannah
! Gentlemen of the Councll-William Dan
iiel Grant, Atlanta; Henry Rootes Jackson,
! Maretta@ John Thomas Glenn Atlanta;
! Hugh Hagan, NJ. D., Atlanta John Meri-
wether McAllister, Atlanta; Jefferson
Randolph Anderson, Savannah; John
! William Grant, Atlanta; John Addison
| Whitner, Atlanta; Richard Harrison
Earle, Marietta.
Committee on Membership-Wil
! Ridgeiey Leaken, Francis Fitch Jones,
! William Washington Gordon, Jr, Jeffer-
son Randolph Anderson, Savannah; Hugh
Hagan, NJ D., Atlanta.
| Committee on Collection of Historical
| Documents and Records-Charles Frank
Whitner, Atlanta; Hugh Vernon Wash
ton. Macon; Thomas Pinckney Waring
| NJ. D., Savannah.
Committee on Installation-William
| Washington Gordon, Jr Francis Fitch
Jones. Thomas Pinckley Waring, NJ. D.,
and Jefferson Randolph Anderson, Savan-
nah; John William Grant, Atlanta.
Delegates to the General Society-John
Avery Gere Carson and William Ridgeley
Leaken, Savannah; Anthony Stoddard
Byers and Hugh Hagan, NJ D., Atlanta
| Hugh Vernon Washington, Macon.
The general society prescribes the lines
of eligibility which the several state So
cieties may further restrict but not en-
large On account of the comparatively
few eligible in this state, it is prossble the
lines promulgated by the general society
will be adopted without restriction. They
are as follows:
The society is somewhat similar to that
of the Sons of the Revolution though it's
limitations are, if anything, more strict.
| Any male person above the age of q
years of good moral character and repu-
tation is eligible to membership in the
| Society of Colonial Wars who is descended
| from an ancestor who fought in battle
| under colonial authority, or who served
as a governor, deputy governor lieuten-
| ant governor or member of the council
| or assembly, or as a military, naval or
marine officer in the service of the colo
| MES, or under the banner of Great Britain
in North America in the wars In which
the colonies participated, or furnished
troops from the settlement of jamestown,
Va, May 10. 1907, to the battle of Lexing-
ton, April 10, 1775.
Savannah will have the headquarters of
all of the patriotic hereditary societies
in the state, the Colonial Danes, Daugh-
| ters OF the American Revolution and Sons
| of the Revolution being established here.