The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-10-19
D. 4. R,

At the annual meeting of Elizabeth Clarke Hull chapter, D. A. R. last Thursday, one of the pleasantest fea- lures was the report of the retiring re- gent, Mrs, William Clark, Features of the report are as follows:
 Daughters of Elizabeth Clarke Hull istence as a chapter will not be record ed as an idle one. In reviewing the work accomplished we find a growth of twenty-two members. This number in cludes one 'real daughter" Mrs. Mi nerva Blake Rowland, whose father, Reuben Blake, enlisted from Derby in Captain Humphreys company when only boy of thirteen, and received a wound that resulted in permanent lameness. Mrs. Rowland is ninety four years of age, totally blind, but re- tains the rest of her faculties. She has resided in New Haven for many years. It has been my pleasure to call four times to see her, and upon one occasion to take the beautiful gold spoon pre- scented by the national society. The gift pleased her very much.
 Our membership has widened beyond the limits of our own city, and now in cludes Massachusetts on the north, Long Island on the south and Minneso- ta on the west. Three descendants of General William Hull although all ready members of the Daughters of the Revolution, have knocked at our doors for admission, in recognition of the honor we have paid to their ancestor.
 In January we carried out cher ished plan of vindicating the memory of General Hull from the cruel charges brought against him after the surren- der of Detroit in the war of 1872. MT. Frederick Hull CogsWell of New Ha- ven, the well-known author of the Reg icides, delivered his lecture upon the Sacrifice of General Hull" and proved clearly that the general was forced into his position by the negligence and cul- pability of others To shield the ad- ministration he was most unfairly tried, unjustly condemned and deprived for many years of the opportunity of proving his innocence by the records at Washington. His own memoirs, published when he obtained access to these records, shortly before his death, prove his innocence, but they were not widely known, and by superficial histo- rians the false verdict has been handed down until the present time. It has remained for our own generation of historians to search the original records and remove the stain from the name of General Hull. Let us hope that our own day may also see his honored name ! restored to the rolls of the army, in | whose service he labored and suffered so much.
 To this meeting in January the offic cers | from our neighboring chapters of Der | by, Seymour and New Haven were in- vited, in recognition of our common in- | terest in Derbys generals. General Humphreys and General Wooster have ! been we'll remembered and to the hon7 | ored list we add the name of General l Joseph Wheeler, of Alabama, who is a
 grandson of General Hull and was nur- 1 tured in Derby residing here until his | admission to West Point. His gallant | conduct in the recent war has filled our | hearts with pride and admiration and
 bears abundant evidence of the loya
 and martial spirit that seems to be the
 inheritance of many descendants ot | Elizabeth Clarke Hull.