Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-27
OBSERVANCE OFtFLAG DAY
PROGRAM PROPOSED BY SONS OF
AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
Flags to BE Sent to New American
Observation-Disclosures Chosen
to National Bodies.

The decennal meeting of the District of
Columbia Society. Sons Of the American
Revolution, was held Monday evening at
Rauschers. corner of Connecticut avenue
| and l. street. Addresses appropriate to the
occasion were delivered by Gen. Henry B.
Boynton, Mr.. Wallace Donald Mclean, sec
rotary, and by Prof. j. w. Chickering, his
torian. A resolution calling special atten-
ton of the Commissioners of the District of
Columbia, board of trustees of the public
schools, school officials and the residents Of
Washington to an appropriate observance
of Flag day, June ii. The society will for
| ward 1850 silk American flags to our island
possessions. follows: 1000, Col. Chas. R.
Green.eaf, assistant surgeon general.
United States army, Manila, p. l.. and a
member of this society; $50 to Peter Cush-
man Jones. Honolulu, H. l., president of
Hawaiian society; $50 to Lieut.. Col, Russell
B. Harrison, inspector general, department
of Porto Rico, San Juan, p. R., also a menu
Der of the society.
These flags will be shipped early next
week, so that they will reach their dest-
nation in time for distribution flag day. 1t
is requested that the citizens of Washing
ton will all display their flags on this occa-
sion.
Delegates Elected.
The delegates from the society to the
National Society Of the Sons of American
NOV were ~ C<tii W Sl'V-
| cial attention the steps necessary toward
some public recognition of flag Jay. The
delegates from the District of Columbia So
ciety to the National Congress of the Sons
| OF American Revolution, to be held in New
| York city, are follows: Delegates-Bris-
| adler General Thomas NJ Vincent, United
States army; VIM. H. Bayiy, VIM. 3. Cox,
| Francis E. Grice, John Goode, John Paul
| Earnest DR.. John w. Bayne; alternates-
S. 1. Besselievre, VIM. H. Pearce, Rev.
| Thos. S. Childs, ID. D.; Wallace Donald Nc
Lean. John d. Biddis. Marcus Benjamin,
| NJ. NJ. Parker. Commodore Moore of the
| California society, and Mr.. John Kennedy
| Stout, president of the Washington state
society. will accompany them. The alter
| mates will by proxy represent with the
| above gentlemen the states of California
| and Washington. The delegates have been
! instructed to cast their ballots for BriGa-
| der General J. c. Breckenridge, United
| States army, for next president general.
Program of Exercises.
| The following is the program of the Ma
| tional Society, beginning Sunday, April %
| A special church service will be held in
the evening in old ST. Paul's Church, Broad
| way. below City Hall Park. Monday April
30 the annual congress of the National So
| ciety will convene in the forenoon at the
| WaldorfAstoria Hotel at II o'clock There
will be addresses of welcome, preliminary
| business session, reports Of state societies
| general officers and committees. The so.
| ciety will adjourn about l o'clock to Tues
| day morning. In the afternoon reception
| will be rendered the general officers anG
| delegates at the Jumel mansion by Gen
| and Mrs. F. p. Earl.
| Monday evening there will be Il review Of
| squadron A, National Guard of New York
by Governor Roosevelt or by Major Genera
| Nelson A. Miles.
| Tuesday, May 1, the congress will reas
! semble at an hour in the morning to which
| adjournment shall have been had and con
| tinue until the business shall be completed
| and the general officers elected. In thu
| afternoon reception will be rendered the
| National Society at Sherry's by the New