St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1900-02-28


had been written by New England
men, and so she had supposed and
been taught that the heroes and
battle6elds were found there but
later years had revealed thef that
the south had large aud full quota
and she asked, "Shall / hesitate to
say that the Daughters OF the Revo-
luton should be proud of the valor
of Lee or the courage of Jackson =
This society draws all together as
nothing else can. This was followed
by the presentation of the State
Regents Reports, to the secretary,
which were not read but are to be
published later in the Magazine.
Mrs. Urquarht Lee of Chicago, is the
parliamentarian OF the congress and
Miss Marie Collins, the reader. After
the roll call of Regents was COM
pleted, gavel OF Kentucky wood,
was presented by Mrs. Coleman of
Lexington, KY, and accepted by the
president. Lieut.. Winfield Everett
Scott, grandson OF Gen. Scott, read
a few verses addressed to the society.
The pages displayed the new pennant
of white and blue, with the letters
N. S. D. A. r. inscribed in white, as
the official banner which congress is
expected to adopt. All were request
ed not to close their eyes when the
fash-light photograph was to be
taken to send to the Paris EXPOSE
ton. The result later showed that
it looked like a midnight session
with nearly all eyes closed.
There are IL standing committees
OF the society and eight committees
to arrange for the congress, 26 pages
consisting of young ladies', besides
the one for the President General.
The various committees are distin-
guished by their official badges. The
Ebbitt House is the headquarters for
delegates. There are 700 alternates,
which probably makes it the largest
congress ever held here. The news.
papers of the leading cities of the
country are represented by reporters
and correspondents, who have found
Mrs. Albert Akers, the chairman of
the press uniformly kind and courte-
Gus. The eleven chapters of the Dis
trict arranged to give a lunch daily
at noon in Willard Hall for the con.
venience of visiting delegates, the
proceeds to be donated for Contin.
entail Hall. Oue hundred is called
quorum for congress. Tuesday was
a day to try the nerves of the mem.
bers of congress on account of the
long sessions; beginning at 10 a. m.
and continuing until nearly II p. m.
with three recesses. The report of
the credential committee and the roll
call of delegates requires so much
time, and it is hoped some new me-
thod can be devised for the future.
The national officers aud visiting
delegates accepted an invitation to
visit the White House at 4 p m. and
pay their compliments to President
Mckinley. About 867 accepted the
invitation. The reports of the
national officers Tuesday night
brought out the work done by the
society. Mrs. E. Washington How.
ard of Virginia, in charge of organ
izations of chapters. stated that 81
regents had been appointed; IA had
resigned; 10 regencies had expired,
There have been sic chapters organ
lied and 1852 unorgauiztd; 3S charters
have been sent out and two renewed;
Arizona has a state regent. The
recording secretary general, Mrs.
Albert Akers of Tennessee, stated
928 certificates had been issued to
nurses who served in the American
Spanish war under this society. She
had signed SO charters, 76 com.
missions for charter regents and
1896 certificates of membership.
She referred to two controversies.
one about name of a Philadelphia
chapter and another over the divis
ion OF the Warren chapter at Mon
mouth, Ill. No action had been
taken concerning the Meadow Gar
den tarm. The corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. K. K. Henry OF Wash
lngton, D. C., asked congress to urge
the government to pension real
daughters" who are many of them
poor; there are 400 OF them.
Mss S. R. Heztl, the registrar
general, last year gave 81 433 as
the membership OF the society. but
this wear 1t has been increased to
81 l92-3759 have been admitted,
349 have resigned and 191 have
died. Mrs. c. c. Darwin, the treas
urer general, reported the current
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