The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-06-07


honored ancestor.
In beginning the speaker averred his
belief i'm ancestral inheritance and the
transmission of hereditary traits of char
acter from remote generations. II shall
ask you then" said he, ITO go as far
back as the beginning of the 18th century
and trace with me the ancestral record
OF the Greene family and it's bearing up-
on later generations" The speaker then
traced the ancestry OF the Greene family
from this early period down to the year
l742, dwelling at length upon the life and
military. career of Gen. Greene.
MISS CHAcE's ADDRESS.
The second speaer Miss Margaret L.
Chace drew a charming picture OF the
boyhood OF General Greene at Potowomut,
1742-1163.
Theodore Greene, ESQ, next told the
storys OF his early manhood, l736-l775,
when was manifested those sterling traits
Of character which made him the man
he later proved TO be.
Gen. Hazard Stevens, the fourth
speaker, described the military career OF
the great hero from 1775-17Sl. His later
life and death, 17s1-1Ts6, was fittingly and
elou,fently described by one of his de-
scendants, Miss Mary "A. Greene, of this
city. Miss Greene dwelt more especially
upon the domestic side of the great he
ros character. calling attention TO his
great devotion TO his wife and family,
and his desire after the turmoil Of war
and the stress OF public life and affairs.
TO retire to private life and the domes-
tic flreside.
COL. GARDENERS REMARKS.
The final and chief speaker OF the day
was the Hon. Asa Bird Gardiner, and he
detailed at great length, yet with intense
II o. Af -
I'm 1900. OF the toy1b and relics of Gen
eral Greene. In beginning he dwelt briefly
upon the biography of General Greene,
continuing told of the many investiga-
tions which have been made during the
past 20 years I'm order to fnd the vault In
the old colonial cemetery I'm savannah,
where General Greene's remains were de-
posted
In dwelling upon the work done by the
Rhode Island State Society OF the Cln-
| cinnati and the final finding by them,
| of the remains OF General Greene, Mr..
| Gardiner told the following story OF the
| same
'In consequence Of the inquiry suggest
| cd by the Savannah Press and citizens.
| the Rhode Island state Society OF Gin
| cinnati. adopted the following resolutions:
| Whereas after dilligent inquiry. 1t Is be-
| lieved that full investigation has never
| vet been made 10 ascertain definitely
| where the remains OF Major General Ma
thanael Green, first president OF the
| Rhode Island state Society Of Cincinnati
| were finally deposited
And. whereas II II believed that q
| thorough search OF the four old burial
vaults. In the old cemetery. now forming
a part OF Colonial park, Savannah, Geor'
ria. will determine whether the remains
are deposited IN certain one OF said
vaults as believed by persons well inform
ed I'm matters of local history. and as sub
s,antiated By authentic record.
81" And whereas. n r. particularly ap
piorriate that the society OF Cincinnati
in state OF Rhode Island and Providence
Plantations should do whatever ma'
be necessary toward ascertaining the bur
iai place Of It's first president, the society
therefore appointed n committee to max
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