The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-07-13
IMPORTANT.
Miss Desha's Circular .


Miss Mary Desha, one of the founders
of the ociety D. A. r., and Chairman
of the Committee on Ways and Means,
Continental Memorial Hall Committee,
sends out an important circular to Chap
ter Regents throughout the whole coun-
try. She says:
II am, glad to advise you that a site
for Continental Memorial Hall has been
purchased for So, 2S5. Al. 1t fronts on Sew
enteenth Street, and extends from c to
d Streets, distance of 30 feet contain
ing in all about $4,000 square feet. 1t. Is
near the Corcoran Art Gallery and WASH
ington monument, and we are assured by
United States Senators and prominent
bushes men that the situation is most
advantageous, and in the line of improve
ments which will make washington the
most beautiful city in the world.
ITO place upon this site building wor-
thy of ourselves, of our ancestors ana
of the great principles they suffered and
fought to establish, will require the unit
ed, earnest effort of every member of our
great society. We have upon our rolls
nearly 10000 members, but deaths, reslg-
nations, life memberships and real
Daughters" (who pay no dues have re
duced the actual paying membership to
about S2,O There remains s., OF the =, amount
already collected nearly $4,000. We need
$3.50, 900 more to erect a building that Will
commemorate the service and perpetuate
the memory of our glorious ancestry.
This building should contain rooms for
the working force of the national society,
and for the preservation Of its archives
and relics, a meeting place for. the an
nual congress. and above all 1t should be
a fitting memorial to those men and wo-
men who considered no sac|itice too great
to win for US our priceless hettGgf9
Il have never known the society to fail
to respond promptly and generously to
every call that had for it's object the good
of the order and the honor of our coun-
try. Therefore 1 place the facts plainly
together and devise some way to raise
the necessary amount promptly and glad
ay, even at a sacrifice to ourselves. Ask
ing that you will advise me, through your
State Regent, of your plans for raising
your part of the sum needed for this
Her address ts Box 81, so2 Il. St., N. w.
The The's Ver r', cause appeals to us and the
patriotic, fervid interest of one of our
founders should kindle fresh determine
ton in us to work for Continental Han
until it is built. Alabama was not,piedged
at the last Congress to dog anything this
ye1r but she has done gen srously in the
past and we believe she will continue in
the forefront. state Regent.
Regents. give these circulars your
prompt attention and bring them before
YOUR Chapters. Discuss the plan sug-
gested, or if you have something better
1t is your duty to correspond with Miss
Desha. She desires the best method of
raising the needed money, help' her ana
the glorious cause. l have received one
of the boxes they are of paper and have
the D. A r. insignia and initials on
them; they are not unique or novel; and
of course are not as secure as banks or
boxes for similar purposes-but the style
of the box, the purpose of 1t, etc. have
all been decided upon by the Committees
in charge, and the assistance of the ID.
a r, Society is requested and should
State Regent.
Rox 50, 9O2 F. St, Washington D. c..
To the State Regents, National Society
Daughters of the American Revolu-
Enclosed YOU will find a resolution which
was offered by Mrs. Frank II. Getchell
at a meeting, April 4th, 1902. of the Com
mittee on Continental Memorial Hall II
was approved, and at the meeting OF
Nav TO- 1902. was referred to Sub-commit-
tee on Ways and Means, of which l am
Chairman.
at the Arlington. May II. 1902, and | was
Instructed to write to the State Regents,
asking their earnest cooperation. 1t is
requested that State Regents advise the
Chapter Regents in their States of this
nlan for raising a fund for Memorial Hal,
and the Chapter Regents in turn will ad-
wise their members. The boxes can De
obtained from Bonn MIMI; se "a Tbe price is
j cent EACH if ordered in packages of LOO
I enclose a specimen box and form OF
circular sent out by. the Philadelphia
There are about $4,000 paying members
in the National Society," D. A. K. II
these members fill the boxes as requested.
thsf alone will provide large sum-
If we are TO build Memorial worthy Of
ourselves, of our ancestors who achieved
American independence, and OF the great
nrincinles they fought and suffered to
establish. it will be necessary for each
one of us to give earnest. hearty and
II Won Viii cooperate with us in this
method of raising money please bring
the matter before your Chapters before