The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-21

| The Hawaiian Society of the Sons of
| the Revolution was organized June Il,
! 1895, on the anniversary of the battle
of Bunker Hill, with only eighteen
| members. A constitution based upon
that of the Massachusetts State So
| ciety was adopted, and the following
| officers chosen: Peter Cushman Jones,
president: Albert Francis Judd, vice
president John Effinger, secretary;
| William De Witt Alexander. registrar;
| William Joseph Forbes, Treasurer;
Rev. Douglas Putnam Brine. John
| Walter Jones and Harry Weld Sever
ance, members of the board OF mama
! gers.
! The annual business meetings of the
society have been held ever since, on
! June II. Washington's birthday was
celebrated for the first time on Febru
airy %, 1896, at the residence of the
president, where historical and genoa
logical papers were read by number
of the members. The society has done
much in a patriotic way since its or
ganization. and was, naturally, an adj
Vocate of annexation. \ committee
was appointed to provide entertain
ment for the United States soldiers en-
route to Manila during the early part
of the Spanish war. In the course of
the first year of the war the society
had the pleasure of meeting a number
of compatriots, who have since emulat-
ed the courage and devotion of their
forefathers in upholding the honor of
the flag in the distant Philippines.
The present officers are w. r. Castle,
president; Frank 5. Dodge, vice presi
dent; William Olmsted Atwater. sec
rotary; William Joseph Forbes, treas
urer; w. u. Alexander, registrar.
The following are the days which the
society celebrates here:
February 22-Anniversary of the
birth of Washington.
May 10. 1775-Surrepder of Ticonder-
oga.
June Il, 1775-Battle of Bunker Hill.
June i, 1S95-Anniversary of the Ha-
waiian Society.
June 2S 1776-Anniversary, Fort
Moultrie
July 4, 1776-Declaration of Independ-
ence.
Aug. 16, 1777-Battle of Bennington.
Oct. Z, 17SO-Battle of Kings Noun
tain.
Oct. Il, 1777-Surrender of Burgoyne.
Oct. 49, 1774-The Annapolis Tea Par
oct. 10. 17S1-surrender of CORVALLIS.
Nov. %, INSTRUMENTATION of New
York.
Dec. 16. 1773-The Boston Tea Party.
Dec. 20. 1776-Battle of Trenton.
Following is the list of members of
the local society:
William De Witt Alexander, William
Douglas Alexander. William Fessenden
Allen. Charles Henry Anterior, Frank
Cooke Atherton, William Olmsted At
water. Sidney Miller Ballou. Douglas
Putnam Brine, Serene Edwards Bish-
op, Elias Cornelius Bond, Benjamin
Davis Bond. Walter Hall Bromley.
George Scribner Bromley, George Rob
ert Carter. William Richards castle,
George Parmelee Castle, Warren
Chamberlain. William Warren Cham
berIain. Ernest. Brooks Clark, Charles
Porter Colburn, Charles Montague
Cooke Amos Francis Cooke, Clarence
Hyde Cooke. Charles Bryant Cooper,
Francis Root Day, Lyle Alexander
Dickey, Charles William Dickey. Frank
Stanwood Dodge. John Effinger. JOS
eph Swift Emerson. Nathaniel Bright
Emerson, Oliver POmerOy Emerson,
Wallace Rider harrington, William
Joseph Forbes Paul Hadley Foster,
William Wisner Hall Winthrop Chan
ming Hammond. Orlando II. Harlan.
William Levers Hopper, Francis Alvan
Hosmer. Charles Hustace Jr., Peter
Cushman Jones, John Walter Jones,
Albert Francis Judd Jr., George Wash
ington Riggs King, Ernest Frothing-
ham King. William Ansel Kinney. Eb-
enezer Parker Low. Frederick JeWett
LoWrey. Curtis Jerre Lyons. francs