The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-27
Genealogical and
 Historical Department.

bana at least u graceful relinquishmelt in favor of chosen successor Vita respect, Aurora Pryor Mcclellan, Nit. Vernon meeting of John Wade at the residence of one of its leading members. Mrs. Wm. J. Hagan.
 Literally and figuratively speaking, the redolent breath of spring was in the att mosphere of this attractive home. The subject. Mt, Vernon was a num- Der of the series of Historic Homes. which has engaged the attentive interest of the c iapter since Octooer.
 The Regent having made in February a pilgrimage to this most celebrated of them all, collected the Association Re- ports of 1901, guidebooks and gavel for this occasion. She concluded the present. Vernon in the month of roses. during the Vice-Regency of Mrs. Ella s. Herbert to that of recent date, when the wintry aspect of the home Of the Wasningtons revived memories of Valley Forge and the frozen Delaware. She felt more keen- ly than the arctic spears of the rude winds the ingratitude and, injustice to Alabama and her Vice-Regents In the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union.' by the transfer of her claims to the Central Hall of the Mansion House to another State. Resolutions were passed unanino isly endorsing Mrs. K. i'. Johnston, the present Vice-Regent for Alabama. and protesting against the ad- verse action of the Association.
 Letters were read from the Vice-Regents of many of the New England. Middle. Western and Southern States relative to their respective labcrs in behalf of Mt. Vernon.
 The annual election of Chapter officers was held. resulting in the retention of the same corps except as to the vacancies caused by the resignations of the vice President and Treasurer. Miss Snead. sls- ter of the hostess. and Mrs. R. Fl. Walk CT. Meridian, Miss., were the charter men'- Der guests. The pleasing selections rend- cred by the band. and the palatabie menu served at the adjournment. were among the distinctiv evidences of the hospitality of the hostess.
 Miss Margaret Houston Irvine will en- certain the Chapter Saturday April 2eth.
 Resolutions.
 Passed by John Wade Reyes Chapter. D. A. R.. in behalf of Alabama Claims at Mt. Vernon:
 Whereas. John Wade Reyes Chapter of Athens. Ala. a duly chartered and ac- tional Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution authorized by clauses one and three of Sec. l, Article II. of its Constitution. proposes to em- terhood. The Mt. Vernon Ladies As- sociation in the Union. .-the honored con servator of the home and tomb of George Washington and Martha Dandridge Gus tis Washington. the joint patropess Of the Daughters of the American Reyoiu- tion. Therefore be it resolved,
 That John Wade Reyes Chapter, D. A. R., with an impartial sense of the dis tinctive fitness and representative worth of the present Tice-Regent for Alabama, in the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association. Mrs. R. D. Johnston, give her It's unre- served endorsement, for position made conspicuous for eminent patriotism, by three of the most beloved and superior of Ala hama who have left history worthy of emulation and perpetu- ation, Mrs. Octayia Walton Levert. Mrs. Ella Smith Herbert and Miss Leila Her bert. That in recognition of the dignity and loyalty of their service as Vice-Re- gents. and iu acknowledgment of the courtesy due their high social rank John Wade Reyes Chapter, D. A. R.. In be- half of Alabama: protests against al transfer of the title to the Central Hall. granted her, without conditions or limi- tations. for restoration and preservation. by the founders of the Mt. Vernon La dies Association in the Union.'
 That additional protest is entered herr in in consideration of the relics secured by Mrs. Ella S. Herbert. during her Vice Regency, viz: the sword worn by Wash ington at "Braddock's Defeat given by him to his nephew, George Lewis. from whose family it was purchased and placed in a handsomely mounted glass case on the north wall. on either side of which were bas-relief bronze portraits of Wash lnEtOn ana lIdldNt hISs afsu replaced the three old engravings that hung in the passage viz: '"The Death of Montgomery. ''The Battle of Bunker Hin." by Col. Trumbull. 179s. and "St. Agnes. 1159.
 That John Wade Reyes Chapter further protests that Mrs. R. D. Johnston be deprived of her rightfui province as Vice Regent for Alabama in the Mt. Vernon Ladies' Association. and that the new work assumed by her. be in no sense an exchange for 1t. but. as in the case of the Vice-Regent of Georgia. an apart ment for personal and private use
 That John Wade Reyes Chapter incor- porate with these resolutions a stirring appeal for their una ,imous adoption by each Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in Alabama. at its next regular meeting and that the vigi- lant and worthy State Regent Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, be furnished promptly hy | each of them. with report of it's actioA. |
 That, the grievances herein set forth are not the evolution of lower natures but l hold their birthright from Him who 1 placed the divine seal upon the law of | ownership. in that Master decree "Ren- | der unto Caesar the things which are | Caesars
 That copies of these resolutions be for | warded Mrs. R. D. Johnston Vice-Re- | gent for Alabama, Mt. Vernon Ladies' 1 Association. Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, State | Regent of Alabama D. A. R.. and to | each Chapter Regent of the Daughters | of the American Revolution in Alabama. 1
 Respectfully submitted,