The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-15

but we are interested in so many things and there are other organizations which are more directly interested, and whose scope Is narrower, who ought to be able | to do more than we can."
 MT. Hall was perfectly right; there are other societies, two mems organiza- | tions of the war of 1872, and one women S, to say nothing of the Flag Association. But one and all while professing interest l say, II pray you have me excused" I Mrs. William Gerry Slade. President of ! the National Society of the United States Daughters of 1872. was very much inter ested. and very sure something ought to | be done. She undertook to bring the matter before the directors and see if 1 they felt called upon to do 1t. 1t was | subsequently, learned that while the d. rectors are interested, they can do noth- ing at present, having much work all ready in hand which must first be fin- tshed."
 Henry Harmon Noble, Secretary of the New York Chapter of the Society of the 1 Second War with Great Britain, was in- | tcrested and promised to bring the mat
 ter before the board. and explained that the society having been engaged in long and expensive litigation against an in- junction forbidding it to use its former name, was not very well off just at pres l ent, and he doubted whether 1t could af- ford to take any action just at present. The society which disputed its right | to use it's former name" was the Military
 Society of the War of 1872, which, by the way, claims to have been organized in 1790. On its roster are found some of
 the oldest and most influential names in
 New York, names of men of wealth and
 standing, who ought to be able, if any one Is, to do something" Morgan Dix Is conmandant, and ex-oficio president of the order; Asa Bird Gardiner is vice | commandant and ex-offlcio vice-president; Rowland Pell. ldjutant and ex-ofticio secretary, and it's rolls teem with Della 1 fields and de Puysters, with Galaltins and 1 IIamiltons. with Nichosons. MontgOm- erys, Maclays and MacDonoughs, with | Van Vechtens and Townsends and Per TVS, with Schieffelins and Schermerhorns and Rhinelanders and Satterlees and | Primes.
 There's an array of New York names for you. Rowland Pell, ''adjutant." when the matter was called to his atten- tion. was all enthusiasm.
 "Why we must see that the grave is decorated; put a wreath on it Decoration Day or something of that sort' | When his attention was called to the | fact that the grave was absolutely un- Il
 marked and that the organization would have to get a chart and study 1t up to make sure that the wreath reached It's destination. he said:
 What no headstone. even, or foot stone? No nothing? Dear me, I'll have to bring that to the attention of the board. I don't know that We can afford to do anything. though. You see we haven't a great deal of money, and we use 1t for relief in cases of Restitution among descendants, and that sort of thing, you know. But newspapers have great deal of influence. Why doesn't The Eagle start fund and build a mon ument? Then we'd only be too pleased to see that the grave was kept in order flowers and that sort of thing, you know I'll lay the matter before the board"
 From Col Asa Bird Gardiner came the first really practical suggestion. He knew all about Captain Reid. and Is probably the only man in New York who can say