The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-12-14

Elton.
 Waterbury. Dec. 13.-For the first time in the history of the Connecticut Society. Sons of the American Revolu- tiOn, a meeting of the board of mana gers was held in this city Monday. The affair was a special meeting and the business was transacted in the rooms Of the home club at the Elton. It was decided to start movement to secure a suitable memorial to mark the location of the Connecticut soldiers in the Revolutionary war who were en- camped at Valley Forge. President Jonathan Trumoull, of Norwich, brought up the matter by reading the following letter from Governor Rob- erts:
 Hon. Jonathan Trumbull, President
 Connecticut Society, Sons of the
 American Revolution.
 Sir-I beg to enclose herewith copy of a letter received from His EXcellen- cy Samuel Pennypacker, Governor of Pennsylvania. relative, as you will note therefrom, to the Improvements at Valley Forge. l have thought that this communication from Governor Penny packer might be of interest to the sO- ciety of which you are president, and therefore forward a copy of it to you, as I have done also to other patriotic societies of the state. I regret that Connecticut has no appropriation which it can at present apply for the purpose indicated in Governor Penny packers letter. I have the pleasure to remain,
 Yer sincerely yours,
 HENRY ROBERTS.
 The letter from Governor Penny packer follows:
 Executive Chamber, Harrisburg, Pa,
 November IA, 1905.
 Hon. Henry Roberts, Governor of Con-
 necticut, Hartford, Conn:
 Dear sir-At the request of the Val ley Forge Park Commission it is my pueasure to inform you hat the im- provements at Valley Forge have so far progressed and the avenues along the intrenchments are so far completed as to enable each one of the thirteen original states to mark with a suitable monument the location of it's troops, if such a course be thought desirable by the authorities of the state.
 Very truly yours,
 SAMUEL PENNYPACKER.
 President Trumbull also read letter from Mrs. Sara T Kinney, of New Ha- ven, state regent of the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution, agreeing to cooperate with the $ A R. in the matter of placing a memorial. After some discussion the president named a special committee, consisting of the Hon. A. J. Sloper of New Brit ain, Hobart L. Hotchlliss and General B. s. Greeley of New Haven, H. F. Norcross of Bridgeport and Charles C.. Stone of Hartford, to draft bill to ba presented to the next general assembly asking for an appropriation for a suita- ble memorial at Valley Forge.
 A request was made by Judge Morris B. Beardsley of Bridgeport for the ed- ucationals committee of the national body, asking for the names of such Revolutionary patriots of national re- 11oWn who were natives of this state or who wrought in this state works help full to the cause of the colonies. Charles G. Stone of Hartford is to comply with the request.
 A. J. sloper of New Britain asked for information regarding the work of educating the foreign population in the larger cities, saying that the residents of New Britain are greatly interested in the problem.
 The Waterbury members extended ar invitation to the state society to hold | its annual banquet at the Elton or | February 22, 1906, and the invitation was accepted. The following executive committee was named to make ar. rangements: Chairman, Hon. John P Elton; J. Richard Smith, Robert w Hill, George Rockwell and E. l.. Fris. bic, Jr., all of this city, and Merrill Hemingway of Watertown.
 Robert W. Hill of this city submitted a petition signed by twenty-five mem bers in this city and vicinity, asking | permission to establish a local brancl of the society here and the request wal granted.
 1 New members were voted in as fol lows: Frank Bacon Nichols, Water bury; Clarence Fillmore Thompson ant Clarence Elmore Thompson, Jr., botl of West Haven; Robert Foote Griggs Waterbury; Cornelius Sanford Bull Waterbury; Francis Nettleton Allen Hartford; Herbert Dudley Tracy Hartford; George A. Boughton, Water bury; Charles HubbelI Alvord, Torring ton; Edward E. Hotchkiss; Frank A Smith, Naugatuck; Frederick Elijal Tracy, Norwich; George Edwin Coe
 Burlington; Dr. Charles Warren Jack son. Watertown, and Charles Edwar, , Meigs, Waterbury.
 At the conclusion of the meeting luncheon was rendered in the grill roor of the hotel to the visitors by the Wa
 terbury branch of the association. Af
 ter the affair several of those presen made impuomptu speeches. The frs
 speaker was President Jonathan Trum bull of Norwich. Others who spok o were Judge Morris Beardsley c . Bridgeport, -president-gene (
 the national society; Judge Hobart I
 Hotchkiss of New Haven, registrar
 the state society; Secretary Charles (
 Stone of Hartford; Isaac w. Birdsey E of Bridgeport, treasurer-general of tn l. national society; General Edwin Greeley of New Haven, formerly pres | idant-panara1 Of inc na fional cooiotx