Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-06-22
REVOLUTION SONS
HOLD THEIR ANNUAL

The Society of the Sons of the Amer.
lean Revolution held its adjourned an.
nual meeting yesterday afternoon. The
following we're elected as officers:
President, c. M. Cooke; vice.president,
John Effinger; secretary, W. c. Parke;
treasurer. W. J. Forbes; registrar, w.
d. Alexander; directors, Jared Smith.
Lyle Dickey and l.. A. Thurston.
Exercises will be held August II to
commemorate the battle of Bennington
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The report Of the registrar was as
follows:
Mr.. President and Compatriots:
have the pleasure to be able to report
that no deaths of members of this
Society have occurred during the past
year. The total number Of members
In good and regular standing at the
time of our last annual meeting was
so. The applications Of Messrs. Nathan
C. Willfong and Jared @. Smith having
been approved by our local society.
May 18th, 1904, were approved and reg.
istered by the Registrar. General, July
21st, 1904. as National Numbers 1899
and 1850. respectively.
The total number Of applications Al.
ed since the formation Of the Society
is so. OF this number, eight have died.
one failed to gain admission, three have
been Identified to join other societies,
one applicant, Mr.. r. b. Brennan,
never obtained demit from the Ore
gon Society, to which he belonged.
and seven have been dropped for non.
payment Of dues, or on account of their
long continued absence from this Ter.
ritory, without obtaining a demit from
the Secretary, leaving SO members in
good and regular standing.
I am sure that other members Of our
society will bear me out in saying that
we greatly need a headquarters. which
we can call our own, where out H.
brary, such as 1t is. can be safely kept
and our meetings held. At our last
meeting I think some action was TAX.
en- to this end. but without result so
far.
II am not mistaken. our books are
boxed up and stored in the second sto-
ry Of Castle & Cookies building.
AS has been suggested In q former
report, 1t Is much to be desired that
the Society should form the nucleus Of
reference library, containing such
works as Heitman's, Register of the
Officers of the Continental Army. Mas
sachusetts Soldiers and Sailors In the
Revolutionary War, the Record of Con.
necticut Men in the War Of the Revo.
luton, New York In the Revolution,
ETC., besides those volumes Of the Ar.
chives Of the original thirteen States,
which relate to that period.
1t appears to me that an infusion Of
new blood into the Society is very de-
sirable, and that special efforts should
be made to interest the many eligible
persons In this Territory who have not
yet Joined 1t. I would suggest the plan
Of issuing a circular for this object.
The Registrar-G General kindly urges
upon members the Importance Of com.
piling genealogical records, the dearth
of which among American families, ho
says, SIS proverbial and lamentable."
The Daughters of the American
Revolution are setting an example Of
patriotic zeal. which we should do well
to follow. trust that our society will
experience a revival of patriotism, and
that there will be more for your Regis.
trar to report at our next annual meet
Ing.
Respectfully submitted,
w. ID. ALEXANDER,
REGISTRAR.