Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-22
PATRIOTIC SONS MEET
ADDRESS BY REV. J. M. SCHIcK
ON 1.-THE TRULY FREE
Hosts Coming to American Shores
Should Be Properly Cared For
New Members.

The Sons of the American Revolution as
ser'bled last evening at Rauscher's. capt.
John ii. Moore, newly elected president In
the chair. The reports of the various COM
Hittees were presented and a list of the
new members elected was read. the list
being as follows: Albert Francis Adams,
Paul ]. A. Besson, ]. Chester Bowen, John.
Spencer Buker. John Bulette. Henry Clark
Caldwell, Matthew Goddard. Marion Letch-
er Mark Florus Finley.
The Star Spangled Banner was sung
with fine effect, and succeeding this adj
dress given by the Rev j. NJ Schlck.
the pastor of Grace Reformed Church. in
which he set forth The Responsibility of
the Free
THE truly free said the speaker ARE
they who recognize and respect the rights
of their fellows as expressed in laws and
as existing even before they were formu-
lated into law. And for one generation
are the bearers of liberty in the world, and
consequently responsible in the sphere of
our influence to transmit it unsullied by
our touch, and, more deeply rooted in the
! love of all men, by our contact.
our sres of the American revolution
taught us its worth. To attain it In the
triumph over tyranny abroad and over bar
barism at home they were willing to pay
the great sacrifice of their own lives best
blood; and it we'll becomes their sons to
ma gnify the boon we possess and ever show
ourselves ready to endure losses and make
sacrifices for the maintenance OF that free
dom which is our nations boast.
Maintenance of Freedom
ITO maintain this freedom our nation is
called upon to meet, direct influence and
absorb the hosts coming to cur shores with
no desire to share our freedom. but willing
tc have part in our much advertised pros
perity We gain naught by denuncia ton,
and shall certainly lose unless we lift all
such into the same high appreciation OF our
Institutions as characterizes our own
thinking.
'Only the truth makes men free, and the
lack OF it forever enslaVeS, and no one Is
more interested in the acceptance ana
ttat hing of it than the sons of the heroes
of the American revolution, who should
stand like a rock against any invasion OF
American freedom by foes from without
and against all degradation OF 1t oy ere
mics at home.
The address of DR.. Schick was warmly
applauded, and rising vote of thanks was
rendered him by the audience,
The usual rejection and smoker fol-
lowed prior to adjournment.
Those Present.
Those present were as follows Capt.
John H. Moore w Hamilton Bayly, w. L.
Marsh, y. D. Spangler, Louis A. Dent,
Philip Walker. VIM. II. Pierce, j. w. Doug
lass. John Speed Smith, James Sheldon, jr..
d.. F. \. Swartout, Philip F. Larner, A. j.
Gore. Henry p. Holden. Merritt L. Dawk
tnS, ,uaues Lyman, W. Donald Mclean,
Or. H. II. Donnally, Capt. E. A. Kreier,
a. b. Bennett, E. b. Stocking, Capt. 7. ID.
Yeager, S. /. Besselieyre, II. w. Samson,
j. b. Albright. w. y. Paxton, DR.. l.. d.
Carmen, Marion Letcher, w. s. Knox. A.
Fl. Van Deusen, Maj. w. D. Beach, VIM.
A. DeCaindry, +. a. Hill, Admiral Baird.
Cal. Weston Flint. John +. Fenwick, f. J.
Lewis. l. w. Dennison, w. II. Somervell,
Rev. a. L. French. N. c. Summers, Mat
thew Goddard. Zebina Moses, w. Y. Cox,
w. B. Thompson. William A. Miller,
Harry O. Hall, Rev. Thomas S. Childs,
II. b. Mirick, r. p. Halves r. r. Bennett
Stanley c. Brooks. Tracy Bennett, Charles
H. Bowker. Charles T Caldwell H. Clark
Caldwell. DR.. William a. Jack, n. /. Col
lomer, DIR. Taber Johnson, j. G. Greelwalt
II. NJ. Fulton, Judge Seth Shepard James
r. Dubois, w. a. Copeahover. c. s. Brad
ley William Donally, r. B. Tuley, W. X.
Stevens. Jerome F. johnson. W. L. Cham
berlin. E. w Foster w. F. Clark, Col
Robert Craig, Mark Florus Finley, Theo-
dore Livings. L. 4. Merritt, Albert T.
Adams A L. Swsrtout. ]. G. HaWes, Pick
ering Dodge, J. +. Ellis j. Med. Stewart,
r. NJ Graham. L. Wilkinson Henry Sey-
mour. S. HerriCk, r. A. Smith, S. NJ. Ely,
DR.. Fenton Bradford. Arthur E. Johnson.