Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-11


the capture of Louisbourg in 174J by the
coionlal forces under Lieut.. Gen. William
Pepperell. OF this event It is said: The
New England forces, raw troops, com
ulSnd2d by unframed Office S, aStonlshed
| the world by capturing the supposed inn
pregnable fortress Again, IN September
lHI3, our general society erected at Lake
George monument in rommemoration
or the great victory of the colonial SOL
ulers under Col. William Johnson over the
allied forces of French and Ind ans, com
manded by Baron Deskau. And ON
time to time the various state societies
Of our organ cation have raised me-
MORALS in honor of the heroic deeds per-
formed by our ancestors of English blood
who fought on this continent with the
same magnificent valor that has ever
been characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon
race.
Over yonder highway. known In hts
tory r addock's road. a little more
than $50 years ago. following the flag of
our mother country, a brave band of sol
diers. In order better to protect the homes
of our ancestors, passed in front of this
spot on its way to cruel disaster.
Braddock Came This Way.
To-day, under the green canopy of thesa
splendid trees, silent witnesses of that
scene, within the precincts of this sac~ed
ground, recently consecrated by the pres
ence of the holy prelates of both the
English and our own church. we, the
descendants of worthy ancestors, are
gather to place a permanent marker in
enduring stone and bronze in memory o.
that event.
'Braddock arrived in Hampton roads,
Va, February 20. 1865. and ordered his
transports to proceed at once UP the Po-
tomac to Alexandria. where a camp was
to be formed. He himself followed more
leisurely, and did not reach the camp
till the end of March. OF the events
that followed before the order was given
to start on the expedition that was to
terminate SO unfortunately for himself
we need not concern ourselves, but 1t is
of more than passing interest to men
ton the cruel apathy of the people whose
homes this British soldier had come to
protect Says Parkman on this point:
Contracts broken or disavowed, want of
horses, want of wagons, want of forage,
want of wholesome food or sufficient
food of any kind caused such delay that
the report of it reached England, and
drew from Wa,pole the comment that
Braddock was in no hurry to be scalped.
In reality he was maddened with impa-
thence and vexation.'
1T was Benjamin Franklin, then post
master of Pennsylvania, who came to
his rescue, and made it possible for him
TO OBTAIN tn much-1 ed d su~rli and
means of transportation. Braddock's
comment on Franklin In a private letter
is that he was almost the only instance
of ability and honesty 1 have known in
| these provinces
The services closed with the recession
al, Praise to God, Immortal Praise.
Those in Charge.
| The following members of the society
had charge of the exercises: Chaplain
! Rev. DR.. Roland Cotton Smith: commit
! tee, Job Barnard. Ben de Mier Miller,
Thomas Hyde, William v. Cox Henry O.
| Hail. Gilbert Thompson and Dr. Marcus
| Benjamin: grand marshal. Lewis P. Gle
| plane: aids, Armisted Peter, jr., Fred
erick D. Owens, DR.. Charles F. Lang
worthy, Stanton C. Peelle and Robert
| Root Bennett.
The officers of the Society of Colonial
Wars in the District of Columbia are:
Governor, DR.. Marcus Benjamin. deputy
| governor William Van Zandt Cox; lieu
tenant governor. Judge Job Barnard: Sec
rotary, Lewis Painter Clephane; treasurer
John William Henry; registrar, DR.. Albert
| Charles Peale; historian. Gilbert Thomp-
! son: chaplain, Rev Roland Cotton Smith :
| chancellor, Walter Collins Clephane: sur
geon, DR.. James Bayard Gregg Custis.
Members of Society.
The members of the society are: DR..
John F. Anderson, Capt. William Baird
! u S. A; Judge Job Barnard, George
Aiken Batchelder, Robert Root Bennett
Gen. Bell, u S. A: DR.. VIII lam Duffield
| Bell DIR. Marcus benjamin, Thomas Bag
den, Allen Richards Boyd. Southwick Cary
Briggs, Frederick Carlos Bryan. Capt.
Archibald Willingham Butt, U. s. A; Ed
win Lyon Chapman, Alonzo Howard Clark.
Lewis Painter Clephane, Walter Collins
Clephane, Robert Connel Charles Edwa:
| Cooke, Louis Arthur Coolidge Lieut.. Col.
! Calvin Duvall Cowles, U. S. A; William
| Van Zandt Cox, Sherman Montrose Graf
ger, Dr. George Washington Neale Custis
DR.. James Bayard Gregg Gusts. Capt.
| Richard Graham Davenport, U. s. N: DR..
Ira Warren Dennison, Leonard Huntress
| Dyer, Robert Strettle Fisher. DR.. James
Milton Flint, U. S. N: Col. Everett
! Worthington Foster, Leon Le.anne
| French, Thomas Monroe Gale, Freedland
| Joseph Cuy.er Hardie. James Nal
colin Henry. John William Henry.
Edwin Allston Hill. Alfred Franc S
Hopkins Neville Monroe Hopkins. Alfred
Frederic VOTERS Huicakooer. Thomas
Hyde, Joseph Burr Johnson, William
Goodyear Johnson, Frederic E. johnson,
Dr.. Henry Lowry Emilius Johnson. DR..
Joseph Taber Johnson, Arthur Keith.
Maj. Henry NJ. Kendall. U.S.A.; Van Leer
Kirkman. William Salisbury Knox. DR..
Char es Ford .Langworthy William Ag-
new Little; Gen. Oscar F. Long, L. S. A;
Caleb Clarke Mag.uder. Charles Addison
Mann, George Cotton Maynard. William
Park Metcalf. Ben de Mier Miller, Dr.
Edward Emery Morse. Edward Augustus
Moseley, Zebina Moses, Harry Tuner
Newcorrb. Lieut. c. n. OffAy, L. s. N;
Frederick Denison Owen. Mai. VIM O.
Owen, U.S.A.; Robert L. owen John Dew
hurst Patten. DR.. bert Charles Peale,
Stanton Garfield Peelle Arnistead p ter.
ir., Rev. George FIR Gland Peter. Duncan
Chnch Phillips, Prof. George Lansing
Raymond. Cant. r. Pratt Reyno DIS, U.
| S. A.; Elisha Francis Riggs. David Rt-
tenhouse. Lieut.. Col. Fayette w. Roa. U.
s. A: George Roe, Charles Stevens Root,
Alvey Claude Holmes Russell. CYRUS
Root Gen. Joseph Prentice Sanger. U. S.
a; Henry Dearborn Sexton. Honry A bert
| Seymour. Rev. Roland Cotton Smith Rob
| ert Atwater Smith Rev. Caleb Rockford
Stetson. George Rockford stetson. DR..
Frank Austin Swartout. Frank Stone
fainter. DR. John Y. Taylor, U. S. NJ:
Gilbert Thompson, William Baker Thomp-