The morning journal-courier., 1908-05-08
Elected to Succeed George B. Martin at Annual Meet
 ing Held Last
 Night.
MEMORIAL DAY IS JUNE IS
General Greeley and George filling Report Actions of National Con- vcntion-New Markers for
 Soldiers Graves.

In spite of the bad weather last evening a large number of the mem- bers of David Humphreys branch. Sons Of the American Revolution, att tended the annual meeting in the Foot Guard armory on Whiting street. At 6:30 o'clock supper was served in the banquet hall and in the evening the annual election of officers was held.
 For the coming year Attorney Sey- mour c. Loomis was elected presl- dent; William $. Wells vice-presi- dent; w. D. Scranton, secretary and treasurer; Charles F. Burton, mem Der of the executive committee for three years; Bishop Edwin S. Lines of New Jersey, chaplain; C. E. F. Sam ford, historian. The committee which brought in the names for officers was made up of General E. S. Greedy, Gen. eral George Hare Ford, and Judge Hotchliss.
 It was decided to hold the annual Memorial day exercises the Sunday nearest June IT, this year June 15. The Governors Foot Guard, Mary Clapp Wooster chapter, D. A. R., and other similar organizations will be invited to take part. The graves of the revolutionary soldiers in Grove street cemetery will be decorated and memorial service held.
 The matter of marking the graves of revolutionary soldiers was brought up by r. I. Atwater, who stated that | nf t6a o rly ,rc tt, Ia of falling down and being lost The committee in charge stated that the matter had been already atten led to and that by Memorial day the mark CTS would be in their places.
 In regard to this same matter Cen- eral Greeley stated that oill had passed through congress providing for the marking of the graves at the ex- pense of the war department. Satis- factory statements of the needed markers have to be forwarded to the secretary of war and suitable ones arc sent at once. This will relieve the Sons of the American Revolution of ono of their principal expenses.
 General Greeley al, George filling gave interesting accounts of the re- cent congress of the $. A. R., recently held in Buffalo. The work of tho convention was given in detail and tho delegates related some of their per- sonal experiences. That General Greelcy's ability as politician Is filling who told how his colleague elected Judge Stockbridge of Balti- more, president Of the national body for this coming year, and provided for the election of Connecticut man, Judge Beardsley of Bridgeport, as the president next year.
 Interesting in connection with tho visit to Buffalo, was that the mayor who delivered the address of welcome to the city was former New Haven man, J. M. Adam. He with the other members of the $. A. R., in Buffalo, did everything possible, to make the delegates stay there pleasant.
 At the national congress 1t was de- cided to have definitions of liberty, showing its difference from license. printed in seventeen different an- guages and distributed in all the ports from which immigrants come. In a brief address the retiring president, George B. Martin, spoke of the res- possibility of the $. A. R. toward the immigrants and of the necessity of lnculcating in them the ideas of Americanism President Martin spoke of the pleasant associations during the two years he has been president and then handed over the gavel of off, flee to his successor, MT. Loomis.
 In accepting the office, MT. Loomis said he appreciated greatly the honor which the organization had conferred
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