Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-19
UNDER NEW OFFICERS
Sons of American Revolution
Hold Meeting.
LUNCH, MUSIC, SPEECHES
President Appoints Committees and
Names Delegates.
SEVERAL IMPROMPTU TALKS
Those Selected to Represent Society
in National Congress at Buff
falo Next Summer.
SEVERAL 1MPROMPTU TALKS

| At a meeting last evening OF the District
of Columbia Society of the Sons of the
| American Revolution in the banquet hall
of the Arlington Hotel the officers elected
| in February assumed control. Justice
| Thomas H. Anderson presided.
Announcement was made of committee
appointments and Justice Anderson maSe
| public the names of those members whom
| he has selected as delegates-at-large and
| alternates to represent the local branch
! of the organization at the national con
| gress . be held at Buffalo, n. Y. the lat
ter part of the coming summer.
After the business meeting a program
of music vocal and instrumental. pre-
pared by the new committee on music,
was rendered. A buffet luncheon was
served and addresses delivered, among
the speakers being former Senator John
NJ. Thurston of Nebraska, William II. De-
Lacy of the local Juvenile Court and Col.
John Tweedale.
officers and Committees.
The names of the new officers and the
committee members follow: President,
Justice Thomas H. Anderson; vice presi-
B. Hagner and William A. De Caindry;
recording secretary. Henry P. Holden;
corresponding secretary, John E. Fen
wick: treasurer P. +. Larner; registrar,
Albert D. Spangler; assistant registrar.
Chester NJ. Clark: historian. Seiden M.
Ely; librarian, Paul BrOckett; chaplain
Rev Thomas s. Chlds: board of manage
ment, Sidney T. Besselievre, Col. Fred
erick c. Bryan, William V. Cox. w. u.
Mclean. Rev. A. S. John. Commander
j. H. Moore, U. S. ~; W. b. Thomp-
son. Gen. T. NJ. Vincent 7: S. A.; q.
Zebina Moses. F. f. Grice. James Shell
don. jr. Edgar B. Stocking and Charles
Lyman.
Committees: Executive-Justice Thomas
H. Anderson. chairman; William B.
Thompson. Charles Lyman. William A
Ways and means-William l.. Marsh
chairman; William V. Cox. E. Southland
Parker. John B. Larner. Chaplin Brown
Francis H. Parsons. James Sheldon. jr
Observation-Disclosures Seth Shepard
chairman; Gen. Thomas M. Vincent, y
s. A: Justice David ]. Brewer. E. M
Gallaudet. LII D.; James T. Dubois. r. -
Leupp, John Paul Ernest. charles w.
Needham LII. D.; Louis A. Dent. Rear
Admiral G. W. Baird. L. 8. N; John H.
Admiral A. s. Barker, L. S. n.
Building-George O. Totten. jr., chair
man: Bernard r. Green, Frederick D.
Owen.
DR.. E. A. Hill, Appleton P. Clark.
Neutrality-suspicious. J. Gore. chairman;
Merritt l. Dawkins, Frank B. Martin.
William A. Domer. James Sheldon. IT,.
William S. Parks. DR.. F. L. Biscoe
Eligibility-Dr. Louis -. Carman. chair
man; Jerome F. johnson, William H.
Somervel.
Observation-Disclosures w. Witten. chair
man: Edison Phillips. Cove L. Himebaugh.
iPress-A. B. Duvall. chairman; Newton
L. Collamer. Henry w. Samson.
Music-William A. Domer. chairman;
Eugene E. Stevens, Frank P. Reside.
Matter Of Recruiting.
Recruiting-Philip R. Walker. chairman;
Commander ]. H. Moore. L. S. N; Isle
s. Lipscomb. Dr. NJ. F. Finley. DR.. Will
liams Donnaly, Mason NJ Richardson,
James A. Bailey. Charles S. Bradley,
Adolphus B. Bennett, DR.. William A.
Gen. Van H. Bukey. Theodore L. Cole.
". A Copenhaver. Charles II. Davidge.
F. A. Fenning. Henry o. Hall. Walter
Hough, Dr. J. Iaber JGhnson; Capt p Z; IA, a.
ley. Ralph E. Burgess. Col. G. {. knin1n,
Robert S. Hume, Caleb c: Magruder. jr:.
Dr. H. H. Donnally. Langdon Moore. VIII
Henry W. Samson, John Sherman: Ben
jamin G. somerveli. Theodore G. Fenton.
T. S. N: DR.. j. s. Wall DR.. A. G. Will
kinson. Maj. E. X Webster T. : A.;
Howard c. Reside. Charles o. White.
Dr. Otis j. Eddy. ]. Chester Bowen.
List of delegates to the national con-
gress at Buffalo, 1908:
Delegate at large-William Lowrey
Marsh. Zebina Moses. John Paul Earnest.
Gen. Thomas NJ. Vincent Philip F. Lar
ner. William A. DeCaindry. James 7. Du-
Bots. Wallace D. Mclean, Rev. Thomas
s. Childs, Commander John II. Moore.
Rear Admiral George W. Baird, Francis
E. Grice.
acknowledgements D. Owen, Louis
A. Dent William B. Thompson. James
sheldon, jr;, Charles LYMAN. George 6.
| Collamer. Charles s. Bradley. Col. G. G.
kniffen, DR.. Frank l.. Biscoe.
The new members enrolled last night
are: Pay Director John n. Speel. L. S.
n: Maj. Edmund *. Webster. L. S. A;
Surgeon Herbert l.. Kelly. L. S. n: An
drew a. Lipscomb. jr:. Daniel w, Lard.
| Southwick G. Briggs. John c. Copanhaver.
DR.. John p Fi!lebrowne. Cephas H. Sim
| clair. Francis NJ. Phelps. Frank w. Booth.
| Robert II. Lovett. Frank ]. Moses and
Jason Waterman.