Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-19
ORDER OF CINCINNATI
OLDEST PATRIOTIC SOCIETY
MEMBERS AT BANQUET.
Eleven of the Original Thirteen
State Societies Represented at
Informal Gathering.

Members of the Society of the Clncin-
natl resident In the District OF Coiumoia'
with several representatives OF various
state branches of the society from other
cities. held an informal meeting and din
ner last night at the Army and Navy
Club Altogether there were represented
eleven Of the original thirteen state So
cieties. The walls OF the banquet room
we're hung with old Continental flags
with their thirteen stars and with the
flag emblems of the society. similar In ar
ran1ement to that of the United States
but with blue and white stripes and with
the eagle Of the society surrounded by
thirteen white stars in the union. On the
table, besides flowers, We're miniature
flags of the society. The committee IN
charge of the dinner was @c0npoSed OF
Justice Henry Billings Brown, chairman;
Edward Augustus Moseley. Brig. Cen
Green Clay Goodloe, U. 9. NJ. c.; DR.
William Holland Wilmer and Henry Ran
dali Webb William Marbury Beall acted
as secretary.
Henry Randall Webb. vice president of
the Maryland Society. presided at the
dinner, and speeches were made by
Lieut.. Gen Nelson A. Miles. L. S. A..
Associate Justice Henry Billings Brown
of the United States Supreme Court. re-
tired: Edward Augustus Moseley, secre-
tary OF the interstate commerce commits
sion, and few others
Those present were:
John Collins Davis. assistant secretary
general of the general society and vice
ciety.
Massachusetts Society-Rear Admiral
Charles Henry Davis. L. S. n; Edward
Augustus Moseley and Senator George
Peabody Wetm0re.
Rhode Island Society-Charles Warren
L.ippett. vice president. and Representa-
tive William Paine Sheffield.
Connecticut SOciety-Justice Henry Bill
lings Brown, retired,' and John sidney
Webb.
Appleton Miles, U. 3. A.: William James
Clinton Stuart and Maj. Walter u.
Webb. NJ D., Z. S. A.
New Jersey Society-Wessel Ten Brock
Stout INLAY, secretary; Rear -ann a,,ss
Conway HilIyer Arnold, L. $ n: Lewis
Durham Boggs. Maj. Edward B. Cas-
satt, Dr. Daniel Kerfoot Shute and DR..
William Holland Wilmer
Delaware Society-Edwin Jaquet Sellers,
secretary.
MARYLAND Society-HenryRanda Webb,
vice president: William Marbury Beali.
Richard B. 3. Chew, James Malcolm
Henry and William Howe Somerville.
Virginia Society-James Bowen Baylor,
Brig. Cen Green Clay Goodloe. U. S.
NJ. c.: Brig. Gen. Daingerfeld Parker,
u. s. A.; Walter G. Peter, Benjamin B.
Bradford, Alfred b. Horner. Brig. Gen.
Charles Fitzhugh and DIR. George Tully
Vaughan.
North Carolina Society-James w. Den
ney, Julian Henry Lee, Commodore Wal
liams 8. Hogg. u s. NJ, and Frederick
Mccullough Moore.
South Carolina Society-Commodore
Isaac Stockton Keith Reeves. L. S. N.
and Joseph Young Reeves.
Georgia Society-Thomas Savage Clay
assistant treasurer, and Capt. John W.
Wright. L. S. A.
The Society OF Cincinnati was formed
by the officers Of the continental army at
the close of the revolutionary war. in
May, 1888, and is one Of the oldest OF
the patriotic societies. The society takes
its name from Lucius Quintius Cincin-
natus, the illustrious Roman dictator.
and its founders intended 1t to be a so
ciety of friends to endure as long as they
should endure or any OF their eldest male
posterity. Gen. Washington was the nrst
president general of the society and Alex
ander Hamilton was the second The
city of Cincinnati took its name from the
society.
For the convenience of members the
society was divided into thirteen state So
cieties, one in each of the original thir-
teen states. Each state society meets
at least once a year. and delegates from
all the societies meet every third year
There is no organized society in the Dis
trict of Columbia.