Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1912-03-15
d. A. r. Meeting.

their present absurd rates."
d. A. r. Meeting.
The regular monthly meeting of the Janet
Montgomery D. A. X. Chapter was held at
the Club House in Rockville. Mrs David
Warfield hostess. on March 5th. The meet
| ing was well attended and interest shown
in the coming Congress on April 18th, when
the National Society convenes for its an
nual convention of weeks duration. At
the last meeting, held on February 5th at
the home of Mrs. Warfield delegates and
their alternates were elected to represent
the Janet Montgomery Chapter of the
county The delegation will be as follows:
Mrs. Morris L. Croxall, regent; Mrs. Viii
liam Hyde Talbot. delegate; Mrs j. Harry
Cunningham. alternate to regent; Mrs.
Charles Forrest Dickens. alternate to the
delegate. Two other alternates. Mrs. Ernest
L. Billiard and Mrs. Franklin C. Getzendan-
ner
The chapter have decided to change
their hour of meeting from $50 P. M. to
O'Clock in the afternoon.
The nominating committee was appointed
at this meeting to make up the slate for
the annual election of officers of the Janet
Montgomery at it's meeting in May.
The committee consists Of Miss Fields,
Mrs. F. C. Getzendanner and Mrs. E. j.
HartshOrn.
After business was out of the way. the
chapter passed the time in social inter-
course.
D. A. r. NorEs.
| A bill was introduced before Congress in
January by Mr.. Crago. of Pennsylvania.
asking the Government to establish park
around the burial site of Major General
Edward Braddock, who commanded the
British force against Fort Duquesne in l755.
Mrs Croxall. Regent of the Janet Mont
gomery. and Chairman of the Maryland
Committee on THE Old Trails" bill, intro
duced by Mr. Borland, of Missouri. for the
d. A. r. on January 18th. had been in
vited by Mr. Crago to be present at the
hearing of his bill before the Library Com
mittee and to speak on the historical i'm
portance of this measure. 1t developed at
the hearing that the Coldstream Guards Of
England. of which military body General
Braddock was a member. have offered. with
the permission of this Government, to erect
a memorial over the grave Of their com
rade And Mr.. Crago's bill looks to the
establishment of park around the mOnu-
ment as a fitting and proper setting The
BraddOck Memorial Association of Pennsyl-
vania has already secured site of twenty
four acres around the grave. The name Of
General Braddock was on the roll Of the
Guards for seventy-two years. Both Brad
dock and his father belonged. And the
Coldstreams are offering TO do a graceful
thing in erecting monument over the
long elected grave of Braddock.
1t is claimed by James Hadden, the his
torian, that Braddock was killed by one OF
his command. Thomas Fausett. enraged at
what he considered the unnecessary sac
rifice Of the men. AS is well-known. Brad
docks defeat was due to his Ignorance Of
Indian methods Of warfare, although warn
ed by both Washington and Franklin that
he must accommodate himself to II, but
he forced his men to fight in the open, in
the military formation. to which he was
accustomed in Europe, and his command
was slaughtered like cattle in the death
trap in which they found themselves
fired upon as they were by an unseen foe
from behind rock, bush and tree. When
that he raised his gun and shot Braddock
who died from the wound. He was buried
in the middle Of the road. the wagons and
gun carriages being run over the spot so il
could not be distinguished. This was done
that the Indians might not find the body
and desecrate il. Years after Fausett con
Quoted party to the place, informing then
that II they dug at a certain spot theS
would find the body Of Braddock Taking
a mattock. he indicated the place. And fol
lowing Fausetts directions, very soon wer'
unearthed all that was left Of the naughty
British General. The remains were re
moved to another point and re-intened
and this is where the Coldstream Guards
propose to erect the monument. The Cold
stream guards have formed for generation
the body-euard Of the Kings Of England
According to orme. Braddock paid eighteen
thousand pounds for his commission in tn
Guards-no small sum even in these day
Of big expenditures. A committee Of Gen
tlemen from Uniontown, Pa, for which MI
, MADDEN acted as spokesman, appeared be
fore the Library committee. Mr. Slayder
Of Texas chairman.