Norwich bulletin., 1914-05-01
DAUGHTERS OF 1872 IN NATIONAL SESSION
Gov. Baldwin Speaker at Banquet Star spansied Banner Memorial Proposed.

A Star SpangIed Banner memorial to be established by the Daughters of 1912 and presented to the nation when the Maryland chapter observes the cen tennial of the writing of the patriotic hymn newt September. was proposed in resolutions offered to the associate council in national session, at New Haven Thursday. Mrs. 5. l.. Whitney of Detroit offered the resolution, which is based upon the official announce ment made them that the New York chapter will assume the obligations of the Daughters to contribute $10,000 for a room in the proposed George Washington Memorial building in Washington, D. C..leaying the Daugh- terS Tree to divert to other purposes the contributions already made by state chapters to the memorial room. Mrs. Whitney in her resolutions pro- vided that before funds already con- tributed to the George Washington me moriaI are diverted to the proposed Star Spangled Banner memorial the consent of contributors shall be ob- tained. Mrs. Whitney said, in support of the resolution. that the Daughters fund for the room has grown slowly, in fact contributions to date total only $510 from eight states. The Banner memorial would cest $500 and the bal ance after diverting the $510 which would be on hand by reason of the offer of the New York chapter could be secured by a 50 cent per capita tax on members in states which have not already contributed to the room fund.
 Mrs. c. B. Tozier of Cleveland raised the point that the obligations of the Daughters include the presentation of a certificate to each contributor, and no money could rightfully be de- voted to some other object without consent of the givers. Several dele gates spoke with enthusiasm upon the project, and Mrs. William Gerry Slade, the national president, who presided, said that should the point have been raised she would have ruled that Mrs. Tozier's point was well taken. Mrs. Whitney believed that under the reso- lution each of the eight states which have turned in contributions to the room fund can get the consent of indi- vidual contributors to have the money diverted, or returned, leaving the na- tional society a clear field to raise money to complete the Star Spangled Banner fund. The resolution was held in abeyance for further discussion, with expectation that 1t would be passed. The management of the new fund is to be in the hands of five national of fieers.
 To Prevent PiIferins from Graves.
 Miss NJ. Louise Edge of New Jersey asked the council for suggestion as to means to prevent pilfering of society markers from the graves of soldiers of the war of 1S12. The chief suggestion offered by delegates was that markers be set in concrete, or in stone which has been first set in concrete,
 Mrs. Calvin F. Troupe of Baltimore reported upon the placing of markers on soldiers graves. saying that defi- mite policy has been adopted by which no marker will be placed over a grave of a soldier of 1912 unless the soldiers S actual participation in that war is certified to in some way, most prefer ably by a certificate from the military eopyist of the war department or a copy of a pension paper or some doe umentary evidence. The society from now on desires to be certain tha treal socdiers of the second war with Eng land only are honored by 1t.
 Gov. Baldwin Speaker at Banquet.
 The annual banquet was held in the evening at the Hotel Taft and was largely attended. Governor Simeon E. Baldwin was one of the speakers,
 The governor gave an historical ad- dress dealing with the war of 1S12. Tn the month of April he said. "one hundred years ago. the British were successfully invading the United States They were successfully in vading the soil of Connecticut. The great wars through which we have passed as a people were civil wars. The war of 1S1a was almost a civil war In this war there was no se- rious thought of arbitration as a means of settlement. Sixty years later when the Alabama claims came to the front war might well have fol- lowed, arbitration was proposed and accepted.
 International arbitration and bet ter still. arbitration courts, have had two great friends since the War of 1872, in Great Britain and the United States. They are the great features today if international intercourses Let us be thankful as we look back to past wars, for what has been their ultimate results in preventing fu- ture wars"