Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-02-26
5 GETTY OF COlONI.l WARS
Annual Meeting of Vermont
Branch Held Yesterday.
Historical Papers and Reports Pre-
scented, Action Taken on Attending
Patriotic Celebrations and Of
fcers Elected.

The Goth annual meeting of the So
,iety of Colonial Wars in the State of
. ut WAS held Tuesday in the
looms on College street It was pre
,edel by the annual luncheon. at which
"a were present The afternoon was
spent in attending to the business of
The society and in listening to some
interesting papers.
The historical papers were Alaska,
a Belated Colony by Brighten. S. p.
Jocelyn; "Gove's Rebellion" by Luther
Atwood and t. ~ Clark. and "A history
of the society's rooms by c. f. Allen,
who told of its being a recruiting Of
fce in both the Civil and Spanish Am
erican Wars.
The reports of the officers showed
the finances ana standing of the court
TO be in good condition and eight new
members were admitted at the meet
ing. They are Howard L. Martin, =.
T. Brown, II. G. Humphrey, w ].
Humphrey, H. \. styles, c. L. Green
md D. l.. Cady of Burlington and Rob
.rt H. Gay of New York city
Among other things it was voted to
offer a prize of SO to the student in
the University of Vermont, Middlebury
College or Norwich University who
writes the best paper on Vermont CO.
lonial history. The paper must be
presented at the next meeting. 1t was
also voted to take part with the other
patriotic societies in the celebration of
the engagement between the British
ships off the Battery 100 years ago
next June. An invitation to cooper
ate with Vergennes in the Macdonough
celebration there next September was
also accepted. other business trans
acted was the authorizing Of the pur-
chase of the four volume index to the
New England Genealogical and His
torical Register and to present 1t to
the Fletcher library. The set had been
purchased but the trustees did not feel
that the index could also be bought
and the entire work is now complete.
Resolutions were presented calling
for changes to he made in the consti-
tuition and bylaws.
The officers elected are as follows:
overnor-FIamilton Sullivan Peck,
Burlington.
Deputy Governor-William Bruins
wick Curry Stickney. Bethel.
Lieutenant GoVcrnor-Heman Woods
Allen, Burlington.
Secretary--Byron Nathaniel Clark,
Burlington
Deputy Secretary-R lph Wright
Putnam, Putnamville.
Treasurer-Harry Stinson Howard,
Burlington.
Chaplain-Rev. Henry Lincoln Bal
lou, Chester
Historan-Charles Allen Converse,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Observation-Disclosures Edwin Allen, Bur-
ngton.
Chancellor-Harvey Roberts Kings
Ny, Rutland.
Surgeon--Thomas stephen Brown
arlington.
p Gentlemen of the council for three
'ears-Robert Noble Purlington; Jo-
eph Lawrence Hills, BURLINGTON.
Gentlemen of tn. council holding
Yer for two years-Henrv Bnelow
shaw Burlington; Charles Lincoln
Woodbury., Burlington.
Gentlemen OF the council holding owe,
for one year-John Johnson Allen
Brooklyn, n. Y. George Stephen Ed.
CELL, New York city, y.
Committee on ship-Charcs Ed
win Allen, Burlington; Horace Edward
Dyer, Rutland; Edward Philo Woodbury.
Burlington Gardner Brewer, Burlington
Frederick Howard Wells, Burlnkton.
zCommittee on historical documents
Charles Allen Converse, Philadelphia
Pa; Edward curtis Smith. St. Adams
Warren Peck, New Haven George
Worthington, Bennington; Elbridge Sen
AGA Adsit, Burlington.
Committee ON Observation-Disclosures
Aonzo Chittenden, ST. Adams; Charlie:
Hcrrick Mower, burlington; Frederick
Wood Ward, Burlington: Samuel Greene
Wheeler Benjamin, Burlington ; Henry
Benjamin Meigs, Baltimore, Nd.