The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1915-07-20
SONS OF REVOLUTION
MAKE COMPARISONS
WAR BILL FOR ONE MONTH
MORE THAN ENTIRE COST
OF REVOLUTION
(By Associated Press

| Portland, ore, July 2O.-Ihe nlgn
cost of warning, when the campaigns
of Washington are compared to the
European conflict, was emphasized in
the report of the registrar general OF
| the Sons of the American Revolution
at the first days session of the so
cietys twenty-sixth annual apnven-
| tion here.
Thomas jefferson, he said, review
| ing the finances of the revolution
estimated the cost of the war at an
average of $l7,5OO,OOO year. That
sum now is scarcely more than Great
Britains war cost for single day
The total cost of the revolution-ap-
proximate1y s140, 100000 covering a
period of eight. years lis less than
the total cost of the European war
| for a month.
The committee on information OF
Aliens reported great activity during
the last year in promoting the edu-
cation of the alien population to the
advantages of American citizenship
With various societies and municipal
tiles, the society has co-operated in
establishing courses in civil govern
ment and other subjects tending to
the enlightenment of those Of foreign
birth. The committee pointed out
that of the three million souls which
peopled the thirteen colonies, one
| fifth could not speak English, one
half was Of other than Anglo4Saxon
descent, and even now in some OF
the states the proportion of foreign
born is as great as thirty per cent
Detailed efforts to educate aliens
| to the allegiance and obligations oil
American citizenship we're described.
Personal letters have been sent to
more than fifteen hundred judges OF
| federal and state courts having Jurls-
diction over naturalization, urging
that the ceremony of administering
the oath of allegiance be made as
solemn and impressive as possible. 1t
/ is suggested that on such occasions
the presiding Judge or some citizen
of high standing in the community
address the prospective citizen upon
the importance of the act of transfer
ring allegiance from one nation to
another ana the sabigafons which
accompany it. The committee ex-
pressly recommended the promotion
of such meetings in Philadelphia on
May 10, last, when President Wilson
addressed several thousand recently
naturalized Americans and welcomed
them to the privileges OF American
institutions.
Much ignorance, the committee re-
ported, had been found among school
children, and even adults, regarding
the constitution Of the United States.
In many parts of the country it was
found that fundamental document
was not for safe in ready form. The
society recently has distributed one
hundred thousand copies to night
schools and settlements OF aliens.
While much of a statistical nature
has been preserved and handed down
relating to the Continental armies,
the little navy which carried the
newest flag to the seven seas has
not Jared so we'll A careful study
has been conducted however for the
Committee on military and naval rec
ords, by Rear Admiral Chester, and
his researches, reported by the COM
mittee today, show there were in the
regular Continental navy 64 vessels
mounting 1,242 guns, while the volun-
teer private armed fleet outnumbered
it with i ,25O vessels and $4,000 guns.
British vessels to the number Of 797
were captuerd and with their cargoes,
were valued at $24,O00,O00. The
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