Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1915-02-25
SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS
First General Court Held
in Burlington Monday.
Address by the Rev. G. g. Wilson and
Officers Decentralization for
Next Year Extended to Gen.
eral Council.

The 21st general court of the Society of
Colonial Wars in the State Of Vermont
was held Monday afternoon at the So
ciety's rooms on College street, 81 mem
bers sitting down to the lunch served
at one O'Clock by Miss Lucinda Smith.
Mondays meeting proved to be one of
the most interesting meetings ever held
by the society, several addresses being
given after the lunch.
The first speaker was the Rev. c. c.
Wilson. who gave an historical address
his subject being: Relations of the Colo
MES with the Mother Country in the
Eighteenth Century The annual report
MS given by the secretary. Byron N.
Clark, showed the society to be in a pros
porous condition, with a total member
ship of 81 members. Seven new members
were taken into the society during the
past year. They are John Almus Drew
of Rumney. N. H., Leon w Dean of Bris-
toll. Glenn Albert wilkins of Morrisville.
Dorman Bridgeman Eaton Kent Of Mont
pelier. Redfeld Proctor OF Proctor. Frank
Edward Alfred of Newport, Erwin Maui
rice Harvey Of Montpelier. One member
Of the society has died during the year
Samuel Green Wheeler Benjamin of this
city.
The annual report as given by the treas
urer of the society. H.. s. Howard. showed
that all bills had been paid and that there
was a good balance in the treasury. The
society voted TO invite the general council
Of America to hold it's annual meeting in
Burlington In 1916. Acknowledgement S,
p. Joslyn was re-appointed deputy COVER
nor-general of the general society. Fol-
| louinu iy n lief of tha officar>1 Ind rom NIL.
tees to serve the ensuing year:
Governor. William Brunswick Curry
Stickney, Bethel: deputy governor, He
man Woods Allen, Burlington; lieutenant
governor, John Johnson Allen. Brooklyn,
N. y: secretary, Byron Nathanie Clark
Burlington: deputy secretary. Ralph
Wright Putnam, Putnamville: treasurer.
Harry Stinson Howard. Burlington;
chaplain, Rev. Henry Lincoln Ballou'
leicester; historian. Cha rles Allen o
verse. Philadelphia, Pa; registrar,
Charles Edwin Allen. Burlington; chan
cellor, Harvey Roberts Kingsley, Rut
land; surgeon, Thomas Stephen Brown
Burlington; gentlemen of the council fol
three years, Warren Peck, New Haven
! James French Dewey, Quechee; gentle
men Of the council holding over for two
years. Robert Noble. Burlington. JOSEPH
Lawrence Hills, Burlington; gentlemen OF
the council holding over for one year
Henry Bigelow Shaw, Burlington, Charles
Lincoln Woodbury.. Burlington; commit
tee on membership, Charles Edwin Allen
Burlington, Henry Landon Ward. Bur
lington, John Henry Booth, Plattsburgh
n. Y, Fred Taylor Caswell. Derby Line
Henry Clay Humphrey, Burlington; com
mittee on historical documents. Charles
Allen Converse, Philadelphia. Pa. Ed
ward Curtis Smith. st. Adams, Henri
Dwight Holton. Brattleboro. Monro
James Barnes, Burlington, George Ste
phen Edgell, New York city. y. y; com
mittee on installation, Charles Herricl
Mower, Burlington. Frederick Woo
Ward, Burlington. Daniel Leaven Cady
Burlington. Edmund Towle Brown. Bur
~lington, Henry Walter Webb. New Yorl
city, \. Y; delegates to general Assem-
bly,. Charles Allen Converse. Philadel
phia. Pa, John johnson Allen, Brooklyn
y. Y, George Stephen Edgell, New Yor'
t city, n. V, William James Van Patter
Huntington, Heman Woods Allen, Bur
lington.
/ The installation of Mr.. Stickney a
r governor of the society then FOLLOWED
: Following his installation Mr.. Stickne
made an address of particular interes
upon the duty of the citizens OF Americ
in preserving peace which had bee
fought for by their ancestors. The las
= speaker Was Col. f. A. Chittenden of S
Adams. Colonel Chittenden, who wa
the founder of the Vermont society. CAV
an address on its early history.