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that beautiful and romantic neck Of
land between the James and York, a
country geographically close to
Washington. but which, somehow or
other, Ia visited by fewer Washing
ton people than ind their way to Can
ada, California or Florida.
John Chapman Hunter was twenty
five years old when the Constitution
Of the United States was adopted and
twenty-eight years old when it was
decided to set up the permanent seat
Of the government of the United
States on the Potomac river. He was
thirty-eight years old when the first
Congress-which was the second ses-
Washington Monday, November II.
1900. There was not a quorum pres
ent on that day. nor was one obtain
ed until Friday, November 20. The
Rambler likes to speculate that John
Chapman Hunter came into the stray
Cling, muddy and miserable little
village of Washington and saw the
11OuSc anu soendtc assemble III tnOS0
two little Aqua sandstone wings
which now stand between the CEN
trail building beneath the dome and
the two marble wings. Perhaps he
knew those members who represented
Virginia-Henry Lee. Thomas Evans,
John Trigg, Leven Powell. John
Nicholas. Robert Page, John Dawson,
Anthony New. George jackson and
David Holmes These were important
men then. They were conscious of
the responsibilities resting on them,
proud of their knowledge of parlia-
mentary procedure and vain perhaps
Of their ability to below forth long
and loud speeches to their fellow cit
liens. but they are all dust now.
John c. Hunter was fifty years old
when the second war with England
came on. and ffty-two years old when
Washington city and Alexandria and
many other places in this neighbor-
hood were captured. Being a major
in the Virginia militia. it is not likely
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WALTER BROOKE HUNTER, JR.,
Great-grandson OF John Chapman
Hunter.
that he played any conspicuous part
in the national disasters in August,
1914. As the Rambler recalls 1t. the
only regiment OF Virginia militia
connected with the Benedict Noting
ham-Long Old Fields Meadows Bla-
densburg campaign was one COM
manded by Col. George Minor. That
regiment reached Washington two
days before the battle of Bladens-
burg. but arms and ammunition were
not issued to the men in time for them
to take part in the fighting. OF
course. the War Department blamed 1t
on the men. and when 1t got tired of
blaming the volunteers and militia It
blamed Congress. There was also a
brigade tthe 2d) of District of Co.
lunabiA troops composed OF volunteer
companies and militia from Alexan-
dria and vicinity. for Alexandria city
and what 10 now Alexaadria county
were then part Of the District OF Co.
lumsia, but these troops were en-
pioyed in guarding the approaches
from the east to Fort warburton,
now Fort Washington, and were not
on the field Of Biadensburg.
The professional strategists foresaw
that Fort Warburton would be at
tackled in the rear. a thing which. of
course. did not take place. When
Capt. Gordon's squadron. sailing up
the Potomac. came in sight of Fort
Warburton the regular garrison there
proved themselves just as good sprint
ers as the most irregular troops at
Bladensburg. At Bladensburg was
one troop OF Virginia volunteer cav
airy with one from the District and
one from Maryland. all being COM
bined with the squadron Of dragons
of the Regular Army commanded By
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Lieut.. Col. Laval. When GorIan's
squadron. having collected tribute
from Alexandria, sailed down the
river Navy gunners and District and
the ships from hastily constructed
batteries at White House, formerly
Belvoir and now Camp Humphreys,
and at Indian Head.
One fact which points to the regard
in which John Chapman Hunter was
held by his neighbors is that he
served several terms in the Virginia
state senate. BY following that lead
the Rambler hopes to be able to
develop a number OF facts relating
to this estimable man. AS the Ram
bier now understands the case, the
Rev. William Hunter emigrated to
Virginia from Scotland. His wife was
Margaret Cooke of Glasgow. A son
was DR.. John Hunter of Virginia
His wife was Elizabeth CHAPMAN
who was born June 10. 1898. Dr.
John Hunter died in 1853. His will
recites that II, John Hunter of the
county Of Fairfax in the colony Of
Virginia being at this time in per-
feet sense and memory do make,
ordain and appoint this to be my
last will and testament utterly re-
voking all other Wills heretofore BY
me made. To beloved wife Eliza
beth to have the use. benefit and ad-
vantages of my land that lies on
Difficult run or Of the two and one
half lots I now live on in the town
OF Alexandria, or the two lots In the
said town adjoining to Christopher
Beator. To George Hunter the tract
on Difficult, to him and his heirs and
assigns forever. To beloved son, John
Hunter. the one lot and a half on
which / now live in Alexandria,"
The children of DR.. John Hunter
were George Chapman Hunter, Amelia
Hunter. Margaret Hunter. John Chap
man Hunter and Nathaniel Hunter.
The tract on Difficult run. bequeathed
to George Chapman Hunter, is no
doubt that which came to be the
e"SHS oHu ouhAsh1 piACC % JOHH SHaD-
man Hunter, his brother. and was
named Contemplation. It was Chap.
man land obtained by DIR. John
Hunter through his marriage with
Elizabeth Chapman, daughter OF
Nathaniel Chapman.
There was a deed to this property
from Nathaniel Chapman, dated about
December %, 1852, but this record
WAS destroyed at Fairfax Court House
during the civil war.
George Chapman Hunters will was
recorded at Fairfax Court House De-
cember Is, l776. Robert Min and
Henry Gunnell were the witnesses.
He bequeathed to his mother, Eliza
beth, certain live stock and furniture.
To his brother, John Cha pman Hunter,
he bequeathed the tract on Difficult
run. provided he pay to my sister,
Amelia Terrett. ESQ, Virginia cur
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rency. for buying q negro girl"
To his brother, Nathaniel Chapman
Hunter. he left 'tall the negroes I
shall be entitled to from my fathers
estate, provided he pay to sister Mar
garet Hunter ESQ. Virginia currency.
to dispose Of as she pleAses." To his
uncle. George Chapman, he left 10
guineas 'for the purchase of a ring
to wear as a memento of my regard"
John Chapman Hunters sons were
John, who became DR.. John Hunter;
Thomas Triplett Hunter. captain,
United states Navy; Nathaniel Chap
man Hunter, Frederick Hunter and
George Terrett Hunter. He had five
daughters, whose married names were
Mrs. Eskridge, Mrs. McNeir. Mrs. Da-
wilson. Mrs. Robert White and Mrs.
Young. DIR. John Hunter, son of John
Chapman Hunter, twice married. His
first wife WAS Nanny Dulany Of Fair
fax county. His second wife was
Miss Mary Bowie Brooke of Prince
Georges county. Md. The children
by the first marriage were John
Chapman Hunter and Lucy Mason
Hunter. Both are dead. The children
of this John Chapman Hunter. who
married Miss Emma Biscoe of Mary
land. were William Dulany Hunter.
consul general at Nice; Lucy Mason
Hunter, George Riscoe Hunter, de-
ceased; John Chapman Hunter and
Lillian Coffey Hunter.
X X X X
William Dulany Hunter married a
Grecian lady and has three children.
Lillian Corey Hunter married George
X. Holmes. They have four children
Emma Biscoe Holmes. Mary Holmes,
Kirby Holmes and John Chapman
Holmes. The child of DR.. John Hun
ter, son OF John Chapman Hunter of
the revolution. and Mary Brooke is
Walter Brooke Hunter OF Washing
ton and Hyattsville.
He married Miss Margaret Stuart
Terrett, daughter Of Maj. George
Hunter Terrett Of Virginia, who was
major in the United States Marine
Corps. serving throughout the Mexi-
can war and during the civil war, be-
coming a colonel In the Confederate
army. He was a son Of Capt. George
Hunter Terrett. who served in the
war Of 1912, and was q nephew of
John Chapman Hunter of Contempia-
ton. The sons OF Walter Brooke
Hunter and Margaret Stuart Terrett
are Walter Brooke Hunter, jr., and
George Terrett Hunter. Walter Rrooke
Hunter. jr., served with Company F,
LIST Maryland Infantry, on the Texas
border in 1916. and with Battery A.
111th Field Artillery (Richmond
Howitzers). in the world war, and was
with the A. Z. r. In France. George
Terrett Hunter served in the Marine
Corps in the war against Germany.
Walter Brooke Hunter. son Of DR..
John Hunter. was page to George c.
secretary Of the United
States Senate. for . number OF years.
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The Rambler Writes of the Virginia Hun

He has been employed at the Corcoran
Art Gallery for twenty-nine years.
Lucy Mason Hunter. daughter Of DR..
John Hunter, was matron OF the
Louise Home for a number Of years.
DR.. John Hunter was In the Confed-
crate states service and after the civil
war was a confidential clerk to w. W.
Corcoran. Thomas Triplett Hunter.
son of John Chapman Hunter of Con-
temptation, was captain In the
Cnited States Navy and resigned to
accept a commission In the Confeder-
ate navy. He married and had q
number of children. After the civil
war he removed to Georgia Nathaniel
Chapman Hunter married Miss Amelia
Terrett Of Fairfax county. They had
one son. Nathaniel Chapman Hunter.
now dead. He married Miss Ida
Newton Of Fairfax. Their surviving
children are Nathaniel Burdette
Hunter. Melville Hunter and Amelia
Terrett Hunter. Both Burdette and
Amelia are married.
Germany. Nathaniel Chapman Hunt
er. son of John Chapman Hunter Of
Contemplation, served in the. Con-
federate army, and after the war en-
gagged in farming In Fairfax county.
Frederick and George Hunter died
unmarried. The children Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Eskridge Were Mary and Mabel
Eskridge. They are both dead. Mary
Eskridge married Albert Willcoxon
Of Fairfax, and their children are
Harry P. Willcoxon and B. Willcoxon.
Both are married. Mr. and Mrs. Rob-
ert White had three sons and one
daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Davidson had
four sons. They were John, Hunter,
Roger and Carroll Davidson. John
was Union general in the civil war
and his brothers. Hunter, Roger and
Carroll Davidson, were in the Con-
federate service. One of the daughters
of Gen. John Davidson married Maj.
Edmund Kirby Webster, U. 8. A. They
have two daughters. one of whom is
Miss Frances Marion Webster. Hunt
er Davidson's first wife was a Miss
Ray of Maryland. Their children are
Leila, who married an Englishman;
Percy. Hunter and Charles Davidson.
Hunter and Charles are Episcopal
ministers. Hunter Davidson, after
the death Of his first wife. moved to
Paraguay. where he married a Para
guayan Lady. They had four children,
Ruben. Virginia, Ronaldo and Gordon.
He was eighty-one years old when he
died. Rev. Hunter Davidson married
the daughter OF Gen. william p.
Craighill. U. S. A., Of Charles Town,
W. Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert White lived In
Georgetown. They had three sons
and daughter. Mr.. and Mrs. Young
had two children. Howard Young and
Victoria Young. Howard Young mar
ried Florence Darrell and their chill
dren are William Young. Brooke
Young. Mrs. Wybert Of Fairfax ooun-
ty. now dead. and Nellie and Tessie
Young. Victoria Young married Glib
son Terrett Of Fairfax county and
their children are Mrs. Cosino Will
son, Victor and Ashton Terrett and
Alice and Leila Terrett. Alice Terrett
married Theodore Davis. who was In
the Army.
The John Chapman Hunter farm,
contemplation, lies south OF Vienna
on the road to Fairfax courthouse, and
the Rambler will tell OF his visit there
IN another story. 1t ia now the sum-
mer home Of DR.. Maurice e. Miller OF
1913 H street
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Maj John Chapman Hunter Born 1862 and Died in 1885,
Revolutionary Army Soldier But the Part He Played in the Long
and Varying Struggle Has Not Been Estabished-is Old Home
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Moore House. Harris Grove. Big
Bsthel Church, Little Bethel Church,
Brick Kiln creek, Poquosou river.
Cheesenan creek, Goodwin neck.
Crab Aeck. Fish neck. Tue point,
Goodwin Islands. Tampieo.' Tabb and
Grafton ana a hundred other places
where Americans would find more to
enrich their minds and stimulate
their patriotism than on all the sum-
mer piaxxas. In all the hammocks and
on ali the croQuet lots ever set up or
laid on IN the resorts OF fashion.
So, In following this subject the
Rambler hopes to find that this good
American, John Chapman Hunter, at
whose grave he stood last Sunday,
served his country on those fields.
The Rambler has read of the i'm
portance. the victories, disasters and
blood letting at Bunker Hill, or
Breeds Hill; Ticonderoga. Brandy
wine. Saratoga, saltwater, Benning-
ton. Long Island. Fort Mercer. Ger
mantown. Hubbardton. Trenton, White
Plains, Monmouth. Augusta, Fort
Ninety-six. Charleston. Cowpens, Eu-
taw Springs. Guiiford Court House
and Hobkirks Hill. but the culmina-
tieo Of all these struggles was in
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
PRESIDENT BEHIND
GREAT ARMY PLAN
Pleads for League But
Urges Need of
Armed Force
COST $500, 900, 900

washington. - Especially - While
President Wilson Is busily engaged In
speech making to the effect that Il
will never be necessary to send the
boys in khaki to other lands II the
League Of Nations covnant Is adopt
ed. General Peyton G. March. Chief
of Staff, is telling the House Military
Affairs Committee that President WI
son has approved Of the "big army
p,ogram which the War Department
erd Secretary Baker ihave submlttef
to Congress as the peace time plan O
army reorganization. This program
provides for huge standing army Of
more than half million men, although
1t also comprehends universal training
General March indicated that mill
tary authorities believed the large
army program was necessary because
Of the unsettled conditions throughout
the world. He said nothing about new.
er sending the boys in khaki overseas
II is a cause for wonderment In Con.
sress what the Administration pro.
noses to do with the half million stand.
ire army which 1t wants to raise In
this country.
"With the prevailing spirit OF I'M
rest throughout the world all nations
must be on the alert" said General
March. winston Churchill has pro.
posed an army for Great Britain of
100000 men. France has the con-
scription system and can raise an army
at once Of any size. We suggest an
army of $4,000 men with universal
military training"
He said the yearly expenditure
would not exceed $500, 5000.
Secretary Of War Baker In recent
speech at Philadelphia urged Ameri-
cas- preparedness for the next war.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
And Now

Sept. 6. 1919-"Again assure you
am not comparing any Of my respected
colleagues to Bolshevists, but I an
merely pointing out that the BoIshe
vistic spirit lacks every element of con
structive opposition. They have de
stroyed everything, and they have pro
posed nothing.
"And, while there Is a common alb
horrence for political Bolshevism,
hope there will not be any such thing
grow up in our country as interna
tional Bolshevism, the Bolshevism tina,
destroys the constructive work of men
who have conscientiously striven to
cement the good feeling of the great
peoples of the world"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26

Countess Colloreds-Mannsfeld, for
merly the beautiful Nora Iselin Of New
York, before she married into leu
ton royalty, is now one Of the num-
Der Of American heiresses who are liv-
ing on borrowed money or on sums
ridiculously small compared with their
former grandeur. The financial chaos
in Germany and the seizure Of their
wealth in this country by the alien
property custodian has left them prac.
ticnllv nannilaSs
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
AMERICA VERSUS
NTERNATIONALISM
Foreign Relations Com.
mittee Aligns Itself on
Side Of Americanism
COUNTRY FIRST

Washington.-(Special.)--In report.
ing the Peace Treaty to the Senate
with reservations permitting the
United States to withdraw at any
time from the League Of Nations, re-
serving to Congress the right to de-
clare war under Article X. retaining
inyiolate Americas sovereignty over
internal affairs, and declaring the Mon
roe Doctrine entirely unaffected by
the League of Nations, Republican
members Of the Foreign Relations
Committee believe that they have put
squarely before the public the issue Of
Americanism versus internationalism,
and that they will have little difficulty
in gaining the support of the country
upon such an issue. Senator George
w. Moses Of New Hampshire, a mem
Der of the Committee, has expressed
the issue as follows: =.
"The Committee on Foreign Rela-
lions has aligned itself on the side Of
America. After the fullest considera-
ton Of all the questions involved in
the peace document, and particularly
the League covenant, we have report.
ed 1t to the Senate with such reserva-
tons as we feel assured will, for all
time, safeguard the United States from
becoming unwillingly involved in for
eign disputes, and will prevent other
nations from assuming or claiming an
influence over purely American affairs
to which they would have no right, un-
less we should adopt the League Of Ma
tons in the manner urged by the Presi-
dent Of the United States. The single
issue presented by the Committees
reservations perpetuating the Monroe
Doctrine, guarding jealousy our in
ternal affairs, permitting us to with
draw from the League without him
drance, and reserving to us, unquall-
fiedly, the right to decide for or
against war, is that Of Americanism
against internationalism, and the
Committee has presented for the con-
sideration Of the Senate treaty which
stands boldly In favor Of Americanism
first.
~The Committee has proceeded
calmly, and has been sane to the last
degree. We have brought forth
treaty with reservations that will COM
pei President Wilson to face realities
for once in his life, and he must face
his audiences, on his present tour, with
facts and arguments instead Of rhetoric
and hysteria. ! do not believe he has
the facts which will convince the peo-
pie of the United States that interna.
tionalism shall come first and Ameri.
caniSm last"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
o'RYAN's- TESTIMONY.

+ A rather remarkable statement
+ throwing some hitherto obscured
+ light on the lack Of efficiency Of
+ Secretary Bakers department
i during the war was made recent
+ ly before the senate Committee
]. on Military Affairs by Maj. Gen.
i. John F. Organ, who commanded
i. the Twenty-seventh division in :
i France.
+ The Twenty-seventh was a Ma :
i tional Guard division and Cen :
i. eral Organ testified that 1t :
1. fought through the war without :
l. any American equipment except :
!. coats and some trousers. All the .
i. guns, aircraft, shoes, rifles, ma :
i. chine guns, and even subsistence .
/. supplies, he said, were supplied :
+ to the division by the British. :
+ The divisions artillery support, :
+ he added, was supplied by Brit :
+ ish and Australian units.
+
+ - + 4 + + + + + + + + + + .
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
WILSON vs.. WILSON.
Then
Then

April 2, 1917-"Their 1.-THE Bolshe
Wiki Of Russia) conception Of what Ii
right. Of what is humane and honor
able for them to accept has beer
stated with frankness, a largeness Of
view, generosity Of spirit and a uni.
versal human sympathy which must
challenge the admiration Of every
friend Of mankind, and they have re-
fused to compound their ideals or de.
sert others that they themselves may
be SAFE"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
-
NEWS OF HOWE

w. H. Bortel has sold his store to
Roy Hawley and has moved to Idaho
Falls. The pool hall was purchased
by Mr.. Hudson, formerly Of Black
foot, and the hotel by B. F. Hooper
selves instead Of for public good. II
stage business.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Nebraska Fugitive Captured.

Omaha.--Nathan Wolfson, who was
shot while escaping from Jail at Kear-
ney, Neb., was arrested Friday night
in a hospital here, where he went for
treatment of his wound. Wolfson
gives his home as Chicago.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
Wales Visit MAY be Postponed.

Washington Prince of Wales
may not reach Washington until the
middle of November, the state depart
ment announced Friday, because Of the
extended program for his entertain
ment in Canada.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-09-26
CARD OF THANKS

We thank our friends for their
kindness and support in our loss Of
wife and mother.
J. T. KING AND FAMILY,
adv. Up Taber, Idaho.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-09-17
CONVENTION OF
CLOTHING MEN
FIRST MEETING WILL BE HELD IN
ATLANTA OF RETAIL DEAL
,, Frs OF STATE,

Atlanta, Ga, SPIT 16-The first
convention of the Georgia Retail
Clothing and Furnishing Association
will be he'd in Atlanta September 20
and 80. A lunch, banquet, and the
ter party will be provided for the Wis
iting delegates. Speakers of promi-
nence will address the merchants.
among them will be Joseph A. Nc
Cord, of the Federal Reserve bank:
Lewis ]. Bailey, special agent Of the
department of justice and prominent
merchants from neighborine cities
The association was formed laM
April in Atlanta, and now has men,
bership of the foremost clothing mer-
chants in the state of Georgia. The
president Of the Georgia association
is Morris D. Eiseman. a prominent
Atlanta merchant who headed the
state delegation to the recent national
convention in Chicago.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-09-17
SUGGESTIONS FOR
DODGING THE FLU

New York, Sept 16.-Suggestion
for avoiding influenza were distribut-
ed broadcast today by the AssOcia!
ton for Improving the Condition of
the Poor. Following are the rules:
Avoid crowds. Stay away from any
one with a cough Or cold
Drink plenty of fresh water
Sleep with the windows open,
Slap in the open air and walk to,
your work.
Eat three uniform meals a day and
avoid a breakfast of mere coffee.
Battle frequently.
Above all things, keep cheerful
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-09-17
.PL j R Al UNION
CAUSING CONCERN.
GROWING DISPOSITION TO TREAT
SiGAMY AS A VENiAL OF.
TENSE IN ENGLAND.

London, Aug 20-Correspondenc
Associated Pressl-Increase in big
United Kingdom, much more pronoun-
ced since the end CT the war is caus-
ing grave concern, and there is a
growing disposition to treat b!gamy
as a venial offence.
Sir Bernard Mal.et, the register
general, is credited with the state
ment that English marriage laws af-
ford less security against bieAmy
iliZed state His department has pre-
pared proposals or their amendment.
nothing has been done to carry
them into effect. A new act of Par
lament is necessary, and Sir Ber-
nard suggests as preliminary that
some plan be outlined by which ac-
yurate information concerning tEse
principals in a proposed marriage
may be obtained bv the comps:tent
authorities before the ceremony can
be performed
For marriage by license in England
is required that both parties make
solemn declaration that they know OF
no impeachment to their union. that
they have resided for fifteen days in
the district and. ifp thery are minors.
the consents OF guardians or parents
been obtained. But no solemn de-
claration is required for such ma
teFial particulars are name, ccndf-
tons as to marriage, age, rank and
residence.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1919-09-17
BRUNSWICK GIANTS AGAIN
DEFEAT SAVANNAH TEAM

In an exciting game of baseball al
Norwich street park yesterday after.
noon the Brunswick Giants defeated
the Savannah AIS Stars by the close
score of 3 to 0
The game was witnessed by large
crowd of baseball fans, both white
and colored, and was one of the best
exhibitions of ball playing seen at the
park this season. The same teams
will play the last of the series of
three games this afternoon at 1880
o'clock at the Norwich park