The Washington herald., 1920-04-20

have been examined and verified.
one sixth of these being on un-
proved records OF service, and
therefore demanding further inves-
tigation, The total enrolment Of
the d. A. II. today is l55,5fS
The report of the curator gem
eral. Miss Catherine Brittin Bar
low. Incorporating a report OF the
committee on Revolutionary relics
for Memorial Continental Hall. was
filled with interesting details of the
accessions made to the society's
collections during the past year.
Furnishings Now Complete.
The furnishings of the Museum
are now complete with the desired
ten new cases installed. There
have been gifts from all parts Of
the country, and these have 80 null
tiplied in number that extra plate
glass shelves have had to be added
to the cases.
The Museum has received a silver
| loving cup as y bequest from Mrs.
Edith Darlington Ammon. whose
death occurred September s, 1919,
and a d. A. II. insignia. once owned
by Mrs. Emily T.. S. Ragan, de-
ceased. an organizer.
Letters have been sent to the
Revolutionary relics committee.
composed of representatives Of
forty-eiGht States, and many beau
tiful and historic gifts have been
added to the collection.
The Museum has also obtained a
collection of Gilbert Stuart pictures
of Washington from the recent sale
in New York. These pictures will
be known as the Edith Scott Magma
collection.
Receive More Than 800 Gifts.
The total number of gifts OF the
past year is well over 400. and the
variety ranges from revolutionary
style knce-buckles to lustre bowls
of that period.
The report Of the treasurer gen.
eral. submitted by Mrs. Robert j.
Johnston, and the reports of the
finance committee and the auditing
committee, represented h Mrs.
Woodbury. Pulsifer and Mrs. WILL
I lam II. Talbot. respectively, brought
out some remarkable facts concern
ing the financial condition OF the
organization.
A total of $4,000 has been paid
out during the past thee years,
Notes on land bought previous to
| 1917. sb3.S0S; note on the maya
zine, s25,000, and bills owing previ-
Gus to 1917, about $lS,126, have all
been cleared, leaving the National
Society today without a debt
Liberty bonds totaling 100000
have been bought. 3fs,272 sent to
France for reconstruction work, and
$lS2,2S2 raised for French orphans,
Hall and Land Free From Debt.
! During the summer Of 1917 the
National Society acquired property
at cost of s45.563, making a total
indebtedness for this land sSa36s.
! This entire amount. with interest,
! has been paid, and the organisation
now owes not one cent on its beau
| tiful hall and the land adjoining
Cause for further qualification Is
| given the members. since this in
| debtedness was paid from current
income, without the solicitation of
| gifts.
The morning session was marked
by the presentation of a tablet to
the Museum. the gift of the New
York chapter, dedicated to Mrs
Donald Mclean. emily Nelson
Ritchie McLean). She was presi-
dent general of the National Soci-
ETY. from 1905 to 1909, a charter
member of the National Society
and a charter member of the New
York City chapter. Mrs. Mclean
was also regent of the New York
| City chapter from 1898 to 1908 and
again, when she retired from the
president generals chair. from 1903
to 1916. the year of her death.
Purpeses Are Outlined.
+ The president generals address,
at the morning session was notabls
in that it outlined the purposes OF
the organization and gave to thu
delegates a conception of what tbs
body must do to aid in the "Ameri'
canization of women"
ITO transform q foreign aiier
into an American citizen Ii some
thing more than giving the man q
new suit of clothes. or the woman
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