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soldiers were similarly marked, Mai.
L'Enfant, revered as the friend and con-
fidant of Gen. Washington, by whom
he was selected to make the survey and
plan for the National Capital in 1870,
died June 4, 1925; was buried In Prince
Georges County, Md, and reinterred in
Arlington April %, 1908.
Mrs Charles Burton Jones, retiring
vice president general Mrs. James T.
Routree, incoming vice president gen.
eral, and Mrs. Ike Barton Mcfarland,
national chairman, Sons and Daughters
Of the Republic, have been decorated by
the minister of public instruction and
arts Of France as officers d'academie for
services rendered France in the erection
Of the D. A. r. monument to La Sale
in Texas.
Indiana pages at the Continental
Congress this year included Miss Esther
Zahrt and Mrs. Kenneth Stookey, Fort
Wayne; Mrs. Matte Hardin McKrill,
Bourbon; Miss Josephine McNamee,
Wabash; Miss Genevieve Pickrell, Miss
Flora Hunter, Indianapolis: Miss Har-
riet Farmer, Bedford; Miss Margaret
Cakes Laporte; Miss Mary Hostetter
and Miss Doris Helen Stroube, Reach
dale.
Mrs. Harriet Vaughn Rigdon, trea-
surer general of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution, had as her per-
sonal page during Continental Con-
gress Miss Florence Merritt of Fort
Wayne, Ind. Miss Merritt served last
year as assistant chief Of platform
pages. She has served Mrs James
Bliss Crankshaw, Indiana's retiring
State regent and newely-elected vice
president general, as personal page at
three State conferences.
Three generations were represented
in the D. A. r. and c. A. r. Con-
crosses by one family group. Mrs.
Florence H. Williamson represented
New York City chapter as a delegate
and shared honors with her daughters,
Mrs. Burns H. Waters of Baltimore and
Mrs. Philip J. Hickey, jr., Of Phoenix,
Ariz. In the children's congress were
Ruth Tracy Waters of Lighthouse Harry
Lee Chapter, June Elizabeth Wate-A
Burns H. Waters, jr., and Richard VIII
hanson Waters, all Of Baltimore, and
Donald Mansfield Hickey, Phoenix,
grandchildren Of Mrs. Williamson.
An outstanding member Of the dele
cation from the State Of Washington
was Mrs. Eliza Ferry Leary, honorary
of the delegation who made the long
trek across the continent to attend the
Fortieth Continental Congress were
Mrs. Wesley Dubois, State regent; Mrs.
Martin B. Connolly and her daughter,
Miss Martha Connolly, who was page:
Mrs. Arthur L. Halves, Miss Mary
Dwight and Mrs. E. s. Prentts.
The annual Indiana dinner given by
the Hoosier D. A. r. delegation was a
brilliant affair at the Willard Hotel,
with notable group Of honor guests.
Mrs. Lowell Fletcher Hobart. preSi-
dent general, headed the guest list,
which included Mrs. Rigdon, treasurer
general; Mrs. Russell William Magma.
librarian general; Mrs. Thomas Kite,
honorary vice president general; Mrs.
James L. Gavin, retiring vice president
general, and Mrs. James F.. Trottman,
Wisconsin; Mrs. Charles F. Bathrick,
Michigan; Mrs. Charles E. Herrick,
Illinois; Mrs William H. Vaught, West
Virginia; Mrs. William H. Pouch, New
York; Mrs. James T. Roundtree, Texas
Mrs. Walter c. Johnson, Tennessee, and
Mrs. Herbert F. Gaf1ney, Georgia.
Mrs. Crankshaw, Indiana's new vice
president general presided at the dinner
as retiring State regent.
Others invited of the Indiana group
were Mrs. James z. Watson, wife of the
Indiana Senator; Mrs. Beardsley FRS
bee, Cassadaga, N. Y, sister of Mrs.
Crankshaw, and Mrs. w. r. Mccoy,
Tulsa, Okla.
The hospital room was in charge of
Mrs. Ruth NJ. Nash, of Fort Washing
ton Chapter, N. Y. She was assisted
by two volunteers, Miss Irene Mahan.
Spanish War nurse, and Miss Edith
Sherman. -