Ms. 1903 BAUMGAHDT PRINT. 1 1 6 ». BROADWAY. •>-» Califo'Rj^ia Society 3nsfifiifrt< (jnaj s, 1893 3ncorporafci> (mag 15, 1893 ■^ounbet0 : Same© (tttonroe (ftCfen £icuf. Cfiatfcs ilce Coffino, U. #. ($. Sjoftriigc ©jro Coffins (Waj. Ktttffiam (ZUifflony efocrftm, U. #. (&. ©oSfc&rfc <£f)oma0 2)aro<:n 3o(}n (Winer Carey (mav6fc «r t° p. A'J 2SJ mostra Uucbimut 3P6t. Forsan E< Ha.ec Olim Meminisse Jvvabit. fiTT^n:. DEC] riAL I ear op the society sons op the VI REVOLUTION, IN THE STATE OP CALIFORNIA, COM- ^■^ MENCES WITH A MEMBERSHIP, NOT LARGE IN NUMBERS, BUT STRONGLY UNITED, AND WITH AN ENTHUSIASTIC LOYALTY TO THE PRINCIPLES WHICH HAVE WELDED INTO ONE HOMO- GENEOUS ORGANIZATION THE BEST BLOOD AND THE MOST CATHOLIC REPRESENTATIVE ELEMENT OP THIRTY-TWO STATES OP OUR LAND. THE ENVIRONMENT OP OUR HOMES HAS NO ASSOCIATIONS CONNECTED WITH THAT GREAT STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, FOR THE PACIFIC COAST WAS AN ALMOST UNKNOWN SHORE WHEN THE EMBATTLED FARMERS OF CONCORD " Fired the shot heard around the world;'* AND WHEN THOSE SIX GENTLEMEN, WHO FOUNDED THIS SOCIETY CAME TOGETHER AT LOS ANGELES ON THE EIGHTH DAY OF MAY, 1893, TO DISCUSS THE FEASIBILITY OF SUCH AN OR- GANIZATION IN CALIFORNIA, ITS INSTITUTION WAS CONSUM- MATED WITH GRAVE DOUBTS THAT THE TIME WAS RIPE FOR SUCH ACTION. HAPPILY THESE FEARS WERE GROUNDLESS, AND THE RECORD OF THE INCORPORATION ON MAY FIFTEENTH, BROUGHT TO OUR MEMBERSHIP GENTLEMEN RESIDING IN DIF- FERENT SECTIONS OF THE STATE AND IN ARIZONA, WHO KNEW OF THE EASTERN SOCIETIES, BUT WHO HAD NO INCENTIVE TO CONNECT THEMSELVES WITH ASSOCIATIONS SO DISTANT FROM THEIR HOMES, AND IN WHOSE DELIBERATIONS THEY COULD TAKE NO PART. IN A GREAT NATIONAL SOCIETY, ESTABLISHED AND CON- TROLLED BY REGULATIONS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GOVERN- MENT OF THE UNITED STATES, IT IS NOT AN EASY MATTER TO BRING INTO HARMONIOUS WORKING THE CONFLICTING SENTI- MENTS PREVAILING IN THE INDEPENDENT STATE JURISDIC- TIONS, AND WE MET WITH DIFFICULTIES, AND AT TIMES BECAME ALMOST DISCOURAGED IN THE ATTEMPT TO BUILD A STABLE FOUNDATION ON THE PACIFC COAST. WE WERE UNABLE TO CONSULT WITH THE EXPERIENCE THAT HAD LED TO SUCCESS IN THE ATLANTIC STATES, FOR OUR ATTEMPT WAS THE FIRST ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE. AND ONLY ONE SOCIETY— COLORADO — HAD BEEN ORGANIZED WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER; BUT CONSULTING THE NECESSITIES OF OUR OWN SURROUNDINGS, AND CONFORMING TO THE CONSTI- TUTION OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY, A CODE OF LAWS FOR OUR GOVERNMENT WAS EVOLVED, WHICH, WITH BUT THREE AMEND- MENTS, HAS STOOD THE TEST OF TEN YEARS. WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED IS PARTIALLY TOLD IN OUR REGISTER OF LAST YEAR. BUT THIS HAD BEEN IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT THE FAITHFUL CO-OPERATION OF OUR ACCOMPLISHED SECRETARY, OUR CAREFUL TREASURER, THE INDUSTRIOUS REG- ISTAR AND THE GENIAL AND WATCHFUL VICE-PRESIDENT, WHO, WITH THE PRESIDENT HAVE CONSTITUTED THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. THAT OUR LABORS HAVE NOT BEEN WITHOUT RECOG- NITION. APPEARS FROM THE REPORT OF MR. HENRY WALBRIDGE DUDLEY, THE GENERAL HISTORIAN, MADE AT THE TRIENNIAL MEETING AT WASHINGTON. I). C, ON APRIL 19, 1902, IN WHICH HE SAYS: "CALIFORNIA." "THE SOCIETY WAS INSTITUTED MAY S, 1893, AT LOS ANGELES, AND INCORPORATED MAY 15. 1893, SINCE WHICH TIME IT HAS DONE ITS FULL SHARE IN PROMOTING THE OBJECTS OF OUR ORGANIZATION. IN PROPORTION TO ITS MEMBERSHIP, PROBABLY NO OTHER SOCIETY HAS CONTRIBUTED SO LARGELY TO THE SERVICE OF THE ARMY AND NAVY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHILE A LARGE NUMBER OF ITS MEMBERS HAVE ALSO OCCUPIED IMPORTANT POSITIONS IN CIVIL LIFE. THE RECORD MADE UP IN DETAIL BY THE HISTORIAN OF THE SOCIETY, IS ONE OF GREAT INTEREST, GIVING, AS IT DOES, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE NAMES OF ELEVEN OF ITS MEMBERS WHO SERVED IN THE SPANISH- AMERICAN WAR. IT ALSO FURNISHES THE AVOCATIONS OF THE ENTIRE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY, MAKING A RECORD OF WHICH ANY SOCIETY MIGHT BE PROUD." OUR VOICE IS HEARD. AND OUR VOTE IS ALWAYS CAST AT THE MEETINGS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY, FOR IT IS OUR GOOD FORTUNE TO HAVE AS A LIFE MEMBER, MR. JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, WHO RESIDES IN NEW YORK CITY, AND WHO IS ABLE TO BE PRESENT AT THOSE GATHERINGS. WE NEVER WEARY OF MANIFESTING OUR OBLIGATIONS TO MR. MONTGOMERY FOR HIS MANY ACTS OF KINDNESS TO HIS WESTERN SOCIETY, AND IT HAS BEEN OUR CONSTANT POLICY TO RETAIN HIM AS ONE OF OUR DELEGATES. THE ATTENTION OF OUR MEMBERS HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY CALLED TO THE MANY BEAUTIFUL AND APPROPRIATE STATUES, MONUMENTS AND TABLETS ERECTED BY THE COLONIAL STATES IN PLACES MEMORABLE FOR HEROIC DEEDS DURING THE REVO- LUTION, AND IT HAS BEEN THOUGHT THAT THERE WAS NO FIELD FOR ANY ACTION IN THIS LINE BY THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY; BUT ON THE DAY OF OUR LAST ANNUAL MEETING, ONE OF OUR GENTLEMEN, WHOSE PUBLIC SPIRIT IS SURPASSED ONLY BY HIS GENEROSITY, OFFERED TO BEAR THE EXPENSE OF A TABLET, OR OTHER DESIGNATION. TO COMMEMORATE SOME EVENT OF THE REVOLUTION, IF THE SOCIETY WILL TAKE CHARGE OF THE AFFAIR, AND SECURE FROM OUR LOCAL AUTHORITIES A SUITABLE LOCATION FOR ITS ERECTION. A MEETING WILL BE CALLED AT AN EARLY DAY TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSITION. IT HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY SUGGESTED THAT AN EFFORT BE MADE TO PURCHASE A LOT IN LOS ANGELES UPON WHICH THE SOCIETY MAY ERECT ITS OWN BUILDING, WHICH WILL GIVE US A PERMANENT HOME, AND IN WHICH CAN BE DEPOSITED ITS VALUABLE LIBRARY AND RAPIDLY' ACCUMULATING COLLEC- TION OF SOUVENIRS. THIS HAS BEEN DONE BY SEVERAL OF THE WEALTHY EASTERN SOCIETIES, THROUGH THE GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS, BUT OUR SMALL NUMBER AND OUR LIMITED INCOME HAVE NOT PRESENTED TO THE DIRECTORS ANY ENCOURAGEMENT THAT SUCH A PROJECT CAN BE CARRIED OUT AT THIS TIME. AGAIN ARE OUR HEARTS FILLED WITH SORROW FOR A LOST COMRADE. ORRIN ZEIGLER HUBBELL, A MAN OF BRILLIANT INTEL- LECTUAL ATTAINMENTS, A MEMBER OF THE SENATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND HELD IN AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM BY US ALL, DIED AT HIS HOME IN ONTARIO, ON APRIL SEVENTEENTH, lfln::. UPON ANOTHER PAGE WILL BE FOUND THE MEMORIAL ADOPTED BY THIS SOCIETY. IN A RETROSPECT OF TEN YEARS, WHEN THERE PASS BEFORE US, OUR MANY SOLICITOUS DISCUSSIONS OF WAYS AND MEANS, THE PERSONAL SACRIFICES AND DEVOTION OF MEMBERS IN THEIR LABOR OF LOVE, WHICH HAS GIVEN OUR SOCIETY, THROUGHOUT THIS GREAT COMMONWEALTH OF CALIFORNIA A RECOGNIZED POSITION FOR DISINTERESTED PATRIOTISM AND UNFAILING LOYALTY, AND CAUSED OUR VOICE TO BE HEARD WITH ATTENTION AND RESPECT IN THE COUNCILS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY, MAY WE NOT ANTICIPATE A FUTURE, WHEN OUR CHILDREN, IN THIS BEAUTIFUL LAND OF THE ORANGE, THE VINE, THE FIG AND THE MOCKING BIRD, WILL TAKE UP THE WORK AS IT SHALL FALL FROM US, AND, WITH STRENUOUS ZEAL, 1"' THEIR PART TO PERPETUATE THOSE GREAT, ETERNAL PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY, JUSTICE AND PATRIOTISM, THE HERITAGE FROM OUR FATHERS, WHICH HAVE MADE THIS LAND THE HAPPIEST ON EARTH. 'vhtoidw Ooyo UuLl^. T 3 President. LOS ANGELES. MAY 8, 1903. 3fn Jtflrmortam. Born in fmnttngton Counts, Snoiana, flDarcb 30, 1859, Dieo at ©ntario, California, Hpril 17, 1903. Orrin Z,eigler Htihbell WHEREAS, THE HONORABLE ORRIN ZEIGLER HUBBELL, A VALUED MEMBER OF THIS SOCIETY. ENTERED INTO REST ON THE SEVENTEENTH DAY OF APRIL, 1003. AT HIS HOME IN ONTARIO, CALIFORNIA; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CALIFORNIA SOCIETY SONS OF -THE REVOLUTION, THIS EIGHTEENTH DAY OF APRIL. 1903. THAT HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF MIND AND MANNER, REFLECTED IN A DELIGHTFUL PERSONALITY AND UNIFORM COURTESY, MADE HIS PRESENCE AS A GUEST, AND HIS HOSPI- TALITY AS A HOST SOMETHING TO BE RECALLED WITH PLEASURE BY ALL WHO CAME INTO SUCH RELATION WITH HIM; THAT HIS CARE AND DISCERNMENT AS A FINANCIER, MADE HIS LOSS DEEPLY FELT AND HIS PLACE MOST DIFFICULT TO FILL BY HIS ASSOCIATES IN BUSINESS; THAT AS A LAWYER, HIS TALENTS AND CHARACTER NOT ONLY ADORNED THE PROFESSION W T HICH HE ADOPTED, BUT ENGENDERED A LASTING RESPECT IN ALL WITH WHOM HIS CALLING BROUGHT HIM IN CONTACT; THAT HIS ENERGY AND SUCCESS IN POLITICAL LIFE, WERE DUE TO A MOST EXALTED CONCEPTION OF STATESMANSHIP, WHICH MADE HIM INTENSELY DEVOTED TO THE SERVICE OF THE PEOPLE; THAT TO STRENGTH OP MIND AND CHARACTER WERE UNITED THE WEAPONS AND EMBELLISHMENTS OF A BRILLIANT AND CONVINCING ELOQUENCE; THAT HIS POWERS OF ARGUMENT WERE DUE TO PRO- FOUND STUDIES OF THE HISTORY' OF HUMANITY AND OF HIS COUNTRY, AND CAREFUL ANALYSES OF THE CONDITIONS OF HIS OWN TIMES, ENLIVENED BY THE LIFE AND GRACE OF POETIC TEMPERAMENT; THAT IN THE SHORT PERIOD OF HIS PUBLIC LIFE IN CALIFORNIA HE HAS LEFT A RECORD OF GREAT GOOD DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HIS SENATORIAL DISTRICT AND OF THE STATE, AND WORTHILY REPRESENTED AND CONTINUED THE WORK OF THE REVOLUTIONARY ANCESTORS FROM WHOM HE SPRUNG; AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, THAT THE SINCERE SYMPATHY AND CONDO- LENCE OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS SOCIETY ARE EXTENDED TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY OF OUR DECEASED ASSOCIATE. AND THAT AN ENGROSSED COPY OF THESE RESOLUTIONS BE PRESENTED TO THEM. £>mn Zc\$kx fyMtU Officers, Directors and Delegates President, HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS. Vice- President. SPENCER ROANE THORPE. Secretary , ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON, 114 N. Spring St., Los Angeles. Assistant Secretary. DONNELL GEORGE FISHER. Treasurer. BRADNER WELLS LEE. "Registrar. EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN. Historian. REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREWER. Marshal. MAJOR FRANK CLARKE PRESCOTT. Chaplain. REV. GUY WOODBRIDGE WADSWORTH. "Board oj- "Directors, ARTHUR BURNETT BENTON, EDWARD THOMAS HARDEN, HOLDRIDGE OZRO COLLINS, BRADNER WELLS LEE, SPENCER ROANE THORPE. Delegates to the General Society, GEN. JOHN GREEN BALLANCE, U. S. A. EDWARD MEADOR BLAKE, FRANK WILBUR BURNETT, JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, HENRY HARBINSON SINCLAIR. Alternate Delegates. REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS BREWER, FRANK PUTNAM FLINT, BEN GOODRICH, FRANK WILLIAM KING, HENRY ATHERTON NICHOLS. *Roll of Members 'Roll of Members ALLEN. JAMES MONROE Lawyer, San Francisco ATWOOD, COLONEL, EDWIN BYRON, U. S. A Washington, D. C. BALLANCE. GENERAL JOHN GREEN, U. S. A Washington, D. C. B] 'ARDSLEY, MOSS WHITE Mechanical Engineer, Crown King, Arizona BENDER. HOWARD Conveyancer, Bakersfield BENTON, ARTHUR BURNETT Architect, Los Angeles. BERRY. MARK TRAFTON Vernondale BLAKE, EDWARD MEADOR Banker, Naco. Arizona BOOTHE, CHARLES BEACH Merchant, Los Angeles. BOUTON, EDWARD Bancher, Los Angeles. BREWER, REV. WILLIAM AUGUSTUS Clergyman, San Mateo. BROWN, HORACE AT WELL Principal, Eaton School, Los Angeles. BURNETT, FRANK WILBUR lawyer, Los Angeles. CLARK, ELI P President Xm. A. Pac. B. B. Co., Los Angeles. COLLINS. HOLDRIDGE OZRO lawyer, Los Angeles. CORWIN, DAVID RITTENHOUSE PORTER Los Angeles COWLES, WILLIAM NORTHROPE Merchant, San Francisco. FENNER, CHARLES PUTNAM Merchant, Manila, Luzon. FISHER. DONNELL GEORGE S. P. B. B. Freight Agent, Los Angeles. FLINT, FRANK PUTNAM lawyer, Los Angeles. GOODRICH, BEN lawyer, Los Angeles. HAMILTON, GORDON BATTELLE Physician, San Francisco. HARDEN. EDWARD THOMAS Miner, Los Angeles. HARTWELL, WILLIAM ATHEARN Real Estate, Los Angeles. HAYNES, JOHN RANDOLPH Physician, Los Angeles. HOOKER, JOHN DAGGETT Manufacturer, Los Angeles. HOUGHTON, SHERMAN OTIS lawyer, Los Angeles. JONES, JOHNSTONE lawyer, Los Angeles. KENYON, BREWSTER COX Rancher, Long Beach. KING, FRANK WILLIAM Merchant, Los Angeles. LEE, BRADNER WELLS Lawyer, Los Angeles. MARBLE. JOHN MINER CARET Banker, Los Angeles. MERWIN, REV. ALEXANDER MOSS ... .Clergyman, Pasadena. MONTGOMERY, JAMES MORTIMER. Life Member Merchant, New York City. MOORE, FRANKLIN WALTON Mining Engineer, Los Angeles. NICHOLS, HENRY ATHERTON Banker, Cambridge, Mass. NICHOLS, WILLARD ATHERTON Rancher, Redlands. OSGOOD, JOSIAH ALONZO Civil and Mechanical Engineer, Los Angeles. PARKHURST, DANIEL BURLEIGH Physician, Los Angeles. PARRIS, WILLIS Agent Pacific Coast Steamship Co., Los Angeles. PATTON. GEORGE SMITH Lawyer. San Gabriel. PAUL, JAMES LOCHRY Banker, Ontario. PEACHY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, Life Member Los Angeles. PRESCOTT, FANK CLARKE lawyer, Redlands. ROGERS, CHARLES WILLIAM Rancher, Los Angeles. ROGERS. IVINS DAVIS Rancher, San Diego. SHARPE, MAJOR ALFRED CLARENCE, U. S. A Denver, Col. SINCLAIR, HENRY HARBINSON Vice-Pres. Edison Electric Co., Los Angeles. THOM, CAMERON DE HART Rancher, Glendale. THOM. CATESBY CHARLES lawyer, Los Angeles. THORPE, SPENCER ROANE Rancher, Los Angeles. WADSWORTH, REV. GUY WOODBRIDGE Pres. Occidental College, Los Angeles. WADSWORTH, THOMAS SEYMOUR Real Estate Broker, Los Angeles. Holt of Ancestors Ancestors and Descendants ARNDT, JOHN. Captain, Cameron De Hart Thorn. Catesby Charles Thorn. ATWOOD, JOHN, Private, Colonel Edwin Byron Atwood, U. S. A. BALLANCE, CHARLES, Private. General John Green Ballance, U. S. A. BALLANCE, WILLIS, Corporal, General John Green Ballance. U. S. A. BAKER, JOHN, Colonel, Edward Thomas Harden. BATTELLE, EBENEZER. Major, Gordon Battelle Hamilton. BEARDSLEY, NEHEMIAH, Colonel, Moss White Beardsley. BEEBE, IRA, Captain. Holdridge Ozro Collins. BENDER, CHRISTIAN, Sergeant, Howard Bender. BENEDICT. AARON. Lieutenant. Eli P. Clark. BENTON, ZADOCK, Private, Arthur Burnett Benton. BERRY, THOMAS, Private, Mark Trafton Berry. BOUTON. DANIEL, Captain, Edward Bouton BROWN, DAVID. Captain, Horace Atwell Brown. BURNETT, JOHN, Captain, Frank Wilbur Burnett. CAREY, JOHN, SR„ Private, John Miner Carey Marble. CHANDLER, DAVID, Corporal, Arthur Burnett Benton. CHITTENDEN, JARED. Private, William Augustus Brewer. CLARK, THOMAS, Private. Prank Clarke Prescott. CONEY, DANIEL, Second Lieutenant, Henry Atherton Nichols. COOKE. JOSEPH PLATT, Colonel. Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin. CORWIN, JOSHUA. Private, David Rittenhouse Porter Corwin. COWLES, JOHN, Private. William Northrope Cowles. CUDDEBACK, BENJAMIN. Private, Holdridge Ozro Colins. CUDDEBACK, WILLIAM, Associator, Holdridge Ozro Collins. DECKER, THOMAS, Associator, Holdridge Ozro Collins. DODDS, JOSEPH, JR., Lieutenant, Donnell George Pisher. DUNHAM, SYLVANUS, William Northrope Cowles. FARRAND. BETHUEL, Private, Sherman Otis Houghton. FELLOWS, ABIEL, Private, John Randolph Haynes. FISHER, BERZILLIA, Private, Donnell George Fisher. FOLSOM, NATHANIEL, Major-General. Henry Atherton Nichols. Willard Atherton Nichols. OILMAN. JOHN TALYOR, Sergeant, Henry Atherton Nichols. Willard Atherton Nichols. GILMAN, NATHANIEL, First Lieutenant. Henry Atherton Nichols. GILMAN. NICHOLAS, Colonel. Henry Atherton Nichols. Willard Atherton Nichols. GOODRICH, JOHN. First Lieutenant, Ben Goodrich. GRAHAM, WALTER, Captain-Lieutenant. George Persell McLain. HARDEN. WILLIAM, Colonel, Edward Thomas Harden. HENRY, GEORGE. County Lieutenant, James Mortimer Montgomery. HENRY, WILLIAM. County Lieutenant. James Mortimer Montgomery, HENRY. PATRICK. Governor Virginia. Spencer Roane Thorpe. HICKOX, GIDEON, Private, Holdridge Ozro Collins. HOOKER, SETH, Private, John Daggett Hooker. HOUGHTON, ABIJAH, Private, Sherman Otis Houghton. HULL, SETH, Sergeant, Arthur Burnett Benton INGRAHAM. JEREMIAH. Private, Henry Atherton Nichols. JONES, CADWALLADER. Captain, Johnstone Jones. KENTON. JOSEPH. Corporal, Brewster Cox Kenyon. LEE, THOMAS, Captain. Bradner Wells Lee. LEWIS, WILLIAM TERRELL, Sergeant. Franklin Walton Moore. LINK. ADAM. Private. James Monroe Allen. LOCHRT, ARCHIBALD, Lieutenant-Colonel. James Lochry Paul. LUCKET, THOMAS HUSSET, First-Lieutenant. George Persell McLain. MALCOLM. WILLIAM, Colonel. James Mortimer Montgomery. MAXWELL. WILLIAM, Captain, Edward Thomas Harden. MERCER. HUGH. Brigadier-General. George Smith Patton. MORRISON. RODERICK, Private, Rev. William Augustus Brewer. NICHOLS. DAVID, Captain, Charles Beach Boothe. OSGOOD, BENJAMIN, Private. Josiah Alonzo Osgood. PARKHURST, HUGH. Private, Daniel Burleigh Parkhurst PARRIS, SAMUEL. Lieutenant. Willis Parris. PEACHY, BENJAMIN, Private. George Washington Peachy. PUTNAM, RUFUS. Brigadier-General, Charles Putnam Fenner. ROSE, PELEG, Private, Frank Wiliam King. SEYMOUR, THOMAS YOUNG. Captain, Rev. Guy Woodbridge Wads worth. Thomas Seymour Wadsworth. SINCLAIR, JOSHUA, Private, Henry Harbinson Sinclair. SINCLAIR, RICHARD, Captain. Henry Harbinson Sinclair. STOUT, DANIEL, Private. Charles William Rogers. Ivins Davis Rogers. STOUT, JOHN, Captain, Charles William Rogers. Ivins Davis Rogers. TATLOR, TIMOTHY. Captain. Rev. Alexander Moss Merwin. THOMPSON, HUGH, Sergeant, Major Alfred Clarence Sharpe, U. S. A. VAN ETTEN, ANTHONY. Captain, Holdridge Ozro Collins. VAN ETTEN, JACOB. Associator. Holdridge Ozro Collins. VAN INWEGEN, HARMANUS, Associator. Holdridge Ozro Collins. VAN VLIET, JAN. Associator, Holdridge Ozro Collins. WESTBROOK, JOHANNES, Associator. Holdridge Ozro Collins. WOOSTER, WALTER, Sergeant, Holdridge Ozro Collins. WADSWORTH, GURDON, William Northrope Cowles. WADSWORTH. SAMUEL, Captain. William Northrope Cowles. WALKER, SETH, Ensign. William Athearn Hartwell. WELLMAN. JACOB. Private, Frank Putnam Flint. WHEELER. JOSIAH, Captain, Edward Meador Blake. WILLIAMS, SETH, Private. Henry Atherton Nichols. YOUNG, AARON, Secom". Lieutenant, Frank Clarke Prescott. 1ALIFORNIA SOCIETY, ^ SONS OF THE REVOLUTION j» BANQUET & & j* In the Town of Los Angeles, at Levy's Hall, on Saturday, April the J 8th, in the Year of Our Lord 1903, and of the Independence of the United States 127, beingjhe J 28th Anniversary of the j* J- BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. Oysters on Half Shell Sauterne J* ^* Cream of Celery Celery <£ Salted Almonds «j* Olives Salmon Saute Potatoes a la Conde Timbale of Sweet Breads a la Cardinal Zinfandel Roast Turkey, Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes «.* New Asparagus Sorbet a la Kirsch Lobster Salad en Aspic Apple Tartlets J- Whipped Cream Assorted Cheese J- Water Wafers Black Coffee .M^TOASTS.^ Toast Master, J- J> J> Mr. Frank Wilbur Burnett Singing Master, J> £• Mr. Josiah Alonzo Osgood Song — "My Country 'Tis of Thee." The Society, j> J- & Mr. Holdridge Ozro Collins Lexington, £• & J- Dr. John Randolph Haynes Our Good Grand Sires, J* J- "We will keep their memory green." Mr. Charles Beach Boothe Song' — "Our Good Grand Sires." "Noblesse Oblige," j» j» A Patriot Ancestry demands Patriot Sons. Rev. Guy Woodbridge Wadsworth Unwritten History, £• «s& Mr. Edward Thomas Harden Song — Yankee Doodle. The American as a Soldier, J- Maj. Frank Clarke Prescott George Washington on learning of the fight at Lexington: j*j»^t^jt^t^tj*,jtjt "UNHAPPY it is to reflect that a BROTHER'S SWORD has been sheathed in a BROTHER'S BREAST ; and that the once HAPPY, PEACE- FUL plains of AMERICA are to be either DRENCHED with BLOOD or INHABITED by SLAVES. BAD ALTERNATIVE I But can a VIRTUOUS man HESITATE in his LEXINGTON A. B. B. 1903 From Boston town in MARTIAL RANKS and DREADFUL POMP of war's parade, see BRIT- AIN'S veteran HOST approach the PATRIOT band in haste arrayed upon the green at LEXING- TON. So few in numbers, poor in arms, what MADNESS fires these "peasant's" brains? No frenzy but that FLAME from HEAVEN that DARES all ODDS, counts losses GAINS; even DEATH a JOY for LIBERTY. What 'tho their BLOOD dyes RED the grass upon the green at Lexington ? In such DEFEAT wise men can READ the CAUSE of Liberty half WON and the sure DEATH of TYRANNY. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS II in ill 111' 011 711 240 8