Proceedings of the Adjourned Triennial Meeting1899 |
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ALTERNATES amendment American Annapolis Applause April 19 April 19th army Banquet BOARD OF MANAGERS CADWALADER California Captain Chaplain CHARLES HENRY JONES Cincinnati City Colonel Colorado Committee Congress Connecticut Constitution DELEGATES Denver District of Columbia duly seconded EDWARD ERECTED FEBRUARY 22 flag France FRANK FREDERICK French GARRET DORSET WALL gentlemen GEORGE Georgia HALL HARRIS HENRY CADLE HENRY JONES Historian honor INCORPORATED INSTITUTED JAMES MORTIMER JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY Jersey JOHN LEE CARROLL JOSEPH Laughter Lieutenant Maryland Massachusetts memory Missouri monument motion nation Naval Navy North OFFICERS Ohio OLYPHANT ORGANIZED patriotic Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Society Pennsylvania Volunteer Philadelphia POPE BARROW present President Regiment Registrar Revolution Revolutionary RICHARD ROBERT OLYPHANT SAMUEL Second Vice-President Society of Sons SOCIETY SONS soldiers South Carolina Street THOMAS THOMAS MCADORY OWEN tion Total Membership Treasurer Triennial Meeting Troop unanimously adopted United Volunteer Infantry vote WALTER Washington West Virginia WILLIAM York Society
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Page 54 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 26 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
Page 22 - To perpetuate, therefore, as well the remembrance of this vast event, as the mutual friendships which have been formed under the pressure of common danger, and, in many instances, cemented by the blood of the parties, the officers of the American Army do hereby, in the most solemn manner, associate, constitute and combine themselves into one SOCIETY OF FRIENDS, to endure as long as they shall endure, or any of their eldest male posterity, and, in failure Of tiff THE SOCIETY OF THE CINCINNATI thereof,...
Page 103 - ... (b) Consists of or comprises the flag or coat of arms or other insignia of the United States, or of any State or municipality, or of any foreign nation, or any simulation thereof.
Page 2 - That thou wouldest be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of thy glory, the good of thy Church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign, and her Dominions ; that all things may be so ordered and settled by their endeavours, upon the best and surest foundations, that peace and happiness, truth and justice, religion and piety, may be established among us for all generations.
Page 46 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast; no weakness, no contempt, Dispraise, or blame; nothing but well and fair, And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 45 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 3 - O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end : Be pleased to receive into thy almighty and most gracious protection the persons of us thy servants, and the fleet in which we serve.
Page 15 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.