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HON. FRANK OBADIAH BRIGGS, 1897-1900
GEORGE CHRISTIAN KOBBE, 1900-1905 WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX, 1905-1909
WILLIAM GRAY SCHAUFFLER, M.D., 1909-19II
EDWARD EVERETT CLAPP, 1911-1916
PROFESSOR ARTHUR ADAMS, PH.D.
1916-
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Historian.
HOWARD COGHILL,
1894-1897
REV. FRANK L. HUMPHREYS, S.T.D.,
1897-1899
REV. ASHBEL GREEN VERMILYE, D.D.
1899-1903
CHARLTON T. LEWIS, PH.D., LL.D.,
1903-1904
WILLIAM GRAY SCHAUFFLER, M.D., 1904-1906 1906-19II
PROFESSOR WILLIAM LIBBEY, Sc.D., ROBERT MUNRO BOYD, JR.,
1911-1913
ALEXANDER MALIEU HUDNUT,
1913-1917
JOHN BREWER WIGHT,
GEORGE DE. BENNEVILLE KEIM.
1917-1923 1923-
Chaplain.
REV. ASHBEL GREEN VERMILYE, D.D.,
1894-1899
REV. PROFESSOR CHARLES WOODRUFF SHIELDS, D.D., LL.D.,
1899-1904
REV. CYRUS TOWNSEND BRADY,
1904-1906
REV. CHARLES HARRIS HAYES, D.D.,
1906-1910
REV. CORNELIUS BRETT, D.D.,
1910-1919
REV. CHARLES E. HUTCHISON, D.D.
1919-
Chancellor.
CLIFFORD STANLEY SIMS,
1894-1896
GEORGE CUMMINS THOMAS,
1896-1909
HON. CHARLES WOLCOTT PARKER, WILLIAM FORD UPSON,
1911-1915
RUFUS WILLIAM SPRAGUE, JR., MAJOR LOUIS IRVING REICHNER.
1915-1921
1921-
Surgeon.
WILLIAM GRAY SCHAUFFLER, M.D.,
1899-1904
GEORGE HERBERT RICHARDS, M.D., 1904-1907
HENRY LEBER COIT, M.D., 1907-1909
HENRY ARTHUR GRIFFIN, M.D.,
1909-19II
HENRY LEBER COIT, M.D., 1911-1915
GEORGE FALES BAKER, M.D. 1915-
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1909-19II
Gentlemen of the Council.
PIERREPONT EDWARDS,
WILLIAM JOHN POTTS,
MALCOLM MACDONALD,
GEORGE SANFORD WYLIE,
WILLIAM FELLOWES MORGAN,
HON. FRANK OBADIAH BRIGGS, CHARLES BURNHAM SQUIER,
GEORGE CUMMINS THOMAS, BRADFORD DARRACH,
THOMAS WILLIAM MILNOR,
GEORGE CHRISTIAN KOBBE,
TOWNSEND BURNET BALDWIN,
JOHN EYERMAN,
AUGUSTUS CORNWALL DOWNING,
GEORGE ELLSWORTH KOUES,
EMORY MCCLINTOCK,
PROFESSOR CHARLES GREENE ROCKWOOD, PH.D.,
GENERAL EDWARD BURD GRUBB, HON. FRANKLIN MURPHY,
ALDEN FREEMAN,
JOHN FARR,
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG HALSEY,
AUGUSTUS LEFEBVRE REVERE,
WILLIAM FREDERICK DIX,
BENJAMIN SHEPARD,
MASON WHITING TYLER,
FARNHAM YARDLEY,
JOHN LENORD MERRILL, HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE, LL.D., L.H.D., HON. CHARLES WOLCOTT PARKER, LL.D., FRANKLIN MURPHY, JR.,
1894-190I 1894-1895 1894-1897 1895-1897 1895-1898. 1899-1900 19II-1914 1895-1897 1895-1902 1895-1896 1895- 1896-1906 1896-1900 1897-1906 1897-1898 1897-1900 1898-1899 1898-1899 1899-1905 1909-1913 1900-1902 1900-1904 1900-1909 1901-1904 1901-1914 1902-1910 1902-1904 1905-1919 1905-1906 1906-1913 1916-1918 1907-1909 1907-1909 1907-1909 1909-1915
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EDWARD OLMSTED,
REV. CORNELIUS BRETT, D.D.,
1909-1912 1910-1918
W. I. LINCOLN ADAMS, EDMUND LEBRETON GARDNER,
1910. 1915-1916 1910-1916 1913-1923
EDWARD PACKARD HOLDEN,
PROFESSOR EDWARD PLIMPTON ADAMS, PH.D., 1913-1915
GEORGE DE BENNEVILLE KEIM,
1914-1917. 1921-1923
HORACE FRANKLIN NIXON, 1914-1916. 1918-1922
HON. JAMES J. BERGEN,
1914-1924
THOMAS WRIGHT WILLIAMS,
1915-1919
GENERAL WILBUR FISKE SADLER, JR.,
1916.
HARRY PEAKE MACDONALD,
1916-1919
ALEXANDER MALIEU HUDNUT,
1917-
JOHN HOBART SPRAGUE,
1917-1919
MORRIS RUTHERFORD,
1918-
ARCHIE HARWOOD LOOMIS,
1919-
GENERAL THOMAS STRYKER CHAMBERS,
1917-1919
THE HON. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HOWELL,
1919-1921
HON. CHARLES LATHROP PACK,
1920-
RUFUS WILLIAM SPRAGUE, JR.,
1920-
MAJOR WILLIAM GRAY SCHAUFFLER, JR.,
1922-
CHARLES LEE MYERS, 1922-
REV. SYLVESTER W. BEACH, D.D.
1923-
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Constitution OF THE
Society of Colonial Wars IN THE
State of New Jersey.
CONSTITUTION.
PREAMBLE.
W HEREAS, It is eminently proper that the prominent events of our Colonial history from the settlement of Jamestown, Va., May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexing- ton, April 19, 1775, should be duly commemorated, and,
Whereas, Our forefathers, following the dictates of their, consciences, and in order to secure civil and religious liberty, imperiled their lives in the founding and maintenance of the Colonies of America, and,
Whereas, The embodiment of their fundamental ideas is our Declaration of Independence, and the final result of their labors is the United States of America,
Now, therefore, we, their descendants, in order to perpetu- ate the memory of our ancestors, and to preserve for all times the names and deeds of those who, by their acts and counsel, assisted in the establishment and maintenance of the American Colonies, do hereby constitute ourselves the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, to the end that it may collect and preserve the manuscripts, records, and other documents relating to that period, that it may erect memorials commem- orating persons and events of the Colonial Period, and may advance the study of Colonial History through publication of original documents of importance and historical works of merit, that it may inspire in these ways its members and their de- scendants with the fraternal and patriotic spirit of their fore- fathers, and that it may perpetuate those national characteristics by which alone the unity and liberty of our country have been secured, and by which alone they can be maintained and preserved.
ARTICLE I. 1401507
NAME OF THE SOCIETY.
This Society shall be known by the name and title of the "Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey."
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ARTICLE II.
MEMBERSHIP.
Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, provided he be lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor :
I. Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor, or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of any of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, during the period from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 ; or
2. Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned, as
(a) Director General, Vice-Director General, or member of the Council, or legislative body, in the Colony of the New Netherland ;
(b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, Lord Pro- prietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council, or of the legislative body, in the Colony of New York, the Jerseys, Vir- ginia, Pennsylvania, or Delaware ;
(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor, or mem- ber of the Council, or of the legislative body, in Maryland, the Carolinas, or Georgia ;
(d) Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's Assistant, or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or mem- ber of the Council, body of Assistants, or legislative body, in any of the New England Colonies.
One collateral representative of a qualifying ancestor shall be eligible for membership, provided there be no lineal de- scendant, and provided that such person be the oldest collateral representative in the male line of this ancestor, or has filed
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with the Secretary General of the Society written renunciation from all persons having prior claim to consideration.
Membership in the Society shall not be held completed until the application papers relating thereto have been approved by the Registrar General.
'Membership shall be hereditary in the male line of the present members of this Society and of those who may here- after be elected, subject to the vote of the Council upon the moral qualifications of the applicant.
There shall be paid into the treasury of the Society by per- sons so admitted a sum equal to one-half of the usual initiation fee.
There shall be no honorary memberships in the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey, but the Council may, from time to time, remit, in whole or in part, the annual dues of a worthy member of the Society.1
ARTICLE III.
INITIATION FEES AND DUES.
The initiation fee shall be fifteen dollars, the annual dues ten dollars, payable on the first day of June of each year, pro- vided that members elected after the October meeting of the Council shall pay one-half the yearly dues to the following May. The payment at one time of one hundred dollars shall thence- forth exempt the member so paying from the payment of annual dues.
ARTICLE IV.
OFFICERS.
The officers of the Society shall be a Governor, a Deputy- Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar, an Historian, a Chaplain, a Chancellor, and a Surgeon.
1 The dues of the clerical members have been fixed by the Council at five dollars annually.
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ARTICLE V.
THE COUNCIL AND COMMITTEES.
SECTION I. Council .- The Council of this Society shall con- sist of the officers of the Society named in Article IV; the Ex-Governors of this Society; the Deputy-Governor-General from this Society; General Officers, who are members of the New Jersey Society; Members of the Society who have served as officers for ten consecutive years; and nine members, who shall be called Gentlemen of the Council, three of whom shall be elected annually as hereinafter provided.
SECTION 2. Committees .- At the first meeting of the Coun- cil, after the election of officers in each year, the Council shall appoint :
(a) An Historical Committee, consisting of three members of whom the Historian shall be one ex-officio. This Committee shall have charge under the direction of the Council, of the marking of historic sites, the collection of historic documents, and the publication of historical works.
(b) A House Committee, consisting of three members, to have charge of the Society's room in the Old Barracks at Tren- ton and to have custody of the Society's property contained in the Barracks.
(c) A Library Committee, consisting of three members, who shall have charge of the Library of the Society.
(d) A Committee on Nominations consisting of at least seven members. All the Ex-Governors of this Society shall be members of this Committee.
It shall be the duty of the Committee on Nominations to report to the Secretary at least two months before the General Court held in May each year, a list of names to be voted upon at the ensuing election.
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to send, at least two weeks before such General Court, to each member of the Society, a notice of the meeting, together with a list of nominations.
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But nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent any further nominations by any member.
ARTICLE VI.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS AND GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL.
The officers above named, except the Deputy-Governor- General, together with three Gentlemen of the Council, shall be elected annually by ballot at the General Court of the Society in the month of May. A majority of the votes cast shall elect, and said officers shall serve for the period of one year, and until their successors shall be duly elected and qualify. Gentle- men of the Council shall serve for three years.
The Governor, Deputy-Governor, and Lieutenant-Governor, after two years of continuous service in their respective offices, shall be ineligible for election to succeed themselves.
Prior to every regular triennial meeting of the General As- sembly a Deputy-Governor-General shall be appointed by the Council of this Society. The Deputy-Governor-General so ap- pointed, upon confirmation by the General Society, shall hold office from one triennial meeting of the General Assembly until the next triennial meeting of the General Assembly, and shall not be eligible to succeed himself.
Vacancies in the Council, caused by death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled for the residue of the current year by the Council, at a regular meeting or at a special meeting called therefor. If the vacancy so filled shall be that of a Gentleman of the Council whose term would have extended beyond the current year, the next annual General Court shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the unexpired term. And should any member of the Council be absent, without an excuse satis- factory to the Council, from three consecutive meetings of the Council, his place may be declared vacant by the Council and filled as above provided.
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ARTICLE VII.
GOVERNOR.
The Governor, or in his absence, the Deputy-Governor, or in the absence of both, the Lieutenant-Governor, shall preside at all meetings of the Society or of the Council. The Governor shall be a member, ex-officio, of all Committees except the Committee on Nominations. He shall have the power, in his discretion, to convene special meetings of the Council or of the Society, and must do the former on the written request of five members of the Council, and the latter on the written request of seven members of the Society.
ARTICLE VIII.
SECRETARY.
The Secretary shall conduct the general correspondence of the Society, and keep a record thereof. He shall notify, in writing, candidates of their election, and perform such other duties as the Society or his office may require.
He shall have charge of the seal, certificate of incorporation, by-laws, and records of the Society, other than those required to be deposited with the Registrar. He shall notify the Regis- trar and Treasurer of all admissions to membership. He shall certify all acts of the Society, and when required, authenticate them under seal. He shall give due notice of the time and place of the holding of all Courts of the Society and of the meetings of the Council, and shall incorporate in said notice the names of all applicants for membership to be voted on at meetings of the Council. He shall keep records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society and Council, and shall give notice to each officer who may be affected by them of all votes, resolu- tions, and proceedings of the Society or of the Council, and at the General Court or oftener, shall report the names of those candidates who have been admitted to membership and those
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whose resignations have been accepted, and of those members who have been expelled for cause, or for failure to substantiate claims of descent. In his absence from any meeting, a Secretary pro tem. may be designated therefor.
ARTICLE IX.
TREASURER.
The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society and shall deposit them in a bank designated by the Council, to the credit of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey. Such funds shall be withdrawn by check of the Treasurer solely for the purposes of the Society. From these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society or Council or as his office may require. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and at each annual meeting render the same to the Society. For the faith- ful performance of his duty he may be required to give such security as the Society may deem proper.
All sums received from initiation and life membership fees shall be held by the Treasurer in trust to invest and keep invested under the direction of the Council, and all disburse- ments whether of principal or income therefrom shall be made only upon a two-thirds vote of a meeting of the Council for the purposes of the Society.
ARTICLE X.
REGISTRAR.
The Registrar shall receive from the Secretary and file all the applications and proofs upon which membership has been granted, and all documents which the Council may direct; and he, under the direction of the Council, shall make and retain copies of such papers as the owners may not be willing to leave in the keeping of the Society.
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ARTICLE XI.
HISTORIAN.
The Historian on request of the Council shall prepare and present detailed record of all historical and other commemora- tive celebrations of the Society.
He shall edit such historical addresses and papers as the Society may see fit to publish. He shall present each year the necrology of the Society with biographical accounts of the deceased members.
He shall be a member of the Historical Committee.
ARTICLE XII.
CHAPLAIN.
The Chaplain shall be an ordained minister of a Christian Church, and it shall be his duty to officiate when called upon by the proper officers.
ARTICLE XIII. CHANCELLOR.
The Chancellor shall be a lawyer duly admitted to the bar. It shall be his duty to give legal opinion on matters affecting the Society when requested by the Governor or Council.
ARTICLE XIV.
SURGEON.
The Surgeon shall be a practising Physician, or hold a diploma from some College of Medicine of established reputation.
ARTICLE XV.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS.
Members shall be elected by the Council, and the procedure shall be as follows :
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A candidate shall be proposed to the Council by one member of the Society and seconded by another, to both of whom he shall be personally known. Such proposal shall be in writing and signed by the proposer and seconder, and accompanied by their personal letters of information and recommendation. The proposal shall be endorsed on, or embodied in, formal applica- tion papers to be executed in duplicate on blanks to be fur- nished by the Secretary, showing in detail the services of the ancestor upon whom the candidate bases his claim for admis- sion to the Society, the line of descent from the ancestor, and the personal history of the candidate. These papers when properly filled out and sworn to by the applicant or by a proper person in his behalf, shall be sent with such proof of qualifica- tion as the case may require to the Secretary. The Secretary shall thereupon notify each member of the Council of the name and address of the applicant and the names of his proposer and seconder, and shall transmit the application papers to the Registrar for examination and report as to the applicant's ancestral qualifications ; if such report be adverse the applicant shall be notified, and the application shall be considered as rejected unless the Council shall determine to make further investigation of the claim, on which its decision shall be final. In case of doubt as to the applicant's ancestral qualifications, the case may be referred by the Council to the Registrar Gen- eral of the General Society for advice.
The Council shall investigate the personal qualifications of the candidate. Any member of the Council having objection to his election or to immediate action on his name shall notify the Secretary in writing or orally of such objection, in which case no further proceedings shall be taken on the application until so directed by the Council at a meeting. If no objection shall have been received by the Secretary from any member of the Council at least two weeks before the Council meeting at which the application would be considered in the absence of objection, and if the report of the Registrar on the ancestral qualification be favorable, then at least ten days before such
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Council meeting the Secretary shall mail to every other mem- ber of the Society a notice of the candidacy of such applicant. Any member having objection to the election of such proposed member may submit his objection in writing to the Secretary, who shall present the same with the application for the consid- eration and information of the Council at their first meeting after the receipt of such information. All such communica- tions and any and all matters pertaining thereto, shall be treated as confidential. No applicant shall be voted on who is not per- sonally known to at least two members of the Council. An applicant receiving two negative votes when his application is voted on, shall fail of election. Upon the election of a member his application papers shall be transmitted to and one of the said papers preserved by the Registrar, the other being for- warded to the Registrar General. If the applicant be a resident within the jurisdiction of another State Society, his application for membership in this Society shall not be considered without a waiver of jurisdiction in writing from the Council of the State Society within whose jurisdiction he resides. Payment of the initiation fees and dues, and subscription to the Consti- tution of the General Society of Colonial Wars and to the Constitution and By-laws of this Society, shall be a pre- requisite to membership.
Supplemental applications shall not be considered until the applicant has become a member of the Society, when supple- mental lines of descent will be acted upon, subject to the above requirements as to eligibility.
ARTICLE XVI.
DECLARATION.
Every member shall declare upon honor that he will use his best efforts to promote the purposes of the Society of Colonial Wars, and will observe the "Constitution and by-laws" of the same, and of the General Society; and that he will support the Constitution of the United States of America, and
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of the State of New Jersey. Such declaration shall be in writing and subscribed by the member making it.
ARTICLE XVII.
PURPOSES.
At every General Court or meeting of the Council the pur- poses of the Society shall be considered, and the best measures to promote them adopted. No party political question of the day, or existing controversial religious subject, shall be dis- cussed or considered at any Court of the Society or meeting of the Council.
ARTICLE XVIII.
MEETINGS.
The Society shall from time to time hold celebrations com- memorative of events of Colonial history. A dinner shall be held in connection with the Annual Court.
ARTICLE XIX.
SEAL.
The seal of the Society shall be the Arms of the Province, surmounted by a crown, and described as follows :
Within a beaded annulet a title scroll 1607-Society of Colonial Wars in the State of New Jersey-1775, and in base the motto "Fortiter Pro Patria." Over all a shield bearing the Provincial Arms 1 of New Jersey, surmounted by a crown. The Secretary shall be the custodian of the Seal.
1 The Arms of the Province of New Jersey are thus described in Article XVI of the Constitution of the General Society of Colonial Wars, in the description of the Great Seal of the General Society : Quarterly, first, ENGLAND impaling SCOTLAND; second, FRANCE; third, IRELAND; fourth, per pale and per chevron, first, gules, two lions pas- sant guardant in pale or, for BRUNSWICK; second, or semée of hearts, a lion rampant azure, for LUNENBURGH; third, gules, a horse courant argent, for WESTPHALIA; over all an inescutcheon gules, charged with the crown of Charlemagne.
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ARTICLE XX.
INSIGNIA.
SEC. I. The insignia officially adopted by the General So- ciety shall be worn as a decoration only, and in the manner prescribed by the General Society, and only on occasions of dress and ceremony, and never as an ornament or article of jewelry; any member offending against the provisions of this article shall be liable to expulsion by the Council, in which case his insignia shall be forfeited, and must be returned to the Treasurer, who is authorized to pay such expelled member the cost of same.
SEC. 2. Applications for insignia shall be made through the Treasurer of this Society, who shall keep a record of all insignia issued through him.
SEC. 3. The insignia of any member who may resign or be expelled shall be returned to the Treasurer, except in the case where a member in good standing in this Society resigns therefrom but retains his membership in any one of the other State Societies in good standing with the General Society. No member shall receive more than one insignia, except to replace one lost, proof of which must be satisfactorily established, and the new one paid for.
ARTICLE XXI.
FLAG.
The flag of the Society shall consist of the red cross of St. George on a white field, bearing in the centre the escutcheon or seal of the Society.
ARTICLE XXII.
COURTS.
The Annual Court of the Society shall be held in the month of May in each year at such time and place as the Council shall
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decide. Twelve members of the Society shall be a quorum for the transaction of business, and the proceedings shall be in accordance with parliamentary law.
Special Courts may be called by the Governor at such time, and at such place, as in his opinion the interest of the Society may demand, or as provided for under Article VII.
Notices of the holding of Special Courts must be sent out at least six days before the date of the meeting of the Court.
THE ORDER OF BUSINESS SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS :
First.
Calling to order by the Presiding Officer.
Second.
Prayer by Chaplain.
Third.
Reading of Minutes.
Fourth.
Reports of Officers and Committees.
Fifth. Unfinished Business.
Sixth. New Business.
Seventh.
Communications.
Eighth.
Election of Officers and Committees.
Ninth. Benediction and Adjournment.
ARTICLE XXIII.
DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY.
At the General Court held in the years preceding the stated meetings of the General Assembly of the General Society, this Society shall elect from its members five delegates and five alternates, or provide for their selection in some other manner, to serve three years, and until their successors are elected and qualify, to represent this Society at all Meetings of the Gen- eral Assembly held during their term of office. Any vacancy in the number of delegates by reason of death, resignation, or otherwise shall be filled by the alternates in the order in which their names appeared in the ballot at their election, as tran- scribed in the minutes. The Council shall have power to fill any vacancy in the number of alternates, to serve until the next
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