. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times . eeting of the Society of the Army of Santiago was recent-ly held in the governors palace at Santiago. Gen. Shatter -waselected president, Gen. Wheeler, first vice-president, and MajorSharp, secretary. The constitution will provide for the eligi-bility to membership of all officers and men who served with theFifth Army Corps between June 14, when it left Tampa, andJuly 17, when Santiago surrendered. It will be a patriotic so-ciety, after the lines of the Grand Army of the Republic, etc.,and its found
. The Spirit of '76 : devoted to the principles, incidents, and men of '76 and colonial times . eeting of the Society of the Army of Santiago was recent-ly held in the governors palace at Santiago. Gen. Shatter -waselected president, Gen. Wheeler, first vice-president, and MajorSharp, secretary. The constitution will provide for the eligi-bility to membership of all officers and men who served with theFifth Army Corps between June 14, when it left Tampa, andJuly 17, when Santiago surrendered. It will be a patriotic so-ciety, after the lines of the Grand Army of the Republic, etc.,and its founders aie sanguine as to its popularity and success. Designs for an appropriate badge are already under con-sideration. It was suggested that the cross of Santiago,-theemblem of the Society of Sautiago founded in Spain after theexpulsion of the Moors, should be incorporated in the badge of the Spanish society, purchased in Santiago, was ex-hibited. It is of beautifully ornamented sold, the cross beingin enamel. OCTOBER, 1898 THE SPIRIT OF 76. 3i M. E. Bin?, our regent ami secretary V. General Lafayette Chapter D, A, R, I wonder if the members of the General Lafayette ChapterDaughters of the American Revolution realize how largely weowe our birth and present flourishing condition to the patriot-ism, faithfulness and energy of Miss Sarah Doughty and Miss The little acorn fromwhich our delightfulchapter grew was tiiefollowing notice insert-ed in a local paper onFebruary 22, lsJ-i, byMiss Bing : MissBing of this city, whois a member of theDaughters of the Amer-ican Revolution, sug-gests the possibility ofthe establishment ofchapters, both of theSons and Daughters ofthe American Revolu-tion in Atlantic Coun-ty, New. Jersey. the older families aredescended from revo-lutionary heroes, andmuch of this territoryis of historical social advantagesof membership in thesesocieties and the enjoy-ment to be derived iromthe various meetings,miss sarah N. doughty. com
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