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declaration
OF INDEPENDENCE NOT
SIGNED JULY 4
Historical Evidence Seems to
Prove Names Affixed
Later
A
Next Friday will be the one
hundred forty third anniversary of
the adoption of the Declaration of
Independence. This day, known
I'Oinmonly as the Fourth of July,
will be celebrated in Washington
it h great pomp and splendor. In
other sections of the country it will
he celebrated with varying degrees
of hilarity from the "safe and
sane" observances in well regulat
ed cities and towns to the noisy
of those not so welCYffg
\\
orgies
ulated.
Concerning the document whose
signing has caused this nation-wide
observance, comparatively little is
known. The original copy is writ
ten by hand on parchment and is
now very much worn and faded,
[t is kept in an airtight and light
proof case in the library of the
Department of Staté. It is too
precious a document to be exposed
to the light and air, so that only
facsimiles are ever shown to the
public.
Such a facsimile is on exhibition
in the division of history at the
Nationl Museum where are also
preserved relics and mementos of
the Second Continental Congress
which signed the great document.
Contrary to popular belief evi
dence seems to prove that the
Declaration was not signed on the
Fourth of July but in the period
between August 2, 1776 and Janu
ary 18, 1777, after it had been en
grossed and compared. At that
time only 55 signatures appeared,
that of Thomas McKean having
been added later.
■ The famous resolution which led
■ to its adoption was introduced on
■ June 7, 1776, by Richard Henry
■ Lee of Virginia before the Second
I Continental Congress which was
■ then in session in Philapelphia.
H Consideration of this resolution
H was postponed and on June 11,
■ Thomas Jecerson, John Adams,
■ Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sher
■ man, and R. E. Livingston were
■ appointed a committee to prepare
I a Declaration to serve as a pre
■ amble to this resolution. This was
■ known as the Jefferson committee.
H They submitted a draft of the
■ resolution on June 28. This was
■ laid on the table for further con
■ sidération. On July 1 the Con
II grpss sitting as a committee of the
H whole to consider the resolution
■ concerning independence, approv
■ ed and reported to Congress. On
I July 2 the resolution itself whs
H adopted by Congress and the
■ Declaration was considered by the
■ committee of the whole and was
■ taken up the next day, July 3.
■ On July 4, the Declaration,
■ which included the first paragraph
of the resolution, was reported
■ by the committee of the whole and
adopted. The independence of the
iH united colonies was thus declared.
Then the Congress ordered the
fH Declaration to be authenticated
■ and printed under the supervision
fl of the committee which prepared
■ it. Copies were ordered to be dis
■ rrihuted to the different state as
S semblies and to the commanding
officers in the army.
Accordingly it was printed and
issued on July 5 with the heading,
Congress, July 4, 1776. A
Declaration by the Representa
tives of the United States of Am
erica in General Congress As
sembled." It bore in print the
name of John Hancock, president
of tlii* Congress and was attested
Hliv Secretary Charles Thompson
H but bore no other signatures.
On July 19 the following resolu
'That the De
Mill
turn was passed,
Ha rat ion passed on the fourth be
engrossed on parchment with the
title and stile of 'The Unanimous
Declaration of the Thirteen States
of America'," and that the same
when engrossed be signed by every
member of the Congress." It could
not have been worded "unanim
July 4 for the New York
had not been authorized
Oils
delegates
to agree to it until July 15.
The work of engrossing was
finished by August 2, 1776. Those
wliu were present on that date af
fixed their signatures and those
I win I were not signed before Janu
ary 1b, 1777, with one exception.
The first official issue bearing
the names of the signers was print
pi in Baltimore under a resolution
K January 18, 1777 ordering that
[copies he sent to each of the United
[States. There are only four copies
[of tliis issue known to exist, one of
P'hich is in the Library of Congress
Pt Washington.
I Until a few years ago very little
pad been done to perpetuate the
Ppmories off thorn*
pigned the Declaration. Now. how
on
patriots who
■ i
over, the Sons of the American
Revolution in cooperation with the
Society of Decendants of the Sign
ers, is endeavoring to locate the
graves of these patriots and will
prepare a memorial volume to in
clude a biography of each signer.
ment
stock
lots
of
tions
for
fices
or
the
bids
A VISIT TO JOYCE
KILMER'S GRAVE
First American Man of Letters
to Make Supreme
Sacrifice
I have just visited the grave of
Joyce Kilmer, the first American
man-of-letters to make the supreme
sacrifice at the front in this war.
We motored over from Chateau
Thierry to the place where he lies,
through the most beautiful
try that I felt I had
coun
ever seen,—
great rolling hills and wide, deep
valleys stretched out in view as far
as one could see.
The constant rains of the early
spring had ceased, and the whole
country side was rich and
green,
with that wet, fresh green that is
invigorating and delightful.
Lilac trees were everywhere in
bloom, wafting their sweet frag
rance into the air; and by the road
side through the valleys ran the
murmuring waters of that never
to-be-forgotten stream, the quiet,
little Marne.
Amidst these pleasant surround
ings one might think there had
never been a war.
SO
for
to
bids
blue
cost
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A LITTLE AMERICAN GRAVEYARD
We passed through Fere-en
Tardenois, which had been shelled
so severely and so repeatedly that
it has long since been only a heap
of stone. From here on to the vil
lage of Scringes, which, too, is de- j
molished and desolate. Right on
the edge of this deserted village ; t>l
there is a little American grave
yard w'here are buried six hundred
of our sturdy brave boys who gave
their lives in the war. And among
them is Joyce Kilmer.
To
This little cemetery is marked off !
by a low, rustic fence, with a short !
steeple gate, and a small wooden for
cross on the top. At the head of .has
each grave is a cross on which there I All
is a small plate telling the name, :
date and place of death, if these I
are knowm. Many a cross that I !
passed, however, sent a tremor into j
my heart, as the tragic-sad inscrip- ;
greet-!
! to
j
Beside each cross at the head of, rna
the little mounds in this hallowed 1 a
spot stood a small American flag. |
They were furled and quiet, un
moved by a breath of air—six hun- :
dred silent sentinels they seemed; ter
six hundred guards of honor for j the
; to
On the left side as one enters is, 70
•Tovce Kilmer's grave. T stood be-!
fore it and read over and over j
;
to
tion, "American Unknown,
ed my tear-dimmed eyes.
y y
BESIDE THE CROSS THE FLAG
America's valiant dead!
again many times:
"Pvt. Joyce Kilmer, 165th Inf.
Killed in Action
July 30, 1918''
a
itEM i.viscKNCES of the poet-hero
Tt seemed incredible! How often !
had I heard him lecture at rny
1 , , . , ,• « „„„on Vf
school, enioved his keen sense ot
humor wondered at his alert and th(
readv ener-y ! His fresh outlook on ! °!*
[he world? his enthusiasm and
Uie wuiiu, ii
good-will made him seem so n?
that his life shouîd be only begin
ning; and here he Bes! I smother
ed a half sob, anc u _ , :
across the road w ic e Jy ;
fell on a beautiful grove of slender |
pine trees, and again, as ???»,'
fore at Belieau Woo s, >
when I see tall trees lifting then j
arms toward Heaven, as ,'iyou
those exquisite lines o
back and forth throng . j t j
:
i
A
ran
mind :
"/ think that 1 shall never see
A poem lovely os ® tree,
For poems are made by fools
like me, f)
But only Ood can make a tree.
be
at rest
Hills! valleys! trees! sunshine!
and, except fof distant chirpings
of little birds, a calm, as sereim and
unruffled as the sleep of death ! it
seemed a spot that Kilmer himself,
ight have sought out for quiet,
reflection, and rest.
—Edith Callahan.
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of
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RADIATOR REPAIR
WORK
I
Done and Guarantee ,
FORD AGENTS
Authorized
F. B. NORMAN CO.
917 Shipley St., Wilmington, Del.
GOVERNMENT SELLING
SURPLUS MATERIALS
at
Secretary Baker Rejects all
Bids of June 20
as
Two Low
Secretary Baker has rejected
packers' bids on 143,000,000
pounds of army meat and an
nounced last week that the depart
ment stood ready to sell its surplus
stock of canned meat and vege
tables to the public at cost.
The mayor of Baltimore has pur
chased $2500 worth of canned
meats and vegetables which will be
retailed throughout the city at cost.
The meats and canned vege
tables, which now will be sold in
smaller quantities than the carload
lots first required, wilTbe disposed
of in the thirteen army supply
zones. Municipalities and organiza
tions desiring to open negotiations
for the surplus stocks should com
municate with the zone supply of
fices in Philadelphia, Boston, New
York, Baltimore, Newport News,
Atlanta, Chicago, St. Louis, New
Orleans, Fort Sam Houston, El
Paso, Omaha and San Francisco,
or with the subsistence branch of
the surplus property division, Mu
nitions Building, Washington.
The department considered all
bids of .Tune 20 too low. Most of
them were from packers bidding
for their own products at from 25
to 50 per cent of the cost to the
government. None of the scaled
bids were made by states, munici
palities, or public institutions.
The Navy Department has sold
blue flannel cloth at a profit of
nearly $400,000 over the average
cost price. 836,255 yards were
sold, 400 bids were received and
107 bidders attended. The depart
ment has quantities of other tex
j
; t>l ps which will be sold shortly,
Employers Of Soldiers To
Receive Handsome Citation !
To the Editor
! My dear Sir: Doubtless you
! know our work of getting positions
for discharged soldiers and sailors
.has gotten away to a good start,
I All over the United States the War
: Department is securing the hearty
I cooperation of all the welfare serv
! ices, chambers of commerce, labor
j unions, employers associations, and
; many national, state and civic
bodies, all of whom are at liberty
! to use the machinery of the United
j States Employment Sendee to
wards hooking up the discharged
rna n of the Army and Navy with
1 a good job.
| We have had the patriotic assist
ance of employers, corporations,
: firms, and individuals, in the mat
ter of reinstating their old men in
j the jobs they held before they went
; to war. T may add that between
is, 70 per cent and 80 per cent of our
honorably discharged soldiers and
j sailors have the offer or their pre
; war jobs. The hero of today is not
to become the hobo of tomorrow.
In return for this the War and
Navy Departments have prepared
a handsome citation which is is
sued to all those employers who
! ^vc assured the departments-hat
^' W1 ^dly r p -em p! oy every -
body who formerly worked with
- , , .
th( ™ andleft to serve in the Army
! °!* Nav >' during the great war. This
citation carries with it permission
for the holder to display on his
firm 's service flag the shield of the
un^d States as a symbol that he
wil i fulfln his ob iig ations to the
: men who went to the defense of the
; country at the time of its peril,
| As ^ j df) nQt think
that em
ployers generally throughout the
United States know this citation
j &nd j flm writin g to you t0 as k if
,'iyou will give this letter space in
.your valuable columns in order
. j t j iat tbe manufacturers, merchants,
: professional men, and employers
i generally in your community may
know that they are entitled to this
interesting official document.
The citation is signed by the
Secretary of War, the Secretary of
the Navy, and myself, assistant to
the Secretary of War. It is hand
somely engraved and engrossed
with the name of the recipient.
There are no strings to it. All we
it
R. T. JONES
FUNERAL
DIRECTOR
I
,
Upholstering and
Repairing
Second hand Furniture
Bought and Sold
ask is that the employer write an
application for such a citation,
stating that he will re-employ his
old service men, and address me in
care of the War Department,
Washington, D. C.
The newspapers of many cities
at the outbreak of the war publish
at outbreak of the war publish
publish the names of those firms
Assistant to the Secretary.
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NTIL you are acquainted with the New
Perfection Oil Cook Stove you cannot real
ize all the advantages of this modem way of
cooking.
The secret lies in the construction of the long
blue chimney burner—an exclusive feature of
New Perfection Stoves. With this burner you
have full cooking heat at the touch of a match
and you can control the heat from a high hot
flame to the lowest simmer.
Every drop of oil is turned into a clean, hot,
steady flame and the heat is evenly distributed
over the bottom of the utensils. Your dealer will
gladly demonstrate.
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HARDWARE
NEWARK, DELAWARE
d l I F I I I i H-l - l ' M-i-l - l - l - I - l ' l I H-H - H i I l l-H-1 I 1 l ' 1-l-l - i M l l - I - H - • H-H - H - 4 H-l - l - H I H i !
ed the names of those patriotic
ployers who agreed to retain their
places for their men who enlisted
or were drafted. It occurs to me
now that it would be a very fine
and patriotic act if at this time,
with victory won, the newspapers
publish the names of those firms
em
and individuals in their neighbor
hood who are taking back honor
ably discharged service men,
whether they agreed to or not when
the war began.
Very truly yours,
Arthur Woods,
Assistant to the Secretary.