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We mingle now the white and red.

Oh! ancient tree, could you but speak today,
We're wondering what 'twould be you'd say;
Yes, Honored Elm, we feel and know

You first would greet these friends
And bid them welcome ere they go;

Then tell the story of the Indian and his song,
The story buried here in Nature's trunk so long;
The story of the Indian tall,

Whose hunting ground was here

And that not all

You'd tell us much of what you saw

About the Indian chief, papoose and squaw,
Describe their raiment and their ways,
Tell all the happenings in those days.
Then of yourself we'd ask to hear
What, as a tree, you held most dear.
Your answer we'd anticipate to be

That nature's haunts meant most to thee.
In taking leave we'd all agree

That you were such a friendly Tree.

Mr. Frank Tallmadge formally accepted two young elms that were planted, one by the Sons of the American Revolution and the other by the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Mr. Langdon T. Williams closed the exercises of the afternoon with a strong plea for the restoration and preservation of our forests.

Mr. Boyd B. Haddox, president of the Franklin chapter, Sons of the American Revolution, presided. Reverend Clayton W. Eldridge invoked the Divine blessing.

In the absence of Governor James E. Campbell, president of the Ohio Archæological and Historical Society, Secretary Galbreath briefly welcomed the assembly. Mrs. Vander Veer Taylor, regent of the Columbus chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, graciously responded.

LITTLE LOGAN ELMS

Sometime early in the current year it was suggested that possibly under the spreading branches of the Logan Elm might be found some seedling baby Logan Elms that with proper care would grow up through the years into sturdy trees like the parent. The little park surrounding the Elm is mown every year and the young seedlings fall before the scythe. Upon investigation, however, a number of stubs were found with good live roots. On April 21, several of these were raised by Mr. Frank Tallmadge and the writer and placed in prepared positions by Miss Margaret E. Ritchie, who christened them "Logan Elms of the New Generation." They were planted in a row by the fence at the north side of the Park, where they will be safe from the keen edge of the caretaker's scythe. They have put out leaves and apparently every one of them will grow.

NEW LAWS OF INTEREST TO THE SOCIETY

On a previous page of this issue of the QUARTERLY will be found a statement in regard to the appropriation of $15,000 for real estate and other improvements at old Fort St. Clair, in Preble County, Ohio. Other acts of interest to the Society were passed at the recent session of the Legislature as follows:

A bill introduced by Honorable Joseph H. Ebright of Tuscarawas County appropriates $10,000 for "the purpose of acquiring and preserving the site of the village of Schoenbrun situated in Goshen Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio." In this village was built 150 years ago, by the Moravian Missionaries, the first school

house and the first church established in the Ohio Country. When this property is improved it is to be transferred to the custody of the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society.

A bill introduced by Honorable Thomas L. Calvert of Clark County appropriates $10,000 for "the purpose of aiding in paying the cost of constructing a monument to General George Rogers Clark and to commemorate the battle of Piqua and birthplace of Tecumseh." This monument is to be erected by the Clark County Historical Society and on its completion to pass into possession of the state and custody of the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society.

A bill introduced by Honorable Harvey D. Cope, authorizing the transfer, by county commissioners, of newspaper files to the custody of the Ohio State Archæological and Historical Society is now a law. It provides that after bound newspaper files are kept for ten years the county commissioners may transfer them to the Society. It is believed that in time many counties will take advantage of this act and that the library of the Society will through the agency of this law make substantial additions to its newspaper files.

WORLD WAR PAPERS

PRESENTED BY SERGEANT NEIL K. REESE

The Society is under especial obligations to Sergeant Neil K. Reese of the United States Army, who has forwarded valuable World War documents to our library. In his letter dated Coblenz, Germany, February 15, 1923, he says in part:

Upon the withdrawal of these Forces and my return to the United States, I am forwarding to you, under separate cover, my file of publications of the Third Army and the American Forces in Germany, as I believe you may be able to obtain some valuable information from the same in compiling your history for the period covered by these orders.

These documents give in detail the history of this branch of the army service. They constitute the fundamental material from which must be written the record of service of the Third Army and the American Army of Occupation in Germany. The thanks of the Society are due to Sergeant Reese, whose home address is Seville, Ohio.

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