ARTICLE XVII.

INSIGNIA.

The insignia of the Society shall consist of a badge, pendant by a gold crown and ring, from a watered silk. ribbon, one inch and a half wide of red, bordered with white and edged with red. The badge shall be surrounded by a laurel wreath in gold and shall consist of:

Obverse-A white enameled star of nine points, bordered with red enamel, having between each star-point a shield displaying an emblem of one of the nine original Colonies; and within a blue enameled garter, bearing the motto, "Fortiter Pro Patria," an Indian's head in gold relievo.

Reverse The star above described, but with gold edge, each shield between the points displaying a mullet, and in the centre, within an annulet of blue, bearing the title, "Society of Colonial Wars, 1607-1775," the figure of a colonial soldier in gold relievo. The reverse of the crown of each insignia shall bear an engraved number, corresponding to that of the registered number of the member to whom such insignia has been issued.

The insignia shall. be worn by the members on all occasions when they assemble as such, for any stated purpose or celebration, and may be worn on any occasion of ceremony. It shall be worn conspicuously on the left breast; but members who are or have been Gentlemen of the Council of a State Society may place a rosette of regulation pattern upon the silk ribbon from which it is pendant. Members who are or have been General Officers, or officers of a State Society, may wear the insignia with three jewels in a crown, and suspended from a regulation ribbon around the neck. Members who are or have been Governors, Deputy-Governors, or LieutenantGovernors of State Societies, or officers of the General Society, may, in addition to the insignia so suspended,

wear a ribbon of the Society's colors, three and one-half inches in width, extending from the right shoulder to the left hip. The insignia shall be worn only as above described.

ARTICLE XVIII.

DIPLOMA.

The diploma of this Society shall bear the following words:

GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.

To all whom it may concern:

Greeting. Know ye, this is to certify, that on the day of -, in the year of our Lord

year of this Society the,

and in the Gentleman, was

duly elected an Hereditary Member of the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of, by right of his descent from

In witness whereof: We have hereunto signed our names and affixed the Great Seal of the General Society.

(Officers of the General Society.)

Governor-General.

Secretary-General.

Registrar-General.

And countersigned by the Governor, Secretary, and Registrar of the State Society.

Bordering the top and left side of the diploma is an ornamental scroll-work, containing within the initial letter "G," of "General Society," a representation of Capt. Myles Standish and a band of colonial soldiery; the initial surmounted by the imperial crown of the British Empire, and having below it the motto of the Society. Ranged along the scroll are the shields bearing the arms of the original nine Colonies as emblazoned in the great

seal of the Society; and around these are emblems of Colonial warfare, with the flags of Sweden and New Netherlands and the rose, thistle, shamrock, and cornflower, badges respectively of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Germany. At the centre, at top, is a cluster of Indian weapons and the head of a Sachem charged upon the fleur-de-lis of France.

ARTICLE XIX.

FLAG.

The flag of this Society shall consist of the red cross of Saint George on a white field, bearing in the centre the escutcheon of the General Society surmounted by the crown and surrounded by nine stars.

ARTICLE XX.

STATE-SECRETARIES.

It shall be competent for the General Council to appoint State Secretaries in States where no State Societies exist, with a view to represent the interest of this Society, and, if authorized to do so, to prepare for the organization of new State Societies. Such State Secretaries shall be subject to the direction and regulation of the General Council. Their appointment shall be for a limited time, not to exceed one year, but may be renewed. They may be removed for cause, and their office shall terminate upon the organization of, and grant of a charter to, a Society in their State. They shall communicate with and receive communications from the Society through the Secretary-General.

ARTICLE XXI.

MEMBERS OF STATE SOCIETIES.

The General Council shall elect to membership only charter members of new State Societies, whose member

ship shall be ipso facto transferred to their own State Society with the grant of its charter. No State Society shall elect to membership persons resident within the territory of another State Society, except upon written consent given in advance by the Council of the latter Society. But members changing residence from one State to another, on coming within the jurisdiction of a new State Society, may at their option retain membership in the State Society in which they were originally admitted.

A member of any State Society may be admitted to membership by action of the Council of another State Society, within the bounds of which he is resident, upon satisfactory proof of his membership in good standing in the Society from which he comes, and subject to the rules and regulations of the Society he enters. An initiation fee shall not be twice required.

ARTICLE XXII.

ALTERATIONS AND AMENDMENTS.

No alterations of, or amendments to, this Constitution shall be made unless proposed by the Council of a State Society in writing. The Secretary-General shall send a printed copy of the proposed amendment to each State Society, naming the time when and the place where it will be voted upon, and the voting shall take place in the General Assembly. Six months' notice shall be given to each Society. No amendment shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of the State Societies through their delegates in the General Assembly.

SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS

IN THE

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS.

OFFICERS, 1905-06.

GOVERNOR.

JOSEPH GRAFTON MINOT.

DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.

NATHANIEL JOHNSON RUST.

LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

FRANCIS HENRY APPLETON.

SECRETARY.

EDWARD WEBSTER MCGLENEN.

DEPUTY-SECRETARY.

CHARLES SUMNER PARSONS.

TREASURER.

CHARLES SHERBURNE PENHALLOW.

REGISTRAR.

PAUL MASCARENE HUBBARD.

HISTORIAN.

BARRETT WENDELL.

GENEALOGIST.

WALTER KENDALL WATKINS.

CHANCELLOR.

CHARLES UPHAM BELL.

SURGEON.

CHARLES MONTRAVILLE GREEN, M.D.

CHAPLAIN.

RT. REV. WILLIAM LAWRENCE, D.D.