_'66 Veterans' Association_: Captain Geo. Musson, P. E. Noverre,
David Creighton, Lieut.-Colonel A. E. Belcher, Lieut.-Colonel Geo.
A. Shaw, Toronto.
_'85 Veterans' Association_: Sergeant A. G. Scovell, Toronto.
PROGRAMME ADOPTED
The first meeting of the General Committee thus formed was held on
September 25th, 1912, in the Canadian Foresters' Building, College
Street, Toronto. There was a large attendance of members.
Colonel Ryerson was appointed Chairman, and Miss Helen M. Merrill
Secretary, of the Committee. The report from the United Empire Loyalist
Association of Canada, as given above, having been read to the meeting,
resolutions to the following effect were passed:
(1) That Brock's Day be celebrated by a public gathering at
Queenston Heights.
(2) That the various patriotic and historical societies, local as
well as those within easy reach of Queenston, be invited to send as
large delegations as possible to Brock's Monument on Saturday,
October 12th, 1912, in commemoration of his death.
(3) That the various patriotic and historical societies be asked to
send wreaths for the purpose of decorating Brock's Monument on
October 12th.
(4) That a special invitation be sent to Mr. J. A. Macdonell, K.C.,
Alexandria, Ont., to attend the celebration as the direct
representative of Colonel John Macdonell, the Attorney-General of
Upper Canada, and Brock's Provincial A.D.C., who fell with his
leader, and whose remains rest beneath the monument on Queenston
Heights.
(5) That the Honourable the Minister of Militia be asked to order
that salutes be fired on October 12th from all saluting points in
Canada.
(6) That the churches be asked to arrange that memorial sermons be
preached throughout Canada on Sunday, October 13th.
(7) That suitable exercises relating to Brock and 1812 should be
held in every school in Canada; and that this suggestion be not
only given publicity through the newspapers, but that the attention
of the various Ministers of Education in the Dominion be specially
drawn to it.
(8) That the Superintendent-General of Indian Affairs at Ottawa be
asked to take measures to have the history of Brock and the events
of the 1812 war brought specially before the children in all Indian
Schools under the charge of the Dominion Government.
(9) That a wreath be placed on the picture of Brock in the
Parliament Buildings, Toronto.
(10) That it be suggested to the Dominion Government to place a
wreath on Brock's Monument in St. Paul's Cathedral, London,
England.
An Executive Committee was appointed to further these resolutions,
consisting of the members of the following special committees:--
_Travelling Arrangements, etc._: Colonel Ryerson, Dr. James L.
Hughes, Mr. J. S. Carstairs and Mr. C. E. Macdonald.
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