O sweet harp of Erin, sound gently thy lay! O star of Colombia, be swift with thy light! He fell—and the summit of Glory that day Was the rampart he scaled alone in the fight. In a beam of the splendor a moment he shone— And Reilly went on—brave Reilly went on! [Illustration: EDWARD CARROLL. Leavenworth, Kansas. A Member of the Society. ] The above is a true story, every word of it. The United States Government brought Captain Reilly’s body home and buried it in the Arlington Cemetery, near Washington, and erected a splendid shaft to mark this brave soldier’s memory. Captain Reilly, as his name indicates, was of Irish stock.—J. J. R. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SANDERS, ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN IRISH HISTORICAL SOCIETY, AND MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL. A WORTHY AND DISTINGUISHED ASSOCIATE. By A. W. VAN HOOSE, PRESIDENT BRENAU COLLEGE-CONSERVATORY, GAINESVILLE, GA. On August 3d, 1908, there died at his home in Gainesville, Ga., one of the most remarkable men that it has been my good fortune to meet. Descended on his father’s side from Rev. Moses Sanders, a Baptist preacher who emigrated from England to this country in the year 1765, and on his mother’s side from Thomas Smythe, a man distinguished for his great learning and for the many sweet poems that came from his pen, an Irishman, who with a party of friends, left Dublin, Ireland, in 1798 and made his home in Charleston, S. C., Colonel Sanders combined in his nature, disposition and temperament, the very best characteristics of the English and Irish, whose descendant he was. For twenty years I knew him intimately, and I have no hesitation in making the statement that he was one of the most remarkable men of the generation in which he lived.