(printed  North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati
   logo)
                    John C. Daves, Vice-President

             214 Chamber of Commerce, Baltimore, Md.

                                              June 29, 1920.

Mr. C.K. Hill,
      Harriman, Tenn.

My dear Mr. Hill:-

   This is the first chance I have had of answering your
letters of June 2 and 24, as the Triennial Meeting of the
General Society of the Cincinnati held in New Hampshire
this month took up every spare minute of my time which
I could spare and I had to set all else aside.  The General
Society did me the honor to promote me to the office of
Secretary General, which I had been filling, in fact,
since the death of my senior officer over a year ago.

   I think you are giving yourself needless concern about
your membership in our Society, I know that at the time of
your application for membership in our Society, I went very
thoroughly and carefully into your claim and found it
perfectly valid and correct; it would be impossible for me
to cover this again.

   Why do you not transfer to the right of Colonel Thomas
Sumter and have your kinsman take up your Hill right.

   Capt. George Russell, Lieut. Isaac Lane and Capt.
William Sumter, had only service in the Militia, which
would not entitle their descendants to representation in
the Society of the Cincinnati.

   I suppose you received the Roster of the General
Society, which I mailed you early in this month.

                          Sincerely yours,
                          John C. Davis
                          Vice-President.

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