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Please remember that two (2) copies of the report need to
be sent - one to Compatriot Stephen Rohrbough, Vice Presi-
dent, Americanism Contest Medals, and Awards (VP-ACMA)
and one to Compatriot Von Evans. Compatriot Rohrbough will
use Chapter Reports to determine award winners for the Texas
Society. Certificates, awards and medals will be presented dur-
ing the TXSSAR State Convention in Sugarland, Texas in March
2006.
Compatriot Von Evans will prepare the society's reports
for President's General on Americanism and USS Stark Awards
for national NSSAR contests. The national awards will be pre-
sented during the National Congress in Dallas, Texas in July
2006.
We have achieved 100% reporting from all chapters in the
Texas Society for the past two years. We need your help to con-
tinue this trend. Thank you for your Chapter's participation
in SAR programs and activities. Now, take the time and effort
to report your activities and let the Texas Society to recognize
Chapters for their hard work and record their achievements. I
ask you to complete your report and send it on time.
TSCAR MALE MEMBERS INVITED TO ENTER
TXSSAR CAR ESSAY CONTEST
By Compatriot Stephen Rohrbough, Vice-President, TXSSAR,
Contests, Medals and Awards
The Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution invite
male members of T.S.C.A.R. to enter 2006 CAR Essay Contest.
The purpose of the contest is to assist male members of
T.S.C.A.R. with college expenses. TXSSAR provides scholar-
ships to three (3) male members in good standing in the
T.S.C.A.R. for 2 years. Scholarships are offered to defray costs
for books, tuition, and room and board while attending an ac-
credited college or university.
Candidates in the 10th, 11th, or 12th grade of High School
or in the 1st year of College are eligible and are invited to enter
the TXSSAR CAR Essay Contest. Applicants can enter the con-
test every year as long as they are eligible. To enter the contest,
contestants must complete an application, write a short essay,
send a school transcript, and obtain letters of support from the
Senior Society President in the applicants' T.S.C.A.R. Society.
More information is available in the T.S.C.A.R. 2005-06 Year-
book.
Applicants must send applications through the nearest lo-
cal SAR Chapter for acceptance and recognition in the pro-
gram. Applications must be received no later than January 15,
2006. The sponsoring TXSSAR SAR Chapter will need select a
winner (if more than one application is submitted) and for-
ward the winning CAR Essay Application to the TXSSAR CAR
Essay Committee no later than February 1, 2006. Awards for
the TXSSAR Essay Contest are $700, $200, and $100 for 1st,
2nd, and 3rd place winners respectively.
Deserving members of T.S.C.A.R. who participate in the
contest have a unique opportunity to receive help with their
college expenses and learn their heritage through their research
of American Revolutionary history.FALL 2 5I I
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THE FRIGATE SOUTH CAROLINA - AMERICA'S
LARGEST WARSHIP
By Jack Cowan
Perhaps the most bizarre story of the American Revolutionary
War includes some of the country's most notable figures. Men like
George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Benardo
de Galvez, John Paul Jones, as well as the nations of France, Spain,
Holland and, of course, Britain figure into the mix of this tale of
political toe-stepping and international lawsuits that lasted years
after the war was over.
The ship: The South Carolina was the largest man-of war under
American command. She carried 550 men and 40 cannon and could
throw over five hundred pounds of shot in a single broadside. She
rose over 100 feet in the air and stretched 168 feet while drafting 22
feet of water. All who viewed her wanted her, and yet she lay at
anchor for three years before she tasted the salt of the Atlantic.Frigate South Carolina by Roux. This painting depicts a more recent
(circa 1820) frigate called the South Carolina than the one discussed
in this article. In fact the fifth ship with the name of South Carolina
was in the US Navy until it was decommissioned in 1988; a nuclear-
powered guided missile frigate (DLGN-37).
The delivery: The colonies were almost totally dependent on
foreign trade, and a war with Briton would make it necessary to
have, at least, some semblance of a navy to escort trade ships in and
out of American ports. Building such ships in America was very
limited as such building yards would make easy targets for British
warships. Obtaining the necessary cannon and other war material
was even more remote. In January of 1777, the Continental Con-
gress authorized Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane, with sub-rosa
help from the French government, to contract with an experienced
ship builder/designer named Jacques Boux to build a man-of-war
for such sea duty. To keep French /American involvement obscure
from prying British eyes, neutral Holland was selected for construc-
tion, Amsterdam to be exact.
Straightaway the costs were far more than the Americans could
spare, and ownership of the unfinished ship was transferred several
times until it "officially" ended up in the hands of the Chevalier de
Luxembourg. John Paul Jones, heavily sponsored by Benjamin
Franklin, tried desperately to obtain the ship, but he was considered
by the Dutch as too reckless to trust with such an expensive invest-I - I
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