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 A NNUAL AD^DRESS OF GEN. A. W. GREELY, 
 
 U. S. A., PRESIDENT 
 
 OFFICERS ELECTED FEBRUARY 22, i8cn 
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Sons of tbe Hnierican IRevolutton, 
 
 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA SOCIETY. 
 
 1. ADDRESS OF GENERAL A. W. GREELY, U. S. A., 
 RETIRING PRESIDENT, AT ANNUAL MEETING, 
 FEBRUARY 22, 1893. 
 
 Washington City, February 22, 1893. 
 Gentlemen of the District Society: 
 
 It is gratifying at this Annual Meeting of our Society to record 
 continued interest in its objects, augmentation of numbers, and 
 financial prosperity. Our membership exceeds 400, and the 
 financial report for the year shows a surplus on hand of about 
 $800. 
 
 The District Society numbers among its members an unusu- 
 ally large number of notable men, including the Vice-President 
 of the United States, several Justices of the Supreme Court, 
 distinguished Senators and Representatives, Bureau Chiefs and 
 other oificers of the Army and Navy, members renowned on 
 the Bench and at the Bar, while happily conjoined with them 
 are a large number of men holding subordinate offices under 
 the Government or filling positions of honor and trust in pri- 
 vate professional life. 
 
 The Board of Managers has labored diligently to maintain the 
 high standing of the Society by carefully scrutinizing, through 
 its committees on eligibility and acceptability, applications for 
 membership. Not only are historical proofs of eligibility re- 
 quired, but recommendations for membership made by indi- 
 viduals are further supplemented by reports in writing from the 
 committees in charge of such applications. 
 
 In order to interest the members actively in the Society, a 
 large Committee on Advancement, headed by Gen. J. C. Breck- 
 inridge, First Vice-President, has been organized. This com- 
 
mittee has been divided into sub-committees, with the follow- 
 ing-named chairmen and subjects for consideration : 
 
 Gen. William Smith, U. S. A.—" Battles on Land and 
 
 Battlefields." 
 Admiral J. E. Jouett, U. S. N. — "Naval Engagements." 
 Gen. H. V. Boynton — "Addresses and Revolutionary 
 
 Relics." 
 President E. M. Gallaudet — "Recruiting." 
 Col. M. M. Parker — "Meetings." 
 
 It is believed that the extension of this system will ultimately 
 redound to the credit of the Society and insure the success of 
 ends in view. 
 
 The most notable local event during the year was a largely 
 attended meeting of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 
 Sons of the Revolution of the District of Columbia, and our own 
 Society, on July 4, 1892, on the grounds adjacent to Washing- 
 ton Monument, where patriotic addresses suitable to the day 
 and occasion were made. 
 
 The efforts of the Society during the past year have been 
 turned especially to plans of union with our sister patriotic 
 society, the Sons of the Revolution. While the constant and 
 unremitting efforts of our own Society and the Sons of the Rev- 
 olution in the District have borne no fruit as regards national 
 union, yet it has brought about a feeling of harmony and frater- 
 nity between the two local societies which it is believed will 
 continue undisturbed. Under a formal resolution of our Board 
 of Managers, and in accordance with a vote of the general So- 
 ciety, we have been co-operating with the Sons of the Revolu- 
 tion of the District of Columbia on all public occasions, and have 
 lost no opportunity in cultivating good fellowship between us 
 or of stimulating patriotic ideas in the community at large. 
 
 As regards the union of the national societies, a meeting was 
 held by our own Society at Annapolis, Maryland, in the capitol 
 building, where Washington resigned his commission at the 
 end of the Revolutionary War. The National Society of the 
 Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of the Revo- 
 lution of the District of Columbia and of Maryland, and the Sons 
 of the American Revolution of Maryland also participated. At 
 
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 this meeting, presided over by your President, earnest and pa- 
 triotic addresses advocating union were made by Hon. John Lee 
 Carroll, General, President Sons of the Revolution, by Gen. 
 Bradley T. Johnson, President of the Maryland Society Sons of 
 the American Revolution, and by Hon. John Goode, Alexander 
 Porter Morse, and Ernest Wilkinson, of our own Society. 
 
 Later it was felt that the time was ripe for union of the two 
 societies, and after preliminary disc«ssions a joint committee of 
 the two general societies (Sons of the American Revolution and 
 Sons- of the Revolution), headed by Frederick S. Tallmadge, 
 Jonathan Trumbull, ex-Governor John Lee Carroll, and General 
 Horace Porter, formulated during the year a plan of consolida- 
 tion and a constitution for mutual adoption. 
 
 The outcome of the deliberations of this committee was a 
 joint report, made to the President General of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution and to the General President Sons of the 
 Revolution, signed by the following gentlemen : 
 
 FRED'K S. TALLMADGE, 
 
 President of the Sons of the Revolution of the State of New York. 
 
 JONATHAN TRUMBULL, 
 
 President of the Connecticut Society Sons of the American 
 Revolution. 
 
 CHAS. H. WOODRUFF, 
 
 ' Delegate Nev/ York Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 HORACE PORTER,, 
 
 President General Society Sons of the American Revolution and 
 Chairman General Conference Committee. 
 
 JOHN LEE CARROLL, 
 
 General President Society of Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 BRADLEY T. JOHNSON, 
 
 President Maryland Society Sons of the American RevoliUtion. 
 
 EDWIN SHEPARD BARRETT, 
 
 President Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 JOHN WHITEHEAD, 
 
 President New Jersey Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 O. H. ERNST, 
 
 Delegate from District of Columbia Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 WM. RIDGLEY GRIFFITH, 
 
 Delegate from Maryland Society Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
THOMAS W. HALL, 
 
 Delegate from Maryland Society Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 SAM W. PENNYPACKER, 
 
 Delegate Sons of the Revolution of Pennsylvania. 
 
 RICHARD McCALL CADWALADER, 
 
 Vice-President and Delegate Sons of the Revolution of Penn- 
 sylvania. 
 
 CHARLES HENRY JONES, 
 
 Delegate Sons of the Revolution of Pennsylvania. 
 
 ROBERT LENOX BELKNAP, 
 
 Delegate New York Society Sons of the Revolution 
 
 JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 
 
 Secretary of Committee of Conference. 
 
 General Secretary Sons of the Revolution. 
 
 Secretary of Sons of the Revolution State of New York. 
 
 NATHAN WARREN, 
 
 Registrar Massachusetts Society Sons of the American Revolution 
 
 As will be observed, this joint report was signed by eleven 
 (i i) officers of the Sons of the Revolution and six (6) officers 
 of the Sons of the American Revolution. They unanimously 
 decided and recommended : ist, that the Sons of the American 
 Revolution and Sons of the Revolution do unite in one organi- 
 zation : 2nd, that the Society so constituted be named. Sons of 
 the Revolution : 3d, that the colors be those of the Sons of the 
 Revolution (blue and buff); 4th, that the seal be, without 
 material modification, that of the Sons of the Revolution and 
 5th, that the insignia, in their general features, be those of the 
 Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. 
 
 It further recommended: 
 
 1. The presentation of its report to the respective National Societies of the 
 Sons of the American Revolution and Sons of the Revolution at meetings to be 
 called for that purpose on Thursday, the. i6th day of February, 1893, in the City 
 of New York, and the adoption at such meetings of a resolution recommending 
 the union of the two Societies and the adoption of the proposed Constitution. 
 
 2. At a joint meeting, immediately thereafter, of the two General Societies, 
 the adoption of the new Constitution and election of officers, to serve until the 
 last Wednesday of April, 1894, or until their successors are elected. 
 
 Under the four recommendations mentioned, this Society 
 elected delegates to attend the Extraordinary meeting of the 
 
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 National Society called for this purpose. The delegates of the 
 District of Columbia used every honorable and legitimate effort 
 to carry out the detailed instructions imposed upon them at 
 the last general meeting; but earnest in their desire for union, 
 however, consented to the general principles under which the 
 union was to be perfected, that is, to adopt the name of the 
 Sons of the Revolution, assume their colors and accept their 
 seal and receive in return the single concession that our insignia 
 should be those of the consolidated Society. 
 
 Your delegates in the early part of the session were per- 
 sistently opposed to three points in the proposed Constitution : 
 
 I St. The omission from the proposed Constitution, in the 
 article setting forth the objects of the Society, of the section 
 which reads as follows : 
 
 To carry out the injunction of Washington in his farewell address to the 
 American People : — To promote, as an object of primary importance, institutions 
 for the general diffusion of knowledge, — thus developing an enlightened public 
 opinion and affording to young and old such advantages as shall develop in them 
 the largest capacity for performing the duties of American citizens. To cherish, 
 maintain and extend the institutions of American freedom, to foster true patriotism 
 and love of country, and to aid in securing for mankind all the blessings of liberty. 
 
 2d. The ineligibility for membership of "recognized patriots," 
 whereby, descendants from the signers of the Association 
 Tests throughout New England, of Committees of Safety in 
 New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the other Colonies, 
 of the signers of the Mecklenburg and other local Declarations 
 of Independence, and of the French allies who settled in America 
 after the revolution, could not be received into the Society. 
 
 3d. The objectionable provisions for collateral succession, 
 copied with immaterial changes from the Constitution of the Sons 
 of the Revolution of the Stateof New York, which section reads 
 as follows : 
 
 And provided further, that when there shall be no surviving issue in direct 
 lineal succession from an officer, minute-man, soldier, sailor or marine, who died 
 or was killed in actual service or from an officer who received by formal resolve 
 the approbation of the Continental Congress for Revolutionary services, or from 
 a signer of the Declaration of Independence, the claim of eligibility shall descend 
 and be limited to one representative at a time in the nearest collateral line of 
 descent from such ancestor, to be designated by the State Society; and no other 
 descendants in collateral lines shall be admitted in right of any services whatever. 
 
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 It was stated in the discussion that some of the Sons of the 
 Revolution also objected to collaterals as being eligible for 
 membership and approved of the unvarying practice and rule of 
 the Sons of the American Revolution, that is, to admit to mem- 
 bership only those of strictly lineal descent. 
 
 Believing that in a joint session, some of>these objectionable 
 provisions might be eliminated, the National Society finally 
 agreed to adopt the report and its recommendations, thus 
 accepting on the part of the National Society of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution, the name, colors and seal of the Sons of 
 the Revolution and the insignia of the Sons of the American 
 Revolution, while they reserved the right of individuals to 
 offer such amendments as they thought proper in the joint 
 session of the two societies, it being understood and agreed that 
 unless such amendments were agreeable to both societies, they 
 should be withdrawn. With this object, the following resolu- 
 tions were adopted : 
 
 Whereas, at the National Congress of the Sons of the American Revolution, 
 held in New York City, April 30, 1892, a resolution was adopted appointing a 
 committee to consider a plan of union with the Sons of the Revolution, and that 
 society was cordially and earnestly invited to appoint a similar committee; and 
 
 Whereas, said committees were appointed, and after full and deliberate con- 
 sideration have unanimously submitted their report: 
 
 Resolved, That the report be accepted and its recommendations adopted, and 
 that when we adjourn it be to meet in joint session with the Sons of the Revo- 
 lution, to carry into effect the recommendations of said report and perfect the 
 union of the two societies: Provided, That we reserve the right of every indi- 
 vidual member of either body to offer any amendment, which he may think 
 proper, to the plan of union or the constitution for the consideration of the Joint 
 meeting of the two societies. 
 
 In return our National Society received from the Sons of the 
 Revolution the following message: 
 
 Resolved, That we recommend the union of the Sons of the Revolution and 
 the Sons of the American Revolution and the adoption of the constitution pro- 
 posed by the committees of the societies in tiie report received at tliis meeting. 
 
 This resolution was presented by a committee headed by Mr. 
 Frederick S. Tallmadge, President of the Sons of the Revolu- 
 tion, State of New York, who, in an eloquent and impressive. 
 
address, urged its immediate adoption by our Society without 
 amendment. After full discussion, the National Society, Sons of 
 the American Revolution, in order to show their desire for union, 
 and also in order to obviate any obstacles thereto, waived all 
 points and unanimously adopted the above resolution exactly as 
 formulated by the Sons of the Revolution. This information 
 was conveyed by a committee to the General Society of the 
 Sons of the Revolution, which organization was then asked to 
 meet with us and formally ratify the constitution and elect gen- 
 eral officers under the provisions of Section 4 of the joint report 
 of the two societies above quoted, which reads: 
 
 Fourth: * * this Committeee further recommends : 
 
 2. At a joint meeting, immediately thereafter, of the two General Societies, 
 the adoption of the new Constitution and election of officers, to serve until the 
 last Wednesday of April, 1894. 
 
 Greatly to our astonishment we were informed that the Sons 
 of the Revolution had not consented to immediate action, and 
 that the word "recommended" did not imply that they had 
 "adopted" the Constitution. Instead of agreeing to immedi- 
 ately meet and act, they presented a new plan as follows: 
 
 Whereas, the Society of the Sons of the Revolution in general meeting assem- 
 bled have unanimously approved of the union of their Society and the Sons of 
 the American Revolution, 
 
 Whereas, they do approve of the adoption of the Constitution recommended 
 by the Committee of Conference of both societies, dated Dec. 22, 1892, and have 
 recommended the same for adoption, and 
 
 Whereas, such Constitution so recommended provides in Article third thereof, 
 qualifications for membership therein, 
 
 Therefore be it Resolved; That a committee of two be appointed by each 
 General Society from among its members, with power to select a fifth member, 
 who shall not be a member of either society, to which committee shall be 
 submitted a list of the different State Societies of the Sons of the Revolution 
 and of the Sons of the American Revolution, together with a list of the active 
 members and their residences in each of the said State Societies, and also the 
 credentials and applications upon which each of said members were so admitted; 
 and be it further 
 
 Resolved, . that said committee shall examine said credentials and applications 
 and shall erase frotn the list of membership in each of said societies the name 
 of any member of whose credentials and applications it would 7iot appear that 
 
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 he was entitled to membership under the requirements of Article s, of 
 said constitution ; and be it further 
 
 Resolved, that a list of members so revised by sucli committee shall be certi- 
 fied to the General Presidents of the Societies of the Sons of the Revolution, and 
 of the Sons of the American Revolution; and that upon the receipt thereof such 
 General Presidents shall call a joint meeting of both General Societies for the 
 adoption of said constitution and the election of officers thereunder, at which 
 meeting each State Society shall be entitled to representation according to the 
 provisions of Art. 7, of said constitution, but upon the actual basis of member- 
 ship so certified by said committee to said General Presidents, and be it further 
 
 Resolved, that the said constitution, if approved at such meeting, together with 
 the proceedings of the conference or meeting shall be submitted for final ratifica- 
 tion to the various State Societies ; and be it further 
 
 Resolved, that this meeting do now adjourn to meet upon the call of the 
 General Presidents as herein provided. 
 
 By these resolutions the Sons of the Revolution proposed to 
 ''erase from the list of membership * * * any member 
 * * * not * * * entitled to membership under the re- 
 quiremeyits of Article III of said Constitution,'" by which plan 
 the collateral members of the Sons of the Revolution of New- 
 York would remain in full fellowship, while the descendants of 
 "recognized patriots" who are members of the Sons of the 
 American Revolution would necessarily be expelled. It is 
 believed that the proposition is unprecedented of asking a 
 society to expel members because they were not qualified under 
 a proposed Constitution. Any other method of gauging the 
 eligibility of our own members than by the Constitution under 
 which they were admitted could not for a moment be con- 
 sidered. Retroactive legislation and ex post facto laws are 
 repugnant to every true Son of the American Revolution. 
 
 The National Society, Sons of the American Revolution, having 
 conceded everything that was asked for in the joint report, 
 insisted that the business for which the General Societies 
 had been convened in extraordinary session should be carried 
 out, and so sent the following resolution to the Sons of the 
 Revolution : 
 
 Resolved, That we disapprove of the motion as not pertinent to Paragraph 
 4 of the report of the committee, and we request the other Society now to unite 
 with us to adopt the Constitution in accordance with that paragraph. 
 
 The General Society of the Sons of the Revolution adhering 
 to its supplementary plan, and declining to take joint and im- 
 mediate action, our own National Society adjourned sine die. 
 
The unfortunate outcome of this plan of union has been de- 
 plored by a vote of the Board of Managers of the District of 
 Columbia Society of the Sons of the Revolution, in which 
 regret no one shares more deeply than the President of your 
 Society and the Board of Managers, over whom he has had the 
 honor to preside. Your President feels that he has especially 
 to deplore this failure, since for this purpose only he consented 
 to accept re-election last year at the hands of this Society. 
 
 In now retiring to a position much more agreeable to him, 
 that of a simple member of the Society, he desires to express 
 his thanks to the executive officers and Board of Managers, to 
 whose active interest and generous support are due the great 
 prosperity and success of the local Society. He further extends 
 his hearty thanks to those members of the Society who by 
 presence at the general meetings of the association and by sug- 
 gestions and labor have shown their marked desire to advance 
 the interests of the Society and in general to promote its pros- 
 perity. 
 
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 II. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN SONS OF THE 
 REVOLUTION AND SONS OF THE AMERICAN 
 REVOLUTION IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
 
 Sone of tbe IRevolutton, 
 
 Society of the District of Columbia. 
 
 Washington, February i8, 1893. 
 
 Mr. a. Howard Clark, Secretary 
 
 Sons of the American Revolution. 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 I have the honor to inform you that at a meeting of the 
 Board of Managers of this Society held this day it was 
 
 Resolved, By the Board of Managers of the District of 
 Columbia Society, Sons of the Revolution, that they have heard 
 with deep regret of the unexpected result of the meeting of 
 the General Society in New York on the i6th instant; 
 
 That this Board earnestly hopes that measures looking to a 
 union of this Society and the Sons of the American Revolution 
 may yet be devised, and 
 
 That the temporary arrangement of co-operation between 
 this Society and the Sons of the American Revolution in the 
 District of Columbia continue in force for the present. 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 Pickering Dodge, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 %o\\<s> of tbe Hmerican IRcvolution. 
 
 District of Columbia Society. 
 
 Washington City, February 20, 1893. 
 
 Pickering Dodge, Esa, Secretary 
 
 Sons of the Revolution 
 My Dear Sir: 
 
 By direction of Gen. A. W. Greely, President of this Society, 
 I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of 
 February 18, and to inform you fhat it will be laid before the 
 Board of Management at the next meeting. 
 
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 1 am further directed to express to you the genuine gratifica- 
 tion of the President of this Society to learn of the continued 
 desire of your Society to co-operate in a friendly manner in all 
 matters and on all occasions which may subserve the patriotic 
 interests of the two Societies, and no one deplores more than 
 the President of this Society the unexpected failure of the plan 
 of union in New York, on February i6th, nor does any one 
 more earnestly hope that a union of the two Societies, two in 
 name but one in spirit, may yet be accomplished. 
 
 The President desires me further to state that he considers 
 the co-operative arrangement between the two Societies as 
 remaining in force until such time as the Board of Managers of 
 both Societies shall terminate it by formal resolve, an action 
 which he feels certain will not be initiated by this Society. 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 A. Howard Clark, 
 
 Secretary. 
 
 In meeting of the Board of Management, at 1 1 A. M. on Feb- 
 ruary 22, 1893, and in Annual Meeting of the Society, at noon 
 on the same day, the sentiments expressed in the above 
 correspondence were unanimously approved, and on February 
 25th the Secretary officially informed the Sons of the Revolution 
 of such approvarl. 
 
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 III. EXAMINATION OF APPLICATIONS FOR MEMBER- 
 
 SHIP. 
 
 The Board of Management desires to invite attention to the 
 fact that the applications and genealogy of members of this 
 Society have not only to pass the scrutiny of the local and 
 national officers and the two committees of Eligibility and 
 Acceptability, but are all habitually published so as to challenge 
 the scrutiny of every one. 
 
 IV. OFFICERS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
 
 SOCIETY OF THE SONS OF THE AMERICAN 
 REVOLUTION, ELECTED FEBRUARY 22, 1893. 
 
 iPresiDcnt 
 
 Gen. J. C. Breckinridge U. S. A. 
 
 Dice*lP>re6iDcnt0 
 
 Mr. Justice David J. Brewer, 
 Mr. William D. Cabell, 
 Dr. G. Brown Goode, 
 Hon. George H. Shields, 
 President E. M. Gallaudet. 
 
 Ibonorars \D(ce*lPrc5iDents 
 
 Hon. Levi P. Morton, 
 
 Admiral John L. Worden, U. S. N., 
 
 Senator John Sherman, 
 
 Admiral James E. Jouett, U. S. N,, 
 
 Gen. E. D. Townsend, U. S. A., 
 
 Gen. O. B. Willcox, U. S. A., 
 
 Gen. J. J. Dana, U. S. A., 
 
 Gen. H. V. Boynton, 
 
 Capt. George Washington Ball, 
 
 Gen. a. W. Greely, U. S. A., 
 
 Hon. Marshall McDonald, 
 
 Col. Thornton Augustin Washington, 
 
 Hon. John Goode. 
 
 Secretaries 
 
 A. Howard Clark, Smithsonian Institution. 
 Capt. C. D. Cowles, U. S. A., War Records Office. 
 
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 treasurer 
 
 William Van Zandt Cox, U. S. National Museum. 
 IRegistrar 
 
 William J. Rhees, Smithsonian Institution. 
 Bssistant IRcglstrar 
 
 Surgeon George H. Penrose, Soldiers' Home. 
 Ibistorian 
 
 Dr. Francis O. St. Clair, Department of State. 
 Gbaplaln 
 
 Rev. Thos. S. Childs, D. D. 
 JSoarD ot /llbanagement 
 
 The Officers of the Society 
 
 and the following thirteen members : 
 
 Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, 
 
 Prof. Otis T. Mason, 
 
 Ernest Wilkinson, 
 
 Henry Wise Garnett, 
 
 Herbert Gouverneur Ogden 
 
 William^ A. DeCaindry, 
 
 Prof. J. 'R. Eastman, U. S. N., 
 
 George Lafayette Clark, 
 
 Hon. Myron M. Parker, 
 
 Commander F, W. Dickins, U. S. N., 
 
 Hon. John W. Douglass, 
 
 Bernard R. Green, 
 
 Col. John Bell Brownlow. 
 
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 V. STANDING COMMITTEES APPOINTED MARCH 15, 
 1893. 
 
 Hbvancement auD Xookout Committee* 
 
 Commander F. W. Dickins, U. S. N., Chairman. 
 
 Coi.. S. T. Abert, 
 
 Rev. Thomas G. Addison, D. D., 
 
 WlIvWAM D. BAIvDWIN, 
 
 Dr. J. W. Bayne, 
 
 Capt. Francis H. Bates, U. S. A., 
 
 Hon. C. a. B0UTE1.1.E, 
 
 Gen. H. V. Boynton, 
 
 A. Howard Ci^ark, 
 
 Rev. John Chester, D. D., 
 
 Capt. C. D. Cowi^es, U. S. A., Sec'y, 
 
 Miivi^S DEAN, 
 
 Medical Director R. C. Dean, 
 
 U. S. N., 
 Gen. a. W. GrEELY, U. S. a., 
 Hon. J. W. Douglass, 
 Henry Gannett, 
 Gen. H. G. Gibson, U. S. A., 
 Hon. John Goode, 
 Bernard R. Green, 
 Hon. C. H. Grosvenor, M. C, 
 Dr. W. J. Hoffman, 
 Hon. John S. Henderson, M. C, 
 Major W. 
 
 Medical Director W. T. Hord, 
 
 U. S. N., 
 Arnold Burges Johnson, 
 
 S. P. IvANGLEY, 
 J. P. IvOTHROP, 
 
 Philip F. Larner, 
 Prof. O. T. Mason, 
 James Maynard, 
 Alexander Porter Morse, 
 E. A. MosELEY, 
 Herbert G. Ogden, 
 Hon. M. M. Parker, 
 Surgeon Geo. H. Penrose, 
 Col. Felix A. Reeve, 
 Owen Riley, 
 
 Gen. Rufus Saxton, U. S. Vols., 
 John Sevier, 
 
 Mr. Justice William Strong, 
 John Barker Thompson, 
 John Hunn Voorhees, 
 Dallas Bache Wainwright, 
 Col. Thornton A. Washington, 
 H. Webster. 
 
 Committee on /iDeetings. 
 
 Hon. George H. vShields, Chairmatt. 
 
 Mr.Justice David J. Brewer, 
 Gen. H. V. Boynton, 
 Surgeon Geo. H. Penrose, 
 
 Secretary, 
 A. Howard Clark, 
 
 Gen. H. G. Gibson, U. S. A., 
 Francis Eugene Storm, 
 Capt. C. D. Cowles, U. S. A., 
 William A. De Caindry, 
 Col. C. W. Coombs, 
 
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 William Van Zandt Cox, 
 Bernard R. Green, 
 Ernest Wilkinson, 
 Dr. J. W. Bayne, 
 Commander F. W. Dickins, 
 
 U. S. N., 
 Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, 
 William E. Annin, 
 
 Rev, Thos. S. Childs, D. D. 
 Francis E. Grice, 
 Dr. Joseph Taber Johnson, 
 Philip F. Larner, 
 William Hamilton Bayly, 
 John Barker Thompson, 
 Col. a. a. Hosmer, 
 W. H. Pearce. 
 
 By order of the Society: 
 
 A. Howard Clark, 
 
 Secretary. 
 

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