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 Constitution and By-Laws, 
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THE 
 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF 
 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 
 
 WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 ORGANIZED IN THE 
 
 GOVERNOR'S PALACE. SANTIAGO DE CUBA 
 
 JULY 31. 1898 
 
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 WASHINGTON, D. C. 
 
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s. Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba 
 
 OFFICERS 
 
 FOR THE 
 
 Year Ending September 15, 1914 
 
 PRESIDENT. 
 
 Major-General CHARLES DICK, Ohio National Guard. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Major-General C. F. HUMPHREY, U. S. Army. 
 
 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Major-General LEONARD WOOD, U. S. Army. 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Brigadier-General A. A. HARBACH, U. S. Army. 
 
 FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT. 
 
 Colonel ALFRED C. SHARPE, U. S. Army. 
 
 SECRETARY AND TREASURER. 
 
 Colonel CHARLES A. WILLIAMS, U. S. Army. 
 
 HISTORIAN. 
 
 Major G. CREIGHTON WEBB, Insp.-Gen., U. S. Volunteers. 
 
 REGISTRAR-GENERAL. 
 
 Brigadier-General PHILIP READE, U. S. Army. 
 
 FIRST DIVISION REGISTRAR. 
 
 Colonel L. W. V. KENNON, U. S. Army. 
 
 SECOND DIVISION REGISTRAR. 
 
 Colonel JAMES T. KERR, U. S. Army. 
 
 THIRD DIVISION REGISTRAR. 
 
 Brigadier-General CHARLES MORTON, U. S. Army. 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION REGISTRAR. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel WM. D. BEACH, U. S. Army. 
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 REGULAR MEMBERS. 
 
 1. Brigadier-General ADELBERT AMES, U. S. Volunteers. 
 
 2. Colonel THEODORE ROOSEVELT, 1st U. S. V. Cavalry. 
 
 3. Brigadier-General E. D. DIMMICK, U. S. Army. 
 
 4. Brigadier-General GEO. H. HARRIES, National Guard, D. C. 
 
 5. Lieutenant-Colonel GEORGE V. LAUMAN, Ist Illinois Vol. Inf. 
 
 6. Major FRANK KECK, 71st New York Volunteer Infantry. 
 
 7. Brigadier-General E. J. McCLERNAND, U. S. Army. 
 
 8. Major C. S. FARNSWORTH, U. S. Army. 
 
 9. Colonel E. H. PLUMMER, U. S. Army. 
 
 MEMBERS EX-OFFICIO. 
 
 Lieutenant-General S. B. M. YOUNG, U. S. Army, former President. 
 Lieutenant-General ADNA R. CHAFFEE, U. S. A., former President. 
 Lieutenant-General JOHN C BATES, U. S. A., former President. 
 Major-General J. FORD KENT, U. S. V., Brig.-Gen. U. S. Army, 
 former President. 
 
 Major-General S. S. SUMNER, U. S. Army, former President. 
 Major-General JOHN F. WESTON, U. S. Army, former President. 
 Brigadier-General CHAMBERS McKIBBIN, U. S. A., former President. 
 
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 THE INCUMBENT OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 
 
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 Headquarters U. S. Troops in Cuba, 
 General Orders\ Santiago de Cuba, July 19, 1898. 
 
 No. 26. / 
 
 The successful accomplishment of the campaign against Santiago, 
 resulting in its downfall and the surrender of the Spanish forces, the 
 capture of large amounts of military stores, together with the destruction 
 of the entire Spanish fleet in the harbor, which, upon the investment of 
 the city, was forced to leave, is one of which this Army can well be proud. 
 
 This has been accomplished through the heroic deeds of the Army, 
 and to its officers and men the Major-General Commanding offers his 
 sincere thanks for their endurance of hardships heretofore unknown in. 
 the American Army. The work you have accomplished may well appeal 
 to the pride of your countrymen, and has been rivalled upon but few 
 occasions in the world's history. Landing upon an unknown coast, you 
 faced dangers in disembarking and overcame obstacles that even in look- 
 ing back seem insurmountable. Seizing, with the assistance of the Navy, 
 the towns of Daiquiri and Siboney, you pushed boldly forth, gallantly 
 driving back the enemy's outposts in the engagement of La Quasima and 
 completed the concentration of the Army near Sevilla within sight of the 
 Spanish stronghold at Santiago de Cuba. 
 
 The outlook from Sevilla was one that might well have appalled 
 the stoutest heart; behind you ran a narrow road, made wellnigh impas- 
 sable by rains, while to the front you looked out upon high foothills, 
 covered with a dense tropical growth, which could only be traversed by 
 bridle paths, terminating within range of the enemy's guns. Nothing 
 daunted, you responded eagerly to the order to close upon the foe and, 
 attacking at Caney and San Juan, drove him from work to work, until 
 he took refuge within his last and strongest entrenchments immedi- 
 ately surrounding the city. 
 
 Despite the fierce glare of a southern sun, and rains that fell in 
 torrents, you valiantly withstood his attempts to drive you from the 
 position your valor had won. Holding in your vice-like grip the Army 
 opposed to you, after seventeen days of battle and siege, you were rewarded 
 by the surrender of nearly 24,000 prisoners — 12,000 being those in your 
 immediate front, the others scattered in the various towns of eastern 
 Cuba, freeing completely the eastern part of the island from Spanish 
 troops. This was not done without great sacrifices. The death of 230 
 
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gallant soldiers, and the wounding of 1,284 others, shows but too plainly 
 the fierce contest in which you were engaged. The few reported missing 
 are undoubtedly among the dead, as no prisoners were lost. For those 
 who have fallen with you, the Commanding General sorrows, and with 
 you will ever cherish their memory. Their devotion to duty sets a high 
 example of courage and patriotism to our fellow-countrymen. 
 
 All who have participated in the campaign, battle and siege of 
 Santiago de Cuba, will recall with pride the grand deeds accomplished, 
 and will hold one another dear for having shared great sufferings, hard- 
 ships and triumphs together. All may well feel proud to inscribe on 
 their banner the name of "Santiago de Cuba." 
 
 By command of Major-General Shafter: 
 
 E. J. McCLERNAND, 
 Assistant Adjutant-General. 
 
 Washington, D. C, July 16, 1898. 
 GENERAL SHAFTER, 
 
 Commanding U.S. Forces, 
 Santiago, Playa. 
 The President of the United States sends you and your brave Army 
 the profound thanks of the American people for the brilliant achieve- 
 ments at Santiago, resulting in the surrender of the city and all of the 
 Spanish troops and territory under General Toral. Your splendid com- 
 mand has endured not only the hardships and sacrifices incident to cam- 
 paign and battle, but in stress of heat and weather has triumphed over 
 obstacles which would have overcome men less brave and determined. 
 One and all have displayed the most conspicuous gallantry and earned 
 the gratitude of the Nation. The hearts of the people turn with tender 
 sympathy to the sick and wounded. May the Father of Mercies protect 
 and comfort them. 
 
 WILLIAM McKINLEY. 
 
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Wt^nmzntxan of tl|? S^nrt^tg 
 
 The organization of a Military Society to perpetuate the memories 
 of the Santiago Campaign had been considered before the expedition 
 sailed for Cuba, and was discussed in the camps at Tampa and on board 
 some of the transports during the voyage. It was not, however, until 
 after the fierce battles of July, culminating in the capitulation of the 
 Spanish garrisons and the surrender of the city and province, that the 
 matter took definite shape. The Commanding General having been 
 consulted and his approval obtained, the following letter was sent by 
 Major-General H. W. Lawton, commanding the Second Division, to the 
 several division and subordinate commanders: 
 
 Headquarters 2d Division, 5th Army Corps, 
 
 Santiago de Cuba, July 29, 1898. 
 My Dear General: 
 
 I desire to suggest in consideration of the custom in our service 
 and of the importance historically and otherwise, of the Santiago Cam- 
 paign, that to commemorate the heroic work of our brave little Army, 
 and to more closely cement the feeling of comradery which now prevails 
 among those who took part in the trying duties incident thereto, a 
 meeting be called for the purpose of organizing the "Society of the Army 
 of Santiago de Cuba," the purposes to be decided at said meeting. If I 
 may be permitted, I would suggest that it be for the purposes as above 
 recited, and for the recording and proper preservation of the historical 
 events of the campaign, and a careful and complete compilation of accu- 
 rate maps of the field operations, and for the permanent organization of 
 this Society, to be composed of all persons who were at any time present 
 with any portion of the command between the date of sailing from 
 Tampa, Florida, and the final surrender of Santiago, and that a suitably 
 inscribed medal be adopted, which Congress should be asked to present 
 to each participant in the campaign, or in case Congress will not so act, 
 then that said medal shall be made under the direction of the Society 
 from bronze, to be supplied from one of the guns captured from the 
 Spanish at Santiago, and issued to any member who shall pay the cost 
 price of same. If this idea, or some modification of it, meets your 
 
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approval, will you kindly meet with others at the Governor's Palace, 
 Santiago de Cuba, Sunday, at 3 p. m., the 31st instant, and please request 
 each regiment under your command to send one delegate to said meet- 
 ing. This subject has been suggested to the Commanding General and 
 has his approval. 
 
 Very respectfully, 
 
 H. W. LAWTON, 
 Major-General U. S. Volunteers. 
 
 Pursuant to this call, about seventy-five officers, representing all the 
 troops then in front of Santiago, assembled in the Governor's Palace 
 at 3 o'clock p. m., July 31, 1898. The meeting was called to order by 
 General Lawton, who briefly stated its purpose. 
 
 Major-General Joseph Wheeler, U. S. V., was chosen temporary 
 Chairman, and upon taking the chair said: 
 
 "Gentlemen: I thank you for the honor of being called as the tem- 
 porary Chairman of this gathering of my fellow officers, who have met 
 to consider the advisability of organizing a Society of the Army of 
 Santiago. 
 
 "The rapidly occurring events of the campaign of the past five or six 
 weeks have been of a character which will ever bring together the hearts 
 of those who have participated. 
 
 "This Army by its endurance and courage has already won the 
 admiration of the civilized world, and it is most natural and appropriate 
 that men who have stood shoulder to shoulder in such a struggle, crowned, 
 as it has been, with glorious victory, should desire to cherish and per- 
 petuate its memories." 
 
 General Wheeler adverted to the historic character and value of 
 similar societies which have been organized at the close of the several 
 wars in which our country has been engaged, enumerating the Order of 
 the Cincinnati, organized by Washington's officers at the close of the 
 American Revolution, the Society of the War of 1812, the Aztec Society, 
 and the various other societies growing out of the War of 1861-65, and, 
 in concluding, said: 
 
 "This campaign, in which we have been engaged, though brief in 
 duration, has probablj' been more fruitful in results than those of any of 
 the wars T have mentioned, and will certainly be classed as one of the 
 most remarkable in military history, and in closing, I repeat, it has made 
 this Army famous throughout the world." 
 
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Major Alfred C. Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant-General. U. S. V. 
 (Captain 22d U. S. Infantry), was chosen Secretary. 
 
 A committee, consisting of Generals Ludlow, Kent, Lawton, Ames, 
 and Lieutenants Miley and Kane, was appointed to frame a Constitution 
 and By-Laws and report at the next meeting. 
 
 After some discussion the meeting adjourned to meet at the same 
 place one week later, 
 
 II. 
 
 At the second meeting, held in the Governor's Palace, August 7, 1898 
 (about one hundred officers being present), the Committee on Constitu- 
 tion not being ready to report, asked for an extension of time, which 
 was granted. The society was then permanently organized by the 
 election of Major-General Wm. R. Shafter as President, Major-General 
 Joseph Wheeler as First Vice-President, and Major Alfred C. Sharpe as 
 Secretary. 
 
 Upon taking the chair as President, General Shafter said that he 
 "considered the honor thus conferred upon him second only to that of 
 commanding the Fifth Corps. He did not believe there was any similar 
 body of troops in the world the equal of this corps when it landed at Dai- 
 quiri and Siboney. They were the result of a process of selection and 
 training which had been going on for several years; and the volunteer 
 contingent, although not as select and trained as the others, were as fine 
 a body of men as volunteers had ever been." 
 
 After some discussion the Society adjourned, to meet at the call of 
 the President at Montauk Point, Long Island. New York. 
 
 III. 
 
 Nearly all the troops of the Santiago Expedition having returned 
 to the United States during the month of August, a meeting was called 
 by the President at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, September 14, 1898. 
 No quorum being present at this meeting, an adjournment was taken 
 till two o'clock p. m. the following day. 
 
 At three o'clock p. m., September 15, 1898, the meeting was called 
 to order, Major-General Joseph Wheeler, First Vice-President, in the 
 chair. Major-General Ludlow, Chairman of the Committee on Con- 
 stitution and By-Laws, submitted a report and draft of a constitution. 
 Major G. Creighton Webb proposed as a substitute a constitution which 
 
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he had prepared. Major-General Shafter, President of the Society, 
 now arrived, and was yielded the chair by General Wheeler. The Society 
 then took up the two proposed constitutions and discussed them section 
 by section. After three hours' earnest debate the Constitution as finally 
 agreed upon was adopted. 
 
 On motion of Major-General Chaffee it was 
 
 Resolved, That the By-Laws of this Society shall be formulated and 
 adopted by the Council. 
 
 The Society then proceeded to the election of officers provided for 
 in the Constitution. 
 
 The President was authorized to appoint a committee to select a 
 suitable medal and insignia to be worn by the members of the Society, 
 and also to select a seal. 
 
 The following-named officers were appointed on this committee: 
 Major-General Wm. Ludlow, Lieutenant-Colonel John Jacob Astor, and 
 Major G. Creighton Webb. 
 
 At 6.30 P. M. the meeting adjourned sine die. 
 
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JInrorjiflrattott 
 
 At the Convention on July 17, 1903, the incorporation of the 
 Society, as authorized by act of Congress, was completed by the following 
 articles: 
 
 Whereas, on the first day of July, 1902, the President duly approved 
 a bill passed by Congress (Public No. 233) which thereby became a law, 
 and is to be found in Vol. 32, part 1, Session Laws, 57th Congress, First 
 Session, Ch. 1367, Page 661, of which the following is a copy: 
 
 (Here follows a copy of the Act of Congress incorporating the 
 Society.) 
 
 "Now, therefore, in pursuance thereof, appear the following named 
 incorporators. Officers and Members of the Council of the Society of the 
 Army of Santiago de Cuba, a voluntary and unincorporated association, 
 duly authorized thereunto by said association, for the purpose of accept- 
 ing the terms of the above Act of Congress, according to the letter and 
 spirit thereof, and we do hereby accept the same and associate and 
 incorporate ourselves, our associates and successors as a body politic and 
 incorporate in the District of Columbia under the name and style of the 
 Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba. 
 
 "The said incorporators, in order to more fully carry out the pro- 
 visions of the foregoing act, and to accomplish the purposes of the said 
 Society, do hereby adopt the following Constitution and By-Laws: 
 
 (Here follows a copy of the Constitution and By-Laws.) 
 
 "All officers and Members of Council of the unincorporated Society 
 are hereby declared to be Officers and Members of Council of the incor- 
 porated Society, with the power to act as such until their successors are 
 elected, and all members of the unincorporated Society are declared to 
 be members of the incorporated Society. 
 
 "In testimony whereof, we do hereunto severally affix our names." 
 
 (Here follow the signatures of the Incorporators.) 
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 ADOPTED AT CAMP WIKOFF. LONG ISLAND, N. Y. 
 SEPTEMBER IS. 1898 
 
 1. The title of this organization shall be "THE SOCIETY OF THE 
 ARMY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA." 
 
 2. The purpose of this organization is to record the history and 
 conserve the memory of the events of the campaign which resulted in 
 the surrender on the 17th day of July, 1898, of the Spanish Army, the 
 city of Santiago de Cuba and the military province to which it pertained. 
 
 3. The membership of the Society shall consist of all officers and 
 soldiers of the United States Army (including Acting Assistant Surgeons 
 and authorized Volunteer Aides) who constituted the expeditionary 
 force to Santiago de Cuba and who worthily participated in the cam- 
 paign between the dates of June 14 and July 17, 1898, and who shall 
 signify their wish for membership by making application and paying the 
 dues. 
 
 4. The officers of the Society shall be as follows: A President, four 
 (4) Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer, an Assistant Secretary 
 and Treasurer, a Historian, a Registrar General (who may have four 
 Division Registrars to assist him), and a Council. 
 
 The Council shall consist of ten (10) members and the officers above 
 named, who shall be ex-officio members of the same. Ex-presidents and 
 ex-secretaries of the organization shall be ex-officio members of the 
 Council, with all the privileges of regular members of that body. 
 (^Adopted June 20, 1904.) 
 
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5. The officers shall be elected annually to serve for one year, or 
 until the election of their successors. 
 
 6. The election of officers shall be by a majority vote of the members 
 present at the adoption of this Constitution, and thereafter by the 
 members of the Council. 
 
 7. The duties of the Council shall be to act as an advisory body in 
 all matters relating to the general conduct of the Society, to pass upon 
 the applications for membership and questions of discipline, to audit 
 the accounts of the Treasurer, and to authorize expenditures to be made 
 in behalf of the Society. 
 
 8. Local branches of the Society may be formed with the prior 
 approval of the Council in any locality where the resident members may 
 so desire; and such branches may hold such meetings and adopt such 
 by-laws, not inconsistent with the Constitution and By-Laws of the 
 Society, as they may deem expedient — full report of the formation and 
 proceedings of such branches, with copies of by-laws adopted, to be filed 
 with the Secretary. 
 
 9. The Council may call a meeting or provide for a reunion of the 
 Society, at its discretion. The date and place of meeting of the Society 
 shall be decided upon by the Council, and due public notice thereof shall 
 be given at least one month before the time indicated, and this notice 
 shall be repeated one week prior to the meeting. 
 
 10. The President may, at his discretion, and shall at the request of 
 five (5) members of the Council, call a meeting of that body. 
 
 n. There shall be three classes of membership, namely, First, 
 Original Members; Second, Members by Inheritance, to consist of lineal 
 male descendants of Original Members; and, Third, Members by Suc- 
 cession, to consist of those male blood relatives of the first or second 
 class, to whom in the absence of lineal descendants the right of inherit- 
 ance to one (1) membership may be devised by decedent members. 
 Members by inheritance shall include those who are lineal male descend- 
 ants of any officer or enlisted man now deceased who was killed or died of 
 wounds received or disease contracted in the line of duty in the Santiago 
 campaign and who, had he survived, would have been eligible to mem- 
 bership. 
 
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Honorary membership shall be conferred upon all duly accredited 
 Military and Naval Attaches of foreign governments who were present 
 on land in Cuba with the Fifth Army Corps at any time during the 
 Santiago campaign. Honorary members shall be exempt from the pay- 
 ment of dues, and shall not be entitled to vote. {Adopted June 20, 1904-) 
 
 12. A suitable medal and insignia for the officers and members shall 
 be provided. 
 
 13. The By-Laws shall make provision for such annual dues as will 
 meet the necessary expenses of the Society. 
 
 14. This Constitution may be changed by a two-thirds vote of the 
 membership of the Society, not less than six months' notice having been 
 previously given to the members of the proposed amendments. The By- 
 Laws may be changed by a three-fourths vote of the Council. 
 
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 ADOPTED BY THE COUNCIL NOVEMBER 19. 1898 
 
 1. The President shall preside at the annual meetings of the Society, 
 and all orders and circulars will be issued by his direction and in his 
 name. He will also authorize necessary and proper disbursements by 
 the Treasurer, subject to the approval of the Council. 
 
 2. In case of disabihty on the part of the President the First Vice- 
 President will assume and discharge his functions, and, in case of his 
 disability, then the Second Vice-President. Absence in a foreign country 
 will be considered disabihty within the meaning of this paragraph. 
 
 3. The Secretary and Treasurer will keep the records and conduct 
 the official correspondence of the Society, under the direction of the 
 President. He will keep a list of the members, record all changes therein, 
 and certify the same to the Registrar-General. He will be charged 
 with the custody of and accounting for all receipts and disbursements. 
 He will keep the seal of the Society and affix it to the Certificates of Mem- 
 bership duly issued, and to all other instruments of the Society which 
 may be appropriately attested under seal. 
 
 4. The Registrar-General shall be responsible for the collection and 
 safe keeping of all maps and all official military reports relating to the 
 Campaign of Santiago de Cuba. He will also safely keep the blank 
 certificates of membership. 
 
 5. Annual meetings will be held at such time and place as shall be 
 determined by a committee of three (3) members, to be named by the 
 President, and provision will be made by this Committee for a dinner, 
 or such other suitable form of entertainment as shall be deemed advisable 
 for furthering the objects of the Society. 
 
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6. Each member of the Society shall be entitled to wear the badge 
 and button of the Society. 
 
 7. No entrance fee will be required. The annual dues shall be one 
 dollar ($1.00) payable in advance, upon receipt of which, and the verifi- 
 cation of the claim of the applicant for membership, a Certificate of 
 Membership will be issued by the Secretary and Treasurer; Provided, 
 That any member who shall fail to pay his dues for two successive years 
 or who shall hereafter be dismissed, or cashiered, or discharged without 
 honor, or dishonorably discharged from the service of the United States, 
 shall be dropped from the rolls of the Society. {Adopted April 5, 1900.) 
 
 Any member in good standing, or any person eUgible to member- 
 bership, may become a Life Member upon payment into the Treasury 
 of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Life members shall be provided by the 
 Secretary and Treasurer with appropriate certificates of Life Member- 
 ship. {Adopted April 30, 1901.) 
 
 Provided, That any member not embraced within the provisions of 
 By-Law Fifteen shall be exempt from dues after having paid an aggre- 
 gate of twenty-five dollars. {Adopted September 13, 1913.) 
 
 8. The Registrar-General and the Historian shall constitute a Com- 
 mittee to whom all applications for membership shall be referred, and 
 the duty of this Committee shall be to investigate and verify the connec- 
 tion of the applicant with the expedition. In case of disagreement in the 
 Committee the data in the case will be submitted to the President, and 
 upon his approval the applicant will be admitted. 
 
 9. The Registrar-General shall keep the Official Register of Mem- 
 bership, with the Record of service in each case. 
 
 10. The fiscal year begins September 15th, the date of the adoption 
 of the Constitution. 
 
 11. For convenience in distinguishing the parent society from its 
 branches, it may be referred to and designated in official correspondence 
 and records as the National Society, and the President, Vice-Presidents, 
 and other officers may in like manner be designated and referred to as 
 the National President, Vice-President, etc. {Adopted April 30, 1901.) 
 
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12. The President may appoint a Finance Committee of three 
 members, residing in the United States. It shall be the duty of the 
 Finance Committee to invest in proper securities any surplus or per- 
 manent funds of the Society which may be reported to the President by 
 the Secretary and Treasurer. Such reports shall be made annually at 
 the close of the fiscal year, and oftener if the President shall so direct. 
 Securities may be sold and the funds reinvested, in the discretion of the 
 Finance Committee. They shall be bought and sold in the name of the 
 President of the Society, shall be endorsed by him (where such endorse- 
 ment is legally necessary), and shall be at all times safely kept on deposit 
 in the Fourth National Bank of the City of New York, the Depository of 
 the Society, or in such other place as the President shall in writing direct. 
 {Adopted April 30, 1901.) 
 
 13. This Society shall be incorporated under the Statutes of the 
 United States, or of the District of Columbia, as the President may 
 direct, as "The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba." {Adopted 
 ApnlSO, 1901.) 
 
 14. Any member who resigns or is dropped from the rolls of a Branch 
 and who is in arrears of dues shall not be ehgible to membership in another 
 Branch until the arrears are paid. {Adopted September 30, 1904.) 
 
 15. On and after September 15, 1904, all members who were mustered 
 out of the United States Service during or after the Santiago campaign 
 as enUsted men and who were not subsequently appointed commissioned 
 officers in either the regular or volunteer forces of the United States or 
 Philippine Scouts shall be exempt from the payment of dues after having 
 paid the same for seven years. {Adopted September SO, 1904.) 
 
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 Resolved, That all amounts over $1,300.00 in the Permanent Fund 
 revert automatically to the Current Fund. {Adopted September 17, 
 1912.) 
 
 Resolved, That the amount of remuneration to the Assistant Secre- 
 tary and Treasurer for clerical hire be reduced to $300.00 per annum. 
 {Adopted September 17, 1912.) 
 
 Resolved, That advance dues on hand and dues hereafter received 
 for years succeeding the one current at time of payment ; and one dollar 
 per year of that part of Life Membership fees hereafter received and not 
 required in payment of accrued dues, shall be credited to and held in 
 reserve for such successive years. {Adopted September 13, 1913.) 
 
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 Applicants who join during the latter half of the Society fiscal year 
 (March 16 to September 15) are credited with dues to the end of the 
 following year. 
 
 A membership card is sent to each member upon enrollment. 
 
 Information concerning the Society badge, button, etc., may be 
 obtained from Bailey, Banks & Biddle, Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 Where several applicants reside at the same place it will be found 
 convenient to unite their remittance in one New York draft. The dues 
 ($1.00) should accompany application and be made payable to the order 
 of the Treasurer. 
 
 The Society has established "The Santiago Prize" of $50.00 in the 
 Military Service Institution, competition open to all officers of the Army 
 and National Guard below the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel ; papers to be 
 submitted before December 1st (see Announcements, Journal M. S. I.). 
 
 CHARLES A. WILLIAMS, 
 
 Colonel U.S. Army, 
 National Secretary and Treasurer. 
 
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