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THE 
 CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS 
 
 OF THE 
 
 SOCIETY OP THE ARMY OP 
 SANTIAGO DE CUBA 
 
 WITH AN HISTORICAL SKETCH 
 
 ORGANIZED IN THE 
 
 GOVERNOR'S PALACE, SANTIAGO DE CUBA 
 
 JULY 31, v&m 
 
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 PRESIDENT, 
 Major-General JOHN C. BATES, U. S. A. 
 
 FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 
 
 Major-General JOSEPH WHEELER, U. S. V. 
 
 (Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., retired.) 
 
 SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 
 
 Major-General J. FORD KENT, U. S. V. 
 
 (Brig.-Gen. IT. S. A., retired.) 
 
 THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT, 
 Lieut. General ADNA R. CHAFFEE, U. S. A. 
 
 FOURTH VICE-PRESIDENT, 
 
 Major-General H. S. HAWKINS, U. S. V. 
 
 (Brig.-Gen. U. S. A., retired.) 
 
 SECRETARY AND TREASURER, 
 Lieut. Colonel ALFRED C. SHARPE, Asst. Adjt.-Gen. U. S. A. 
 
 ASSISTANT SECRETARY AND TREASURER, 
 
 HISTORIAN, 
 Major G. CREIGHTON WEBB, Inspector-General U. S. V. 
 
 REGISTRAR-GENERAL, 
 Colonel PHILIP READE, U. S. A. 
 
 FIRST DIVISION REGISTRAR, 
 Major L. W. V. KENNON, 10th U. S. Infantry 
 
 SECOND DIVISION REGISTRAR, 
 Lieut. Col. JAMES T. KERR, A. A. G., U. S. A. 
 
 THIRD DIVISION REGISTRAR, 
 Colonel CHARLES MORTON, 7th U. S. Cavalry 
 
 FOURTH DIVISION REGISTRAR, 
 Lieut. Col. JOHN JACOB ASTOR, Insp 'r-Gen. TJ. S. V. 
 
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Hfomfora of (tattril 
 
 Major-General JOHN C. BATES, U. S. A. 
 Major-General JOSEPH WHEELEE, U. S. V. 
 
 Major-General J. FOED KENT, U. S. V. 
 
 Lieut. General ADNA E. CHAFFEE, U. S. A. 
 
 Major-General H. S. HAWKINS, U. S. V. 
 
 Lieut. Col. ALFEED C. SHAEPE, A. A. G., U. S. A. 
 
 Major G. CEEIGHTON WEBB, Insp 'r-Gen. U. S. V. 
 
 Colonel PHILIP EEADE, 23rd U. S. Infantry. 
 
 Major L. W. V. KENNON, 10th U. S. Infantry 
 
 Lieut. Col. JAMES T. KEEE, A. A. G., U. S. A. 
 
 Colonel CHAELES MOETON, 7th U. S. Cavalry. 
 
 Lieut. Col. JOHN JACOB ASTOE, Insp 'r-Gen., U. S. V. 
 
 Ex-officio. 
 
 Major-General WM. E. SHAFTEE, IT. S. A., retired. 
 
 Lieut. General S. B. M. YOUNG, U. S. A., retired. 
 
 Major-General S. S. SUMNEE, U. S. A. 
 
 Brigadier-General ADELBEET AMES, CT. S. V. 
 
 Major-General WALLACE F. EANDOLPH, IT. S. A., retired. 
 
 Brigadier-General CHAMBEES MeKIBBIN, U. S. A., retired. 
 
 Colonel THEODOEE EOOSEVELT, 1st IT. S. V. Cavalry 
 
 Brigadier-General E. D. DIMMICK, IT. S. A., retired. 
 
 Lieutenant-Colonel CHAS. DICK, 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry. 
 
 (Major-General Ohio National Guard) 
 
 Colonel GEO. A. HAEEIES, 1st D. C. Volunteer Infantry 
 
 (Brigadier-General D. C. Militia) 
 
 Colonel AETHUE L. WAGNEE, General Staff, IT. S. A. 
 
 JFtnanre (ftummttto 
 
 Major-General J. C. BEECKINEIDGE, U. S. A., retired. 
 Captain CHAELES D. EHODES, General Staff, U. S. A. 
 Captain LEEOY W. HEEEON, 1st D. C. Volunteer Infantry. 
 
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General Orders \ 
 No. 26. j 
 
 Headquarters U. S. Troops in Cuba, 
 Santiago de Cuba, July 19, 1898. 
 
 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 here- 
 tofore 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 disembark- 
 ing and overcame obstacles that even in looking back seem insur- 
 mountable. 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 
 well nigh impassable 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 immediately 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 
 
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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 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 in battle 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 patriot- 
 ism 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 accom- 
 plished, and will hold one another dear for having shared great 
 sufferings, hardships 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 
 achievements at Santiago, resulting in the surrender of the city 
 and all of the Spanish troops and territory under General Toral. 
 Your splendid command has endured not only the hardships and 
 sacrifices incident to campaign and battle, but in stress of heat and 
 weather has triumphed iover 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. 
 
(frgantHatum of % §>omty 
 
 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, culmi- 
 nating in the capitulation of the Spanish garrisons and the sur- 
 render 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 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps, 
 My Dear General: Santiago de Cuba, July 29, 1898. 
 
 I desire to suggest, in consideration of the custom in our 
 service and of the importance, historically and otherwise, of the 
 Santiago Campaign, that to commemorate the heroic work of our 
 brave little Army, and to more closely cement the feeling of com- 
 rady which now prevails among those who took part in the trying 
 duties incident thereto, that 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 accur- 
 ate maps of the field operations, and for the permanent organiz- 
 ation 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 
 approval, will you kindly meet with others at the Governor's 
 Palace, Santiago de Cuba, Sunday at 3 p. m., the 31st instant, 
 
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and please request each regiment under your command to send 
 one delegate to said meeting. 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 Gover- 
 nor's Palace at 3 o'clock P. M., July 31st, 1898. The meeting 
 was called to order by General Lawton, who briefly stated its 
 purpose. 
 
 Major-General Joseph Wheeler, U. S. V., was chosen tempor- 
 ary Chairman, and upon taking the chair said: 
 
 "Gentlemen: — I thank you for the honor of being called as 
 the temporary 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 perpetuate 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 Eevolution; 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 probably been more fruitful in results than 
 those of any of the wars I 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. ' ' 
 
 Major Alfred C. Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. V. 
 (Captain 22nd U. S. Infantry), was chosen Secretary. 
 
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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 Constitution 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. E. 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 Daiquiri 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 re- 
 turned 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 Constitution and By-Laws, submitted a report and draft of a 
 
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constitution. Major G. Creighton Webb proposed as a substitute 
 a constitution which 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 
 
 Eesolved, 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. 
 
 IV. 
 
 A reunion of the Society was held in Detroit, Mich., on July 
 16-17-18, 1903. The following was the programme of exercises: 
 
 Program 
 
 3FirHl Say, 3ttlg lBth 
 
 Parade 10:30 a. m. 
 
 Major Gen. A. R. Chaffee, U. S. Army, Grand Marshal. 
 
 Col. C. V. Hard, U. S. V., Chief of Staff 
 
 Drill by United States Troops . 3:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. 
 
 Exception, Eiver Excursion and Naval Parade . 8:30 p. m. 
 
 ^ermtn Say. 3July l?tlr 
 
 Convention of the Society at Masonic Temple 
 
 First Session . . . . 9:00 a. m. 
 
 Second Session . . . . 2:00 p. m. 
 
 Banquet 8:30 p. m. 
 
 ®hird Say, Jlulu 1BU? 
 Trolley Eide . .' . . • .10:00 a. m. 
 
 Drill by United States Troops . 3:30 p. m. and 8:00 p. m. 
 
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Jlttairpiiratum 
 
 At the Convention on July 17th, 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 there- 
 by 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 unin- 
 corporated association, duly authorized thereunto by said associa- 
 tion, for the purpose of accepting 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 
 provisions 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 Coun- 
 cil of the incorporated 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 15, 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 Assist- 
 ant Surgeons and authorized Volunteer Aides), who constituted 
 the expeditionary force to Santiago de Cuba and who worthily 
 participated in the campaign 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 Presi- 
 ident, four (4) Vice-Presidents, a Secretary and Treasurer, an 
 Assistant Secretary and Treasurer, a Historian, a Registrar Gen- 
 eral (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 regu- 
 lar 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 there- 
 after 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 ques- 
 tions 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 thin 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. 
 
 11. 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 Succession, to consist of those male blood 
 relatives of the first or second class to whom in the absence of 
 lineal descendants the right of inheritance to one (1) membership 
 may be devised by decedent members. Members by inheritance 
 shall include those who are lineal male descendants 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 
 
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campaign and who, had he survived, would have been eligible 
 to membership. 
 
 Honorary membership shall be conferred upon all duly ac- 
 credited 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 payment of dues, and shall not be entitled to vote. 
 {Adopted June 20, IQ04 ) 
 
 12. A suitable medal and insignia for the officers and mem- 
 bers 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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Ig-Eahts 
 gwteiu of % Army of Santiago to (Euba 
 
 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 disability 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 disability within the mean- 
 ing of this paragraph. 
 
 3. The Secretary and Treasurer will keep the records and 
 conduct the official correspondence of the Society, under the di- 
 rection of the President. He will keep a list of the members, 
 record all changes therein, and certify the same to the Eegistrar- 
 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 Membership duly issued, 
 and to all other instruments of the Society which may be appro- 
 priately attested under seal. 
 
 4. The Eegistrar-General shall be responsible for the collection 
 and safe keeping of all maps and all .official military reports re- 
 lating 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 
 
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named by the President, and provision will be made by this 
 Committee for a dinner, or such other suitable form of entertain- 
 ment as shall be deemed advisable for furthering the objects of 
 the Society. 
 
 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 verification 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 dis- 
 charged from the service of the United States, shall be dropped 
 from the rolls of the Society. {Adopted April 5, /goo) 
 
 Any member in good standing, or any person eligible to mem- 
 bership, may become a Life Member upon payment into the Treas- 
 ury of twenty-five dollars ($25.00). Life members shall be pro- 
 vided by the Secretary and Treasurer with appropriate certificates 
 of Life Membership. (Adopted April 30. 1901.) 
 
 8. The Eegistrar-General and the Historian shall constitute 
 a Committee to whom all applications for membership shall be 
 referred, and the duty of this Committee shall be to investigate 
 and verify the connection 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 Eegistrar-General shall keep the Official Eegister of 
 Membership, with the Eecord 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 Presi- 
 dent, Vice-Presidents, and other officers, may in like manner be 
 
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designated and referred to as the National President, Vice-Presi- 
 dent, etc. (Adopted April 30 1901.) 
 
 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 
 permanent 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 re- 
 invested, 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 endorsement is legally nec- 
 essary), 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 writ- 
 ing 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 Presi- 
 dent may direct, as "The Society of the Army of Santiago de 
 Cuba. ' ' ( Adopted April 30, 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 eligible to 
 membership in another Branch until the arrears are paid. ( Adopted 
 Sept. 30, 1904) 
 
 15. On and after Sept. 15, 1904, all members who were mus- 
 tered out of the United States Service during or after the Santiago 
 campaign as enlisted 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 Sept. 30, 1904. ) 
 
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Ittfimnatum 
 
 It is the desire of the Council to procure and publish a com- 
 plete register of all persons eligible to membership in the Society. 
 This will require considerable time and labor. Pending the prepar- 
 ation of this data the Council has authorized the enrollment of ap- 
 plicants upon the certificate of the Begimental, Battalion or Detach- 
 ment Commander. Staff .officers, whose record is not personally 
 known to some member of the Council, should procure the certificate 
 of their commanding General; Medical officers and members of 
 the Hospital Corps, the certificate of their Chief Surgeon or Senior 
 Medical Officer, and Non-Commissioned Staff Officers and other 
 enlisted men the certificate of their Company, Battalion, Eegi- 
 mental or Post Commander. 
 
 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 Major; papers to 
 
 be submitted before December 1st (see Announcements, Journal 
 
 M. S. I.). 
 
 A. C. SHAEPE, 
 
 Lt. Colonel and Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. A. 
 
 National Secretary and Treasurer. 
 Address: 
 
 Care of War Department, 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
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