SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA.

The Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba is a military association which was projected before the sailing of the expedition which it aims to commemorate. In the camps at Tampa and on the transports which conveyed the troops to the scene of their achievements under the American Flag for the liberation of a people struggling under foreign oppression, the matter was discussed. It was not until the surrender of the city and province, however, that the project took definite form. With the approval of the Commanding General a call was issued by Major-Gen. H. W. Lawton, pursuant to which about seventy-five officers, representing all the troops then in front of Santiago, met in the Governor's Palace on July 31, 1898, and took preliminary steps for organizing the society. The organization was effected August 7. 1898, by electing Major-Gen. William R. Shafter, President; Major-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, First Vice-President, and Major Alfred C. Sharp, Secretary. The organization was completed at Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I., on September 15, 1898, by the adoption of a constitution and the election of officers provided for therein. The motto of the society, recommended by a committee of which the late Brig. Gen. William Ludlow, U. S. V.. was chairman, is, 'As He Died to Make Men Holy, Let Us Die to Make Men Free." Its purpose, as set forth in the constitution 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." Persons eligible to membership are all those 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 campaign between the dates of June 14 and July 17, 1898. Provision is made for perpetuation of the society through the admission of lineal descendants of persons eligible for original membership, and of those blood relatives of either of these two classes to whom, in the absence of lineal dscendants, the right of inheritance to one membership may be devised by a decedent member. Besides the central society there are branches in New York City, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, Worcester, Mass., Washington, D. C., and San Francisco. The total membership is upward of 3,000.

OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY.

President, Major-Gen. Wm. R. Shafter, U. S. A., retired; First Vice-President, Major-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. S. V. (Brigadier-General, U. S. A., retired); Second Vice-President, Major-Gen. J. Ford Kent, U. S. V. (Brigadier-Genral, U. S. A., retired): Third Vice-President, Major-Gen. John C. Bates, U. S. A.; Fourth Vice-President, Major-Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, U. S. A.; Secretary and Treasurer, Major Alfred C. Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. V. (Major of Infantry and A. A. G., U. S. A.); Historian, Major G. Creighton Webb, Inspector-General, U. S. V.; Registrar-General, Major Philip Reade, Inspector-General, U. S. V. (Lieutenant-Colonel, Twenty-fifth U. S. Infantry); First Division Registrar, Capt. L. W. V. Kennon, Sixth United States Infantry (Major Tenth U. S. Infantry); Second Division Registrar, Capt. James T. Kerr, Seventeenth U. S. Infantry (Lieutenant-Colonel and A. A. G., U. S. A.); Third Division Registrar, Capt. Charles Morton, Third U. S. Cavalry (Lieutenant-Colonel, Eighth U. S. Cavalry); Fourth Division Registrar, Lieut.-Col. John Jacob Astor, Inspector-General. U. S. V. These officers are ex-officio members of a council composed of Major-Generals S. B. M. Young, U. S. A.; H. S. Hawkins, U. S. V., and S. S. Sumner, U. S. V.; Brig.-Gens. Adelbert Ames, U. S V.; Wallace F. Randolph, U. S. V., and Chambers McKibbin, U. S. V.; Col. Theodore Roosevelt, First U. S. Vol. Cavalry; Capt. E. D. Dimmick, Ninth U. S. Cavalry (Lieutenant-Colonel, Second U. S. Cavalry), and Lieut.-Col. Charles Dick, Eighth Ohio Vol. Infantry; one vacancy existing. OFFICERS OF THE NEW YORK BRANCH.

President, Brig.-Gen. Hamilton S. Hawkins, U. S. V.; First Vice-President, Col. Theodore Roosevelt, U. S. V.; Second Vice-President, Col. Albert L. Mills, U. S. A.; Third Vice-President, Major G. Creighton Webb, U. S. V.: Fourth Vice-President, Capt. Woodbury Kane, U. S .V.: Secretary, Capt. Arthur F. Cosby, U. S. V., 62 William st., New York City; Treasurer, Čapt. Anthony J. Bleecker, U. S. V.; Council, Major Stephen Baker, U. S. A.; Capts. William H. Linson, U. S. V., and Stewart M. Brice, U. S. V.; Lieutenants A. L. Robertson, L. W. McLeod, R. M. Ferguson and George H. Wilson, all U. S. V.; Capt. William Astor Chanler, U. S. V.; Lieutenants Alfred H. Abeel, U. S. V., and Harris B. Fisher, U. S. V. Sergeants Henry Bull, Henry S. Van Schaick and John List, all U. S. V., and Corporal John F. Jenkins, U. S. V.

MEDAL OF HONOR LEGION.

The Medal of Honor Legion is a patriotic social organization composed of officers and enlisted men who have received medals of honor for distinguished conduct in action. The greater number of these medals were awarded to participants in the war for the preservation of the Union, under an act of Congress providing for this recognition. Veterans of the Spanish-American War and of the war in China have also been made recipients of the honor, and to these is open the privilege of membership in the legion. There are 550 members.

Commander. Moses Veale, Philadelphia, Pa.; Senior Vice-Commander, Patrick J. Kyle, Charlestown, Mass.; Junior Vice-Commander, Charles A. Orr, Buffalo, N. Y.; Chaplain, James Miller, Philadelphia, Pa.; Adjutant, Wm. J. Wray, Philadelphia, Pa.; Judge Advocate, Charles A. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia.; Surgeon, Gabriel Grant, M. D., New York City: Quartermaster, Noble D. Preston, Philadelphia, Pa.; Inspector, Wm. L. Hill, Portsmouth, N. H.; Historian, J. Madison Drake, Elizabeth, N. J.

AMERICAN FLAG ASSOCIATION.

From time to time one and another of the patriotic societies of the United States has appointed a committee charged with the duty of seeing that the flag of the nation receives that honor to which the emblem is entitled. The American Flag Association grew out of a growing perception of the necessity for such work as these committees were able to perform. Representatives of several of the Flag Committees held a meeting in New York City on July 15, 1897, and after considering the matter determined upon steps for the organization of such an association. Several other meetings were held, and the formal organization was completed at a mass meeting of all the Flag Committees then existing, which was held at the City Hall, New York City, on February 17, 1898. The object of the association is the fostering of public sentiment in favor of honoring the flag of our country, preserving it from desecration, and initiating and forwarding legal measures to prevent such desecration. The organization consists of the Flag Committee of patriotic socie ties, Grand Army Posts, etc., admitted by vote of the association or its Executive Committee, and any such society or organization not represented is invited to appoint a Flag Committee of thirteen members in order to be represented. There is also provision made for the admission of members at large, persons of any age or either sex being eligible. A fee of $5 secures life membership, and $1 is the fee for annual membership, except in the case of school children under eighteen years old, who are required to pay an annual fee of 10 cents only. As regards the membership of Flag Committees there are no compulsory dues, the association depending for support of its work upon the voluntary contributions of societies represented. These number about sixty at the present time. In voting every member has a voice, whether present or absent, as votes may be cast by proxy, if a member is unable to attend a meeting. The annual meeting is held on or about the 14th day of June, and officers are elected for one year or until their successors are chosen.

President, Colonel Ralph Earl Prime, Yonkers, N. Y.; Vice-Presidents, Lieutenant-General Nelson A. Miles, Washington, D. C.; Major-General O. O. Howard, Rutland, Vt.: Major-General J. C. Breckinridge, Washington, D. C.; Brigadier-General Frederick D. Grant, New York: Rear Admiral B. Gherardi, Stratford, Conn.: Rear Admiral Winfield S. Schley. Washington, D. C. Hon. Franklin Murphy, Trenton. N. J.; Major J. Langdon Ward, New York; Edward Hagaman Hall, New York: Mrs. Stephen V. White. Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Charles W. Lippitt, Providence, R. I.; Miss Mary V. B. Vanderpoel, New York: Secretaries, Theodore Fitch, No. 120 Broadway, New York; Mrs. J. Wells Wentworth, No. 251 West Eighty-seventh street, New York; Treasurer, Edward Payson Cone, No. 314 West Ninetieth street, New York. There is also an Executive Committee composed of the officers of the association and twenty other members.

NAVAL ORDER OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Naval Order of the United States developed from a meeting held informally on July 4, 1890, by a few gentlemen interested in naval history, an organization being effected under the title, Naval Commandery of the United States, on November 10, 1890. In conjunction with another society, since dissolved, a provisional organization of broader scope was effected on June 19, 1893, and the General Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States was fully constituted on August 15, 1893, the parent body becoming the Massachusetts Commandery. Commanderies have since then been instituted in Pennsylvania, New York, Illnois, District of Columbia and California. As now constituted the machinery of the order comprises these several bodies, together with a legislative body designated the Congress, composed of the general officers and six delegates from each commandery. This congress meets triennially on October 5, the anniversary of the adoption by Congress, in 1775, of the resolutions formally authorizing the fitting out of the first ships of the navy. The objects of the order are to transmit to latest posterity the glorious names and memories of the officers and men who have served the United States in battles fought on the water; to encourage research and publication of data pertaining to naval art and science, and to establish libraries in which to preserve all documents, rolls, books, portraits and relics relating to the navy and its heroes. The companions of the order are of two classes. The first class comprises commissioned officers, midshipmen and naval cadets, or corps or staff officers with relative rank as such, or appointed volunteer officers in line of promotion who were in actual service in the navy, marine_corps or revenue marine under the authority of any of the thirteen original colonies, or of the Continental Congress during the War of the Revolution, or in any of the subsequent wars of the United States, remaining in service or receiving honorable discharge. This class of membership is hereditary in accordance with the usual rules of primogeniture, passing along male lines of succession. No person who has ever borne arms against the United States, however, is eligible. The second class companionsship covers only the life of the recipient, and is open to enlisted men who have received the United States Naval medal of honor.

OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL COMMANDERY, 1901-1904.

General Commander, Rear Admiral John Grimes Walker, U. S. N., retired, Pennsylvania Commandery; Viee-General Commanders, Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N., New York Commandery: Rear Admiral George Eugene Belknap, U. S. N., retired, Massachusetts Commandery; Rear Admiral Smith Barker, U. S. N., New York Commandery: General Recorder, Lieutenant-Commander S. Hubbard, U. S. N., retired, New York Commandery; Assistant General Recorder, Rodney McDonough, Massachusetts Commandery; General Treasurer, Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, late U. S. N., New York Commandery; General Registrar, James Varnum Peter Turner, late U. S. N., Pennsylvania Commandery; General Historian, Major Richard Strader Collum, U. S. M. C., retired, Pennsylvania Commandery; General Chaplain, Rev. George Williamson Smith, D. D., LL.D., late chaplain U. S. N., New York Commandery. There is also a General Council, consisting of nine members. NEW YORK COMMANDERY.

The New York Commandery of the Naval Order of the United States was incorporated March 4. 1896, and is the largest one in the order, having 153 members. Its officers are as follows: Commander, Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N.; Vice-Commander. Lieutenant-Commander Leonard Chenery, U. S. N., retired; Recorder, Lieutenant-Commander Socrates Hubbard, U. S. N., retired; Treasurer, Jarvis Bonesteel Edson, late U. S. N.; Registrar, William Tibbits Salter; Historian, Medical Director George Worth Woods, U. S. N.; Chaplain, Rev. Frank Landon Humphreys, S. T. D.

MILITARY ORDER OF FOREIGN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States 18 an ssociation, historical in character and patriotic in aim, having for its scope the period of American history since national independence was achieved, and standing for the honorable principle of national defence against foreign aggression. It was founded in 1894 to perpetuate the names and services of commissioned officers who served either in the War of the Revolution, the war with Tripoli, the War of 1812, the Mexican War or the war with Spain. There are twenty-one State commanderies and a national commandery. The members, of whom there are about 1,600, are styled "Companions," and are in three classes-veteran, hereditary and honorary. In order to make membership a greater dignity the right is reserved to confer companionship upon only those officers of the army and navy and their direct descendants as shall be selected by formal action of the State commanderies. In other words, the order seeks the man, not the man the order. The organization has received the recognition of the United States Government, which authorizes the officers of the army and navy who have been admitted to companionship to wear the insignia of the order on all occasions of ceremony.

OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMANDERY.

Commander-General, Major-General A. S. Webb, late U. S. A.: Vice-Commanders-General, Major-General Charles F. Roe, N. G. N. Y.; Brigadier-General W. W. H. Davis, U. S. V.; A. Floyd Delafield, Hon. Horace Davis, LL. D.; W. De Lancy Howe, Brigadier-General George M. Moulton, Colonel T. V. Kessler, MajorGeneral H. A. Axline, U. S. V.; Colonel Milton Moore, U. S. V.; Captain Frank L. Green, U. S. V.; Colonel H. Ashton Ramsay, M. N. G.; Rear Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. N.; Dr. George B. Johnston. Captain Stephen Waterman, U. S. V.; Commander J. W. Bostwick, U. S. N.; Brigadier-General William J. McKee, U. S. V.; General Edward A. Campbell, U. S. V.; Colonel H. M. Seeman, U. S. V.; Captain Francis C. Kelley, U. S. V.; Brigadier-General W. W. Gordon, U. S. V.; Major-General L. N. Oppenheimer, U. S. V.; Secretary-General, James H. Morgan, New York City; Treasurer-General, Colonel O. C. Bosbyshell, Philadelphia, Pa.; Rgistrar-General, Rev. Henry N. Wayne; Historian-General, Captain Samuel E. Gross, U. S. V.; Judge-Advocate-General, Hon. Frank M. Avery: Chaplain-General, Rev. Dr. S. Ellis Stevens; Deputy Secretary-General, Major David Banks, Jr.; Deputy Treasurer-General, James T. Sands.

MOUNT VERNON LADIES' ASSOCIATION.

With a view to the preservation and care of the estate at Mount Vernon, Va., which was the home of Washington and where the great soldier-statesman died, the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union was founded in 1854 by Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Carolina, who was its first regent. The sum of $200,000 was raised by popular subscription, although not without difficulty, and in 1858 the association was able to purchase 200 acres of the estate. including the mansion and the tomb wherein rests all that is mortal of the first President. The Civil War interrupted the work of restoration which was contemplated, but it has been carried to completion since then, and the association adds yearly to its attractiveness and interest as an object to be visited by the tourist, influenced either by patriotism or by the spirit of historical research. The officers of the association are:

Regent, Mrs. Justine van Rensselaer Townsend, New York City; vice-regents, Mrs. Letitia H. Walker, North Carolina; Mrs. Mary T. Barnes, District of Columbia; Mrs. Margaret J. M. Sweat, Maine; Mrs. S. E. Johnson Hudson, Connecticut; Mrs. Emma R. Ball, Virginia; Miss Alice M. Longfellow, Massachusetts; Mrs. Jennie Meeker Ward, Kansas; Mrs. Ida A. Richardson, Louisiana; Mrs. Elizabeth B. A. Rathbone, Michigan; Mrs. Mary T. Leiter, Illinois; Mrs. Alice H. Hill, Colorado; Miss Harriet Clayton Comegys, Delaware; Mrs. Phoebe A. Hearst, California: Mrs. Rebecca B. Flandrau, Minnesota; Mrs. A. R. Winder, New Hampshire; Mrs. Georgia P. Wilder, Georgia; Mrs. George R. Goldsborough, Maryland; Mrs. Helen Field Conover, New Jersey; Mrs. Christine Blair Grahan. Missouri; Mrs. Mary Yeatman Webb, Tennessee; Miss Amy Townsend. New York; Mrs. William Ames, Rhode Island: Mrs. Chas. C. Harrison, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Frances C. Maxey, Texas; Mrs. Robert D. Johnston, Alabama; Mrs. Eugene van Rensselaer, West Virginia; Mrs. Charles F. Manderson, Nebraska; Mrs. John Julius Pringle, South Carolina; Mrs. William F. Barret. Kentucky, Mrs. Charles Danby, Indiana; secretary. Mrs. Jennie Meeker Ward. Ottawa, Kan.; treasurer, Mr. E. Francis Riggs, Washington, D. C.: resident superintendent, Mr. Harrison H. Dodge, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac, Va.; assistant superintendent, Mr. James Young, Mount Vernon, on the Potomac. Va.; advisory committee, Chief Justice Fuller, United States Supreme Court, Washington, D. C.; Mr. James Garter, New York.

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UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY.

The United Daughters of the Confederacy is a social, literary, historical, monumental and benevolent association, composed of the widows, wives, mothers, sisters and lineal descendants of men who rendered honorable service in the army and navy of the Confederate States, or who served in the civil service of the Confederacy or of any of the States embraced therein, or who gave personal service to the Confederate It was organized at Nashville, Tenn., September 10, 1894, Mrs. M. C. Goodlett, of that city, being the prime mover. In recognition of this service Mrs. Goodlett was subsequently made a permanent official of the organization, with the title of honorary president and founder. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, of Charlotte, N. C., is also an honorary president for life. The organization has 555 chapters, located in all parts of the United States, and has a total memebership of 26,227. The objects of the organization are in no sense political, but cover a range indicated by the characterization herein given to it. The duties it undertakes are to extend all necessary charity to the survivors of the war between the States, and those dependent upon them; to collect and preserve the material for a truthful history of the war; to protect historic places of the Confederacy; to record the part taken by Southern women, as well in untiring effort after the war in the reconstruction of the South as in patient endurance of hardship and in patriotic devotion during the struggle; to honor the memory of those who served and those who fell in the service of the Confederate States; and to cherish the ties of friendship among the members of the society. One great work which the society has set before itself to be accomplished is the erection of a monument to the memory of President Jefferson Davis, to be placed in Monroe Park, Richmond, Va. Following is a list of the officers of the association:

President, Mrs. James A. Rounsaville, Rome, Ga.; First Vice-President, Mrs. M. R. M. Rosenberg, Galveston, Texas; Second Vice-President, Mr. T. J. Latham, Memphis, Tenn.; Recording Secretary, Mrs. John P. Hickman, Nashville, Tenn.; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Virginia F. McSherry, Martinsburg, W. Va.; Treasurer, Mrs. James Y. Leigh, Norfolk, Va.; Custodian, Mrs. S. E. Gabbett, Atlanta, Ga.

UNITED SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS.

Simultaneously with the twelfth annual reunion of the United Confederate Veterans the General Society of United Sons of Confederate Veterans held its seventh annual reunion in the city of Dallas, Texas, on April 22, 23, 24 and 25, 1902. This organization is designed to perpetuate the memory of the events and men connected with the struggle to establish the Confederate States of America, which continued through the years 1861 to 1865. Its several constituted bodies consist of Camps, each designated by a name and number; sub-divisions of States. known as Brigades: State organizations, styled Divisions, and Organizations of States, known as Departments. The chief body is designated the Confederation. The Departments are: Army of Northern Virginia Department, formed of the States of Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Kentucky: Army of Tennessee Department, comprising the States of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Florida, and the Trans-Mississippi Department, composed of the States of Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, and the Indian Territory. There are 372 Camps, with a total membership of more than 15,000.

Commander-in-Chief, Thomas P. Stone, Waco, Texas; Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff, Homer D. Wade, Waco, Texas; Inspector-General, N. R. Tisdal, Fort Worth, Texas; Quartermaster-General, R. Hayne King, Waco, Texas; Commissary-General, M. O'Marra, Savannah, Ga.; Judge Advocate-General, Robert E. Lee, Burkes Station, Fairfax County, Va.; Chaplain-General, Bishop Thomas F. Gailor, Sewanee, Tenn.

ORDER OF FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA.

This is a patriotic and historical association which was organized on May 13, 1896, the anniversary of the founding of Jamestown, Va. That anniversary is fixed as the date for its annual meetings. The objects of the order are to associate men whose ancestors struggled together for life and liberty, home and happiness in this land when it was a new and unknown country, and whose line of descent from them comes through patriots who sustained the colonies in the struggle for independence; to teach reverent regard for the names, patriotism and deeds of the founders of the country and their patriot descendants; to Inculcate patriotism; to collect and preserve records and other historical matter relating to the first colonists and their ancestors and descendants; to commemorate and celebrate events in the history of the colonies and the Republic; and to carry out other patriotic and historical purposes. Membership is open to any man of good character, twenty-one years old, or older, and a citizen of the United States "who is lineally descended in the male line of either parent from an ancestor who settled prior to May 13, 1657, in any of the colonies now included in the United States of America, and one or all of whose intermediate ancestors in the same line, who lived in the period of the Revolution, from 1775 to 1783, adhered to the cause of the colonies." There are 454 members. The General Court of the order has supreme control, and is composed of seven Founders, the past and present general officers, nine councillors-general and the present officers of the State societies.

Governor-General. Ralph E. Prime, Yonkers. N. Y.; deputy governor-general, Gen. William F. Draper, Hopedale, Mass.; chaplain-general, Rev. Dryden William Phelps, New Haven, Conn.; secretary-general, Gen. Ferdinand P. Earle, New York City: treasurer-general, George Clinton Batcheller, New York City; attorney-general, Edward Lang Perkins, Philadelphia, Pa.; registrar-general, Teunis Dimon Hunting, New York City: genealogist-general, Hon. James Jerome Belden, New York City; historian-general, Franklin Whetstone Hopkins, Alpine, N. Y.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.

Commemorative of the good comradeship developed by service in the Union Army during the Civil War the Society of the Army of the Tennessee was organized at Raleigh, N. C., April 14, 1865. It is composed entirely of commissioned officers who served with honor in the Army of the Tennessee, and provision for its perpetuation is made by making their descendants eligible to membership. In its constitution its object is defined as being "to keep alive and preserve that kindly and cordial feeling which has been one of the characteristics of this army during its career in the service, and which has given it such harmony of action. and contributed, in no small degree, to its glorious achievements in our country's cause." The society usually holds a meeting annually, the last one at Indianapolis, Ind., November 13 and 14. 1901. No meeting was held in 1902, as it was decided to hold a reunion, the thirty-fourth, in May. 1903, at Washington, D. C., where the society will dedicate the statue of General Sherman, now in course of erection.

President, Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, New York City; Vice-Presidents, Gen. L. F. Hubbard, Red Wing, Minn.; Capt. Henry A. Castle, Washington, D. C.; Capt. Henry H. Rood, Mt. Vernon, Ia. Major A. W. Edwards, Fargo, N. D.; Gen. Fred. W. Moore, Cincinnati, O.; Capt. F. H. Madgeburg, Milwaukee, Wis.; Capt. S. S. Tripp, Peoria. Ill.: Capt. N. T. Spoor, St. Louis, Mo.: Col. Fred Welker, Montreal, Canada; Captain H. C. Adams, Indianapolis, Ind.; Capt. G. A. Busse, Chicago, Ill.; Mrs. Charles H. Smith, Cleveland, O.; Corresponding Secretary, Gen. A. Hickenlooper. Cincinnati, O.; Recording Secretary, Col. Cornelius Cadle, Cincinnati, O.; Treasurer, Major A. M. Van Dyke, Cincinnati, O.

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND.

This society, composed of veterans of the Civil War, was organized in February, 1868. Its objects are mainly social, to preserve the fellowship and the history of the Army of the Cumberland. Any officer or soldier of honorable record in that army is eligible for membership. The members number about four hundred, and the society has lost more than that number by death. Meetings are held annually and an annual volume of proceedings and historical matter is published. Gen. David S. Stanley. who was re-elected president at the last annual meeting, has since died, and the office will remain vacant until the annual meeting of 1903.

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: Corresponding Secretary. Gen. H. V. Boynton: Treasurer, Major John A. Tweedale. U. S. A.; Recording Secretary, Col. J. W. Steele: Historian, Major Charles E. Belknap: Executive Committee, Gen. J. Barnett, Capt. J. W. Foley, Gen. W. A. Robinson, Gen. Paul A. Oliver, Major W. F. Goodspeed, Gen. J. G. Parkhurst and the officers of the society, ex-officio.

SPANISH WAR VETERANS.

The Spanish War Veterans was the first society organized by men who participated in the SpanishAmerican War in any branch of the armed forces of the United States. It was incorporated November 28, 1899, its object being to keep alive the memories of the war with Spain, to promote the best interest of those who took part in it, in the service of the United States, and of their dependents; and to encourage and spread universal liberty and equal rights and justice to all men, as well as to inculcate the principles of freedom, patriotism and humanity. Those eligible to membership are soldiers and sailors of the regular and volunteer army, navy and marine corps who served honorably during the war with Spain or the insurrection in the Philippines. The society has members in every part of the country, and among those who are enrolled are President Theodore Roosevelt, Lieut.-Gen. Nelson A. Miles, General Joe Wheeler, MajorGen. Brooke, General Fitzhugh Lee and others prominently representative of all sections. The uniform of the society is of mixed blue and gray, typical of the complete refraternization of North and South under the flag of the Union. General J. Warren Keifer, of Ohio, was the first Commander-in-Chief and was suceeeded by Lieut.-Gen. Miles. Gen. William H. Hubbell, of New York, was elected to the position in August, 1902, but has since died, leaving a vacancy. Commander-in-Chief, ; Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, M. Emmet Urell, Washington, D. C.; Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief, Harold C. Megrew, Indianapolis, Ind.; Inspector-General, Bernard A. Reinold, New York City; Judge Advocate-General, Charles R. Miller, Cleveland, O.; SurgeonGeneral, Dr. S. Clifford Cox, Washington, D. C.; Chaplain, Rev. W. H. I. Reaney, U. S. N.; AdjutantGeneral, L. C. Dyer, Washington, D. C.; Quartermaster-General, Robert A. Brunner, Rutherford, N. J.; Sponsor, Miss Clara Barton, Glen Echo, Md.

SOCIETY OF VETERANS OF INDIAN WARS OF THE UNITED STATES.

The Society of Veterans of Indian Wars of the United States was organized in Philadelphia on April 23, 1896, by officers of the United States Army, to perpetuate the services, heroism and privations of officers and soldiers of the army, as well as of the auxiliary forces of the several States of the Union in wars with the Indians since the close of the War of the Revolution. One of its objects is to collect and preserve for publication a record of those services and historical data relating thereto. Membership is divided into three classes. The first class includes commissioned officers of the United States Army, active, retired, or honorably discharged, and officers of any State National Guard or militia, who have actually served or may hereafter serve in a strictly military capacity in the country occupied by hostile Indians. Those eligible for second class membership are lineal male descendants of members of the first class, or of those officers who would have been eligible, but who died without having become members. The third class is open to noncommissioned officers and soldiers who have received the medal of honor or certificate of merit from the United States Government, or who have been proffered, or recommended for, a commission, or who have been specially mentioned in orders by the War Department or their immediate commanding officer for services rendered against hostile Indians. No honorary membership is permitted.

Commander, Brevet Brig.-Gen. Judson D. Bingham, U. S. A., retired; Vice-Commander, Col. John V. Furye, Assistant Q.-M. General, U. S. A.; Recorder and Treasurer, Capt. Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A., retired; Assistant Recorder, Lieut. George R. Burnett, U. S. A., retired; Historian, Brig.-Gen. Charles King, U. S. A., retired; Council, Lieut.-Col. John A. Wilcox, U. S. A., retired; Major John Brooke, Surgeon, Ü. S. A., retired; Major Gonsalez S. Bingham, Quartermaster, U. S. A.; Capt. John M. Walton, U. S. A., retired; Major Henry E. Smith, late U. S. A.

UNITED STATES VETERAN NAVY.

The United States Veteran Navy was organized September 21, 1899, for the purpose of bettering the condition of all classes of naval veterans by providing for them a fraternal brotherhood which should extend a helping hand to all deserving and needy shipmates and their widows and orphans. Those who are eligible to membership are any commissioned officer or enlisted man who has served in the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Revenue Cutter Service, Naval Militia, or who has been sworn into the naval service, and whose name appears on the United States Navy pay rolls during any portion of the time between April 12, 1861, and August 25, 1865, or during the Spanish-American War, from the blowing up of the United States Battleship Maine to April 11, 1899, who has not being convicted of any crime against the Government of the United States of America, and who is now in the naval service, or who has been honorably discharged, or resigned by an honorable acceptance of resignation, or any commissioned officer or enlisted man of the United States Navy who, in years to come, may be in the United States Navy in time of war against an enemy of this Government.

The members of the society, now more than 2,900 in number, are divided among the eleven squadrons, which are located in New York City, Brooklyn, Providence, R. I.; Buffalo, N. Y.; Rochester, N. Y.; St. Paul, Minn.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Soldiers' Home, California; Jersey City, N. J.; San Francisco, Cal., and Norfolk, Va. The officers are:

Commodore, F. H. Gove, No. 39 Burling Slip, New York City; Fleet Captain, W. E. Atkins, Cincinnati, Ohio; Fleet Commander, Charles Leimbeck, Brooklyn; Fleet First Lieutenant, Joseph A. McGuinness, St. Paul, Minn.; Fleet Second Lieutenant, Ole T. Rund, Brooklyn; Fleet Secretary, James S. Drew, No. 745 Columbus avenue, New York City; Fleet Paymaster, Erdix F. Dustin, Providence, R. I.; Fleet Chaplain, Robert Edwards, Brooklyn; Fleet Surgeon, Dr. Lorenzo Traver, Providence, R. I.; Fleet Engineer, J. C. Cilley, Cincinnati, Ohio.

THE WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS.-Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic.

The Woman's Relief Corps was organized by the wives, daughters, mothers and sisters of the Union soldiers of the Civil War to assist the members of the Grand Army of the Republic in the perpetuation of the memory of their heroic dead; to extend needful aid to their widows and orphans by finding them homes and employment and insuring them of sympathy and friends; to cherish and emulate the deeds of the army nurses and all loyal women who rendered loving service to the country in her hour of peril, and to maintain true allegiance to the United States by inculcating lessons of patriotism and love of country in all communities and by encouraging the spread of universal liberty and equal rights to all.

The organization is divided into departments and corps, with detached corps in those States where no departments exist. In 1902 the society consisted of 35 departments, 13 detached corps and 3,080 corps, in which there was a membership of 145,000. Its headquarters is at Bradford, Vt., and the national officers are: National President, Calista R. Jones, Bradford, Vt.; National Senior Vice-President, Belle C. Harris, Emporia, Kan. National Junior Vice-President, Minnie M. Kyle, Chicago, Ill.; National Secretary, Mary Ellen Conant, Bradford, Vt.; National Treasurer, Sarah E. Phillips, Syracuse, N. Y.

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE PHILIPPINES.

The National Society of the Army of the Philippines is composed of soldiers and sailors who have served during the war in the Philippine Islands, and are either honorably discharged or are still in active service. The objects of the order are to promote sociability among its members and to assist those who need help. Annual reunions and meetings are held, that for 1903 to be at St. Paul the first Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in September.

The officers elected at the annual meeting in 1902 are: President, General Irving Hale, Denver; first vice-president, Lieutenant Donald McRae. Council Bluffs; second vice-president, Brevet Brigadier-General Alfred Frost, Evanston, Ill.; third vice-president, General Charles King, Milwaukee; fourth vice-president, Colonel J. W. Pope, Colorado; fifth vice-president. Brevet Brigadier-General Wilder S. Metcalf, Lawrence, Kan.; sixth vice-president, H. A. Crow, Connellsville, Pa.; secretary, F. M. Schutte, St. Paul; treasurer, C. B. Lewis, Colorado; chaplain, Rev. Charles Mailley, Nebraska.

NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. The Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War was organized in New York City, February 2, 1899, with an original membership of ninety-eight men, who served as commissioned officers of the United States in the war with Spain. Its objects are to cherish the memories and associations of that war; to unite and promote the ties of fellowship and sympathy formed by those who participated in it; to acquire and preserve records of individual service; to advance the best interests of the sailors and soldiers of the United States; to enforce unqualified allegiance to the general government, and to protect the rights and liberites of American citizenship, and maintain the national honor and union. Officers, regular or volunteer, who were on the active list or served actively in the United States army, navy, marine corps or revenue marine, during the war with Spain or the subsequent insurrection in the Philippines, are eligible to member. ship, if still in service or honorably discharged. Men who served in the war or during the insurrection as naval or military cadets, prior to April 1, 1901, are also eligible. Upon the death of any member of the order the eldest lineal male descendant, or nearest male heir in collateral branches of the family becomes eligible in successive order. At the present time there are a National Commandery and State Commanderies in New York, Massachusetts, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with a total membership of about 1,000. New York Commandery has headquarters at No. 170 Fifth avenue, New York City.

The

Commander, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, U. S. V.; senior vice-commander, Rear Admiral Joseph N. Miller, U. S. N.; junior vice-commander, Brigadier-General J. W. Clous, U. S. A.; recorder, Ensign A. J. Henriques, late U. S. N.; treasurer, Ensign Frank W. Toppan, U. S. N.; registrar, Ensign Eugene N. Robinson, late U. S. N.; chaplain, J. C. Welwood, U. S. V. The Board of Officers consists of these officers, excepting the recorder, and includes a council composed of Lieutenant W. J. Sears, U. S. N.; Brigadier-General W. F. Randolph, U. S. A.; Captain G. N. Whistler, U. S. A.; Major-Surgeon L. L. Seaman, U. S. V.; P. A. Engineer A. B. Fry, late U. S. N.; Ensign A. J. Henriques, late U. S. N.; Captain Champe S. Andrews, U. S. V.; Lieutenant Paul R. Towne, U. S. V., and Lieutenant G. B. Townsend, late U. S. N.

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR VETERANS.

The National Association of Spanish-American war veterans was organized and incorporated at Trenton, N. J.. December 14, 1899. Its objects are to strengthen the spirit of fraternity engendered among those who served honorably in the military and naval service of the United States during the war with Spain or in the insurrection in the Philippines; to promote loyalty and patriotism and to inculcate the principles of equal rights and free government. All soldiers and sailors, regular or volunteer, who served honorably with army, navy or marine corps in these events are eligible to membership. Camps are organized in all parts of the United States, including Porto Rico and Hawail, and there are camps in Cuba. There are thirty-eight departments in as many States and Territories, and a national headquarters at Lancaster, Pa. The total membership is about 30,000. Among the members are President Roosevelt, Lieutenant-General Miles, Major-Generals Shafter, Fitzhugh Lee, Joseph Wheeler, MacArthur and Leonard Wood, AdjutantGeneral Corbin and Brigadier-General Frederick Funston. Colonel William Cary Sanger, Assistant Secretary of War, is department commander for the State of New York. The officers of the national association are as follows:

Commander-in-chief, Colonel Richard Henry Savage, New York; senior vice-commander-in-chief, General Owen Summers, Oregon; junior vice-commander-in-chief, Captain John B. McFarland, Mississippi; adjutantgeneral, Colonel William C. Liller, Lancaster, Pa.; quartermaster-general, Captain Walter F. Walker, New Hampshire; inspector-general, Major Alexander M. Harvey, Kansas; surgeon-general, Major E. M. Brown, Washington; judge advocate-general, Colonel R. M. Townsend, New York.

ARMY AND NAVY UNION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

This Union, organized at Cincinnati, was incorporated under the laws of Ohio in March, 1888, to bring together in benevolent and social fellowship those who have served honorably in the army, navy or marine corps of the United States, and to foster any proper movement to promote legislation for the benefit of those in service, and to secure employment for those honorably returning to civil life. It is composed of more than sixty garrisons, which are subordinate to the National Corps, organized in August, 1890. nearly 3,000 members. Any honorably discharged soldier, sailor or marine is eligible to membership, without regard to time or length of his service. During the past year the Union has established an endowment and funeral benefit fund which has already proved a blessing to the families of deceased comrades.

There are

National commander, Russel C. París, Sandy Hill, N. Y.; senior vice national commander, William Budy, St. Paul, Minn.; junior vice national commander, Hugh H. Henry, Phoebus, Va.; adjutant-general, John Schumacher, Brooklyn, N. Y.; inspector-general, Michael J. Hackett, Washington, D. C.

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, LADIES OF NAVAL VETERANS.

The National Association of Ladies of Naval Veterans is an organization formed to assist all families of naval men who may need assistance, and also in general ways to inculcate patriotism, especially in the rising generation. It was instituted May 24, 1894, in Providence, R. I., and its machinery includes, in addition to the National Association, a local organization or "Port," eight in number at present, and located respectively at Providence, R. I. (No. 1); New Bedford, Mass. (No. 2); Salem, Mass. (No. 3); Baltimore, Md. (No. 4); Philadelphia, Pa. (Nos. 5 and 7); Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. (No. 6), and Detroit, Mich. (No. 8). There are about thirty members attached to each "Port," and the National Association includes a number of members unattached. A beautiful observance recently introduced among the features of the National Memorial Day, originated in the thought of Mrs. Armitage S. C. Forbes, of Los Angeles. Cal., and which this association aims to make permanent, is the strewing of flowers upon the ocean, or other bodies of water, in the memory of sailors and marines who lost their lives in the country's service and are buried in watery graves. In recognition of the worthiness of her thought Mrs. Forbes was made an honorary member of the association by vote passed at the eighth annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio, September 12, 1901. The ninth annual convention was held in Washington, D. C., on October 6, 1902, and the following officers were elected for 1902-1903:

Captain Commander, Mrs. Margaret B. Dixon, Detroit, Mich.; commander, Mrs. M. J. Craig, Philadelphia, Pa. lieutenant commander, Mrs. Ada L. Shannon, Philadelphia, Pa.; senior lieutenant, Mrs. Cora B. Stone. Baltimore; lieutenant, Mrs. Ellen M. Buxton, Peabody, Mass; fleet paymaster, Mrs. Mary E. Baker, Boston, Mass.: fleet surgeon, Mrs. Margaret Gammons, Minneapolis, Minn.; fleet chaplain, Mrs. Lena Raddatz, Philadelphia, Pa.; national secretary, Mrs. S. E. Reynolds, Eaton, Ohio; chief of staff, Mrs. Annie R. Sears, Baltimore, Md.; national boatswain, Mrs. Agnes Mealon, Philadelphia, Pa.; national historian, Mrs. Jennie Laird, Providence, R. I.

ROUGH RIDERS' ASSOCIATION.

Members of the First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry, enlisted for service in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, and known as the "Rough Riders," organized an association, prior to the disbandment of the regiment, with the object of perpetuating the memories of the war and promoting a lasting friendship among the members of the command. The Rough Riders' Association was the name chosen. All members of the regiment are eligible to membership in the association, and provision is made for hereditary membership, descending to the eldest sons of original membership, as in the Society of the Cincinnati and other patriotic organizations. There are at present 100 members, and honorary membership has been conferred on Captain John H. Parker, Twenty-eighth U. S. Infantry; Richard Harding Davis, Edward Marshall and Miguel A. Otero. The next meeting of the association is to be held at San Antonio, Texas, on a date to be fixed by the Executive Committee. Following is the list of officers:

President, Captain Frederick Muller, Santa Fe, N. M.; Vice-President, D. J. Leahy, Raton, N. M.; Secretary, Captain W. E. Dame, Albuquerque, N. M.