Woman's Relief Corps. AUXILIARY TO THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC. National President-Calista R. Jones, Bradford, Vt. National Secretary-Mary Ellen Conant, Bradford, Vt. ་ This organization was created by the mothers, wives, daughters, and sisters of Union soldiers of the Civil War of 1861-65, for the purpose of aiding and assisting the Grand Army of the Republic, and to perpetuate the memory of their heroic dead," to "extend needful aid to the widows and orphans, to cherish and emulate the deeds of our army nurses," and to inculcate lessons of patriotism and love of country among our children and in the communities in which we live." The organization is composed of departments, which are subdivided into corps, as well as detached corps in several States where no departments exist. The year ending June 30, 1901, there were 3,106 corps and 144,387 members. Sons of Veterans, U. S. A. Commander-in-Chief-E. W. Alexander, Reading, Pa. Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Alfred H. Rawitzer, Omaha, Neb. Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Charles S. Davis, Washington, D. C. Adjutant-General-Horace H. Hammer, Reading, Pa. Inspector-General-E. F. Buck, Peoria, Ill. Quartermaster-General-Ned E. Bolton, Boston, Mass. Camp No. 1, Sons of Veterans, U. S. A., was organized in the city of Philadelphia, September 29, 1879. The organization is composed of lineal descendants, over eighteen years of age, of honorably discharged soldiers, sailors, or marines who served in the late Civil War. There are now about two thousand Camps, with a membership of one hundred thousand distributed among twenty-nine Divisions, corresponding to States, the general society or national body constituting the Commandery-inChief. Each Camp has its own officers, the head officer being the Captain. The principal officer of the Division is the Commander. National Association of Naval Veterans. Commodore Commanding-John O. Shaw, Bath, Me. Fleet Captain and Chief of Staff-I. D. Baker, Boston, Mass. Fleet Secretary-Hugh F. Madden, Bath, Me. The National Association of Naval Veterans was organized by delegates from the various associations of naval veterans throughout the Union at a meeting held in the City of New York, in January, 1887. Any officer, appointed or enlisted man who has served in the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, or United States Revenue Marine Service during any portion of the time between April 12, 1861, and August 25, 1865, who has not borne arms against the United States, or been convicted of any infamous crime, and who has been honorably discharged or resigned by an honorable acceptance of resignation, is eligible to membership in this association. There are 39 local associations under the national charter, a paid membership of over 8,500, and 3,000 contributing members. Association of Graduates of U. S. Military Academy. THE Association, in which all graduates of the Academy in good standing are eligible for membership, has for its object the cherishing of the memories of the Military Academy at West Point and the promotion of social intercourse and fraternal fellowship among its graduates. Its work has been largely historical and it attempts to keep the history of every graduate of the Academy, both in the army and in civil life. General George W. Cullum, on his death, gave to it its home in the magnificent Memorial Hall at West Point, and charged it with the perpetuation of his Biographical History of the Graduates of the Academy. The Association was formed as a result of a meeting called May 22, 1869, by General Robert Anderson, of Sumter fame, in the office of Dr. Horace Webster, West Point, 1818, President of the College of the City of New York. General Sylvanus Thayer, the Father of the Military Academy," was its first President. Officers for the year 1901-02: President-Lieutenant-General J. M. Schofield. Treasurer-Prof. Charles P. Echols. Secretary-Captain W. C. Rivers. Annual meeting in June, at West Point. Medal of Honor Legion. THE Legion is composed of officers and enlisted men of the Union Army who, during the Civil War, were awarded Medals of Honor for special acts of bravery and devotion. Fifteen hundred of these medals are worn by veterans of the army, and 600 by naval veterans, of which 69 have been awarded on account of the War with Spain. At the last annual convention the following officers were elected: Commander-Moses Veale, Philadelphia. Senior Vice-Commander-P. J. Kyle, Charlestown, Mass. Junior Vice-Commander-Charles A. Orr, Buffalo. Chaplain-James Miller, Philadelphia. Adjutant-W. J. Wray, Philadelphia. Quartermaster-Noble D. Preston, Philadelphia. JudgeAdvocate-Charles A. Clark, Cedar Rapids, Ia. Inspector-W. L. Hill, Portsmouth, N. H. Historian -J. Madison Drake, Elizabeth, N. J. Executive Committee-Stephen B. Corliss, Chairman, Albany, N. Y.; M. Emmett Urell, Washington; John C. Hunterson, Philadelphia; Sylvester H. Martin, Philadelphia; John F. Mackie, Philadelphia. Order of Endian Wars of the United States. Recorder Commander-Brig.-Gen. Judson D. Bingham. Vice-Commander-Col. John V. Furey. and Treasurer-Capt. Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A., 421 South Forty-fourth Street, Philadelphia. Assistant Recorder-Lieut. George R. Burnett. Historian-Brig. -Gen. Charles King. Council-Col. John A. Wilcox, Major John Brooke, Capt. John M. Walton, Major S. Bingham, Major Henry E. Smith. This order was instituted by officers of the United States Army in Philadelphia April 23, 1896. The objects are "to perpetuate the faithful services, heroism, and privations of the officers and soldiers of the Army of the United States of America, as well as of the auxiliary forces of the several States of the Union, in their successive campaigns conducted against a savage foe on our frontiers, in the interests of civilization and for the settlement and defence of our territories, at different periods in the history of our common country since the close of the War of the Revolution; and also to collect and preserve for publication a record of these services and other historical data relating thereto, as well as to unite in a fraternal bond of union all those who are entitled to membership therein." Societies of Spanish-American War Veterans. Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American War.-Instituted February 2, 1899. Commander-Col. Theodore Roosevelt. Senior Vice-Commander-Capt. Henry C. Taylor. Junior Vice-Commander-Brig. -Gen. Wallace F. Randolph. Secretary-Lieut. Walter J. Sears, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. Treasurer-Ensign Frank W. Toppan. Registrar-Lieut. Theodore C. Zerega. Chaplain-Charles H. Parks. Council-Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Brig. -Gen. J. W. Clous, Capt. Henry C. Taylor, Lieut. Alfred B. Frye, Ensign Frank W. Toppan, Major Parker W. West, Lieut. W. Butler Duncan, Jr., Brig. -Gen. Wallace F. Randolph, Lieut. Theodore C. Zerega, Lieut.Commander Leonard Chenery, Lieut. Walter J. Sears, Chaplain Charles H. Parks, Major L. L. Seaman, Major T. C. Chalmers, Capt. A. J. Bleecker, and Capt. John T. Hilton. Membership is composed of persons who served on the active list, or performed active duty as a commissioned officer, regular or volunteer, during the War with Spain, or who participated in the war as a naval or military cadet. Membership descends to the eldest male descendant in the order of primogeniture. Society of the Army of Santiago de Cuba.-Organized in the Governor's Palace at Santiago de Cuba, July 31, 1898. 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. 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 campaign between the dates of June 14 and July 17, 1898, and the officers of the Society elected are as follows: PresidentMajor-Gen. William R. Shafter, U. S. A. First Vice-President-Major-Gen. Joseph Wheeler, U. S. V. Second Vice-President -Major-Gen. J. Ford Kent, U. S. V. Third Vice-President-Major-Gen. John Coulter Bates, U. S. V. Fourth Vice-President-Major-Gen. Adna R. Chaffee, U.S. A. Secretary and Treasurer-Major Alfred C. Sharpe, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. A., Washington, D. C. Registrar-General-Major Philip Reade, Inspector-General, U. S. V. Historian-Major G. Creighton Webb, Inspector-General, U. S. V. Annual dues $1, life membership $25. No initiation fee. There are branch societies in Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Michigan, and Illinois. Military and Naval Society of the Porto-Rican Expedition.-Projected at Cagnas, Porto Rico, October 11, 1898. First annual meeting of the National Commandery held at Columbus, O., June 5, 1900. The Society is composed of the participants in the Porto Rico military and navy expeditions of 1898, and is divided into national, territorial, and local commanderies. Officers: National Commander-Lieut. -Gen. Nelson A. Miles. First Vice-Commander-Major-Gen. John R. Brooke. Second Vice-Commander-Rear-Admiral W. S. Schley, U. S. N. Third Vice-CommanderLieut.-Commander J. C. Gilmore, U. S. N. Fourth Vice-Commander-Col. D. Jack Foster. Corresponding Secretary-Brig.-Gen. John C. Gilmore. National Recording and Financial SecretaryCol. Geo. B. Donavin. National Treasurer-Major Fred. T. Jones. National Registrar-Major James Johnston, M. D. National Chaplain-Rev. Dr. J. C. Schindel. National Society of Spanish War Veterans.-Officers: Commander-in-Chief-Lieut. -Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Senior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Col. James H. Tillman, South Carolina. Junior Vice-Commander-in-Chief-Col. William H. Hubbell, New York. Inspector-General-Col. Frank H. Harrington, United States Marine Corps. Judge- Advocate- General-Major Charles E. Miller, Ohio. SurgeonGeneral-Dr. S. Clifford Cox, United States Navy. Sponsor-Miss Clara Barton. The uniform is mixed blue and gray as typical of the union of the North and South during the Spanish war. Rough Riders' Association.-Before the disbanding of the First Regiment United States Volunteer Cavalry, serving in Cuba, the members organized the Rough Riders' Association. All members of the regiment are eligible to membership in the Association, and membership descends to the eldest sons of original members, as in the Order of the Cincinnati, founded by the officers of the Revolutionary War. The following are the officers for the first year: President-Capt. Fred. Muller. Vice-Presidents-Col. Theodore Roosevelt and Brig.-Gen. Leonard Wood. Secretary-TreasurerCapt. W. E. Dame, Santa Fé, N. M. The next meeting of the Association will be in 1905. Distinguished Service Order of the U. S. A.-Was organized on the battlefield near Passy, Philippine Islands, July 1, 1899, by companions of the Medal of Honor Legion and comrades of the regular and volunteer forces of the United States, and all who were awarded the medal of honor and participated in the Battle of Manila Bay, May 1, 1898. The order works in the same lines adopted by the Medal of Honor Legion. Capt. William F. Lukes, late U. S. N., Brooklyn, N. Y., is commander. Naval Order of St. Louis.-Instituted May 1, 1898. Incorporated July 26, 1899. Senior Member-Capt. Caspar F. Goodrich, U. S. N. Treasurer-P. A. Paymaster T. Kinsey, late U. S. N. Secretary-P. A. Surgeon R. Lloyd Parker, late U. S. N., Pier 14 N. R., New York. The particular objects of the association are the continuation of the good feeling and fellowship begun while commissioned officers on board or with the United States steamship St. Louis, and to perpetuate the memory of the part that vessel and her consorts took in the Spanish-American War. National Association of Spanish-American War Veterans.-Incorporated December 14, 1899.-Its objects are to strengthen the spirit of fraternity engendered among those who served honorably in the military or naval service of the United States during the War with Spain or in the insurrection in the Philippines; to promote loyalty and patriotism; to inculcate the principles of equal rights and free government; to assist such former comrades in arms as need help and protection, and to extend needful aid to the widows and orphans of those who have fallen." All soldiers and sailors of the regular and volunteer army, navy, and marine corps of the United States who honorably served during the Spanish-American or Philippine war are eligible to membership." The organization now extends over 40 States, having over 300 local camps, with a membership of 25,000. The following officers for 1901-1902 were elected at the second national encampment at Buffalo, N. Y., September 10-12, 1901: Commander-in-Chief-Gen. James B. Coryell, Philadelphia. Senior Vice-Commander-Gen. William M. Kirby, Auburn, N. Y. Junior Vice-CommanderGen. T. E. Patterson, Chattanooga, Tenn. Adjutant-General-Col. William C. Liller, Lancaster, Pa. Quartermaster-General--Col. Edward J. Dimmick, Chicago. Inspector-General-Col. Russell B. Harrison, Indianapolis, Ind. Judge-Advocate-General-Col. Clay C. MacDonald, St. Joseph, Mo. geom-General-Col. Francis J. Adams, Great Falls, Mont. Commissary-General-Col. Stephen 0. Smith, Asheville, N C. Sur United Confederate Veterans. Commander-Gen. John B. Gordon, of Georgia. Adjutant-General and Chief of Staff-Major-Gen. George Moorman, New Orleans, La. Army of Northern Virginia Department-Commander, Lieut. -Gen. Wade Hampton, Columbia, S. C. Army of Tennessee Department-Commander, Lieut. -Gen. Stephen D. Lee, Starkville, Miss. Adjutant-General-Brig. -Gen. E. T. Sykes, Columbus, Miss. Trans-Mississippi Department-Commander, Lieut.-Gen. W. L. Cabell, Dallas, Tex. AdjutantGeneral-Brig. -Gen. A. T. Watts, Dallas, Tex. The Confederate Veteran, Nashville, Tenn., established by S. A. Cunningham, is the official organ of the association. This association was organized at New Orleans June 10, 1889. Its avowed purpose is strictly social, literary, historical, and benevolent. Its constitution says that it will endeavor to unite in a general federation all associations of Confederate veterans, soldiers, and sailors now in existence or hereafter to be formed; to gather authentic data for an impartial history of the war between the States; to preserve relics or mementoes of the same; to cherish the ties of friendship that should exist among men who have shared common dangers, common sufferings, and privations; to care for the disabled and extend a helping hand to the needy; to protect the widows and the orphans, and to make and preserve a record of the resources of every member, and, as far as possible, of those of our comrades who have preceded us in eternity. State organizations are authorized, and are called Divisions. The permanent headquarters of the association are at New Orleans, La. Number of Camps, 1,400. Number of members, according to last report, about 65,000. The last reunion of the veterans was at Memphis, Tenn., May 28, 29, 30, June 2, 1901. The next reunion will be at Dallas, Tex., April, 22, 23, 24, and 25, 1902. United Sons of Confederate Veterans. THE general society of this organization, which is composed of representatives of local camps throughout the United States, held its reunion at Memphis, Tenn., May 28-30, 1901. The following is the official roster: Commander-in-Chief-Judge R. B. Haughton, St. Louis, Mo. Adjutant-General and Chief of StaffWilliam Harmer Cocke, St. Louis, Mo. Judge-Advocate-General-Gus. T. Fitzhugh, Memphis, Tenn. Commissary-General-J. Elliott Riddell, Louisville, Ky. Inspector-General-L. H. Marreno, Jr., New Orleans. Surgeon-General-Dr. W. S. Greene, Aberdeen, Miss. Chaplain-General-Rev. Carter Helm Jones, Louisville, Ky. Quartermaster-General-S. D. Pearce, St. Louis, Mo. United Daughters of the Confederacy. President-Mrs. J. A. Rounsaville, Rome, Ga. First Vice-President-Mrs. M. M. Rosenberg, Galveston, Tex. Second Vice-President-Mrs. 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 Leigh, Norfolk, Va. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson and Mrs. M. C. Goodlett, of New York, are honorary presidents for life. The United Daughters of the Confederacy was organized at Nashville, Tenn., September 10, 1894. It is composed of the widows, wives, mothers, sisters, and lineal female descendants of men who served honorably in the army and navy of the Confederate States, or who served in the Civil Service of the Confederate States or one of the Southern States, or who gave personal services to the Confederate cause. There are local federations, governed by State divisions, which in turn are subordinate to the general organization. The objects of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, as stated in the constitution of the Society, are social, literary, historical, monumental, benevolent, and honorable in every degree, without any political signification whatever." It will endeavor: (1) To unite in the federation all bodies of Southern women now organized or that may hereafter be formed. (2) To cultivate ties of friendship among our women whose fathers, brothers, sons, and, in numberless cases, mothers, shared common dangers, sufferings, and privations; and to perpetuate honor, integrity, valor, and other noble attributes of true Southern character. (3) To instruct and instill into the descendants of the people of the South a proper respect for and pride in the glorious war history, with a veneration and love for the deeds of their forefathers which have created such a monument of military renown, and to perpetuate a truthful record of the noble and chivalric achievements of their ancestors. All with the view of furnishing authentic information from which a conscientious historian will be enabled to write a correct and impartial history of the Confederate side during the struggle for Southern independence. The organization now has over 550 chapters in the United States, North and South, with about 26,000 members. The last annual reunion was held at Wilmington, N. C., in November, 1901. The next will be at New Orleans, in November, 1902. Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. President-Gen. Bradley T. Johnson. Recording Secretary-Capt. William L. Ritter. Corresponding Secretary-John F. Hayden, Baltimore, Md. Treasurer-Capt. F. M. Colston. There are twelve vice-presidents and an executive committee of seven members. The Society of the Army and Navy of the Confederate States in the State of Maryland was organized in 1871, "to collect and preserve the material for a truthful history of the late war between the Confederate States and the United States of America; to honor the memory of our comrades who have fallen; to cherish the ties of friendship among those who survive, and to fulfil the duties of sacred charity toward those who may stand in need of them." The membership is 1,080. The annual dues are $1. Army and Navy Union. National Commander-Russell C. Paris, Albany, N. Y. Senior Vice- National Commander-G. L. Kuhlman, Cincinnati, Ohio. Junior Vice- National Commander-William Budy, St. Paul, Minn. Adjutant-General-John Schumacker, 401 Pulaski Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Inspector-General-M. G. Hackett, Washington, D. C. The Army and Navy Union was organized at Cincinnati and incorporated under the laws of Ohio in March, 1888. The national organization (called the National Corps) was organized in August, 1890. The Union admits to its ranks any man who possesses an honorable discharge from the United States service, either regular or volunteer army and navy or marine corps, whether said service was before, during, or since any war at home or abroad. The Union consists of 202 Garrisons, of which four Garrisons are at Luzon Island, P. I.; one at San Juan, P. R., and one at Honolulu, H.I. Patriotic Women's Societies. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. OFFICERS. President-Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner. First Vice-President-Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward. Second Vice-President-Mrs. James W. Gerard. Treasurer-Miss Helen Van C. De Peyster. Secretary-Mrs. Timothy Matlack Cheesman, 109 University Place, New York City. Historian-Miss Julia Livingston Delafield. Advisory Council-Henry E. Howland, Franklin Bartlett, Louis V. Bright. The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized in the City of New York May 23, 1890, and was the first society of women for this patriotic purpose founded in this country. It was incorporated April 23, 1891. The Society is purely patriotic and educational in its objects, which are: (1) To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions, and mementoes of the founders and builders of the thirteen original States of the Union, and of the heroes of the War of Independence, that the memory of their deeds and achievements may be perpetuated. (2) To promote celebrations of great historic events of national importance, to diffuse information on all subjects concerning American history, particularly among the young, and to cultivate the spirit of patriotism and reverence for the founders of American constitutional history. This Society has already a large membership and chapters in many States. It is a distinct organization from that which follows. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. President-Mrs. Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend. First Vice-President-Vacant. Second VicePresident-Mrs. Herbert A. Claiborne, Richmond, Va. Third Vice-President-Mrs. Samuel Colt, Hartford, Ct. Secretary-Mrs. William Reed, 103 Monument Street W., Baltimore, Md. Assistant Secretary-Mrs. J. J. Jackson, Baltimore, Md. Treasurer-Mrs. Alexander J. Cassatt, Philadelphia, Pa. Registrar-Mrs. Emil Richter, Portsmouth, N. H. Historian-Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. This society is a distinct organization from the one described in the first paragraph. The National Society is composed of delegates from the State societies. These exist in the thirteen original States and in twenty-one other States and the District of Columbia, and are all incorporated. The aggregate membership is over 4,000. The President of the New York State Society is Mrs. Samuel Verplanck. It is the sole custodian of the Colonial Museum in New York. Under the constitution of the National Society it is prescribed that the members shall be women "who are descended in their own right from some ancestor of worthy life who came to reside in an American Colony prior to 1750, which ancestor, or some one of his descendants, being a lineal ascendant of the applicant, shall have rendered efficient service to his country during the Colonial period, either in the founding of a commonwealth or of an institution which has survived and developed into importance, or who shall have held an important position in the Colonial government, and who, by distinguished services, shall have contributed to the founding of this great and powerful nation." Services rendered after 1776 do not entitle to membership, but are accepted for supplemental applications. There is no admission except through Colonial ancestry. DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. OFFICERS OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY. President-General-Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks. Vice-President- General (in charge of organization of chapters)-Mrs. Miranda Barney Tulloch. Vice-Presidents-General-Mrs. William P. Jewett, "Mrs. John A. T. Hull, Mrs. Washington A. Roebling, Mrs. Jay Osbourne Moss, Mrs. Julius C. Burrows, Mrs. William Lindsay, Mrs. George M. Sternberg, Mrs. Clark Waring, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs. A. A. Kendall, Mrs. Albert H. Tuttle, Mrs. J. Heron Crosman, Mrs. James D. Wynkoop, Mrs. S. B. C. Morgan, Mrs. James R. Melon, Mrs. Moses M. Granger, Mrs. Frank Wheaton, Mrs. Addison G. Foster, Mrs. Kate Kearney Henry. Chaplain-General-Mrs. William A. Smoot. Recording SecretaryGeneral-Mrs. Eleanor S. Washington Howard. Corresponding Secretary-General-Mrs. Robert Stockwell Hatcher, 902 F Street, Washington, D. C. Registrar-General-Miss Minnie Fogel Mickley. Treasurer-General-Mrs. Charles Carlyle Darwin. Historian-General-Miss Susan Riviére Hetzel. Assistant Historian-General-Mrs. Green Clay Goodloe. The Society was organized in the city of Washington, D. C., October 11, 1890. The headquarters are in Washington. Its present membership is reported by the Secretary-General to be about 35,000. Five hundred State chapters exist in forty-five States and Territories and the District of Columbia, presided over by regents. Chapter regents have been appointed for England and Canada. Any woman may be eligible for membership who is of the age of eighteen years, and who is descended from an ancestor who, with unfailing loyalty, rendered material aid to the cause of independence as a recognized patriot, as soldier or sailor, or as a civil officer in one of the several Colonies or States, or of the United Colonies or States," provided that the applicant shall be acceptable to the Society. Every application for membership must be indorsed by at least one member of the National Society, and is then submitted to the Registrars-General, who report on the question of eligibility to the Board of Management, and upon its approval the applicant is enrolled as a member. DAUCHTERS OF THE REVOLUTION. OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY. President-General-Miss Adaline W. Sterling. First Vice-President-General-Mrs. Nathaniel S. Keay. Second Vice-President-General-Mrs. James L. Chapman. Recording Secretary-General-Mrs. Carlton M. Moody. Treasurer-General-Miss Louise G. Bennett. Corresponding Secretary-GeneraiMrs. George B. Wallis, Jr. Registrar-General-Mrs. Joseph J. Casey. Historian-General-Miss Mary Augusta Kent. Librarian-General-Mrs. Alexander M. Ferris. Board of Managers-Mrs. Thomas Hill, Miss Florence O. Rand, Mrs. John A. Heath, Mrs. Henry Sanger Snow, Mrs. James B. Grant, Mrs. George F. Daniels, Mrs. David C. Carr, Mrs. George W. Hodges, Miss Tarquinia L. Voss, Mrs. Andrew W. Bray, Mrs. D. Phoenix Ingraham, Mrs. Mahlon D. Thatcher, Mrs. J. P. Geran, Mrs. Warren Springer. The General Society was organized in the City of New York August 20, 1891. Eligibility to membership is restricted to who are lineal descendants of an ancestor women PATRIOTIC WOMEN'S SOCIETIES-Continued. who was a military or naval or marine officer, soldier, sailor, or marine in actual service under the authority of any of the thirteen Colonies or States, or of the Continental Congress, and remained always loyal to such authority, or descendants of one who signed the Declaration of Independence, or of one who as a member of the Continental Congress or of the Congress of any of the Colonies or States, or as an official appointed by or under the authority of any such representative bodies, actually assisted in the establishment of American independence by service rendered during the War of the Revolution, becoming thereby liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain, but remaining always loyal to the authority of the Colonies or States." State societies exist in a large number of States. The office of the General Society is 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. UNITED STATES DAUGHTERS, 1812. President-General-Mrs. William Gerry Slade, N. Y. First Vice-President-General-Mrs. Alfred Russell, Mich. Second Vice-President-General-Mrs. Nelson V. Titus, Mass. Third Vice-PresidentGeneral-Mrs. Charles A. Dyer, Me. Secretary-General-Mrs. Leroy S. Smith, N. Y. TreasurerGeneral-Miss Helen G. Bailey, N. H. Curator-General-Mrs. R. G. Barry, Md. Historian-GeneralMrs. John B. Richardson, La. The office of the General Society is at 332 West Eighty-seventh Street, New York. Membership Qualifications-Any woman over eighteen years of age of good character and a lineal descendant of an ancestor who rendered civil, military, or naval service during the War of 1812, or the period of the causes which led to that war (subsequent to the War of the Revolution), may be eligible to membership, provided the applicant be acceptable to the Society. In all the States the initiation fee is $1. The officers of the Empire State Society are: President-Mrs. William Gerry Slade. First Vice- DAUGHTERS OF THE HOLLAND DAMES. Directress-General-Mrs. Eugene A. Hoffman. Board of Managers-Mrs. C. Roe, Mrs. A. C. Chenowith, Mrs. Richard R. Benson. Secretary-Mrs. L. Holbrook. The Daughters of Holland Dames, Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable Families of New York," was incorporated for the purpose of erecting a memorial to commemorate the early Dutch period of our colonial history, and to preserve and collect historical documents relating to the same. The headquarters are at New York. The American National Red Cross. INCORPORATED under the laws of the District of Columbia October 1, 1881. Reincorporated, April 17, 1893, for the relief of suffering by war, pestilence, famine, flood, fires, and other calamities of sufficient magnitude to be deemed national in extent. The organization acts under the Geneva Treaty, the provisions for which were made in International Convention at Geneva, Switzerland, August 22, 1864, and since signed by nearly all civilized nations, including the United States, which gave its adhesion by act of Congress March 1, 1882. Ratified by the Congress of Berne June 9, 1882. Proclaimed by President Arthur July 26, 1882. Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The officers of the American organization are: Board of Consultation-The President of the United States and Members of the Cabinet. Executive Officers-Clara Barton, President; Brainard H. Warren, First Vice-President; Stephen E. Barton, Second Vice-President; Ellen S. Mussey, Third Vice-President and Acting Secretary; William J. Flather, Treasurer. The Board of Control consists of fifteen members, whose names are, in addition to the above officers: Mr. Samuel M. Jarvis, Dr. Joseph Gardner, Mrs. J. Ellen Foster, Mr. H. B. F. MacFarland, Mr. Abraham C. Kaufman, Gen. Daniel Hastings, Mrs. James Tanner, Col. W. H. Micheal, and Mrs. W. B. Harrington. Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. THE Washington estate at Mount Vernon, Va., is under the care and direction of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union. The founder of the Association, in 1854, was Miss Ann Pamela Cunningham, of South Carolina. She was the first Regent, and was succeeded in 1873 in that position by Mrs. Macalester Laughton. She died in 1891, and the present Regent is Mrs. Justine Van Rensselaer Townsend, of New York (a great-granddaughter of General Philip Schuyler, and greatgreat-granddaughter of Philip Livingston, the signer of the Declaration of Independence). There are Vice-Regents for thirty-two States. United States Veteran Navy. ORGANIZED 1899. Fleet Officers-Commodore Flag Officer Commanding-F. H. Grove, 39 Burling Slip, New York. Fleet Captain and Chief of Staff-Will. E. Atkins, Cincinnati, Ohio. Fleet Commander-Charles Leimbach, Brooklyn, N. Y. "Fleet Paymaster-E. F. Dustin, Providence, R. I. Fleet Secretary-James S. Drew, 745 Columbus Avenue, New York. Qualifications for membership: 1. Service in the United States Navy or Marine Corps during the Civil, Spanish-American, Philippine, or China War, or in any wars that may come. 2. Or shipmates who served on board of any vessels of the United States Navy, United States Revenue Cutter Service, United States Lighthouse Tenders, and members of the Naval Reserve battalions who enlisted in the United States Navy during the Spanish-American War. Muster fee, $2. Dues, 25 cents per month. |