Presentation of diamond pin and life membership in St. Petersburg ILLUSTRATIONS Chauncey W. Herrick, commander in chief_ Michael F. Kelly, assistant inspector general_ Otto W. Meier, judge advocate general_. W. D. Tucker, national historian.... Samuel Griffith, chaplain in chief_ Carmi A. Thompson, chairman national legislative committee_ Peter A. Nealis, provost marshal___ Wilhelmina Borkmeier, president general National Auxiliary_ Facing page Frontispiece. 72 73 76 77 84 85 108 109 134 152 153 155 162 163 294 295 A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS, UNITED SPANISH WAR VETERANS, Washington, D. C., December 23, 1925. THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES: There is transmitted herewith the proceedings of the Twentyseventh National Encampment of the United Spanish War Veterans, held at St. Petersburg, Fla., September 27 to October 1, 1925, which is submitted in accordance with Public Resolution No. 25, Sixty-eighth Congress, approved June 6, 1924, for printing as a House document. JAS. J. MURPHY, Quartermaster General. VII |