mander-general, General Alexander S. Webb, U. S. A.; vice-commanders-general, General W. W. H. Davis, Augustus F. Delafield, Horace Davis, Rodney Macdonough, General Charles F. Roe, Captain Samuel E. Gross, Colonel T. V. Kessler, Major-General Henry A. Axline, U. S. V.; Colonel Milton Moore, Captain Frank L. Greene, U. S. V.; Colonel H. Ashton Ramsay, Admiral John G. Walker, U. S. N.; Dr. George Ben Johnston, Captain Stephen Waterman, U. S. V.; Commander J. W. Bostrik, U. S. N., and Brigadier-General William J. McKee, U. S. V.; secretary-general, James H. Morgan, St. Paul Building, New-York City; treasurer-general, Edward S. Sayres, Philadelphia, Penn.; registrar-general, Henry N. Wayne; historian-general, Captain Samuel E. Gross; chaplain-general, the Rev. C. Ellis Stevens, LL. D., D. C. L. There are sixteen subordinate or State commanderies. The secretary of the New-York Commandery is Charles P. Robinson, No. 31 Nassau-st., New-York City. SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. Principal officers.-Governor-general, Frederick J. de Peyster; secretary-general, Walter L. Suydam, New-York City, N. Y.; treasurer-general, Edward Shippen, Philadelphia, Penn. A deputy governor-general is elected from each State society. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, may be eligible to membership in the Society of Colonial Wars, who is lineally descended in the male or female line from an ancestor who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor or marine, or as a privateersman, under authority of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775; or, who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned, either as directorgeneral, vice-director-general or member of the council or legislative body, in the Colony of New-Netherlands; Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy Governor, lord proprietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or legislative body, in the Colonies of New-York, New-Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware; lord proprietor, Governor, Deputy Governor or member of the Council or legislative body, in Maryland and the Carolinas; Governor, Deputy Governor, Governor's assistant or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New-England, or body of assistants or legislative body in any of the New-England Colonies. COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA. The Society of the Colonial Dames of America was organized May 23, 1890, and incorporated April 13, 1891. It was the first society of women for purely patriotic purposes ever founded in this country. Its objects are: (1) To collect and preserve relics, manuscripts, traditions and mementos 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. Officers: President, Mrs. John Lyon Gardiner; vice-presidents, Mrs. Thomas Wren Ward and Mrs. James W. Gerard; treasurer, Mrs. Oscar Egerton Schmidt; secretary, Mrs. Timothy M. Cheesman. Headquarters, No. 109 University Place, NewYork City, N. Y. NAVAL AND MILITARY ORDER OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. Incorporated June 1, 1899. Objects: To cherish the memories and associations of the war waged against Spain; to unite and promote the ties of fellowship and sympathy formed by those who participated in the said war and to acquire and preserve the records of their individual services; to advance the best interests of the soldiers and sailors of the United States; to enforce unqualified allegiance to the General Government; to protect the rights and liberties of American citizenship, and to maintain the National honor and Union. The membership is limited to those 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. The principal officers are: Commander, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt; senior vicecommander, Rear-Admiral J. N. Miller, U. S. N.; junior vice-commander, BrigadierGeneral Eugene Griffin; secretary, Surgeon M. H. Crawford, U. S. N.; treasurer, Ensign Frank W. Toppan, U. S. N.; registrar, Ensign Eugene N. Robinson, late U. S. N.; chaplain, J. C. Wellwood, U. S. V. WAR. NATIONAL SOCIETY OF THE SPANISH-AMERICAN Organized August 12, 1898. Objects-The commemoration of the deeds of the heroic dead of the war between the United States and Spain and the wars resulting therefrom; the recognition of the brave deeds of the heroes of these wars who have been spared; the inculcation of true patriotism in American youth. President, Clara Barton, Washington, D. C.; vice-presidents, Admiral George Dewey, U. S. N.; RearAdmiral W. S. Schley, U. S. N.; Lieut.-General Nelson A. Miles, U. S. A., and Mrs. John A. Logan; National executive officer, Guy Carleton Lee, Ph. D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore; secretary, Dr. Hildegarde H. Langsdorf, Carlisle, Penn.; treasurer, Commonwealth Bank, Baltimore, Md. OF NAVAL VETERANS. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION Organized 1887. Commodore commanding, Frederick E. Haskins, Brooklyn; fleet captain and chief of staff, James A. Miller, Athens, Ohio; fleet commander, John O. Shaw, Bath, Me.; fleet lieutenant-commander, August H. Runge, Minneapolis, Minn.; fleet lieutenant, James H. Eagan, Joliet, Ill.; fleet master, Philip W. Hager, Louisville, Ky.; fleet ensign, John H. Butler, Eaton, Ohio; fleet surgeon, William E. Atwell, Zanesville, Ohio; fleet paymaster, I. D. Baker, Boston; fleet engineer, Thomas W. Farnum, Philadelphia; fleet chaplain, A. S. McWilliams, Detroit; fleet secretary, W. H. S. Banks, No. 41 Ryerson-st., Brooklyn; fleet historian, William Simmons, Philadelphia; fleet boatswain, Louis Bennett, Baltimore. LADIES' NAVAL VETERANS' ASSOCIATION.-Captain commander, Mrs. Margaret B. Diron, Detroit; commander, Mrs. Eliza A. Wichter, Jersey City, N. J.; lieutenant-commander, Mrs. Henrietta Bower, Philadelphia; senior lieutenant, Mrs. Mary Gerry, Minneapolis; lieutenant, Mrs. Louise Rung, Minneapolis; fleet paymaster, Mrs. Ellen E. Traver, Providence; fleet surgeon, Mrs. Agnes Nealon, Philadelphia; fleet chaplain, Mrs. Lena Raddatz, Philadelphia; National secretary, Mrs. Sarah E. Reyn olds, Eaton, Ohio; chief of staff, Miss Annie R. Sears, Baltimore; National boatswain, Miss Minnie Rogers, Salem, Mass.; National historian, Mrs. Hannah Southwich, NewBedford, Mass. SOCIETY OF VETERANS OF INDIAN WARS. Organized April 23, 1896. Objects: To perpetuate the faithful services, heroism and privations of the officers and soldiers of the Army of the United States, as well as of the auxiliary forces of the several States of the Union, in the campaigns against the Indians on the frontiers, in the interests of civilization and for the settlement and defence of the Territories; 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. There are three classes of members. The first class includes commissioned officers of the Army, on the active or retired list, or those who have become honorably separated from the service, of good moral character and reputation, and who have or may hereafter serve in the Army in an Indian war in a strictly military capacity; also any officer of a State National Guard or Militia meeting the above requirements, and who regularly served under a commission from the Governor of a State or Territory. The second class includes lineal male descendants of members of the first class, or of officers who served subsequent to January, 1784, who would have been thus eligible, but who died without such membership. The third class includes non-commissioned officers and soldiers who have received the medal of honor or certificate of merit from the United States, or who have been proffered or recommended for a commission, or who have been specially mentioned in orders by the War Department or their commanding officer for services in an Indian war. The principal officers are: Commander, Brigadier-General Judson D. Bingham, U. S. A.; vice-commander, Colonel John V. Furey, U. S. A.; recorder and treasurer, Captain Henry Hobart Bellas, U. S. A.; assistant recorder, Lieutenant George R. Burnett, U. Š. A.; historian, Brigadier-General Charles King, U. S. V.; council, Brigadier-General Thomas M. Anderson, U. S. A.; Colonel John A. Wilcox, U. S. A. Major John Brooke, U. S. A.; Captain John M. Walton, U. S. A.; Major Gonzales S. Bingham, U. S. V. FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA. Organized, New-York City, May 13, 1896.-Objects: To bring together the descendants of the founders of the country and those patriots who fought in the Revolution; to teach reverent regard for their names, their deeds and their heroism; to inculcate patriotism among the members; to discover, collect and preserve records, manuscripts, monuments and history relating to the genealogy and history of the first colonists and their ancestors and descendants, and to commemorate and celebrate events in the history of the Colonies and Republic. Eligibility: Any man above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, a citizen of the United States and who is lineally descended in the male line of either parent from an ancestor who settled in any of the original colonies, from May 13, 1607, to May 13, 1657, and whose intermediate ancestors adhered as patriots to the cause of the Revolutionary War. Officers: Governor-general, William Winton Goodrich, New-York; deputy governor-general, Captain Samuel Emlen Meigs, Pennsylvania; chaplain-general, the Rev. William Reed Eastman, New-York; secretary-general, Theodore Fitch, New-York; treasurer-general, Julius Merrill Foote, New-Jersey; attorney-general, Colonel Henry Woodward Sackett, New-York; registrar-general, Dr. William Anderson Mitchell, New-York; genealogistgeneral, Colonel Charles Alexander Jewell, Connecticut; historian-general, Professor James W. Moore, Pennsylvania. UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY. An incorporated auxiliary society composed of near relatives and lineal descendants of Confederate soldiers. The work is educational, memorial, social, literary and benevolent. The certificate of membership is affixed with the great seal of the Confederate States and the colors red, white, red. The badge or pin is the first flag of the Confederacy in a laurel wreath. The National convention is held on the second Wednesday in November. Officers: President, Mrs. Edwin G. Weed, Jacksonville, Fla.; first vice-president, Mrs. W. W. Read, New-York City; second vice-president, Mrs. S. T. McCullough, Staunton, Va.; recording secretary, Mrs. John P. Hickman, Nash ville, Tenn.; corresponding secretary, Miss Mary F. Meares, Wilmington, N. C.; treasurer, Mrs. J. Jefferson Thomas, Atlanta, Ga. GENERAL SOCIETY OF THE WAR OF 1812. The General Society of the War of 1812 was organized September 14, 1814. It is composed of State Societies, the members of each of which are borne upon the membership roll of the General Society. Any male person above the age of twenty-one years who participated in or who is a lineal descendant of one who served during the War of 1812, in the Army, Navy, Revenue-Marine or Privateer Service of the United States, and who is of good moral character and reputation, may become a member. The officers are: President general, John Cadwaladar, of Philadelphia, Penn.; secretary general, Captain Henry H. Bellas, U. 9. A., No. 421 South Forty-fourth-st., Philadelphia, Penn.; treasurer general, Charles Williams, Philadelphia, Penn.; register general, Albert K. Hadel, M. D., Baltimore, Md. Organized New-York, December 22, 1894, by lineal descendants of the Mayflower Pilgrims "to preserve their memory, their records, their history and all facts relating to them, their ancestors and their posterity." Every lineal descendant over eighteen years of age, male or female, of any passenger of the voyage of the Mayflower which terminated at Plymouth, Massachusetts, December, 1620, including all signers of "The Compact, are eligible to membership. Initiation fee, $10; annual dues, $5. The annual meeting is held November 21, the anniversary of the signing of "The Compact." Societies are organized in New-York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois, New-Jersey and the District of Columbia with a membership of 2,500. The officers of the New-York society are: Governor, John Taylor Terry; deputy-governor, William Winton Goodrich; elder, the Rev. Dr. Brady Electus Backus; secretary, Jeremiah Richards, No. 83 to 87 Grand-st.; treasurer, William Lanman Bull; historian, Richard Henry Greene. The State societies have formed a National organization, of which Henry E. Howland is governor and Richard Henry Greene secretary-general. AMERICAN FLAG HOUSE AND BETSY ROSS MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION. Organized 1898. Headquarters, No. 239 Arch-st., Philadelphia, Penn. OfficersEdward Brooks, president; Adam H. Fetterholf, vice-president; John Quincy Adams, secretary; George C. Batcheller, treasurer. The objects of the association are to purchase and preserve the historic building in which the first flag of the United States was made by Betsy Ross, and subsequently adopted by Congress June 14, 1777, and to erect a National memorial in honor of the maker. AMERICAN FLAG ASSOCIATION. The American Flag Association was organized February 17, 1898, its motto being "One Flag, One Country, God Over All." Its object is to secure National and State legislation for the protection of the flag from degrading and desecrating uses, and to secure a general celebration of June 14 as "Flag Day" because on that day in 1777 Congress enacted "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, repre senting a new constellation." The officers of the association are: President, Colonel Ralph E. Prime, Yonkers, N. Y.; secretaries, General Thomas Wilson, U. S. A., and Edward H. Hall, New-York City, N. Y.; treasurer, Major J. Langdon Ward, New-York City. SPANISH WAR VETERANS. Commander-in-Chief, General Nelson A. Miles; senior vice-commander-in-chief, Colonel James H. Tillman, of South Carolina; junior vice-commander-in-chief, Colonel William H. Hubbell, of New-York; inspector-general, Colonel Frank H. Harrington, U. S. M. C.; judge-advocate-general, Major Charles E. Miller, of Ohio; surgeon-general, Dr. S. Clifford Cox, U. S. N.; sponsor, Miss Clara Barton; Council of Administration, Colonel M. Emmet Urell, of the District of Columbia; Captain Henry D. Green, of Pennsylvania; Captain Bernard F. Reinold, of New-York; John H. Hopper, of NewJersey; Max Fleischman, of Ohio; Otto L. Sues, of North Dakota; Major Harold C. Megrew, of Indiana. The last convention decided on a uniform of mixed blue and gray as typical of the union of the North and South during the Spanish war. SOCIETY OF ARMY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Incorporated May, 1899. Officers: President, Major-General William R. Shafter, U. S. A.; vice-president, Major-General Joseph Wheeler; secretary, Major Alfred C. Sharp, U. S. A. Council-Major-General S. B. M. Young, U. S. V.; Major-General H. S. Hawkins, U. S. V.; Major-General A. R. Chaffee, U. S. V.; Major-General William Ludlow, U. S. V.; Major-General S. S. Sumner, U. S. V.; Brigadier-General Adelbert Ames, U. S. V.; Brigadier-General Wallace F. Randolph, U. S. V.; BrigadierGeneral Chambers McKibbin, U. S. V., and Colonel Theodore Roosevelt, 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry. Lieutenant-Colonel J. D. Miley, who was a member of the council, is dead. NATIONAL AND OTHER SOCIETIES AND NAMES AND Frank F. Mackay, Bay Ridge, L. I. ADDRESSES Prof. R. S. Woodward, Columbia Univer- Leonard H. Conant, New-York. John Williams White, Cambridge, Mass. Major-Gen. W. S. Sewell, Camden, N. J... L. S. Drew, South Burlington, Vt. Col. John Campbell, U. S. A., Cold Spring, Walker Hill, St. Louis. Edmund Wetmore, New-York.. Professor Byron D. Halstead, New-Brunswick, N. J... Leonhard Michel, Brooklyn, N. Y. W. D. Gates, Chicago, Ill.. Rev. Michael J. Lavelle, New-York. Bishop Isaac W. Joyce, Minneapolis. George P. Sheldon, New-York. Daniel C. Ripley, Pittsburg. F. B. OF OFFICERS. SECRETARIES. Harry W. Watrous, New-York. John Tatlock, jr., 32 Nassau-st., New-York. Dr. Leland O. Howard, Washington. Glenn Brown, The Octagon, Washington. General Horatio C. King, Brooklyn, N. Y. Macrae Sykes, Kingsbridge, New-York. Prof. George F. Atkinson, Ithaca, N. Y. T. A. Randall, 27 Monument Pl., Ind'apolis. Mrs. Bartlett J. Cromwell, Washington. Walter G. Wilson, Philadelphia. C. W. Hunt, 220 W. 57th-st., New-York. Cornelius S. Loder, Brooklyn. James A. Cable, Kansas City. Mrs. Morris P. Ferris, Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. Cornelius S. Loder, Brooklyn. Charles H. Hull, Ithaca, N. Y. J. M. Page, Jerseyville, Ill. Ralph W. Pope, 26 Cortlandt-st., New-York. Rev. J. F. Berry, Chicago. Stephen M. Long, East Orange, N. J. Robert B. Beath, Philadelphia. George F. Easton, Pittsburg. NATIONAL AND OTHER SOCIETIES AND NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF OFFICERS.-Continued. PRESIDENTS. Alvin Thomas, Brooklyn.... Edmund M. Wood, Natick, Mass. Dr. George M. Dawson, Ottawa, Canada. Mrs. Geo. W. Kendrick, jr., Philadelphia.. Chas. H. Tinker, New-York. Dr. Arthur B. Norton, 16 W. 45th-st., N. Y. B. F. Jones, Pittsburg... John C. Olmsted, Brookline, Mass. Judge Timeon E. Baldwin, New-Haven. Wm. N. Davenport, 200 Huntington-ave., T. Leighton Register, Philadelphia. Dr. George W. Brush, Brooklyn. Prof. C. H. Eigenmann, Bloomington, Md.. Miss Emma J. Keating, Erie County Hos- A. J. Cross, New-York..... SECRETARIES. Cornelius S. Loder, Brooklyn. Wm. J. Stewart, 67 Bromfield-st., Boston. Mrs. B. F. Johnson, Philadelphia. T. J. Fernley, 505 Commerce-st., Phila'phia. J. B. Taltavall, 253 Broadway, New-York. Downing Vaux, 68 Bible House, New-York. Adam Warnack, 200 Huntington-ave., Bos- Fred B. Mason, Chicago. E. P. Wilson, Cincinnati. F. T. Herx, 22 West 3d-st., New-York. Dr. George H. Simmons, Chicago. Dr. Henry B. Ward, Lincoln, Neb. Mrs. Mary F. Thayer, Clifton Springs, N. Y. Miss L. L. Dock, 265 Henry-st., New-York. Prof. E. W. Hopkins, New-Haven, Conn. H. E. Deats, Flemington, N. J. Dr. Wm. M. Beach, Pittsburg. Dr. Charles O. Probst, Columbus, Ohio. |